Duolingo English Test Tips 1

Hello readers, welcome to DET Practice. Today, I will introduce some tips about the Duolingo English Test (DET) for everyone. I hope that through these tips, you all can gain a better understanding of the DET and achieve good results in this exam.

Next, let’s look at some things you should know before the exam:

What is the Duolingo English Test?

In simple terms, this is an online English proficiency test that can be completed in about an hour. Since it's conducted online, you can take it anytime and anywhere, including the comfort of your own bedroom. It is recognized by thousands of universities worldwide as a valid measure of English proficiency. Therefore, if you are not a native English speaker, you can use the score report from the Duolingo English Test to demonstrate your English skills when applying to your preferred universities. Compared to traditional exams like TOEFL and IELTS, the DET provides significant flexibility. You can choose your exam time freely, and it is also more affordable, costing only $65 for a single test. If you opt to purchase two tests at once, the total comes to $115, which reduces the cost to $55 per test. Overall, it serves as a flexible and cost-effective option for assessing English language proficiency.

More information about the Duolingo English Test:

1. You can purchase the test up to three times every 30 days.

2. The scores are in multiples of 5, ranging from 10 to 160 points.

3. Test results are typically available within 48 hours (you can also purchase expedited testing, with results in about 12 hours).

4. You can receive an email about your score or download an electronic version of your score report, a PDF file, which you can then forward or submit to the university’s application page; a paper version is currently not offered.

5. The validity period of the scores is 2 years.

6. You can check your score report directly on the Duolingo official website and send it to target institutions for free, with no limit to the number of schools you can send it to.

7. The Duolingo English Test is adaptive, meaning that the difficulty of the questions in each test is not fixed and varies dynamically based on your performance on previous questions. For example, if you get a high error rate on a question, the difficulty level of the following question will be adjusted downward. Additionally, the order of the questions is not fixed; they appear in a random combination.

How does the Duolingo English Test score compare to IELTS and TOEFL scores?

We can refer to the following table, starting with a comparison of IELTS scores:

Comparison with IELTS scores:

Comparison with TOEFL scores:

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