I had been preparing for BEC before I ran into Duolinguo English Test.Due to the coronavirus pandemic,BEC has been cancelled in the second half of 2021 and then been cancelled in Dec of this year.I started to doubted those offline English tests out of this kind of uncertainty.
Offline English tests are restricted by not only the places,but also the time traps you so much.Such as you can't take tests in the place where you are living or working,but have to go to the provincial capitals.Some English tests are just held twice a year.One is in the first half of the year,and another is in the second,like BEC.It'll be totally different that you can take the test anytime anywhere as long as you have a computer with stable connection.A very special advantage of Duolinguo English test is that you can get the result within 2 days.
As for the fee of Duolinguo English Test,it attracts to me so much.I can take a test,which requires only one-sixth of a test taken from IELTS or TOEFL.It will really have saved me a lot of money.
其实之前是因为学校官网才知道多邻国英语测试的(对,没错),当时闲着想查一下华盛顿大学的文科博士招生要求,在他们官网里面看见对国际学生要求有语言分数(而且特别注明,即便在美国读的硕士,也还是要提交语言成绩)。我当时一想到托福雅思的天价就觉得头大(毕竟手头也不是特别富裕),接着又看到第三行说同时也接受Duolingo English Test——我还挺好奇,因为当时对多邻国的认知停留在语言学习的App上,心想难道上App学几个课时也能算数吗?然后就自己搜了多邻国英语测试,这才了解。