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The research participants are English Department students who have finished taking the TOEFL test. This research was conducted using qualitative methods, by collecting the data through interviews. The results of this study revealed that in the listening section, participants had difficulty comprehending the words spoken orally by the speakers due to a lack of vocabulary mastery and their inability to comprehend the speakers' pronunciation. They applied several strategies to deal with this listening test, such as attempting to remain focused on listening and capturing as much detailed information as possible during the conversations. The participants also encountered difficulties in the structure and written expression section due to a lack of English grammar mastery, which caused them to answer questions incorrectly, particularly on questions about tenses, parallelism, sentence structure, and word classes. Their general strategy was to practice answering questions on the structure and written expression before taking the actual test. Recognizing the forms and characteristics of TOEFL questions was essential to minimize errors and save time. Meanwhile, in the reading test section, the participants' biggest issue was a lack of vocabulary mastery, which caused them to struggle to comprehend the passages. Thus, their strategy involved employing skimming and scanning techniques while attempting to grasp the text's main idea in order to comprehend the text's content as a whole.  \nKeywords: TOEFL, Difficulties, Problems, Strategies.  \n1. Introduction  \nThe Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, is a test that has been extensively utilized to measure the English language proficiency of English non-native speakers. Today, people use it for a variety of benefits and purposes, including applying for jobs, studying abroad, and receiving scholarships. This standardized test is even used as part of the graduation requirements at the majority of domestic universities. Since it was established as a requirement for academic demands, TOEFL has become one of the most essential requirements for university students. Universities impose this requirement because they believe TOEFL is able to evaluate students' ability and skills to comprehend academic English. If students can effectively accomplish academic tasks, they will also be able to function successfully in the real world where English is used (Aliponga, 2013) . For that reason, being well-prepared in facing the TOEFL becomes one of a university student’s obligations, because it will enable them to get high scores as the standard set by each department at the university, and also to fulfill the requirements for the theses examination or graduation.  \nFor students in the English department of Gorontalo state university, the rule that requires a TOEFL certificate as a graduation requirement has been set by the department since the early 2000s. Initially, the standard score required by the department was 450, and now the standard score that must be achieved by the students has been increased to a  \nminimum of 500. The type of TOEFL test required to be undertaken is a TOEFL prediction, which is a paper-based test that consists of listening, structure and written expression, and reading comprehension sections. Regarding this, in facing the TOEFL test, students are not only required to have good English skills related to the three skills tested in the TOEFL, but they also have to prepare themselves with the knowledge of strategies that can be implemented when taking the","cbCaiqVjZ2JACyIS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqVjZ2JACyIS","pdf",206317,12,"English","# Introduction\n## Background and TOEFL requirements\n## Students’ challenges and research motivation\n## Related studies","[{\"question\":\"What problems do EFL students face in the TOEFL listening section?\",\"answer\":\"They have difficulty comprehending orally spoken words because of limited vocabulary and trouble understanding speakers’ pronunciation.\"},{\"question\":\"How do students handle difficulties in the structure and written expression section?\",\"answer\":\"Their lack of grammar mastery causes incorrect answers, so they generally practice answering structure and written expression questions before the actual test and focus on recognizing TOEFL question forms.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the main difficulty in the TOEFL reading section and what strategy is used?\",\"answer\":\"The biggest issue is limited vocabulary, leading them to struggle with passage comprehension. 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