Test Advice - TOEIC

TOEIC test questions are based on real-life work settingsin an international environment (meetings, travel, telephone conversations,etc).

The Test is used by organisations to determine whether an employee is suitablefor a particular task. If you work or want to work for a large organisation, particularlyin Asia, then the TOEIC test will be useful to you.

The test takes 2.5 hours and has two sections:

• Listening- 100 questions
• Structure- 100 questions

These break down as follows.

Listening
Part 1 photos 20 questions
Part 2: Question –Response: 30 questions
Part 3: Shortconversation: 30 questions
Part 4: Short talks: 20questions

Reading
Part 5:Incomplete sentences: 40 questions
Part 6: Errorrecognition: 20 questions
Part 7: Readingcomprehension: 40 questions

The TOEIC exam is underreview with some changes being introduced to the new TOEIC. The main change isthat you will also be able to take a Writing and Speaking exam along with theReading and Listening.

The TOEIC gives a score between 10 and 990:

905 - 990 International Proficiency
785 – 900 Working Proficiency Plus
605 – 780 Limited Working Proficiency
405 – 600 Elementary Proficiency Plus
255 – 400 Elementary Proficiency
185 – 250 Memorised Proficiency
10 – 180 No Useful Proficiency

Fees are set by test centres. Expect to pay around $65USD.

Listening Test Advice

Section 1: Listening Comprehension

100 questions, 45 minutes

Part I: Photographs (10 questions)
Part II: Question-Response (30 questions)
Part III: Short Conversations (30 questions)
Part IV: Short Talks (30 questions)

Reading Test Advice

Section 2: Reading

100 questions, 75 minutes

Part V: Incomplete Sentences (40 questions)
Part VI: Text completion (12 questions)
Part VII: Reading Comprehension-Single Passages (28 questions) Double Passages(20 questions)