Get to know the TOEIC The Test of English for international Communication

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Get to know the TOEIC The Test of English for
international Communication

• Compiled by Terri Yueh

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• There are 200 questions in the TOEIC test.
• TOEIC stands for Test of English for
  International Commerce.
• TOEIC questions test the type of English used in
  academic research papers.
• The Listening Comprehension section comes before
  the Reading section.
• The TOEIC test has multiple-choice questions
  test-takers choose the answer they think is
  correct for each question.

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• The TOEIC test is a computer-adaptive test.
• All of the questions in the TOEIC test have four
  choices.
• The TOEIC test is designed to test the
  specialized vocabulary used in business and
  commerce.
• In the Listening Comprehension section, the
  recording for each question is played twice.
• There is a separate writing assignment as part of
  the TOEIC test.

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Source 30 Days to the TOEIC Test (modified
version)
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What is the Content of the TOEIC ?

• TOEIC test questions include many different
  settings and situations. Becoming familiar with
  the language used in the topics will help you in
  the test
• General business
• Office matters
• Cooperate development
• Personnel
• Purchasing
• Travel
• Dinning out
• Entertainment
• http//www.etweb.fju.edu.tw/yueh/toeic/toe
  icexminside.htm

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What are Question Types of TOEIC?

• Listening Comprehension Section
• 100 questions, 45 minutes
• Part I Photographs
• Part II Question-Responses
• Part III Short conversations
• Part IV Short talks
• Reading Comprehension Section
• 100 questions, 75 minutes
• Part V Incomplete sentences
• Part VI Text Completion
• Part VII Reading comprehension

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TOEIC Listening

• Part I Photographs (10 ? 6 Q)
• Location with people or objects
• Situations with people or the conditions of
  objects
• A scene / action or an object with people
• Part II Question and Response (30 ? 25 Q)
• Information questions
• Yes-No questions
• Alternative questions
• Indirect questions
• Tag questions
• Negative questions

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TOEIC Listening

• Part III Short Conversations (10 ? 13 3
  39)
• Short Conversations are the dialogues among
  speakers (2 to 3 persons). After listening to the
  conversation, you shall answer three questions
  for each dialogue. Typical questions include who,
  what, where, when, why, and how.
• New Toeic http//www.toeic.com.tw/2018update/samp
  le03.html
• http//www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-pra
  ctice-3.htm

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TOEIC Listening

• Part IV 10 Short Talks (10 3 30 Q)
• Short Talks might be an announcement, a radio
  advertisement, or a telephone recording, etc.
• http//www.toeic.com.tw/2018update/sample04.html
• http//www.englishclub.com/esl-exams/ets-toeic-pra
  ctice-4.htm

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TOEIC Reading Parts

• New TOEIC
• Incomplete Sentences 30 questions
• Text Completion 16 questions (4 4)
• Reading ? 54 questions
• 10 Single Passages (29 Q)
• 5 Multiple Passages (25 Q)

• Old TOEIC
• Part 5 Incomplete Sentences40 questions
• Part 6 Error Recognition12 questions (3 4)
• Part 7 Reading Comprehension9 Single Passages
  (28 questions)
• 4 Double Passages (20questions)
• ? 48 questions

TOEIC Practice
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TOEIC Mock TestAre you ready? GO!