1. TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
TOEIC

2. History Educational Testing Service (ETS) –Princeton, New Jersey
1979 –Japan
1982 –Korea
Educational Testing Service (ETS) –Princeton, New Jersey
Design, produce, administer
Date, place cost score
Contact your local ETS associate
sponsoring organization/ corporation

3. What is it? Standardized test
Recognized by several corporations and organizations all over the world
Evaluates your ability to understand English in business situations and real-world settings

4. What is it?
Tests your skills in:
Listening
Reading
Speaking
Writing

5. Test Format Computer-based test Voice is recorded 20 minutes
11 questions
6 tasks

6. Keyboard Requirements
English-language (QWERTY) computer keyboard

7. QWERTY Keyboard
English-language (QWERTY) computer keyboard

8. What do you study for?
Questions are based on real-life work settings in an international environment (meetings, travel, telephone conversations, etc). 
Typical Topics
Banking
Jobs
Entertainment
Offices
Health
Restaurants
Housing
Transportation
Industry
Travel

9. What do you study for? Daily life Global workplace Typical Topics
Banking
Jobs
Entertainment
Offices
Health
Restaurants
Housing
Transportation
Industry
Travel

10. How can I prepare?
Read
Reading is the best way to improve your vocabulary.
newspapers, magazines, websites, novels, non-fiction books
Choose something that genuinely interests you and isn’t too challenging.

11. How can I prepare? Write Daily journal, e-mail, text, letter
Practice using new words and expressions; this helps reinforce sentence structures and vocabulary.

12. How can I prepare? Listen to music
Music helps you acquire the rhythm and stress patterns of spoken English.

13. How can I prepare? Watch English shows/movies
This helps you pick up the language and does not bore you either!

14. How can I prepare? Use the language
Set aside 30 minutes each day to communicate only in English
Talk to yourself in English
Language Clinics

15. Why do I have to take the TOEIC Test???
Job / promotion in a company
Graduation requirement
Resume
Check level of English proficiency
Monitor your progress
What’s your reason???

16. Test Scores Valid for Two Years
WHY?!!
Your proficiency can improve
or decline over time.

17. Good news… No one passes or fails
Not every job requires the same level of English proficiency.
Each agency or institution has its own standards.

18. What else do I need to know?
Other people take the exam in the same room
people talking at the same time!
 the room can be noisy…
FOCUS

19. Other Advice No shortcuts
Only way to get a high score is by working hard to improve your English abilities.
Practice, practice, practice…
Speak, speak, speak…
…in English

20. Next class… Pronunciation Bring a vocabulary notebook.
Read Book 1, pages 5–19
OPTIONAL PRACTICE:
Book 1, page 202
Tips/strategies: Book 2, page 76

21. Videos http://www.engvid.com/introduction-to-the-toeic/