TOEIC TEST

The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC®) is one among the tests conducted by The Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey. Many international institutes, companies and government agencies have been using TOEIC for more than 25 years to evaluate the non native speakers English proficiency. TOEIC tests the communicative level of non native English speakers in an international environment. The test is conducted in an open unrestricted sitting at companies and language schools around the world. The TOEIC tests the test givers English adeptness on different levels.

Unlike GMAT, TOEFL, etc TOEIC is a not a computer adaptive test. The test is paper based and has to be completed with in the time span of two and a half hours. There are two sections in the TOEIC, the Listening section and the Reading section. The questions are multiple choice and two hundred in number.

The scores from the TOEIC are helpful in specifying the test giver’s ability to communicate in English with others from various industries and business.

No specific or additional knowledge or vocabulary is necessary other than the awareness English used in everyday work behavior.

It is a proven fact that the test scores of the TOEIC is a dependable pointer of a person’s written and spoken skills. The scores of a person taking the TOEIC could range from 10 to 990 or 5 to 495 on each section. There is no set score that a test giver has to achieve. The person taking the TOEIC gets his certificate within a three week time period. Since the people appearing for the TOEIC exceed the 4.5 million per year, it could be said that the TOEIC test has become the measuring scale to calculate the proficiency of workplace English language the world over. Since the TOEIC scores illustrate the English knowledge of a person, it has become an additional credential for people applying for new jobs or course at an international level.

TOEIC test help firms and government agencies to file the advancements in their English training courses, to recruit or promote employees. It is helpful in following a set dimension and achieves standardization across different locations. Institutes conduct TOEIC test among their students to determine their progress. The effectiveness of a program and placement of a student at the right learning level is achieved through the TOEIC test.