| For those who don't know yet, the Test of English for | | | | progress, as well as in deciding a class placement and |
| International Communication, commonly referred to as | | | | in offering the students a globally recognized |
| TOEIC, is a test that measures one's English writing, | | | | Certificate of Achievement. |
| speaking, reading and comprehension skills. Specifically, | | | | For non-native English speakers wanting to succeed in |
| this test measures one's proficiency in the English | | | | the global corporate world but whose English |
| language as used in everyday work interactions. And | | | | proficiency level need to be measured through the |
| businesses around the globe rely on the TOEIC exam | | | | TOEIC exam first, there are many ways to prepare. |
| to measure this proficiency among non-native English | | | | One way is to take Business English lessons, whether |
| speakers in the international workplace environment. | | | | online or by enrolling in physical language schools. |
| The TOEIC Test is a multiple-choice, pen-and-paper | | | | However, there is also a more direct way to get |
| test that consists of 200 questions. These questions | | | | ready. Several language schools offer a TOEIC |
| are divided into two sections: Listening Comprehension, | | | | preparation course. This course is specifically designed |
| wherein the examinees are made to listen to short | | | | to improve a person's TOEIC score. All the activities, |
| conversations and statements and answer related | | | | exercises and questions from the test simulation have |
| questions; and Reading, wherein examinees need to | | | | been prepared and developed by trained English |
| complete sentences, recognize errors, and answer | | | | teachers and professionals. A TOEIC Preparation |
| reading comprehension test items. The exam must be | | | | course offers exercises drawn from an extensive |
| completed within two hours. | | | | inventory of questions so much like those that appear |
| Each year, more than three million non-native English | | | | in the TOEIC exam. |
| speakers take the TOEIC exam. And this makes the | | | | By taking a TOEIC preparation course, non-Native |
| TOEIC as the most recognized English proficiency test | | | | English speakers get to focus on reading and |
| to date. The TOEIC is used mainly by corporate clients | | | | comprehension exercises that will be helpful when |
| as they require TOEIC scores in deciding to hire new | | | | they are already taking the test. They get to focus on |
| employees and use these scores to help assess | | | | areas that they will be able to apply on the exact test. |
| employees for promotion and assignments. Educations | | | | Taking the TOEIC preparation course will assure that |
| institutions like universities and language learning schools | | | | they get high scores that will help them move up and |
| also use the TOEIC to measure the English students' | | | | succeed in the corporate world. |