What is TOEIC? • Proficiency test for “General English”. • Designed in 1979. • No.
1 Test. – 5000 organisations. – 5.0 million test takers last year. • Japanese ...
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Topics for Today • What is TOEIC®? • TOEIC Statistics • Information on the NEW TOEIC test
What is TOEIC? • Proficiency test for “General English” • Designed in 1979 • No. 1 Test – 5000 organisations – 5.0 million test takers last year • Japanese origin • Pre-requisite for employment
Test Benefits • Ease of use / Flexible testing options • Good reliability • Cost effective • Multiple tests • Strong correlations to Oral & Writing skills
Format of the TOEIC test • Listening Comprehension – 100 questions, audio cassette • Photos, talks, conversations, questions – 45 mins
• Reading Comprehension – 100 questions, written format • Incomplete sentences, error recognition, reading comprehension – 75 mins
• Plus 30 mins General Admin – Allow 2.5 hours total time
Testing Options • 2 Types of Administration – Open Test Centres – fixed test dates held at various locations
– Institutional Testing Centres – testing students enrolled in a learning course within an Authorised TOEIC Test Centre
Test Results • All test takers receive: – Score Report • Separate Listening and Reading Scores – Certificate of Achievement (optional) • To show to potential employers • To place in Portfolio
TOEIC® Statistics
Test Statistics Worldwide • 9% increase in Institutional Testing • 15% increase in Secure Testing • Japan and Korea are still biggest market • China, Mexico, Taiwan & Vietnam experienced greatest growth rates 28% - 34%
Test Statistics
Australia & New Zealand
• Rolling 12 month average to April 785 • 2004 – 786 • 2003 – 792 • Annual of approx: 9000 – 10,000 tests • Open Testing – 15% of total volume • 24% students seek Certificates
Australia & New Zealand • 1st Quarter 2006 – 2197 sat TOEIC in Australia and New Zealand – 154 Test sessions were held – 46 Test Sessions for NZ & 108 for Australia – 31st March most popular test date in quarter – Largest test session was 257 Candidates – 88 Authorised Test Centres in Australia – 53 Authorised Test Centres in NZ – 9 Open Centres in Australia – 8 Open Centres in NZ
NEW TOEIC®
NEW TOEIC • Redesigned TOEIC Listening and Reading sections will be launched this month in Japan
• New TOEIC Speaking and Writing components will be launched in December this year.
Why the Redesign? • To align the test with current views of English Language Proficiency
• It must match the abilities being measured • “More Authentic” is the concept
Why the Redesign? • To provide useful proficiency information to test takers and score users
• To ensure ETS quality standards continue to be met
New Listening Test • Some longer listening stimuli – Allows a broader measure of test-takers abilities
• Short conversations as sets – Fewer topics to process – More questions per conversation
New Listening Test • Reduced number of photographs – Allows more time for authentic tasks
• Varied Accents – Including US, British, Canadian & Australian – 25% to each accent – Reflects a more accurate array of spoken English in an international environment
New Reading Test • Text-based sentence completion – Allows testing of context-related skills
• Some sets will use 2 interrelated passages – Requires connection of information across texts – Tests authentic workplace skills
New Reading Test • Some longer reading stimuli – Allows a broader measure of test-takers abilities
• Removal of error-recognition items
TOEIC & New TOEIC Listening Comparison TOEIC
New TOEIC
Listening Comprehension 100 items
Listening Comprehension 100 items
Photographs: 20 questions
Photographs: 10 questions
Question-Response: 30 questions
Question-Response: 30 questions
Short Conversations: 30 questions 30 conversations with 1 question each
Conversations: 30 questions 10 conversations with 3 questions each
Short Talks: 20 questions
Talks: 30 questions 10 talks with 3 questions each
TOEIC & New TOEIC Reading Comparison TOEIC
New TOEIC
Reading Comprehension 100 items
Reading Comprehension 100 items
Incomplete Sentences: 40 questions
Incomplete Sentences: 40 questions
Error Recognition: 20 questions
Text Completion: 12 questions; 3 reading texts with 4 questions each
Reading Comprehension: 40 questions
Single Passages: 28 questions; 7-10 reading texts with 2-5 questions each Double Passages: 20 questions; 4 pairs of reading texts with 5 questions per pair
Quality Maintained • Same Test Time: 2 hours – Listening 45 minutes – Reading 75 minutes
• Paper & Pencil Administration will remain • Same Score Range & Score Scale • Same range of difficulty and number of Qu’s
Speaking & Writing Test • The Speaking and Writing Test for TOEIC will be launched in December 2006
• Complements the TOEIC Listening and Reading
• Designed to assess everyday English and workplace situations
Speaking & Writing Test • Delivered by computer • Scored using live ETS raters in the online scoring network
• Includes real authentic tasks
TOEIC Speaking Test • Test time approx. 30 mins • Targets a range of proficiency levels • Measures a range of skills including pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, fluency, and extended discourse
TOEIC Writing Test • Test time approx. 50 mins • Targets a range of proficiency levels • Measures a range of skills including vocabulary, grammar, coherence, and organisation, from sentence level to passage level.
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