TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL THE OVERVIEW

COMMUNICATION (TOEIC) (EMY ADAM)

TEST OF ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNICATION
Everyday English skills of people working in an
international environment

Business, commerce, and industry

Two sections : Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing

Score range : 5-495 (L&R) ; 0-200 (S&W)

TEST FORMAT
Listening Section (100 items) – 45 mins

Reading Section (100 items) – 75 mins

Speaking Section (20 mins)

Writing Section (60 mins)

THE LISTENING SECTION
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4
You will hear questions You will hear
You will see You will hear talks and
and statements and conversations and
photographs and hear answer comprehension
possible responses to answer comprehension
statements about them questions about them
them questions about them

You have to:

Choose the most Answer main idea,
Choose the statement Answer main idea,
appropriate response detail, and inference
that best describes the detail, and inference
to the question or questions about a
photo questions about a talk
statement conversation
THE LISTENING SECTION
CHALLENGE AND SOLUTIONS
“Some of the
words I hear in Listen to English as much as possible
to get used to the language
the test are
completely
Learn vocabularies related to
unfamiliar for common topics found in TOEIC
me”
COMMON TOPICS IN TOEIC

Business, commerce, and industry

General Health Travel Entertainment

Business
PUT THE WORDS INTO CORRECT CATEGORY
General Business Health Travel Entertainment

contracts medical car rentals luggage

insurance

retire exhibitions matinee museum

prescription plant salary ferry

management

pension terminal memorandum

illness
PUT THE WORDS INTO CORRECT CATEGORY

General Travel
Business Health • car rentals
• luggage Entertainment
• contracts • medical insurance • ferry
• retire • prescription • exhibitions
• plant management • terminal illness • matinee
• salary • museum
• pension
• memorandum
THE READING SECTION
PART 5 PART 6 PART 7
You will read passages
You will choose the best
and answer
words or phrases to You will read passages
comprehension questions
complete sentences with incomplete sentences
about them

You have to:

Choose the correct Choose the correct Answer main idea,
grammatical form, word grammatical form, word detail, and inference
form, or vocabulary to form, or vocabulary to questions about the
complete each sentence complete each sentence reading passages
THE READING SECTION
CHALLENGE AND SOLUTIONS
Practice by reading advertisements,
The vocabulary business letters, newspaper articles,
business journals
in the reading
test is even Underline unfamiliar words and
harder than the look up the meanings in dictionary
one the the
listening test” Learn common suffixes and prefixes
to help you undersatnd the meaning
of new words
 SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES
COMMON SUFFIXES
Suffixes Parts of speech Meanings Examples
examination,
Refers to a state or
-ation inflammation,
process, ot to an
-tion Nouns protection,
instance of that
-sion information,
process
permission, confusion.
Refers to making
-fy Verbs something or someone Beautify, glorify, terrify
different in some way
Indicate what someone
readable, reliable,
-able Adjectives or something can have
believable, adorable
done to them
 SUFFIXES AND PREFIXES
COMMON PREFIXES
Prefixes Parts of speech Meanings Examples
Forms words that have the Dishonest, disagree,
dis- Various opposite meaning of the root displease, disorder,
word discomfort
Forms words that have the Defrost, decompose,
de- Verbs opposite meaning of the root deform, decompress
word
Nouns: refers to things that Nouns: subgroup,
are part of a larger thing or subtotal, submarine,
that are below something. subway, subzero
sub- Nouns;adjectives Adjectives: refers to people Adjectives:
or things that are at lover substandard,
standard or level subtropical
THE READING SECTION
CHALLENGE AND SOLUTIONS
Study and exercise the grammar
points to strenghten your skills in
these areas
“I’m not good
at grammar” Read business materials a lot.
Seeing language and grammar in
context will help you become more
familiar with structure and word
forms
THE READING SECTION
CHALLENGE AND SOLUTIONS
“The passages
Know how to spot specific question
are pretty types
long. I don’t
have enough
time to finish all Use skimming skill
questions”
LET’S PRACTICE

Transcript:
A) The woman is wearing glasses.
B) There is a note on the keyboard.
C) The woman is facing the monitor.
D) There is a lamp above the computer.
LET’S PRACTICE
Transcript:
A) The people are wearing coats.
B) The boat is in the water.
C) The life-jackets are on the boat.
D) The drum is in front of the chair.
LET’S PRACTICE

Transcript:
A) The man is on a pathway.
B) The mountains are covered with snow.
C) The man is carrying a cap.
D) The sandals are in the water.
LET’S PRACTICE

1.
Transcript:

How many people are coming to the conference?

A) There were 70 people there.

B) I don't think she is coming.
C) At least 150 people.
LET’S PRACTICE

2.
Transcript:

Do you think the boss will take us out for lunch today?

A) I had a hamburger and fries.

B) He's probably too busy today.
C) I didn't take the bus.
LET’S PRACTICE

3.
Transcript:

Did you fax the letter to the client?

A) I'll type it after lunch.

B) No, I sent it by email.
C) I collected some important facts.
LET’S PRACTICE

3.
Transcript:

Did you have to wait very long?

A) No more than an hour.

B) I hate long line-ups.
C) I've gained twenty pounds.
TOEIC PRACTICE - PART 3: SHORT CONVERSATIONS

Transcript:

Man: Do you want to share a taxi to the airport? We can save on expenses that way,
and as you know the company is trying to cut costs.
Woman: Actually I'm not flying. I'm going to the conference by bus. I have to leave
tomorrow because it's going to take two days to get there.
Man: That's right. I forgot that you are afraid of flying. Are you taking a vacation day
tomorrow?
Woman: Well, I worked some overtime last week, so I just banked it instead of wasting
a holiday day.
 TOEIC PRACTICE - PART 3: SHORT CONVERSATIONS

Transcript:

Man: I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. Are you going to be in the office, or do you have a
meeting?
Woman: I'll be here. And, don't worry. I don't have much on for today, so I'll handle all of your calls.
Man: Thanks. I'm expecting a call from my lawyer. He's supposed to be sending me some changes to
the contracts.
Woman: I'll make sure to take a detailed message if he calls. Is there anything you want to tell him?
Man: Well, you could remind him that I'm going to need to come downtown and sign a few papers in
front of him. I'll have to set something up for next week.
 TOEIC PRACTICE - PART 4: SHORT TALKS

Transcript:

Good morning ladies and gentleman. This is your tour guide speaking. I hope you have enjoyed the
cruise of the inner harbour today. We certainly had a nice day for it, especially compared to yesterday.
The ship will be docking in approximately five minutes. Once we are docked, please collect all of your
belongings and exit the ship. As a reminder, our group will be exiting to the right. Follow the north
ramp all the way to the far end of the platform. Before heading to the farmer's market we will gather
under the ferry terminal Welcome Sign for a group photo.
 TOEIC PRACTICE - PART 4: SHORT TALKS

Transcript:

I'd like to welcome you all to the fourth annual poet's brunch. In just a few minutes a server will be
around to offer you coffee or tea. Please take a moment to fill out your name tag and introduce
yourself to the other artists at your table. Lunch will be served at 11:00 am sharp, followed by a
reading from last year's prize winner. If any of you did not receive your free gift at the door, please
make sure to pick it up on your way out. This year's gift is a poetry anthology from local youth writers.
You will be amazed at the emerging talent in our town. In fact, a group of young writers meet once a
month around this very table.