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Succeed in TOEIC ® 6 Practice Tests TOEIC ® FORMAT

2018 TOEIC Updates
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The level of difficulty of the TOEIC Listening and Reading test will remain the same and the
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TOEIC test will continue to be a fair, valid and reliable exam of everyday and workplace English.
The score report will be the same with the exception of one additional Listening Ability Measured:
Understanding a speaker’s purpose or implied meaning in a phrase or sentence. This provides addi-
tional information for test takers and score users. The addition of the new Listening Ability
Measured does not affect a test taker’s overall score. Scores will continue to be comparable across
test administrations. TOEIC Format

From what kind of contexts are
the TOEIC test questions drawn?

Offices: board meetings, committees, letters, memoranda, telephone, fax and e-mail messages,
office equipment and furniture, office procedures

Personnel: recruiting, hiring, retiring, salaries, promotions, job applications, job advertisements,
pensions, awards
Purchasing: shopping, ordering supplies, shipping, invoices

Technical Areas: electronics, technology, computers, laboratories and related equipment, technical
specifications

Travel: trains, airplanes, taxis, buses, ships, ferries, tickets, schedules, station and airport announce-
ments, car rentals, hotels, reservations, delays and cancellations

Corporate Development: research, product development

Dining Out: business and informal lunches, banquets, receptions, restaurant reservations

Entertainment: cinema, theater, music, art, exhibitions, museums, media

Finance and Budgeting: banking, investments, taxes, accounting, billing

General Business:
contracts, negotiations, mergers, marketing, sales, warranties, business planning, conferences,
labor relations

Health: medical insurance, visiting doctors, dentists, clinics, hospitals

Housing/Corporate Property: construction, specifications, buying and renting, electric & gas services

Manufacturing: assembly lines, plant management, quality control

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