To me, TOEIC is still somewhat simple - although I cannot guarantee a high score, but the listening conversation and the reading sections are relatively easier than TOEFL. I am not sure if everyone thinks so - is it because I took TOEFL 5 years ago while my English improved during the half decade?
This is the most unprepared exam in my life. Before this morning, I even didn't know how many sections in the exam. I roughly read the reading section of a sample exam for the first time between the 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM time window before the exam. I took some preparation sessions for the listening comprehension at work before. In the short 30 minutes, I learnt that there are three sections in the reading part - choosing the right answer to complete a sentence, correcting mistakes in a sentence and understand short business paragraphs.
The 100 listening comprehension questions were hard work for me. I kept concentrated on the tape for 30 minutes, or longer, who knows.... I just felt very hard to find out the right oval on the answer sheet because the answer sheet was so compact that everything clustered together.
After I finished the exam, I feel not bad. The result will come out in two weeks.
2008年2月10日日曜日
Before the Exam
The exam started at 9:30 AM today and ended at 12:06. It was told to bring a 2B pencil and rubber. I thought it maybe some casual exam like others held within the company, but I was wrong.
The door of the training room was locked tightly and all the examinees waited outside the door - I have never waited like this in the company. :-) And at 9:30 sharp, the door opened and a good looking girl I don't know appeared at the entrance and checked ID card and the exam permit carefully one by one. She was really careful with the numbers and the faces (the real person and the picture on the ID), as if she has never seen a China National ID card before. This took about 10 minutes along. People were also asked to take out the mobile phone and turn it off before her. This is stricter than that on a airplane. :-)
Later I found this is the only staff from the testing center. The others all come from the company. On the board hang large poster about TOEIC, however, the poster is obviously localized with the URL of TOEIC test center in China: http://www.toeictest.com.cn I just checked this site and it is quite simple, slow and unprofessional.
The door of the training room was locked tightly and all the examinees waited outside the door - I have never waited like this in the company. :-) And at 9:30 sharp, the door opened and a good looking girl I don't know appeared at the entrance and checked ID card and the exam permit carefully one by one. She was really careful with the numbers and the faces (the real person and the picture on the ID), as if she has never seen a China National ID card before. This took about 10 minutes along. People were also asked to take out the mobile phone and turn it off before her. This is stricter than that on a airplane. :-)
Later I found this is the only staff from the testing center. The others all come from the company. On the board hang large poster about TOEIC, however, the poster is obviously localized with the URL of TOEIC test center in China: http://www.toeictest.com.cn I just checked this site and it is quite simple, slow and unprofessional.
My Experience of TOEIC Exam
This should be a normal Saturday morning if there was no TOEIC exam. I should have waked up late in the morning to see the highly raised sun if there was no TOEIC exam. Unfortunately, this is the date for me to take it.
I still remember the time when I was preparing for TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). TOEFL has been popular in students in China for ten years. There are also hundreds of training centers helping people to prepare for the TOEFL test. I remember I attended TOEFL classes for half year before I took the exam.
TOEIC, which also comes from ETS (English Testing Services (R)), seems less famous. I heard about this term about three months ago. I thought it is some company internal test and later, I found out it comes from ETS, but much more informal. It is not only because it can be held in the examinee's company, but because of other factors I will explain later.
I still remember the time when I was preparing for TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). TOEFL has been popular in students in China for ten years. There are also hundreds of training centers helping people to prepare for the TOEFL test. I remember I attended TOEFL classes for half year before I took the exam.
TOEIC, which also comes from ETS (English Testing Services (R)), seems less famous. I heard about this term about three months ago. I thought it is some company internal test and later, I found out it comes from ETS, but much more informal. It is not only because it can be held in the examinee's company, but because of other factors I will explain later.
2008年2月8日金曜日
Acing the TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS
I continue to see ads like these popping up all over the internet:
RAISE YOUR TOEIC SCORE OVERNIGHT
TOEIC SECRETS
BEAT THE TOEIC
CHEAT THE TOEIC TEST
You can substitute TOEFL or IELTS in any of those ads. Indeed, one enterprising (but perhaps not the most ethical) individual has set up virtually identical sites for acing the IELTS, the TOEFL, and the TOEIC. It's really quite amazing how he's an expert on all three tests, all at the same time, and how basically identical strategies and 'secrets' will help a learner on all three different tests.
It's really quite amusing to read all the pages, and note the similarities. For instance,
IELTS:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the IELTS.
TOEIC:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the TOEIC.
TOEFL:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the TOEFL.
I'm sorry, but this does not lend itself to credibility. Especially when you do a little elementary Google searching and find all kinds of other things that Morrison Media has "put together a team of researchers" for. Such as the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate ...
CNA:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of medical field researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the CNA hiring and school process.
and the PRAXIS test
and the USMLE
Unbelievable. This company, and this guy, really get around. But how much do they actually know about any particular subject they are selling test prep secrets to? I suspect very little.
Well, The Linguisthas a different approach. Yes, we'll help you ace the TOEFL, and the TOEIC, and the IELTS, and any other English test out there that you can find.
However, we don't do that by teaching you to "beat the test" or cheat or cram or learn test strategies. In fact, we do it the good old fashioned way of actually teaching you English. What a concept!
It's fast, it's fun, and it's cost-effective to learn English with The Linguist. And it'll help you pass any English test or certification - guaranteed.
But it will also help you to actually learn to speak, read, and write English. Which is what you really want to do in the first place!
RAISE YOUR TOEIC SCORE OVERNIGHT
TOEIC SECRETS
BEAT THE TOEIC
CHEAT THE TOEIC TEST
You can substitute TOEFL or IELTS in any of those ads. Indeed, one enterprising (but perhaps not the most ethical) individual has set up virtually identical sites for acing the IELTS, the TOEFL, and the TOEIC. It's really quite amazing how he's an expert on all three tests, all at the same time, and how basically identical strategies and 'secrets' will help a learner on all three different tests.
It's really quite amusing to read all the pages, and note the similarities. For instance,
IELTS:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the IELTS.
TOEIC:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the TOEIC.
TOEFL:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of standardized test researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the TOEFL.
I'm sorry, but this does not lend itself to credibility. Especially when you do a little elementary Google searching and find all kinds of other things that Morrison Media has "put together a team of researchers" for. Such as the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate ...
CNA:In case you don't already know me, my name is Peter Morrison and I'm the head of a team of medical field researchers who set out to find and exploit the weaknesses of the CNA hiring and school process.
and the PRAXIS test
and the USMLE
Unbelievable. This company, and this guy, really get around. But how much do they actually know about any particular subject they are selling test prep secrets to? I suspect very little.
Well, The Linguisthas a different approach. Yes, we'll help you ace the TOEFL, and the TOEIC, and the IELTS, and any other English test out there that you can find.
However, we don't do that by teaching you to "beat the test" or cheat or cram or learn test strategies. In fact, we do it the good old fashioned way of actually teaching you English. What a concept!
It's fast, it's fun, and it's cost-effective to learn English with The Linguist. And it'll help you pass any English test or certification - guaranteed.
But it will also help you to actually learn to speak, read, and write English. Which is what you really want to do in the first place!
what is the toeic test
TOEIC is the acronym for Test of English for International Communication. The TOEIC test is a global standard for the assessment of communicative English ability. The most important feature of the TOEIC test is that the proficiency of the examinee is expressed as a numerical score between 5 and 495 for both the listening and reading parts, giving a total score between 10 and 990 rather than pass or fail. The scale is constant. If the proficiency of the examinee does not change, their score will also remain unchanged. This consistency allows examinees to obtain an accurate measurement of their current proficiency in English and a target score to work towards.
2008年2月7日木曜日
TOEICトーイッククラス
学校の勉強はTOEICの資料には自己を借りることができますが、テストの準備をお手伝い？ 返事がない場合は、学校では使用可能な任意の自己学習教材および/または1つの割引をすることができるの買いを取得する場合、自分の自己学習教材を利用するだろう。 このウェブサイトは、学校の外に言及したパンフレットやTOEICの兆しか？これを示唆して、 TOEICや学校で教えることについては、重大なことは、よい兆候だ。TOEICのクラスを実行して今があるのは、彼らだけになるかがあなたを待ってリストに入れるか？.リストに入れるために待っている上で、まだオープンクラスには分かっていないが、両方の不便やサインをして多くのTOEIC試験を教える学校はありません。
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