TOEIC Preparation

1. TOEIC Preparation Ivette Franco Email: ivette.franco@unice.fr

2. What is the TOEIC? • Test of English for International Communication • Test of everyday English: workplace, business, leisure, travel, health… • Listening and Reading Comprehension • Multiple choice • Recently updated in June 2018 • Practice books published no later than 2017 • 200 questions, 2 sections (Reading + Listening: 100 ?s/section) • 2 hour test

3. Scores • Combined score: a scale from 10 to 990 points • Raw Score  scaled score  combined score • Ex: (L) 75 400; (R) 50  205 = 705 • 600: minimum “good” score • 750: good target • 900: “international” proficiency

4. Interpreting Scores

5. Listening Section (45 min.) • Part 1: Picture identification (6questions) • Part 2: Question/Response (25 questions) • Part 3: Short conversations (39 questions) • Part 4: Short talks (30 questions)

6. Reading section (75 min.) • Part 5: Incomplete sentences (30 questions) • Part 6: Text completion (16 questions) • Part 7: Reading comprehension [Single and Multiple Passages] (54questions)

7. Class Overview • Week 1: Presentation of test/class organization • Week 2: Listening: Photographs • Week 3: Listening: Question-Response • Week 4: Listening: Conversations • Week 5: Listening: Short Talks • Week 6: Reading: Incomplete sentences • Week 7: Reading: Text Completion • Week 8: Reading comprehension • Week 9: Review/Practice • Week 10: Final Evaluation

8. Class session organization Weeks 2-9: • 5-minute vocab quiz • Strategies for that day’s TOEIC section • Grammar and Vocabulary review One vocabulary list to learn every week! • Practice questions for that day’s TOEIC section 10 questions

9. Class Evaluation • 100% final practice TOEIC exam

10. Eight Keys to Higher Scores • Increase your general knowledge of English • Learn your strengths and weaknesses and work on areas needing improvement • Make the most of your preparation time • Be familiar with the TOEIC format and the directions for each section • Know how to mark your answer sheet • No matter what, always guess • Use the process of elimination to make the most of your guess • Learn to control test anxiety

11. General Advice • Bring 2 HB pencils with good erasers • 2 forms of ID (Identification) • Be careful when filling out basic information • All questions have the same value • No penalty for incorrect answers – guess • Work quickly – don’t lose time on difficult questions

12. Prohibited Items You are not allowed to keep your personal belongings with you while taking the test. Personal belongings may be left in your car or a locker if one is provided at the test center. Prohibited personal items include, but are not limited to: watch alarms mobile phones listening devices recording or photographic equipment books dictionaries • purses • pocketbooks • backpacks • cell phones • any electronic devices • calculators

13. How to prepare • Practice tests • Vocabulary • Grammar • General exposure: press, film, TV, radio… • Netflix series/movies with settings in the workplace

14. Vocabulary Find the definitions on your own and know these when you come to the next class! Also, find any additional parts of speech for the word: ex. cancel (v.) -> cancelled (adj.)/cancellation (n.) contract (n.) requirement (n.) cancel (v.) primarily (adv.) provide (v.) accommodate (v.) specify (v.) duplicate (v.) attract (v.) ignore (v.)

15. Sample questions

16. Listen to four statements about each photo. Select the letter of the best description of the photo. Listening: Picture Identification A. B. C. D.

17. Listening: Picture Identification Listen to four statements about each photo. Select the letter of the best description of the photo. A. The children are speaking to each other B. The teacher is holding up her hand C. The children are sitting in groups D. The children are participating in the lesson A. The children are speaking to each other B. The teacher is holding up her hand C. The children are sitting in groups D. The children are participating in the lesson

18. Listening: Question/Response In each question, you will listen to a question and then listen to 3 possible responses. Choose the correct response. A. B. C.

19. Listening: Question/Response In each question, you will listen to a question and then listen to 3 possible responses. Choose the correct response. They’ve reduced the price of the flights. A. Then let’s go ahead and book one. B. I don’t think we met at the airport. C. OK. Why not? A. B. C.

20. Listening: Short Conversations You are going to listen to a short conversation, with 3 questions. For each question, choose the answer which you think fits best according to what you hear. 1 Where is the woman calling? an office a garage a doctor’s surgery a factory 2 What information does that man ask for? the woman’s name the registration number of the bike the make of the bike the woman’s phone number 3 What is the man going to do? telephone the suppliers call the woman back order a new part pick up the motorbike

21. Man: Hello, Tom Wilson’s, can I help you? Woman: Hi there, it’s Emma Lloyd here. I’m calling about my motorbike. Is it ready to be collected yet? Man: Can you remind me, what’s the make of the bike? Woman: It’s a City Zip. It’s blue. Man: Oh yes. We had to order in some parts, but they still haven’t arrived yet I’m afraid. Woman: Do you know when the bike will be ready to pick up? Man: Sorry, I don’t know. But I’ll call our suppliers and find out if they’ve sent out the spare parts yet. Once the parts are here we can fix the bike in two or three days. Woman: Okay, I’ll give you a call at the end of the week, then. Man: Sure. 1 Where is the woman calling? an office a garage a doctor’s surgery a factory 1 Where is the woman calling? an office a garage a doctor’s surgery a factory

22. Man: Hello, Tom Wilson’s, can I help you? Woman: Hi there, it’s Emma Lloyd here. I’m calling about my motorbike. Is it ready to be collected yet? Man: Can you remind me, what’s the make of the bike? Woman: It’s a City Zip. It’s blue. Man: Oh yes. We had to order in some parts, but they still haven’t arrived yet I’m afraid. Woman: Do you know when the bike will be ready to pick up? Man: Sorry, I don’t know. But I’ll call our suppliers and find out if they’ve sent out the spare parts yet. Once the parts are here we can fix the bike in two or three days. Woman: Okay, I’ll give you a call at the end of the week, then. Man: Sure. 2 What information does that man ask for? the woman’s name the registration number of the bike the make of the bike the woman’s phone number 2 What information does that man ask for? the woman’s name the registration number of the bike the make of the bike the woman’s phone number

23. Man: Hello, Tom Wilson’s, can I help you? Woman: Hi there, it’s Emma Lloyd here. I’m calling about my motorbike. Is it ready to be collected yet? Man: Can you remind me, what’s the make of the bike? Woman: It’s a City Zip. It’s blue. Man: Oh yes. We had to order in some parts, but they still haven’t arrived yet I’m afraid. Woman: Do you know when the bike will be ready to pick up? Man: Sorry, I don’t know. But I’ll call our suppliers and find out if they’ve sent out the spare parts yet. Once the parts are here we can fix the bike in two or three days. Woman: Okay, I’ll give you a call at the end of the week, then. Man: Sure. 3 What is the man going to do? telephone the suppliers call the woman back order a new part pick up the motorbike 3 What is the man going to do? telephone the suppliers call the woman back order a new part pick up the motorbike

24. Listening: Short Talks You are going to listen to a short talk, with 3 questions. For each question, choose the answer which you think fits best according to what you hear. 1 Where does the woman work? in a shop in a doctor’s surgery in a train station in a factory 2 What should someone do if they make a mistake on the records? correct the mistake using pencil use correction fluid draw one line through the mistake use a coloured pen to highlight the mistake 3 What does the woman tell her colleagues to do with the records? file them away give them to the administration manager put them in a box give them to the patient

25. Today, I’m going to give you some advice about record-keeping. Keeping accurate records is very important, because if a patient is unhappy about his treatment, he may want to make a complaint to the surgeon. These records will help us to make a case. Always write your name, the date and the time on all the records. Don’t use pencil, or coloured pens. Use black ink. If you make a mistake, just cross it out with a single line. Don’t use correction fluid. Don’t try to file the records away yourself, or they may get lost. Put them in this box here. The administration manager will make sure they are filed away correctly. 1 Where does the woman work? in a shop in a doctor’s surgery in a train station in a factory 1 Where does the woman work? in a shop in a doctor’s surgery in a train station in a factory

26. Today, I’m going to give you some advice about record-keeping. Keeping accurate records is very important, because if a patient is unhappy about his treatment, he may want to make a complaint to the surgeon. These records will help us to make a case. Always write your name, the date and the time on all the records. Don’t use pencil, or coloured pens. Use black ink. If you make a mistake, just cross it out with a single line. Don’t use correction fluid. Don’t try to file the records away yourself, or they may get lost. Put them in this box here. The administration manager will make sure they are filed away correctly. 2 What should someone do if they make a mistake on the records? correct the mistake using pencil use correction fluid draw one line through the mistake use a coloured pen to highlight the mistake 2 What should someone do if they make a mistake on the records? correct the mistake using pencil use correction fluid draw one line through the mistake use a coloured pen to highlight the mistake

27. Today, I’m going to give you some advice about record-keeping. Keeping accurate records is very important, because if a patient is unhappy about his treatment, he may want to make a complaint to the surgeon. These records will help us to make a case. Always write your name, the date and the time on all the records. Don’t use pencil, or coloured pens. Use black ink. If you make a mistake, just cross it out with a single line. Don’t use correction fluid. Don’t try to file the records away yourself, or they may get lost. Put them in this box here. The administration manager will make sure they are filed away correctly. 3 What does the woman tell her colleagues to do with the records? file them away give them to the administration manager put them in a box give them to the patient 3 What does the woman tell her colleagues to do with the records? file them away give them to the administration manager put them in a box give them to the patient

28. Reading: Incomplete Sentences For each question you will see an incomplete sentence. Four words or phrases, marked A-D are given beneath each sentence. You are to choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. The executives pointed to immigration __________ the biggest drivers of the domestic market. A. rather than B. as leading C. as one of D. resulting in A. rather than B. as leading C. as one of D. resulting in

29. Reading: Text Completion; Single Passage; Double Passage See Worksheet