TOEIC Preparation Ivette Franco Email ivette francounice fr

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

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

Scores • Combined score: a scale from 10 to 990 points – Raw Score scaled score combined score – Ex: (L) 75 400; (R) 50 205 = 605 • 600: minimum “good” score • 750: good target • 900: “international” proficiency

Interpreting Scores 805 – 990 655 – 800 555 -650 405 – 550 305 – 400 205 – 300 10 – 200 High Advanced High Intermediate High Beginner 2 Beginner 1

Changes to the TOEIC Exam The TOEIC Exam has changed as of April 2018. • Some reading passages feature modern formats, such as text messages. • Some conversations in Part III have 3 speakers instead of 2. • Some listening questions include a visual component, such as a graph or chart. You must answer questions by combining the visual information within what the speakers say. • Check the official TOEIC website at www. ets. org/toeic for the most up to date information on the test changes.

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

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

Class Overview • • • Week 1: Presentation of course/Mock Test Week 2: Overview of Exam Week 3: Listening: Photographs Week 4: Listening: Question-Response Week 5: Listening: Conversations Week 6: Listening: Short Talks Week 7: Reading: Incomplete sentences Week 8: Reading: Text Completion Week 9: Reading Comprehension Week 10: Assessment

Class session organization Weeks 2 -9: • Description of 1 TOEIC section • Strategies for that day’s TOEIC section • Practice questions for that day’s TOEIC section – As a class and individual • Vocabulary lists and exercises • Grammar review as needed – The keyword is “review. ” It is not a lesson. See next slide.

Class session organization Weeks 2 -9: • Description of 1 TOEIC section • Strategies for that day’s TOEIC section • Practice questions for that day’s TOEIC section – As a class and individual • Vocabulary lists and exercises • Grammar review/exercises – The keyword is “review. ” It is not a lesson. – See next slide.

Minimum Grammar Points to Know • Pronouns Possessive (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs) Subject (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) Object (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) Reflexive (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) – Relative (who, which, what, that) – Interrogative (who, which, what) – Demonstrative (this, that, these, those) – – • Verbs – – – Tenses and their usage When to use –ing forms Infinitives with and without to Common irregular verbs and their forms Irregular past participles Subject-verb agreement

Minimum Grammar Points to Know • Adjectives and adverbs – Differences between adjectives and adverbs – Use of adjectives, including nouns as adjectives – Use and forms of comparatives and superlatives – Use of adverbs • Prepositions and phrasal verbs – Common prepositions (to, on, in, at, from…) – Common prepositional phrases (look up, go over, turn on…) • Conjunctions – Common conjunctions and their uses (but, however, although, yet, so, despite…)

Class Evaluation • 100% final practice TOEIC exam

Ten Keys to Higher Scores 1. Increase your general knowledge of English 2. Learn your strengths and weaknesses and work on areas needing improvement 3. Make the most of your preparation time 4. Be familiar with the TOEIC format and the directions for each section 5. Know how to mark your answer sheet 6. No matter what, always guess 7. Predict answers 8. Use the process of elimination to make the most of your guess 9. Manage time 10. Learn to control test anxiety

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

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: • • • purses pocketbooks backpacks cell phones any electronic devices calculators watch alarms mobile phones listening devices recording or photographic equipment • books • dictionaries • •

How to prepare Practice tests Vocabulary Grammar General exposure: press, film, TV, radio… Netflix series/movies with settings in the workplace • You. Tube practice • Online practice • valrosetoeicprep. wordpress. com -> Resources • • •

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. )

Sample questions

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

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

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.

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. B. A. Then let’s go ahead and book one. B. I don’t think we met at the airport. C. OK. Why not? C.

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? 3 What is the man going to do? the woman’s name the registration number of the bike the make of the bike the woman’s phone number telephone the suppliers call the woman back order a new part pick up the motorbike

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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