1. How will the Listening and Reading sections change?
(a) Some conversations, talks and Listening and Reading texts will be longer. Instead of many different conversations with a single question about each, there will be fewer conversations with multiple questions about each.
(b) Different English accents - including a Canadian accent - will be heard in the Listening section.The other accents include: US, British and Australian.
(c) Questions in the Listening section are now also recorded. In order to allow candidates to answer questions without having to read them, the questions are also included in the audio recording.
(d) Inclusion of passage-based, sentence-completion questions.This measures skills by connecting information across sentences.
(e) Questions will refer to more than one passage. Some groups of questions will refer to more than one passage. Interrelated passages that assess the ability to connect information across passages will be included. Some questions will require reference to both passages.
(f) There will be fewer questions about photographs in order to provide more testing time for tasks that reflect real-world language usage.
(g) Error-recognition questions will be eliminated to allow time for other tasks.
2. Does the difficulty level of the new TOEIC test remain the same?
Yes. In pilot and field studies, test-takers took both the existing TOEIC test and the new test. Statistical analysis of the results confirmed that the difficulty level of the two tests was equivalent. The TOEIC test is the same level of difficulty in every country worldwide.
3. Is there any change to the length of testing time on the new TOEIC test?
No. The Listening section will still take about 45 minutes to complete and candidates will still have 75 minutes to answer the questions in the Reading section.
4. In the new TOEIC test, has the amount of business-related contexts changed?
No. There is no increase in the proportion of workplace contexts. However, business skills are not tested.
