Editing TOEIC (section)

===TOEIC Listening & Reading Test===

The TOEIC Listening & Reading Test lasts two hours; 45 minutes for Listening, and 75 minutes for Reading. It consists of 200 multiple-choice items evenly divided between the listening and reading comprehension section. Each question is worth five points. Each candidate receives independent scores for listening and reading comprehension on a scale from 0 to 495 points. The total score adds up to a scale from 0 to 990 points. The TOEIC certificate exists in five colors, corresponding to the results achieved:<ref>{{cite web|title=Benchmark Your Score|url=https://www.ets.org/s/toeic/pdf/toeic_score_report_certificate.pdf|publisher=ETS|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>
*{{legend2|orange}} orange (0–219)
*{{legend2|brown}} brown (220–469)
*{{legend2|green}} green (470–729)
*{{legend2|blue}} blue (730–859)
*{{legend2|gold}} gold (860–990)

TOEIC test certificates are optional, unofficial documents that are meant for display only.

====2006 redesigned TOEIC tests====

A new version of the TOEIC Listening & Reading test was released in 2006. The changes can be summarized as follows:
*Overall, passages are longer.
*Part 1 has fewer questions involving photograph descriptions.
*The Listening Section hires speakers of English from [[British English|Britain]], [[Australian English|Australia]], [[New Zealand English|New Zealand]] and [[North American English|North America]], and uses an equal distribution of the dialects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toeic.or.jp/toeic/new/new01.html.|title=IIBC｜一般財団法人国際ビジネスコミュニケーション協会|website=www.toeic.or.jp|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> However, all the voice actors for the audio sections have lived in the United States for an extended period.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}
*Part 6 no longer contains an error-spotting task, criticized as unrealistic in a corporate environment, instead adopting the use of a task wherein the test taker fills in blanks in incomplete sentences.
*Part 7 contains not only single-passage questions, but also double- and triple-passage questions wherein the test taker reads and compares two or three related passages, such as an e-mail correspondence.

According to a survey conducted in 2006 by {{nihongo|the Institute for International Business Communication |財団法人 国際ビジネスコミュニケーション協会|Zaidanhōjin Kokusai Bijinesu Komyunikēshon Kyōkai}}, 56.8% of the respondents who took both the older and the revised versions of the TOEIC test in Japan find the latter version more difficult.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sp.toeic.or.jp/square/nt/voice/evaluation/ove_q2.html|title=TOEIC SQUARE|access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> The lower the score the test taker achieves, the more marked this tendency becomes. As many as 85.6% of those who earned scores ranging from 0 to 395 points find the revised TOEIC test more difficult, while 69.9% of those who earned 400 to 495 points think this way, as do 59.3% of those who earned 500 to 595 points. Among those who achieved 600 to 695 points, 58.9% agreed with these findings; 48.6% of those who scored 700 to 795 points agreed; 47.9% of those who scored 800 to 895 points agreed; and 39.8% of those who scored 900 to 990 points agreed.

2006 also saw the addition of TOEIC Speaking & Writing tests. In 2007 there were additional changes to the TOEIC Reading & Listening test that decreased emphasis on knowledge of grammatical rules.

=====Test scores in redesigned TOEIC=====

Scores on the TOEIC Listening and Reading test are determined by the number of correct answers. The number of correct responses on each section is multiplied by five and converted to a scaled score. Three TOEIC Listening and Reading scaled scores are given for each examinee:

*οne for the Listening Section
*οne for the Reading Section
*οne Total Score that consists of the sum of the Listening Section and Reading Section sub-scores.

Each sub-score can range from 0 to 495 points. The Total Score ranges from 0 to 990. There is no negative scoring. The Total Score consists of the sum of the Listening Section and Reading Section sub-scores.

====2016 updated TOEIC L&R tests====

In 2016, a new version of the TOEIC test was released in Japan and South Korea, including new types of questions.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/12/113_190406.html|title = TOEIC template to be changed|publisher= The Korea Times |date = 2015-11-06 |language=en}}</ref> The updated TOEIC test became available worldwide in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/toeic-listening-and-reading-test-to-receive-updates-300587020.html|title=TOEIC® Listening and Reading Test to Receive Updates|website=PR Newswire|date=2018-01-24}}</ref>

Some of the changes to the test are as follows: <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-05 |title=
ETSは、TOEIC®テストの出題形式を2016年5月に変更します |url=http://www.toeic.or.jp/press/2015/p049.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410051958/http://www.toeic.or.jp/press/2015/p049.html |archive-date=2016-04-10 |website=IIBC Global}}</ref>

'''Listening:'''
*Number of photograph and question response questions decreased, number of conversation questions increased instead 
*3 or more speakers in some conversations
*Shorter turns and more exchanges in some conversations
*Colloquial phrases (e.g., "gonna") and incomplete sentences/fragments (e.g., "Yes, in a minute") in conversations
*New question types include:
**Identifying information using a graphic (a table, graph, etc.)
**Understanding the implied meaning of speakers within a conversation

'''Reading:'''
*Number of incomplete sentence filling questions decreased
*Addition of long text completion (fill-in-the-blank) questions
*New question type to test the understanding of three related passages
*Text messages, instant messages, or online chat conversations with multiple speakers

Despite these changes, the update to the test came with no change to score scale, test difficulty, number of items, or test length, according to ETS.