TOEIC® Speaking and Writing tests TOEIC® Speaking and Writing test questions are based on real-life work settings typically encountered in an international business environment (meetings, travel, telephone conversations, etc). The TOEIC Speaking and Writing tests are Internet-based tests. The two sections are independent of each other, and test takers receive a separate score for each.
• The speaking test— based on a variety of tasks that measure a broad range of speaking skills. This test lasts approximately 20 minutes, and measures skills such as reading a text aloud (tests pronunciation) describing a picture (tests vocabulary/grammar,) and expressing an opinion (tests fluency/extended discourse).
• The writing test—this test lasts approximately 1 hour, and measures a range of writing skills, including responding to a written text (tests vocabulary/grammar) to writing an opinion essay (tests coherence and organisation, from sentence to passage level).
Test-taker responses are assigned randomly and anonymously to trained raters. Several raters score different parts of each test via ETS’ Online Scoring Network™ for maximum objectivity and reliability.
Score and proficiency levels
The Speaking Test
• Score range: 0-200
• 8 proficiency levels
The Writing Test
• Score range: 0-200
• 9 proficiency levels
Secure, reliable and convenient Internet-based test delivery
Internet-based testing provides a direct measure of test takers’ speaking and writing skills. The ETS Online Scoring Network (OSN) enables efficient and objective scoring by ETS-trained raters on the Internet. Internet-based testing features:
• Online registration
• Greater access to test administrations
• Scoring conducted by ETS-trained raters via OSN
To find an ETS Europe authorised test centre and register to take a TOEIC test, click here .
ETS Europe benchmarked the TOEIC Speaking and Writing tests onto the Common European Framework (CEF) of Languages in November 2006. Download the latest report now to understand what different TOEIC scores mean.
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