We just had our surprising Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) exam this day. This, obviously is a test for ones proficiency in the English language. It is somewhat like NCAE but only the English subject part is taken. This test is composed of two parts, the Listening comprehension and the Reading comprehension each having 100 items. Yes, you read it, 100 items EACH, making them 200 items all in all.
The surprising part is not about the number of items, it is about the announcement of the schedule of examination that was announced just before an hour of our examination. This is due to the one week suspension of classes because of the typhoon that the exam schedule was moved and was not well informed to us. Not to mention this TOEIC exam is going to be considered as our final exam in our English even though the TOEIC people told us that this exam is not graded and this is only taken by students to see their proficiency in the English language.
By the way, the original schedule of the TOEIC examination was suppose to be on October 5, 2009. That's why we expected the schedule will be moved next week and the announcement was to be announced within this week due to the one week class suspension. But both occured at the same day, which was today. O_O
So anyway, our English professor did a review for us a couple of weeks ago, a brief one that should still continue until the day of the TOEIC examination. Well, we had our review...ONLY ONCE because of so many conflicts like the defends on our research papers, suspension of classes not to mention the one week suspension and the last 2 reviews before the examination should have been taken last September 29 and October 2.
Going to the exam, we took the exam on our University Conference Center or the UCC for short at FEU. Just like the NCAE, we had a 1 whole size of a bubble sheet that required us first to shade the boxes that corresponds to the letters or numbers of our names, birthdays, etc. It is a multiple choice type of exam and we just have to simply shade the letter that corresponds to our answer. And as I've said before, the exam is composed of two parts, the Listening comprehension and the Reading comprehension each having 100 items. The first part is the listening comprehension and this is pretty new to me and I think also to all who haven't yet taken any TOEIC exam. They have an audio CD wherein you will be hearing some short conversations of two people with English accent then afterwards answer the questions that follow. Questions are written on the test booklet. The subparts of the exam are consist of identifying the situation of a picture based on the choices given by the one speaking and identifying the right response to a given question also based on the choices given by the one speaking. It's pretty easy and fun actually. =D
Second part was the Reading comprehension. Well, in TOEIC, the subparts of the reading comprehension were choosing the best word to complete the sentence, identifying the errors in a sentence and to answer the following questions that correspond to your answer regarding either a letter, notice, invitation, or billing statement. The last subpart of the reading comprehension was way too dizzy, too many to read and articles were too long! Well, fortunately, only 2 to 3 questions were to be answered for each article. Oh and by the way, this exam was only good for 2 hours, I finished it exactly 2 minutes left on the time, haha!
OH! And by the another way, hahaha! TOEIC is taken by all college students who will be taking up any English 2 subject which I believe would be the second year students like me.
I hope this little information would help a little for those who haven't yet taken TOEIC exam. At least you have a brief background on the coverage of TOEIC. So better clean your ears and start watching American shows for the Listening Comprehension part! XD
According to the TOEIC people, passing this examination, especially getting a high grade would greatly benefit your job interview in the future! But sad to say, this exam expires for 2 years, meaning after 2 years, your grade in TOEIC exam will not benefit your job interview any more. But you can take it again if you like. Just click on the first "TOEIC" word you will found at the first paragraph of my post to enter their site for more information or just click here if you're too lazy to scroll back . >:)
Lastly, taking this exam will cost you 1700PHP. But if you think it will greatly benefit you, why not sacrifice the value in exchange for a better future?
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