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Explanations about the
TOEIC® Certificate
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Explanation Tables
Listening |
Level |
Strengths |
Weaknesses |
≈ 400 points |
Test takers who score around 400 points typically have the following strengths:
- They can infer the central idea, purpose, and basic context of
short spoken exchanges across a broad range of vocabulary,
even when conversational responses are indirect or not easy
to predict.
- They can infer the central idea, purpose, and basic context of
extended spoken texts across a broad range of vocabulary.
They can do this even when the information is not supported
by repetition or paraphrase and when it is necessary to
connect information across the text.
- They can understand details in short spoken exchanges, even
when negative constructions are present, when the language
is syntactically complex, or when difficult vocabulary is used.
- They can understand details in extended spoken texts, even
when it is necessary to connect information across the text
and when this information is not supported by repetition. They
can understand details when the information is paraphrased
or when negative constructions are present.
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Test takers who receive a score at this level typically have
weaknesses only when uncommon grammar or vocabulary is used. |
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Reading |
Level |
Strengths |
Weaknesses |
≈ 450 points |
Test takers who score around 450 points typically have the following strengths:
- They can infer a central idea and purpose of a written text, and they can make inferences about details.
- They can read for meaning. They can understand factual information, even when it is paraphrased.
- They can connect information across an entire text, and they can make connections between two related texts.
- They can understand a broad range of vocabulary, unusual meanings of common words, and idiomatic usage. They can also make distinctions between the meanings of closely related words..
- They can understand rule-based grammatical structures. They can also understand difficult, complex, and uncommon grammatical constructions.
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Test takers who score around 450 points typically have
weaknesses only when the information tested is particularly dense or involves difficult vocabulary. |
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