TOEIC guides
The questions people actually ask before booking a TOEIC — answered from the official ETS documentation rather than from other blogs. Each guide says where its numbers come from.
The TOEIC part by part
Four parts are paced by the recording, three are paced by you. That difference decides most scores.
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What score do you need to pass the TOEIC?
There is no official pass mark. The number you need comes from whoever is asking for it.
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A four-week TOEIC study plan
Four weeks only works if you already know which section is costing you. Start with the diagnosis.
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How long does it take to prepare for the TOEIC?
A 20-point gain is noise. ETS publishes the number that separates progress from luck.
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Finishing the TOEIC reading section
Not finishing is not a language problem. It is an allocation problem, and it has a fix.
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Improving your TOEIC listening score
One hearing, no pause, nothing printed in Part 2. Train for that, not for a quiz you can replay.
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Learning TOEIC vocabulary
Learn pairs, not words. The test swaps one word for another and asks whether you noticed.
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The mistakes that cost most on the TOEIC
None of them are English mistakes. All of them can be fixed in a single session.
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How the TOEIC is scored
There is no penalty for guessing, no published conversion table, and a ±25-point margin ETS states openly.
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TOEIC score to CEFR level
The official mapping is per section. Add the two B2 cut scores and you get 785 — that is not a coincidence.
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TOEIC test day
Everything that goes wrong on the day is logistics. An expired ID ends it before the first question.
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How to register for the TOEIC
Most TOEIC horror stories are admission problems, not English problems. They are all avoidable.
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How much does the TOEIC cost?
The headline price is not the whole bill. Here is what you pay, what varies, and what you can skip.
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Where can you take the TOEIC?
Public session or institutional session — the difference decides where you go and who gets your result.
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Which TOEIC test should you take?
Four tests, four score scales. Booking the wrong one is an expensive mistake to discover afterwards.
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Funding the TOEIC with the CPF
Most pages on this still quote 2024 rules. Two 2026 decrees moved both the cap and your share.
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How long is a TOEIC score valid?
What expires is ETS’s willingness to vouch for the score, not the paper in your drawer.
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How many times can you take the TOEIC?
Unlimited attempts, no visible history. What decides the retake is the score gap, not the rules.
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TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS or Linguaskill?
The right test is decided by your reader, not by you. Start from the requirement and work backwards.
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Now find out where you actually stand
Reading about the test only gets you so far. Take a section under real conditions and get a score on the official 10–990 scale.