The important test to get a job

Kana Kawakita

10/22/14

The important test to get a job

                In my country, Japan, it is important for getting a job to take the TOEIC, which is very profitable and essential test to get a job. The TOEIC is a shortened form of “Test of English for International Communication“. This is a test common throughout the world that we are evaluated our communication skill in English extensively. This test includes listening and reading sections, and in about 150 countries, people have taken it. This is evaluated from 10 to 990 point, and the score we have to get in order to find a job is different each kind of the job. In general, we need to get at least 600 to 650 score in Japan. The higher company you get, the higher score you are required to get.

Then, I have taken is two times before, and I have some effective ways to get higher score.

First of all, doing shadowing, reproduction, and dictation is very effective to improve listening skill. The shadowing is a practice you repeat to read aloud by following English sentences while listening so that you get accustomed to listen English and pronounce fluently. In this practice, it is important to follow the native speaking rather than to attach importance to complete sentences grammatically. The reproduction is a practice you repeat to read aloud same sentences perfectly after you listen to English sentences. You need to make and read aloud sentences grammatically correctly in this practice. Then, the dictation is a practice you white down all of the sentences after you listen to English sentences. It is good way for me to follow these steps in this order when I listen to a news or lecture. By continuing these practices, you can improve not only listening skill, but also information-gathering capacity.

Second, you had better to reading as many books as possible to improve skills of reading and grammar. The more books you read, the more skills you can get, such as reading quickly and learning some new words and grammars. Also, it is necessary to see how long you read all articles because you might have difficulty in reading all articles within the limited time in TOEIC test.

Lastly, you have to make sure the form of TOEIC test and rehearse it by seeing time. For example, you should make sure how long you can use in each of section, and what kind of contents include in the test.

In short, it is not easy to get high score on TOEIC test, but you can improve if you follow these steps. Then why don`t you take TOEIC test to get a good job in the future?