The Institute for International Business Communication (Chairman Takayuki Murofushi, Tokyo), which operates the TOEIC program in Japan, has changed the test that was operated under the name of "TOEIC® Test" from August 2016, 8 to the "TOEIC® Listening & Reading Test". , "TOEIC® Speaking & Writing Test" has been changed to "TOEIC® Speaking & Writing Test".
According to the Institute for International Business Communication, the "TOEIC Listening & Reading Test" measures English listening (listening) and reading (reading), and the "TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test" measures two skills: speaking (speaking) and writing (writing). ..There is no change in the content of the test.
In order to let people know that taking these two tests can comprehensively measure the four skills of English, we have newly established a test brand called "TOEIC Tests", which collectively refers to the two tests. In addition to these two tests, "TOEIC Tests" includes "TOEIC Speaking" to measure speaking ability and "TOEIC Writing" to measure writing ability in group special exams.
The "TOEIC Program," which is the sum of the "TOEIC Tests" and the "TOEIC Bridge Test," has been taken by 150 million people in about 700 countries around the world and 280 million people in Japan.In addition, according to an independent survey conducted by the association from October to December 2015, 10 of the 12 universities surveyed used the "TOEIC Listening & Reading Test" for entrance examinations and 751 for credit recognition. It is said that it is.
