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rastan

User since 2009
Posts: 1

9 Sept. 2009

Hello everybody !

I already took the TOEIC test twice three years ago and I got about 700/990. I want to take again this (new) TOEIC Listening and Reading in a few months and I'd like to obtain 750 (or more if possible).
So I ask you which level is approximately equivalent by Gymglish to be ready to pass this test ? 3.5 ? 4 ? 4.5 ?

Thanks

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Spoiler
User since 2008
Posts: 499
12 Sept. 2009

It's hard to say, but at least according to my experience I think it's not really possible to compare GG lessons with the TOEIC test.

In GG, I have a level of 5.5 (the 'Jackpot'), so one might assume I must have reached commensurate TOIEC points. But that was not the case.

As a student in a telecourse I had the opportunity to make a complete sample TOEIC test
(with all 200 questions) and the results were kind of dissappointing: I got 417 in the
listening comprehension part and 445 in the reading part - compared with my "perfect"
GG level that's quite pathetic.

Predominantly I account the velocity in the TOEIC test for it â€“ while in GG you have plenty
of time to give your answers, the answer time in TOEIC is very confined and the speed
almost breathtaking - at least for me.

I can image with an training specialized for TOEIC, I might have been able to get better
results - but provided that the only realistic TOEIC results are those you get when doing
the test spontaneously, I think I was rated justly.

According to that I think GG levels and TOEIC are not really comparable, unless there are
based on the same conditions in terms of time.
It's hard to say, but at least according to my experience I think it's not really possible to compare GG lessons with the TOEIC test. In GG, I have a level of 5.5 (the 'Jackpot'), so one might assume I must have reached commensurate TOIEC points. But that was not the case. As a student in a telecourse I had the opportunity to make a complete sample TOEIC test (with all 200 questions) and the results were kind of dissappointing: I got 417 in the listening comprehension part and 445 in the reading part - compared with my "perfect" GG level that's quite pathetic. Predominantly I account the velocity in the TOEIC test for it â€“ while in GG you have plenty of time to give your answers, the answer time in TOEIC is very confined and the speed almost breathtaking - at least for me. I can image with an training specialized for TOEIC, I might have been able to get better results - but provided that the only realistic TOEIC results are those you get when doing the test spontaneously, I think I was rated justly. According to that I think GG levels and TOEIC are not really comparable, unless there are based on the same conditions in terms of time.

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