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What Is the TOEIC Test? The Complete 2026 Guide to Format, Scoring, Fees and Registration in Thailand
The TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) is a multiple-choice English exam developed by ETS that measures everyday workplace English. The most widely taken version, TOEIC Listening and Reading, has 200 questions across 7 parts, takes about 2 hours, and is scored from 10 to 990. In Thailand, you register by phone through the Center for Professional Assessment (CPA Thailand), which runs test centres in Bangkok and Chiang Mai; the personal exam fee is 1,800 THB as of 2026.
10 min readRead article →What Is a Good TOEIC Score? Score Chart, CEFR Mapping, and Thai Job Benchmarks (2026)
For most Thai job applications, a TOEIC Listening & Reading score of 600 or higher is "good" — it clears common employer filters, including Thai Airways' published cabin-crew minimum, and beats Thailand's national average of 531 from ETS's latest worldwide report. A score of 785+ corresponds to CEFR B2 in both skills under ETS's official mapping, and 900+ sits above every national average ETS reports. This guide explains what every score band means and how to set a target you can actually hit.
9 min readRead article →The 100 Most Common TOEIC Vocabulary Words — Mined From 9,678 Correct Answers
This is the TOEIC word list you actually need: the 100 words that most often ARE the correct answer, mined from 9,678 questions we analysed in our bank of 20,000+ original questions — each with type, meaning and a real collocation. The #1 word by a wide margin: enhance, correct 178 times.
9 min readRead article →What's Actually on TOEIC Reading? We Analysed 16,214 Practice Questions to Find Out
Based on an analysis of 16,214 original TOEIC-style Reading questions from the eng-test bank, verb choice is the single most-tested skill (2,597 questions, about 16% of the analysed set), detail-finding questions outnumber main-idea questions almost 5 to 1, and half of all items (50.6%) sit at medium difficulty. HR and email scenarios dominate the business contexts. This post shows the full numbers — and the study plan they imply.
9 min readRead article →TOEIC Part 6 & 7 Tips: The Time-Management Playbook for Reading
TOEIC Part 6 and Part 7 make up 70 of the 100 Reading questions, and running out of time is one of the most common reasons candidates underscore. Budget about 10 minutes for Part 5, 8-10 for Part 6, and 55 for Part 7, learn the seven Part 7 question types, and never leave a blank — there is no guessing penalty.
7 min readRead article →TOEIC Reading Sample Questions with Answers & Explanations
The TOEIC Reading section is 100 multiple-choice questions in 75 minutes, split into Part 5 (Incomplete Sentences), Part 6 (Text Completion), and Part 7 (Reading Comprehension). Below are eight original sample questions — with the correct answers and full explanations — so you know exactly what to expect on test day.
8 min readRead article →TOEIC Part 5 Tips: Strategy, Question Types, and Practice with Answers
TOEIC Part 5 is the Incomplete Sentences section: 30 single-sentence, fill-in-the-blank questions that test grammar and vocabulary. Once you can recognize its four question types and work at a steady 20–25 seconds per item, it becomes the fastest place to gain Reading points.
6 min readRead article →How to Memorize English Vocabulary: 9 Techniques That Actually Work
To memorize English vocabulary so it sticks, stop re-reading word lists and instead test yourself from memory and review words at growing intervals (spaced repetition), always learning each word inside a real sentence. This guide covers the vocabulary memorization techniques that help you remember new words for the long term — spaced repetition, active recall, context, word families, mnemonics, and a simple weekly routine — with examples drawn from TOEIC and business English.
7 min readRead article →The 12 English Tenses, Summarized: Chart, Formulas, and Examples
English has 12 tenses, built by combining three time frames (present, past, future) with four aspects (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous). This guide gives you a complete English tenses chart with structures and example sentences, then explains the trickiest contrasts — like present perfect vs past simple — that show up again and again in TOEIC grammar questions.
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