The TOEIC® Bridge test is an assessment tool very similar to the TOEIC® test, except that it measures competence in listening to and reading English at beginner to intermediate levels. It is a reliable and valid  assessment that is internationally recognised.

Use of the Bridge test: 

• For professionals who require a rudimentary knowledge of English at their workplace
  
• As part of training programmes in companies, to both assess and encourage beginners to set and attain language learning goals
  
• For students who are in the first stage of a language course
  
• In secondary schools and technical schools as an external and impartial tool to measure language skills
  
• As a developmental tool that can be administered a number of times to assess the progress of the candidate in English language learning
  
• As a tool to measure instructional effectiveness – the scores of all students pursuing a particular language course can be examined to analyse the quality of the course itself.

The Bridge test has proved to be a good motivational tool to encourage beginners to proceed to the next level.

Structure of the test

The Bridge paper and pencil multiple-choice test consists of 100 questions. It lasts less than an hour, and features questions that are significantly easier than TOEIC® test questions.

Section 1: Oral comprehension (with audio support), with questions based on

• Photographs
  
• Questions and answer modules
  
• Short dialogues

This section has 50 questions, and takes 25 minutes to complete.

Section 2: Written comprehension, including

• Incomplete sentence
  

• Reading comprehension

This section has 50 questions, and can be completed in 35 minutes.

The score report given to each candidate indicates a total score graded between 20 and 180 points (10 to 90 points for each of the two sections of the test). Candidates are also given sub scores that allow them to identify areas of strength and weakness. These include scores for: 

• Grammar: an indication of capacity to recognise and use simple grammatical structures,
  
• Vocabulary: capacity to use and understand words and short sentences used in everyday conversational English,
  
• Oral comprehension: the capacity to understand spoken English, including understanding tonalities, comprehending the particular meaning of certain words given a context, differentiating between similar sounding words, etc.,
  
• Reading comprehension: an indication of ability to comprehend a written text and understand the different sections within it.

Once learners achieve the maximum score in the Bridge test, they are ready to take on the full TOEIC® test.

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