Professor Winn's 15 Habits of Highly Successful TOEIC® Candidates

Winfield Trivette II

• Publisher: Winn Trivette II, MA
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781386299912
• Topic: Aides à l'étude
• Subtopic: Guides d'étude

Professor Winn's 15 Habits of Highly Successful TOEIC® Candidates is the perfect companion for your TOEIC® exam preparation.

Whether you present the Listening and Reading or Speaking and Writing test, study these habits to improve your score.

Immediately learn these 15 habits to:

**Achieve a high score on the exam!

**Prepare for the exam in a more efficient way.

**Build both English-language and TOEIC® skills.

**Access the Extra Resources File for a huge list of resources to boost your exam prep.

**Learn the best move you can make today for success on the test.

**Gain confidence during your TOEIC® test preparation with fresh insights from a seasoned TOEIC instructor.

You know how important a high TOEIC® score helps you reach your personal and professional goals.

Get Professor Winn's 15 Habits of Highly Successful TOEIC® Candidates today!

Habit #1:

Channel your passion for the score you need.

COMBINE YOUR PASSION, perseverance, motivation, and self-discipline for the motivation you need to do well on the exam.

"Working hard for something we don't care about is called stressed; working hard for something we love is called passion." -from Simon Sinek, a British-American motivational speaker.

At the core, your passion, persistence, motivation, and self-discipline are the most important ingredients to form good habits.

These repetitive actions will translate your test preparation into success on the exam.

Now, let’s examine each of these drivers of a winning attitude not only during your test preparation but on test day!

Passion – You have studied English for many years and as a serious candidate, you are now ready to show the world on the TOEIC exam just how strong your skills are.

Clarify your goals and harness the enthusiasm you have for achieving your goals.

Perseverance – “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – US self-help author, Robert Collier.

Perseverance is the key to successful TOEIC preparation.

Major success seldom comes easily or without a great deal of effort and concentration.

Consistency is certainly a habit that can be learned and practiced over time.

Those individuals who reach their goals often find or develop the ability to keep going long after others have just simply quit.

For example, the habits described in this book require a daily exercise of a specific set of study actions need to be carried out in order to obtain a high score on the exam.

The successful constantly outline specific, attainable goals.

Ex: I will score a 100 on the TOEIC test the first time.

Adjust your study habits to reach this objective with persistence.

Motivation – You want to study at the best university. You need a high score for scholarship money. You deserve a promotion at the office. And you will have it!

Feel energetic and alive by visualizing already that you have received your score results.

You nabbed the score you needed!

Focus on the score you need and channel your energy into achieving it.

That makes easier and more natural the needed action to succeed.

Self-discipline – Successful people are self-disciplined.  Pain-staking practice for the TOEIC will yield a high score. I have seen the drive and determination of my own students.

Fortunately, self-discipline is something that you can learn by continuous practice, over and over, until you master it.

While preparing for the TOEIC, keep your attention focused on the most important task in front of you every day.

Conclusion

You are engaged in training for a marathon – the big test day.

Your attitude and sound mental perspective are essential to be ready for being relaxed and prepared for victory.

Use passion, persistence, and motivation to build the self-discipline you need to attain your desirable score on the exam!

Habit #2:

Execute your study plan flawlessly.

"...A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE - that will enable you to attain the success you seek." - Mario Andretti, former race card driver

What is your plan to nab the highest score possible on the TOEIC exam?

First, what is your test date?

I tell my students to begin at least three (3) months prior to the big exam day.

Gear your test preparations to be ready at that time.

Second, how much time do you have free every day?

Yes, every day.

Remember, you’re in training for a marathon.

Athletes plan for their contest with their available time.

Sports stars learn to balance a successful life outside of sport with a busy training schedule. So should you with your test preparation.

It’s important to take every opportunity to study for the exam. Don’t wait.

If that means getting up early on a weekend, make sure you take advantage of opportunities to squeeze in extra time!

Third, certain skills beyond the four (4) English language skills are essential to have success on the exam.

Necessary Skills for TOEIC

Reading

Listening

Speaking

Writing

Vocabulary

Grammar

Supplementary (Hidden)

Time Management

Now, let’s take a closer look at each of these skills and how you can plan to study for them.

TOEIC Study Plan – Listening Section

The newly updated (2018) TOEIC Listening and Reading exam has 7 parts, of which the first four pertain to listening skills.

Your listening and reading comprehension skills in the workplace for non-native English speakers are tested.

First, learn about the Listening Section of the exam: the directions, the types of listening tasks, and time management of the 45-minute limit.

Second, here are still 100 Listening Comprehension questions, but less photographs to analyze and standalone Question-Response questions.

However, there are now more Set-based questions involving conversations and talks (and more speakers!).

Third, more natural English including elisions (“gonna” and “wanna”) are in the conversations.

Above all, be familiar with the setup of the Listening Section.

Know the directions for the section ahead of time to save time!

Practice photos from the work environment.

Form your own descriptions in order to anticipate answers for the type of questions on the exam.

Check the Extra Resources File for links to suggested listening practice.

TOEIC Study Plan – Reading Section

The newly updated TOEIC Reading test still has 100 questions to complete in 75 minutes.

However, the Error Recognition tasks has been replaced by single and double passage Reading Comprehension questions.

First, how fast do you read in English?

In Habit #11, you get precise information to help you pick up your speed.

Second, make sure you read every day. Read widely, too.

A good newspaper, a veritable one-stop shop, is usatoday.com.

You can read a variety of news article from business to travel in one location.

While the English writing is not a high register like The New York Times or The Washington Post, expansive reading on will help you read faster and build vocabulary.

If you unaware of any terms during your reading, list the new words and look them up in a dictionary. Study and remember them for the exam.

Third, practice with the double passages so you are better able to draw correct conclusions from information in the two texts.

Finally, a stronger vocabulary will help you read better and understand the reading passages faster.

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