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Table 10 Selected specifications of the Common Test and the TOEIC Bridge

From: Is the Common Test for University Admissions in Japan enough to measure students’ general English proficiency? The case of the TOEIC Bridge

 

Common Test

TOEIC Bridge

Objective

To measure the skills to use knowledge of English vocabulary, expressions, grammar, and language functions appropriately in real-life communication according to the purpose, situation, and circumstance

To measure English language proficiency in the context of everyday adult life

Dialects

The USA, the UK, Japan

The USA, the UK, Canada, Australia

Restrictions of guidelines

Yes

No

CEFR

A1-B1

A1-B1