Features of the TOEIC Bridge® Test
- The TOEIC Bridge test is a global standard for the assessment of ability to communicate in English for beginning and intermediate learners.
- Rather than "Pass" or "Fail", the results are expressed as numerical scores for listening and reading and subscores are expressed on a scale of one to three in five categories.
- The questions are based on communication situations and materials of simpler and more familiar nature than those used in the TOEIC Test.
- The speed at which the questions are read in the listening test is slower than that in the TOEIC test and is equivalent to the speed which a native English speaker uses when speaking "carefully"
| Category | Category Content |
| Functions | This subscore reflects the examinee's ability to recognize what the speaker or writer is trying to do with the language. Examples of functions include offering, requesting, telling the time, giving instructions, and asking for information. |
| Listening Strategies | This subscore is a measure of specific techniques the examinee uses to draw information from a spoken text. Examples of these strategies include listening for stressed syllables, guessing meaning from context, listening for required information, and distinguishing sounds and tenses. |
| Reading Strategies | This subscore is a measure of specific techniques the examinee uses to draw information from a written text. Examples include skimming, scanning, reading for required information, identifying the purpose and/or main idea of a text, making inferences, and understanding the relationships between parts of a text. |
| Vocabulary | This subscore is a measure of the examinee's understanding of short phrases or words in context. Areas tested include daily activities, likes and dislikes, recreation and hobbies, travel and transport, health, and simple commercial transactions. |
| Grammar | This subscore reflects the examinee's understanding of the meaning and use of grammatical forms. |
