The TOEIC test (Test of English for International Communication), evaluates the ability of non-native English speakers in the use of Business English. It’s widely used as a certification tool by thousands of companies worldwide when it comes to measure one’s English proficiency.

Back in November of last year I did that test just for the sake of doing it and while I could see my results online in December, I couldn’t get the certificate until today.

I got 890 points out of 990. Breaking it down into parts, in the Listening Comprehension section I got 430 points and 460 points in the Reading section.

What does that mean? ETS which is the organization behind this test (also the TOEFL and others) host a can-do table which serves as an interpretation of the scores.

This time we had the opportunity to take the test for free since the Chilean Economic Development Agency was paying for it. This is because they want to create a registry of English speakers, in order to attract foreign capital by clearly stating the amount and quality of our human resources. Our data is now also part of a Job Board.

As for me, I’m pretty happy about this… I always wanted to take a test like that, it was for free and I got a good score.