TOEWC

Qualification for Registration: General Registration - Apply according to each age group.; Special Registration - For elementary, middle, and high school students, a student with the highest rank (1st grade) in each section is granted a qualification to apply upper section. In this case, private certification is authorized but is excluded from the award lis

Registration Section	Target Candidate	Number of Questions / Number of Words	Acceptance Criteria (out of 100 points)	Acquired Grade
General Public	Test for general public except elementary, middle, and high school students	2-3 Questions Within 600 words	90~100	1^st Grade
			80~89	2^nd Grade
			70~79	3^rd Grade
			60~69	4^th Grade
			50~59	5^th Grade
High School	Test for high school students	2-3 Questions Within 500 words	90~100	1^st Grade
			80~89	2^nd Grade
			70~79	3^rd Grade
			60~69	4^th Grade
			50~59	5^th Grade
Middle School	Test for middle school students	2-3 Questions Within 400 words	90~100	1^st Grade
			80~89	2^nd Grade
			70~79	3^rd Grade
			60~69	4^th Grade
			50~59	5^th Grade
Elementary School	Test for elementary school students	2-3 Questions Within 300 words	90~100	1^st Grade
			80~89	2^nd Grade
			70~79	3^rd Grade
			60~69	4^th Grade
			50~59	5^th Grade

Grade Conversion Table: The level of each acquired grade based on the TOWEC grade standard (1~8^th Grade); ex) One with the 1^st Grade grade in the elementary section falls into the 4^th Grade of TOWEC

TOWEC Standard Grade	Level of each acquired grade per section
TOWEC Standard Grade	General	High School	Middle School	Elementary School
1^st Grade	1^st Grade
2^nd Grade	2^nd Grade	1^st Grade
3^rd Grade	3^rd Grade	2^nd Grade	1^st Grade
4^th Grade	4^th Grade	3^rd Grade	2^nd Grade	1^st Grade
5^th Grade	5^th Grade	4^th Grade	3^rd Grade	2^nd Grade
6^th Grade		5^th Grade	4^th Grade	3^rd Grade
7^th Grade			5^th Grade	4^th Grade
8^th Grade				5^th Grade

English Proficiency Level per TOWEC Grade

Standard Grade	English Proficiency Level	Writing Level Sample
1^st Grade	Able to communicate effectively and logically in any situation by using simple and complex sentence. Evaluates how the candidate expresses his/her opinion in a unique and logical way by considering the relations between academic and sophisticated passages. Level of a college student in an English-speaking country Vocabulary level: about 33,000 words
2^nd Grade	Able to communicate without trouble by using simple and complex sentence. In need of logical development. Evaluates how the candidate expresses his/her opinion by considering the logical relations between passages with practical themes. Level of one with higher education background Vocabulary level: about 22,000 words
3^rd Grade	Able to communicate by using simple and complex sentences but cannot fully express in depth. Some grammatical errors and wrong usages. Low logical development. Evaluates English writing skills and logic through how the candidate recognizes the problems in the given passages. Level of a high school student in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 11,000 words
4^th Grade	Not able to express in depth but able to understand basic expressions. Able to communicate by low-level simple and complex sentences. Frequent grammatical errors and limited vocabulary. Evaluates the paragraph construction, the ability to summarize, compare, analyze, integrate, and subdivide at the same time Level of an upper grade of middle school student in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 8,000 words
5^th Grade	Limited vocabulary and expression skills with low logic. Able to use basic vocabulary and communicate and express oneself by using low-level simple and complex sentences. Unnatural expressions and frequent grammatical errors. Evaluates the paragraph composition and the ability to summarize, compare, analyze, etc. Level of an lower grade of middle school student in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 5,000 words
6^th Grade	The candidate use basic vocabulary. However, the vocabulary level is so low that smooth communication is impossible. Only able to communicate in a fragmentary situation. Frequent grammatical errors and unnatural expressions. Evaluates the candidate’s explanation skills (how to utilize examples, to describe, to use complex structures) including inference ability Level of an upper grade of elementary school student in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 3,000 words
7^th Grade	Able for basic communication with limited vocabulary but still has problems in making sentence. Frequent grammar errors and unnatural expressions. Level of a lower grade of elementary school student in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 1,500 words
8^th Grade	Not able to communicate due to word by word expression with difficulty in establishing sentences. Many grammatical errors and unnatural expressions. Evaluates basic sentence structure with the candidate’s structure composition and description ability Level of a kindergartener in an English speaking country Vocabulary level: about 500 words

Acceptance Criteria