Content validity. Given the uncertain nature of the construct validity of the TOEIC test, it is unsurprising to learn that its content validity has also been called into question. Oller asserts that content validity ensures that the examinee has to “perform tasks which are genuinely the same or fundamentally similar to tasks one normally performs in exhibiting the skill or ability the tests purports to measure” (Oller, 1979: 51). If we accept this, and ETS‟ claim that the TOEIC measures English communication skills in a business context, there appears to be little content validity. Without content validity the test is unlikely to be accurate, and likely to have a harmful backwash effect (Hughes, 2003: 27). Douglas (2000:236) also states that as it is “unlikely that the reading tasks engage the test takers in any genuinely communicative behavior or in genuinely specific purpose use”, should TOEIC be even considered to be a genuine test of Language for Specific Purpose?