4.1. Students’ Past TOIEC Scores
As mentioned in the methodology section, the students taking this intensive course tend to be on the lower end of the scale due to the nature of the course scheduling. The group average of the total TOEIC scores from the past three IP TOEIC tests held prior to this intensive course is 363.1, which is considerably lower than the department average score of 425. 2 The lowest score from the group is 185, and the high-est 540 (STDV=102.8). The average listening score of the group is 234.1 (Lowest=107.5, Highest=347.5, STDV=67.5; cf., Department Average=263.3). The average reading score of the group is 129.0 (Lowest=77.0, Highest=192.5, STDV=37.8; cf., Department Average=161.7). See Table 1. Graph 1 and Graph 2 summarize the distributions of the TOEIC scores of the students taking this intensive course. Graph 1 shows the total scores, and Graph 2 the reading scores.