It’s hypothesized that the descriptive analysis of the score pattern
distribution could better reveal the outliers cases in terms of students’ score gains. In addition, among previous
studies that examined learner variables, there was no specific focus on one particular construct. Identifying these
shortcomings, the current study seeks to investigate the effectiveness of TOEIC course through a different
approach that focuses on students’ score pattern distribution, both inferentially and descriptively, and the
construct of course satisfaction in a case study in Taiwanese EFL context. A different approach used in the
current case study might serve to answer the following research questions: