This is the heaviest scoring part. You will read emails, articles, ads, and charts.
From a linguistic perspective, this omission contradicts nearly every major model of communicative competence, which includes grammatical, discourse, sociolinguistic, and strategic components. Receptive skills alone cannot support authentic interaction. A balanced assessment would integrate listening with speaking (e.g., note-taking followed by oral summary) and reading with writing (e.g., responding to a memo). The separation of skills in the current test format is a legacy of practicality and cost, not pedagogical soundness. toeic test listening and reading