A: According to the 2024 TOEIC score statistics, Taiwanese scored an average of 315 points in listening and 265 points in reading. So the total average score rose by 13 points to a new high of 581 points.
B: Taiwan’s total was slightly higher than Japan’s 564 and China’s 561, but much lower than South Korea’s 678. India actually scored the highest in Asia at 772.
A: Since Taiwan’s universities cut English courses to save money, university students’ average of 585 was even lower than high school senior students’ average of 661.
Photo: Avery Tsou 照片：鄒政威
B: Cram school English teacher Avery Tsou shared some tips for test-taking. For listening: stay focused on the opening of each question, since the crucial information in English questions usually appears at the beginning. For reading: scan for the main structure of each sentence, so you can grasp the overall idea of a passage more quickly.
A: Plus, don’t forget to read the Taipei Times, Taiwan’s only English newspaper, every day.
A: 多益測驗2024年統計︰台灣聽力315分、閱讀265分、總分581分進步13分再創新高。
B: 台灣小贏日本（564分）、中國（561分），大輸南韓（678分），而亞洲英文最強的則是印度（772分）。
A: 但近年來許多大學大砍英文課來省錢，大學生585分比高三生661分還差耶。
B: 英語補教名師鄒政威近日分享考多益的秘訣：考聽力要專注聆聽每題的開頭，因為英文疑問句重點在一開始。考閱讀要先掃描整句的主結構，快速掌握全文主旨和文章脈絡。
A: 別忘了還要多看台灣唯一的英文報紙：《台北時報》！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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