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CONTEXT • DECISIONS • REVIEW

Build faster TOEIC decisions through context

SRC reconnects vocabulary with realistic workplace situations, then trains you to recognise evidence, choose efficiently and return to weak decisions later.

Watch how SRC works Choose a topic area

See SRC in action Vocabulary → context → TOEIC decisions → review → return

How SRC works

Build faster TOEIC decisions through context

SRC combines vocabulary, workplace reading, TOEIC-style questions, feedback and later review. It helps you practise recognising useful English and choosing evidence under time pressure.

Do not try to translate every word. Train a decision process you can repeat.

WORKPLACE CONTEXT

A realistic situation gives the language a purposeA visitor arrives early and reception must decide what to do next.

Why context matters

A word is easier to use when it belongs to a situation

A vocabulary list gives you a meaning. A situation connects the word to a person, an action, a place and a result. Those connections give you more ways to recognise the language later.

SRC repeatedly brings the same useful language back inside realistic workplace situations.

The phrase “arrived early” appears in a workplace message rather than as an isolated translation.

WORDS INSIDE A SITUATION

Meaning is connected to people, actions and resultsThe phrase “arrived early” appears in a workplace message rather than as an isolated translation.

Step 1 · Vocabulary

Learn the 12 words that will drive the situation

First, learn the target words and distinctions. Then practise recognising and using them before entering the SRC reading activity.

A real Vocabulary activity uses 12 target terms. This tour shows only a few examples.

VOCABULARY PREPARATION

Learn first; then train recognition speedThe timed stage follows vocabulary learning. It does not replace understanding.

visitorreceptiontemporary badgeconfirmdelayconnect

Vocabulary Final Challenge

The 12-second timer adds controlled pressure

Learn first. Then use the Final Challenge to check whether the word can be recognised quickly enough to support TOEIC reading. The timer creates useful pressure; it is not a punishment.

Understanding comes first. Faster retrieval is trained afterwards.

Choose the best meaning

12s

visitordelayconfirmconnect

The timer shown here does not run. It illustrates how controlled pressure is introduced after learning.

Step 2 · Predict and read

Prepare your attention before looking for evidence

A short prediction helps you notice the people, purpose and likely problem. Then read the sample situation and check what actually happened.

Prediction gives your reading a direction; evidence corrects your prediction.

PREDICT, THEN READ

Notice the people, place and likely problemThe image creates a prediction; the English reading supplies the evidence.

Sample reading: Mr Yamada is visiting Orion Systems at 10:00. He arrives twenty minutes early, so reception issues a temporary badge and directs him to the lounge while the room is prepared.

Reading Check

Confirm that you understood the situation

Reading Check asks about the opening situation before TOEIC transfer questions begin. The reading remains visible while you answer.

Find the exact sentence that supports your decision.

READING CHECK + PART 5

Move from understanding to one controlled decisionReading Check confirms the situation. Part 5 then focuses on grammar or vocabulary signals.

TOEIC Part 5

Make one focused grammar or vocabulary decision

Part 5 has no source document. Use sentence signals, word form and business meaning to make a controlled choice without over-analysing.

Decide from the sentence—not from one familiar-looking word.

PART 5 · INCOMPLETE SENTENCE

The sales manager ____ the revised start time in a message.

A. confirm

B. confirmed

C. confirming

D. confirmation

Signal: the sentence describes a completed action in the past.

TOEIC Part 6

Follow meaning and grammar through a short business text

Part 6 is not simply several Part 5 questions together. The sentence before and after a blank may control the answer, so the source remains beside the active question.

Read for flow: what happened, why it happened and what comes next.

PART 6 · TEXT FLOW

Read before and after the blankA memo or email provides context, so the surrounding sentences may control the answer.

TOEIC Part 7

Connect evidence across workplace documents

Part 7 may require one document or two. SRC keeps both sources visible so you can compare times, actions, requests and updated information.

The answer may be created by combining two small pieces of evidence.

PART 7 · CONNECT DOCUMENTS

Compare times, requests, actions and updatesThe answer may require evidence from more than one workplace document.

Feedback after submission

Understand why the answer works

SRC does not interrupt every question with instant correctness. After submission, the explanation connects the answer to the grammar, wording or source evidence that supports it.

Feedback should improve the next decision—not simply announce right or wrong.

Your choiceMr Yamada should connect his laptop.

→

Evidence“Please help Mr Yamada connect his laptop first.”

→

Why it worksThe sales message gives the action that must happen first.

Focused review

Spend review time on mistakes—not everything again

The review shows incorrect answers, the correct evidence and a practical coaching point. A perfect attempt does not create an unnecessary correction list.

Save or print the review, then return to the weak decisions later.

Question missedYou selected a familiar word without checking the sentence form.

Evidence to revisitThe action happened in the past, so a past-tense verb is required.

Save reviewPrint review

Return and repeat

One visit introduces the language; later visits strengthen retrieval

Return after two or three days and ask whether the language and evidence can be recognised more quickly. Revisit weak work again after about a week.

Do not memorise the answer order. Return to retrieve the language and evidence again.

REVIEW, RETURN, PROGRESS

Progress depends on returning—not just finishing onceReview weak decisions, leave a gap, and retrieve the language again later.

First visitunderstand the situation

2–3 days laterretrieve more quickly

About one weekrevisit weak evidence

How long and how often?

Use short, deliberate sessions across the week

Plan about 10–15 minutes for Vocabulary and 15–25 minutes for one SRC level, including review. Some test-takers may need longer at first. Accuracy comes before speed.

Vocabulary first → one level every 2–3 days → retry weak evidence after about one week.

10–15 minutesVocabulary and Final Challenge

15–25 minutesOne SRC level including review

A practical rhythm—not a compulsory timetableShort, focused visits usually work better than one long session.

Day 1Vocabulary

GapPause

Day 3Blue

GapPause

Day 5Green

GapPause

LaterReview

Week 2Retry

Which TOEIC Learning Blocks?

SRC may help address four common reading habits

It is especially useful when you translate too much, overthink choices, memorise isolated lists or lose time without a clear evidence method.

The goal is not perfect translation. It is more controlled evidence decisions.

Translatorconnect meaning directly to a situation頭の中で訳しすぎる

Over Thinkerchoose from evidence before doubt grows考えすぎて決められない

Memoriserapply vocabulary instead of reciting it単語だけを暗記する

Speed Trapuse a clearer evidence method一問に時間をかけすぎる

Build the pathway

Return to the same vocabulary as the thinking becomes harder

Blue trains direct evidence. Green links evidence and sequence. Yellow adds inference and conflicting information. Red asks for purpose, implication and operational judgement.

One context. Repeated practice. More controlled decisions.

Repeated vocabulary supports increasingly complex evidence decisions across the four levels.

BLUE → GREEN → YELLOW → RED

The context stays familiar while the thinking becomes harderRepeated vocabulary supports increasingly complex evidence decisions across the four levels.

VocabularyBlueGreenYellowRed

Use SRC without turning it into another long study session

Open only the question you need. The rest stays out of the way.

Where should I start?

Begin with Vocabulary for the topic. Then move through Blue, Green, Yellow and Red. You do not need to complete the whole pathway in one sitting.

How long should I spend?

Allow about 15–25 minutes for one activity, including review. Stop while your attention is still useful; quality decisions matter more than staying on the page for a long time.

When should I come back?

Leave roughly 2–3 days before the next level, then retry difficult material after about one week. The exact day is less important than leaving enough space to retrieve the language again.

Which TOEIC habits does SRC address?

It is especially useful when you translate everything, overthink answer choices, memorise without recognising context, or lose control of time.

Choose your workplace context

Where do you want to practise?

Choose a context, then select a Vocabulary activity and continue through Blue, Green, Yellow and Red.

Build faster TOEIC decisions through context

Build faster TOEIC decisions through context

Use SRC without turning it into another long study session

Restaurants & Hotels

Office Communication & Meetings

Recruitment & Staff Training

Projects & Deadlines

Customer Service & Complaints

Orders & Purchasing

Travel & Transport

Sales & Marketing