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I'm Mikiko, the CEO of Liberteaching, LLC.
Liberteaching offers language training lessons for companies in Kobe.
We offer English and Italian lessons.
coffee
and copier
"Coffee" and "Copy" are often on TOEIC together,
especially in the Listening comprehension.
Why?
Because "Coffee" sounds like "Copy"
to Korean people.
It is said
that TOEIC is popular
especially in Japan and Korea.
Actually, I always ask foreign people,
"Do you know TOEIC?".
All the people that I met answered
"NO"
or
"I knew it after I came to Japan."
TOEIC is very popular in Japan and Korea,
but it seems that it's not very famous in other countries.
MikikoのワンポイントTOEIC
TOEICのホームページには
こんな説明があります。
TOEIC is...
A global standard
for assessing English communication skills
objectively and fairly.
(グローバルスタンダード)
(英語のコミュニケーション能力を評価するための)
(客観的にそして適正に)
しかし、主な受検者は日本人と韓国人だと言われています。
なので、日本人や韓国人が間違えやすい問題が
よく出題されると言われています。
その中でも有名なのが
coffeeとcopy。
韓国人にとっては、
とても音が似ているそうです。
ちなみに、
「コピー機」は
copier
（発音は “コピヤー” ）
TOEIC頻出単語です