私がTOEICの点数をあげたきっかけを話します。世の中で、特に企業内でTOEICを取ることが重要視されてきた時期がありました。その当時、勤めていた会社でも、TOEICの点数がOOO点以上になると、毎月5万円の手当がつくというビッグな話が出ました。私はそれに向かって、猛勉強しました。給料が毎月5万アップというのは、本当にありがたいことです。猛勉強の末、点数が達成できたので、その報告と手当の申請をしました。ショックなことに、当初、毎月5万円と言っていたものが、毎月5千円に変更されていたいのです。話が出て数ヶ月もしないうちに、なぜ？！とてもショックでした。でもこのようなきっかけがなければ、毎日の仕事の忙しい中、時間を作って勉強などしなかったと思います。いまとなっては、そのきっかけがTOEICの点数をあげることになったので、本当にありがたいことだったと思います。その後の転職のための就職活動でも、この点数が書類審査で役に立ったとは間違いないと思います。ちなみに私がTOEICを猛勉強した時に使った勉強ツールは、アルクです。CDを毎日聞いたり、単語やイデオムを覚えたり必死に勉強しました！
This is a story about when I had improved my TOEIC score. In the past years, the TOEIC score was considered one of the requirements in Japan, especially in business companies. The company I belong to at that time also encouraged the employees to acquire good TOEIC scores. The company had expressed offering 50,000 JPY per month as an allowance if one had achieved a predetermined score. It was big news to me, and I studied English very hard. Finally, I had acquired the score and reported it to the company with an application to receive a 50,000 JPY allowance every month. It was only some months after I knew about the 50,000 JPY. It changed to 5,000 JPY. Why? I had no idea. As a result, I only received 5,000 JPY per month as an allowance. It was a big shock, but I would not have studied English so hard if I had not had such an opportunity and the news of receiving 50,000 JPY. I was busy doing my work tasks. Anyway, I was glad that I had improved my score. I was sure it helped a lot when I had applied for a new position in a new company. I used the ALC English study tool for the achievement. I had listened to CDs. I had memorized many vocabularies and idioms. I studied very hard.