By:
I Made Sujana
Tes standar internasional yang dipergunakan
untuk mengetahui tingkat penguasaan bahasa
Inggris (English proficiency) seseorang.
Diperlukan oleh kandidat yang ingin melanjutkan
studi atau short visit ke luar negeri.
Di Indonesia, TOEFL digunakan sebagai
persyaratan studi S2/S3 dalam negeri maupun
untuk kebutuhan lain (persyaratan kenaikan
pangkat/promosi di instansi-instansi
pemerintahan dan swasta)
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Section Aspects Total Items
Time
I Listening Comprehension A. Short Conversation
B. Long/Extended Conversation C. Mini Talks/Lecturers
50 35
II Structure & Written Expression
A. Structure: Choose the best answer B. Written Expression: Error
recognation
40 25
III Reading Comprehension 50 55
TOTAL 140 115
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Jawaban benar dikonversikan dengan tabel
konversi
Rentang Skor 217
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Tidak ada pengurangan nilai menjawab salah.
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PART ASPECTS TOTAL ITEMS
Part A Short Conversations 30 Part B Extended/Longer Conversations 8 Part C Mini Talks/Lectures 12
TOTAL 50
Man : Does the car need to be filled?
Woman : Mary stopped at the gas station on her way home.
Third Person : What does the woman mean?
On the recording you hear:
On your test book, you will read:
A. Mary bought some food
B. Mary had car trouble C. Mary went shopping D. Mary bought some gas
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Dialog agak panjang dua atau tiga orang
membahas topik tertentu.
Diikuti dengan 4 pertanyaan untuk
masing-masing dialog.
Dua dialog dalam satu paket test (total 8
pertanyaan).
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Perkuliahan (Lecture) dalam Bahasa Inggris
diikuti 3-4 pertanyaan.
3 mini lectures dalam 1 paket tes (12
pertanyaan
What does the woman mean?
What does the man imply?
What can we assume from the woman?
Who is the man?
Where does this conversation probably take
place?
What does the man assume?
What will the man probably do next?
What does the man saya about ...?
What does the man sugget? ... Etc.
Area Contoh
• Topics/Main Idea • What is the topic of the conversation/talk?
• What is the main idea of the talk/conv?
• What do speakers mainly discuss?
• What prompted the conversation?
• Detail Questions (Wh/H) • Who ... ?
• Conclusion/Inferences/ Prediction
• What can we conclude from the conv/talk?
• What can we infer from the conv./talk?
• Who are the speakers?
• What will the speaker probably do next?
Be familiar with the direction
Listen carefully to the conversations and talks
Know where the easier and more difficult
questions are generally found
Never leave any answers blank on your
answer sheet
Use the remaining time to look ahead at the
answers to the questions that follow
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As you listen to each short coversation, focus on
the second line of the conversation
Keep in mind that the correct answer is probably
a restatement of the second line
Keep in mind that certain structures and
expressions are tested regularly in Listening Part
A
◦
Structures (passives, negatives, wishes, conditions ...)
◦
Functional Expression (agreement, uncertainty,
suggestion, surprise ...)
◦
Idiomatic Expressions (two-part verbs, three-part verb,
....)
Keep in mind that these questions generally
progress from easy to difficult
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Even if you don understand the complete
conversation, you can find the correct
answer:
◦
If you only understood a few words or ideas in the
second line, choose the answer that contains a
restatement of those words or ideas;
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If you didn‟t understand anything in the second line
of the conversation, choose the answer that sounds
the most different from what you heard;
◦
Never choose an answer because it sounds like
what you heard in the conversation.
Synonym or Antonym
Paraphrase/Rephrase
Association
Change of Voice (Active vs. Passive Voice)
• Similar Sounds • Emphatic Expression of surprises
• Restatements • Suggestion
• Draw conslusions (who, where, what)
• Wish meaning
• Negatives (pure negatives, double negative, almost negatives, negatives with comparative
• Conditional Meanings (Type I, II, III)
• Agreement/Disgreement •
• Idiomatic Expressions
1.
Focus on the Second Speaker
2.
Choose answers with synonyms/
restatements
3.
Avoid similar sounds
Examples:
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A: I like coffee. A: I heard that Sally just moved into a new, big house near the beach.
B: So do I B: But Sally doesn‟t a cent.
C: What does B mean? C: What does B mean?
4.
Draw conclusions about “Who, What, Where”
5.
Listen for „who‟ and „what‟ in passive
6.
Listen for „who‟ and „what‟ in multiple
nouns
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A: Can I help you? A: What happened?
B: I want to open check account please
B: The man was killed in the accident?
7.
Listen for negative expressions
8.
Listen for double negative expression
9.
Listen for „almost negative‟ expressions
10.
Listen for negative with comparatives
[pure negative; other negatives (nobody, no one, nothing, never), negative prefixex (un, in, im, ir, dis… etc.)
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A: I can‟t seem to get the door unlocked
A: You worked so hard setting up the field trip
B: That isn‟t the right key for
the door
B: I hope no one‟s unhappy
with the arrangement C: What does the woman
mean?
A: I heard that Mona‟s been
offered the manager‟s job.
A: Have you gotten over your cold yet?
B: But she had hardly any work experience!
B: I couldn‟t be feeling any better today.
C: What does B say about Mona? C. What does B mean?
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11.
Listen for expressions of agreement
12.
Listen for expressions of uncertainty and
suggestions
13.
Listen for emphatic expression of surprise
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Agreement with Positive Sentences
Agreement with negative Sentenes
So do I Neither do I Me too I don‟t either
I‟ll say Me, either
Isn‟t it? (Q tags)
A: I don‟t really care for the way
the building was renovated.
A: Do you know anything about the final exam on Physics?
B: I don‟t either. B: It‟s going to be rather difficult, isn‟t it?
C: What does B mean? C: What does B mean?
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A: Does the meeting start at 9? A: I have got 600 on the TOEFL test
14.
Listen for wishes
15.
Listen for untrue conditions
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A: Do you think we‟ll be able to
have picnic today?
A: Do you think that you‟ll be
able to go to the party?
B: I wish the sky weren‟t so
cloudy!
B: If I had time, I would go
16.
Listen for two or three-part verbs
17.
Listen for Idioms
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A: What time does the meeting start?
A: I have to take Advanced Biology.
B: Don‟t you hear that it was
called off by the director? B: Don‟t worry about it. It‟s a piece a cake. C: What does B say about the
meeting
A: Can you tell me if
today‟s matinee is a
romance, comedy, or
western?
B: I have no idea
C: What does B mean?
A.
She has strong ideas
about movie
B.
She prefers comedies
over westerns and
romances
C.
She doesn‟t like
today‟s matinee
D.
She doesn‟t know
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A.
Do you smoke?
B.
I used to
C.
What does B mean?
A: Do you smoke?
B: I am used to?
C: What does B mean?
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A: How can I help you?
B: I want to open check
account, please!
C: Who is B/A? Where
does this conversation
take place?
A: The test is very
difficult for me
B: You can say that
again?
C: What does B mean?
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A: My motorbike is
parked over there.
B: So, you do ride a
motorbike?
C: What does B assume?
A: Do you go to the
restaurant. We will
have a great party.
B: If I had money.
C: What does B imply?
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