TUGAS BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2

strategies for the Listening Comprehension

Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL is a test of English language proficiency (an American accent) who is required to register go to college (college) or university in the United States or other countries in the world. This exam is required for applicants whose native language or the speaker is not English. TOEFL exam is organized by the office of ETS (Educational Testing Service) in the United States to test all participants throughout the world.

 
           TOEFL English language test types are generally required for college entrance requirements in almost all universities in the United States and Canada for both undergraduate program (S-1) or graduate (S-2 or S-3). TOEFL test results are also used as a material consideration of English language proficiency of prospective students who apply to universities in other countries, including universities in Europe and Australia. In general, the TOEFL test is more oriented to American Home, and a few different types of IELTS which is oriented to the British Home. Unlike the IELTS test, TOEFL test is in general not have the individual parts of the interview test.

Usually, this test takes about three hours and held in 4 sections, namely sections:
• listening comprehension,
• Grammar structure and written expression,
• reading comprehension, and parts
• writing.

The value ranging from exam results TOEFL: 310 (minimum) to 677 (maximum value) for the version of the PBT (paper-based test).
Since 1998, the TOEFL test is conducted online using a computer (Computer-based Testing / CBT), and since 2005 called the iBT (Internet-based Test). In places that have not been able to carry out CBT or iBT (because there are no computer facilities and internet networks), the TOEFL test is still conducted manually using paper and pencil (paper-based test or PBT). More information about CBT tests and paper-based TOEFL relating to registration, venue, cost, and test preparation materials can be viewed on the official website of the TOEFL, http://www.toefl.org (CBT version of the TOEFL exam results have value ranges from 0 to 300, while the value for the iBT is from 0 to 120) .
Lately organizers also held a kind of TOEFL test TWE (Test of Written Home), which results in value is separate from the TOEFL test scores. This test takes 30 minutes, and participants will be asked to write a short essay that describes the ability of participants to express and translate an idea or ideas, and supporting the idea with the examples found in daily life using the English language standard.
Another type of test is TSEP TOEFL (Test of Spoken Home Program) which is similar to the individual interviews on the IELTS test. They are usually used when we want to register as a teaching assistant or lab assistant (as one way to offset the cost of tuition) in universias in the U.S. (or other countries.) Form tests conducted orally and lasts for approximately 20 minutes. Implementation time and the deadline for registration together with other TOEFL tests, and costs approximately U.S. $ 100.

There are several common strategies for the Listening Comprehension:

1.  Understand the forms of the command (direction) in each section (part) well before D-day exam.
2. Read the options on each question as much as possible when the narrator is reading direction and example problems (example). 
3. Listen with full concentration and focus your attention on the conversation you are listening. 
4. Maximize your listening skills on the first questions in each part.

There are three sections in Listening Comprehension sessions. These parts are :

·         Part A. This section consists of thirty short conversation (short conversations) between two people, both men and women. Each conversation ended with a question. You are required to choose one of the answer choices (A, B, C, and D) the most precise available on the question paper. The questions in Part A number ranging from 1 to 30.

·         Part B. This section consists of two long conversations (longer conversations) between two people, both men and women. Each conversation is followed by four questions. You are welcome to choose the best answer (A, B, C, and D). The questions in Part B starting from number 31 to 38.

·         Part C. The final section consists of three long speeches (talks) and only involves one person (monologue). Usually in the form of academic lectures or describe someone who was giving a lecture. Each talk is followed by four questions. You are required to answer by selecting one best answer. The questions in Part B starting from number 39 to 50.

For most people, Listening Comprehension is the hardest part when TOEFL tests. This time I will try to summarize what strategies should be done in order to answer the questions in the Listening Comprehension well.

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EXAMPLE:

1.      The first recorded use of natural gas to light street lamps it was in the town of Frederick
                       A                                     B                           C                         D

Answer : B (it was)        

            The use of the pronoun subject it is unnecessary; it should be omitted.

2.      The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans.

                                       A              B                       C                             D

Answer : C (most old)

The superlative form of a one-syllable adjective (old) is formed with the suffix -est: oldest.

3.      Liquids take the shape of any container which in they are placed.

                              A           B                     C                        D

Answer : C (which)

 in The preposition must precede the relative pronoun: in which.

4.      Physical therapists help patients relearn how to use their bodies after disease or injure.

                                                           A              B                         C                       D

Answer : D (injure)

            A noun (injury), not a verb (injure), is required.

5.      In the south-western part of the United States, most of the watercomes
     A                                                                                       B
of the Colorado River and the manmade lakes created from it.
C                                                                      D                            

Answer : (C) comes of
Grammar : the correct answer is “comes from” because it’s explain prepositions of place positions

6.      Bill Clinton, that won the 1992 presidential election, was
                          A                                     B                     C
formerlygovernor of the state of Arkansas.
              D          

Answer : (A) that
Grammar : the correct answer is “who” because it’s explain adjective clause

7.      The hard palate….. between the mouth and nasal passage
a. Forming a partition
b. A partition forms
c. Forms a partition
d. A form and partition
(C) Because it uses the present tense using the verb 1 and to be is

8.      .. the outermost layer of skin, is abaout as thick as sheet of paper over most of the skin
a. It is epidermis
b. The epidermis
c. In the epidermis
d. The epidermis is
(D) Because it uses the present tense using the verb 1 and to be is

9.      During the Precambrian period, the earth’s curst formed, and life……. In the seas
a. First appeared
b. The first appear
c. The first appearance
d. Appearing first
(A) Because using the verb 3

10. Before the statue of liberty in the united states, newspaper invited the public to help determine where….. .placed after its arrival
a. Should the statue be
b. The statue being
c. It should be the statue
d. The statue should be
(D) Because the use of past continuous tense is future shoud +be