ABOUT ELPT AND SUBJECTABOUT ELPT AND elp

elpt

1. POLTEKKES MALANG, 9 -10 DEC 2017
Khristin Sulistiyo
30-HOUR INTENSIVE
ELPT TRAINING
PUSAT BAHASA FIB UNAIR

2. What is ELPT?
•A test to assess your English
proficiency skills objectively covering
3 areas:
•1. Listening Comprehension
•2. Structure and Written Expression
•3. Reading Comprehension

3. TEST ORGANIZATION
•LISTENING COMPREHENSION
50 Questions, about 35 Minutes
•STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN
EXPRESSION
40 questions, 25 minutes
•READING COMPREHENSION
50 questions, 55 minutes

4. KNOW
THE SCORING SYSTEM
•Check the Score Conversion table
•Know your current score
•Compare it to the score conversion
table
•Set your targeted score
•Set your targeted skills

5. TARGETED SCORE
•= 500
•SCORE CONVERSION
Converted score of section 1+2+3X 10 = your score
3
AVERAGE SCORE:
(50 + 50 + 50): 3 X 10 = 500
(L:32 SWE:26 R:33) →Correct Answers

6. INTENSIVE VS EXTENSIVE
•INTENSIVE: What you are doing
now in this class, supported by the
instructor. Class discussion
•EXTENSIVE: What you can do on
your own, no support by the
instructor. Independent study,
especially effective for individual
targeted skills.

7. MORE EXTENSIVE STUDY
(SHORT TERM)
•Google Play Store
•Insert the keywords: toefl reading
practice/toefl structure
practice/toefl listening practice
•Choose one and download it
•Practice it on your spare time

8. •Focus on activities to build up your
receptive skills (Listening and
Reading)
•Listening: BBC 6 MINUTE
ENGLISH
•www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/eng
lish/features/6-minute-english
•Reading: GRADED READERS
•http://english-e-books.net
MORE EXTENSIVE STUDY
(LONG TERM)

9. BE REALISTIC
•Are you familiar with one of these
reasons: busy, lazy, old, limited
time, pressure; not on your own
will.
•What can you do to improve your
ELPT score (considering given
problems above)?

10. SO........
•Improve what you can improve
within short time span:
STRUCTURE AND READING
•Focus on the total final score, don’t
worry about each section’s score.
•Ignore the most absurd one:
LISTENING........(unless you’re
excellent with it)

11. •90% test takers vs 10% instructor
•Free time (lesson) vs limited time (exam)
•Single theory (lesson) vs multiple
theories (exam)
•Theory → practice → review (analysis)→
independent study (homework) → to
analyze and to reapply the sample
analysis
•Commitment, strong willingness,
discipline, routine activities to review the
materials and do the homework.
DISCLAIMER

12. OTHERS
•To succeed in ELPT, you need:
1.Commitment
2.Patience
3.Hard working
4.Focus
5.Meticulousness (ketelitian)
6.Open mindedness

13. WHICH PRIORITY?
FACTOR LISTENING SWE READING
TIME 35 MIN. 25 MIN. 55 MIN.
QUESTION 50 40 50
MAX. SCORE 68 68 67
FACT ABSURD REALISTIC REALISTIC
SO ???
FOCUS ON SWE AND READING
MORETHAN ON LISTENING

14. SWE
•Why SWE, not Listening?
1.The base of all analysis
2.It helps with patterns, memory retention
3.It is effective if you don’t know the
topics/contexts of sentences
4.It is score-packed questions
5.It is a realistic thing to do within limited
amount of time
6.It can be used to help doing the Reading
and Listening

15. GENERAL STRATEGIES
•Manage your time. Every second
counts.
•Don’t read any instruction.
•Don’t translate. It is NOT a translation
test.
•If you DO NOT KNOW the answer,
GUESS. No penalty for wrong
answers.
•Be careful with your answer sheet.
•Energize yourself. Proper rest and
meal.

16. GENERAL STRATEGIES
for SWE
•Be familiar with the directions.
•Begin with questions 1 through
15.
•Continue with questions 16
through 40.
•If you have time, return to
questions 11 through 15.
•Never leave any questions
blank on your answer sheet.

17. BE FAMILIAR WITH THE
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTIES
•There are 3 types of question
difficulties:
•1. Easy (Memory-based
questions)
•2. Medium (Comprehension-
based questions)
•3. Difficult (Complex, involving
comprehension, analysis and
more than 2 theories)

18. LET’S GET STARTED
•SWE (Structure and Written
Expression):
–Structure: questions 1-15
There.....manykindsofpeople
A.Is C.was
B.Are D.were
–Written Expression: questions 16-40
Both Brad as well as Tom areher colleagues.
A B C D

19. MORE DETAILS
–Structure: questions 1-15
There.....manykindsofpeople
A.Is C.was
B.Are D.were
•Remember:
find ONE CORRECT ANSWER
which can best completes the
sentence (EASIER)

20. MORE DETAILS
–Written Expression: questions 16-40
Both Brad as well as Tom areher colleagues.
A B C D
•Remember:
1. find ONE WRONG ANSWER
which should not be in the sentence (MORE
DIFFICULT because you have to find 3
Correct options first)
2. ALL WORDS NOT UNDERLINED ARE
CORRECT; USE THEM TO HELP ANALYZE.

21. THE BASIC THEORIES
IN SWE
1.SUBJECT
2.VERB
3.SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
4.CLAUSES
5.NOUN, ADJECTIVE, ADVERB
6.FORM VS FUNCTION
7.CONNECTIVITY OF ALL BASIC
THEORIES

22. SUBJECT
•DEFINISI:
SUBJECT = TOKOH KALIMAT
•ADA 2 TOKOH:
1.KALIMAT AKTIF: TOKOH PELAKU
2.KALIMAT PASIF: TOKOH KORBAN

23. TYPES OF SUBJECT
1.NOUN/KATA BENDA
2.SUBJECT PRONOUN/KATA
GANTI SUBJECT
3.GERUND
4.NOUN PHRASE/KELOMPOK
KATA BENDA
5.NOUN CLAUSE/KLAUSA KATA
BENDA
6.IT

24. NOUN/ KATA BENDA
•SYARAT MUTLAK SUBJECT.
•Kata apapun yang menamai BENDA,
baik benda HIDUP/MATI,
KONKRET/ABSTRAK,
TUNGGAL/JAMAK.
•Dalam 1 kalimat MINIMAL ADA SATU
(1) NOUN.
•Bentuknya hanya SATU (1) KATA saja,
contoh: a book, the students, energy,
money, light, waters, etc.

25. SUBJECT PRONOUN/
KATA GANTI SUBJECT
•KATA GANTI BENDA TUNGGAL
(ORANG KETIGA):
He, she, it
•KATA GANTI BENDA TUNGGAL
(ORANG PERTAMA): I
•KATA GANTI BENDA JAMAK:
they, we, you

26. GERUND
•FORM/BENTUK: V ING
•FUNCTION: NOUN, BUKAN
VERB
Contoh:
Readingbooks is fun.
S V
Contoh lain: reading, listening,
writing, dancing, swimming, dll.

27. NOUN PHRASE/
KELOMPOK KATA BENDA
•Bayangkan jika ada BEBERAPA
KATA BENDA BERBEDA yang
perlu jadi SATU KELOMPOK.
•Contoh: apple + garden
student + university
book + mathematics
•Agar jelas KATA BENDA YANG
DOMINAN YANG MANA, harus
ikut aturan pengelompokannya

28. NOUN PHRASE/KELOMPOK
KATA BENDA (Cont.)
ADA 2 JENIS: (WAJIB PAHAM)
1.MINIMAL 2 NOUN BERJAJAR TANPA
DIPISAHKAN OLEH PREPOSITION,
MAKA DOMINANT NOUN ADALAH
YANG PALING BELAKANG :
•apple garden (dominant noun:
garden, bukan apple)
•university students (dominant
noun: students, bukan university)

29. 2. MINIMAL 2 NOUN BERJAJAR
DENGAN DIPISAHKAN OLEH
PREPOSITION, MAKA DOMINANT
NOUN ADALAH YANG SEBELUM
PREPOSITION PERTAMA (preposition
yang paling sering muncul: OF):
a classof university students
(dominant noun adalah a class)
two blocksof apple garden
(dominant noun adalah two blocks)
NOUN PHRASE/KELOMPOK
KATA BENDA (Cont.)

30. JIKA Noun phrase jenis 1 dan 2 TERTUKAR
(ATAU ANDA KURANG PAHAM), MAKA
AKIBATNYA FATAL, karena pasti VERB yang
Anda pilih akan SALAH (terkait
TUNGGAL/JAMAK)
Contoh:
1.A classof university students (does/do) the
experiment.
2.Two blocksof apple garden (was/were) under
supervision of the county council.
NOUN PHRASE/KELOMPOK
KATA BENDA (Cont.)

31. NOUN CLAUSE/
KLAUSA KATA BENDA
1 Klausa = 1 Subject + 1 Verb
Noun Clause =
Connector + Subject + Verb
(Penghubung Klausa)
Noun Clause di atas JADI SUBJECT.

32. Perhatikan contoh berikut:
Whenhecomesis confirmed.
Con S
anak V
anak V
induk
S
induk
S
induk
berupa NOUN CLAUSE (Ada
anak kalimat di dalam sebuah kalimat)
NOUN CLAUSE/
KLAUSA KATA BENDA (Cont.)

33. •NOUN CLAUSE TERLIHAT
SUSAH???
•Bagaimana jika diganti begini:
NOUN CLAUSE/
KLAUSA KATA BENDA (Cont.) & IT
Itis confirmed.
S V
NOUN CLAUSE sebesar tadi
(Con + S + V) diganti dengan kata IT.
(99% NOUN CLAUSE = IT)