Tips and tricks to achieve 500 TOEFL Score

TOEFL Preparation PPT

1. Tips and Tricks to Achieve 500 TOEFL Score Speakout PalComTech Prabumulih x Feraliza Widanti

2. TOEFL adalah kepanjangan dari Test of English as a Foreign Language (Test Bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing), yang dibuat oleh ETS (Educational Testing Service), sebuah lembaga di Amerika Serikat. Hello! T OEFL ?

3. “take the risk, or lose the chance” Kind of TOEFL Test

4. 1. PBT (Paper-Based Test) Paper-based test merupakan jenis TOEFL® yang sangat populer diselenggarakan di institusi pendidikan, tempat les, dan lembaga bahasa khusus. Mengikuti tes ini, kamu seperti mengikuti tes biasa, yakni hadir di tempat dan mengerjakan soal yang dicetak. Tes dikerjakan selama kurang-lebih 3 jam dan terdiri atas listening, structure & written expression, reading comprehension, dan writing. Singkatnya, bisa kamu lihat pada tabel berikut ini.

5. 2. iBT (Internet-Based Test) Format tes yang ini mulai populer akhir tahun 2005, menggantikan computer-based dan paper-based. Pada dasarnya format soal sama dengan paper-based, tapi tanpa sesi structure. Inilah yang menjadi perbedaan utama PBT dan iBT. Selain itu, susunan pertanyaan dan durasinya pun sedikit berbeda.

6. 3. ITP (Institutional Testing Program) TOEFL® ITP biasanya diselenggarakan oleh perguruan tinggi atau lembaga bahasa Inggris tepercaya. Soal yang diujikan tetap berpatokan pada model soal internasional. Nah, karena jenis TOEF®L ini tidak diakui internasional, kamu wajib mencari tahu apakah universitas atau pemberi beasiswa pilihanmu menerima hasil TOEFL® ITP. Jika menerima, kamu bisa mendaftar di lembaga kursus bahasa Inggris atau TOEFL® ITP test center di Kaplan Edupac Indonesia, AIA Central 21st floor, Sudirman, Jakarta

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8. TOEFL Preparation Tips and Tricks “When you learn, teach. When you get, give.”

9. Listening Section “Tips and Tricks”

10. Listening Section The more you hear English, the better your listening skills Listen to Spoken English Regularly Don’t repeat too much, understand the question first is better. Take Complete Practice TOEFL Listening Tests you should still takes notes during the Listening section Get in the Habit of Taking Notes You only get to hear each recording once, Stay Focused While the Recordings Are Playing Don’t try to write down everything you hear. Focus on Main Ideas

11. Structure and Written Expression Ability to Understand the TOEFL Structure and Written Expression Test: > Understand materials related to subjects and predicates, appositive, participles, conjunctions, reduced sentences, and inversion forms in the Structure section. > Understand materials related to subject and verb relations, form and function of verbs, parallel structures, comparatives & superlatives, passive voice, nouns, articles (articles), pronouns, and sipat words ( adjective), and adverbs (adverbs), and prepositions in the Written Expression section.

12. Structure and Written Expression

13. Reading Section Contain : > 3-4 passages about academic topics (humanities or science). > Between 12-14 questions per passage. > Average of 20 minutes per passage. > You can skip around within the passage and come back to question later.

14. Reading Section “Tips and Triks”

15. Reading Section Robert Moog was an American inventor who developed the Moog Synthesizer. It was one of the first synthesizers to gain widespread use as a musical instrument. Moog’s synthesizers were an important pa Line of musical innovation in rock and jazz music in the 1960s and 1970s. Robert Arthur Moog was born in Queens, a borough of New York City 75 years ago. He became fascinated with electronics as a teenager, particularly an early electronic music instrument called the theremin. Moog studied physic and electrical engineering at Queens College and Columbia University, both in New York City and later received a Ph.D. in engineering physic Cornel University in Ithaca, New York. In 1954, while still an undergraduate student, Moog formed his own company to sell theremins and theremin kits. Soon after, Moog began working on a keyboard instrument that could replicate the sound of any musical instrument electronically. Working with American composer Herbert Deutsch, Moog introduced the prototype Moog Synthesizer at a convention in 1964. The device represented a significant advance over previous electronic synthesizer because of its use of new semiconductor technology, which made it smaller and considerably cheaper than earlier machines. The Moog, as it was known, was soon in demand by musician all over the world. In 1964, Moog began a collaboration with American composer and organist Walter Carlos (now Wendy Carlos), who released the bestselling electronic music album Switched-On Bach in 1968. Rock groups such as the Beatles and Yes and jazz musicians such as Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea began incorporating Moog Synthesizer into their recordings, a trend that increased when the company introduced the compact and portable Minimoog in 1970. A Moog Synthesizer was also prominently featured on the soundtrack to the movie A Clockwork Orange in 1971. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2008

16. Reading Section 1. The word “prominently” in paragraph 3 can easily be replaced by … (A) significantly (B) perfectly (C) accurately (D) excellently Jawab : (A) significantly Keyword: featured on Pembahasan: • prominently = significantly = menonjol • perfectly = sempurna • accurately = akurat • excellently = baik 2. The passage describes theremin as “ a ” or an … .... (A) prototype of Moog Synthesizer (B) initial electronic music instrument (C) musical instrument to replicate the sound (D) instrument of electronic tool Jawab : (B) initial electronic music instrument Keyword: instrument called theremin Pembahasan : Initial electronic music instrument. Dapat dilihat pada bacaan ‘particularly on early electronic music instrument called theremin . 3. The pronoun “it” paragraph 2 refers to… (A) electronic synthesizer (B) a keyboard instrument (C) prototype of Moog Synthesizer (D) new semiconductor technology Jawab: (C) prototype of Moog Synthesizer Keyword: intoduced yhe prototype Pembahasan: Prototype of Moog Synthesizer. Jika dilihat dari bacaan pada paragraf 3, Moog memperkenalkan sebuah prototype Moog Synthesizer.

17. Reading Section 4. According to the passage, all of the following are true about The Moog, EXCEPT… (A) it was invented by Robert Moog (B) it was first introduced in 1964 (C) it initiated new technology which was smaller and cheaper than previous (D) it was the first synthesizer in the world Jawab : (D) it was the first synthesizer in the world Keyword: made it smaller and considerably than Pembahasan : it was the first synthesizer In the world. Karena dalam bacaan ke-18-19 dituliskan bahwa sebelumnya sudah diciptakan mesin synthesizer “which made it smaller and considerably cheaper than earlier machine”. 5. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses… (A) collaboration between The Moog and other musicians (B) the description of compact and portable Mini Moog (C) the improvement of Moog Synthesizer (D) trend in the music industry about synthesizer Jawab: (C) the improvement of Moog Synthesizer Keyword : Moo Sythesizer was also prominently Pembahasan: Yang paling mungkin dibahas dalam paragraf selanjutnya adalah the improvement of Moog synthesizer. 6. The main idea of paragraph three is … (A) the Moog’s collaboration in music field (B) the Moog in the movie soundtrack (C) the introduction of Minimoog (D) the collaboration of The Moog with music groups Jawab: (A) the Moog’s collaboration in music field Keyword: Moog began a collaboration Pembahasan: the Moog’s collaboration in music field. Dalam bacaan dituliskan bahwa Moog mulai berkolaborasi dengan berbagai musisi dalam berbagai genre musik.

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21. Funny Facts TOEFL test was developed in early 1960s, but it was launched in 1964. I t's accepted by more than 10.000 organizations in 130 countries. It has been taken by more than 30 million people around the world. Caused several illness as headache, starving, throw up, and sleepy (0>.<0)

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