Saran g, lebih baik sertifikat kita, digabung ama lembaga yang udah professional di bidang bahasa inggris.
Ga mudah bikin Pusat Bahasa, belum lagi harus cari dosen yang tepat, harus cari bahan TOEFL yang tepat.
Ambil contoh :
BPK Penabur - TBI (Join Class/Native Speakers)
Binbak - EF
g mantan anak BPK, lagi angkatan g, BPK joinnya ama UniSadhuGuna (yayasan TBI), jadi sertifikat Inggrisnya dikeluarin ama yayasan bahasanya, bukan sekolahnya..
Sekilas info mengenai TBI :
Ambil contoh bahan TOEFL dari buku DEBORAH PHILIPS - Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test (PBT/CBT):
Listening : 34 Skill
Structure : 60 Skill
Reading : 14 Skill
Writing : 8 Skill
2-3 Skill itu untuk 1 kali pertemuan dengan waktu 1 jam 30 menit.
Jadi, kalo mau diabisin semua skill TOEFL dalam waktu 3 bulan, setelah dihitung-hitung :
1 minggu harus ada 3 kali pertemuan, dengan durasi waktu, sbb:
1 jam 30 menit (2 kali pertemuan) and
1 jam 45 menit (1 kali pertemuan)
Btw, level tsb kalau setelah Preparation Testnya keterima di TOEFL B Class.
Levelnya seperti berikut :
- Introduction TOEFL
- TOEFL A Class
- TOEFL B Class
BTW, TOEFL PBT tuh bakalan diganti ama iBT, jadi siap-siap aja yang blom ikutan PBT, soalnya kedepannya semua jadi iBT,
untuk informasi : minimal penggunaan DL/UL internet mesti kenceng karena listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Internet-Based Test
Since its introduction in late 2005, the Internet-Based test (iBT) has progressively replaced both the computer-based (CBT) and paper-based (PBT) tests. The iBT has been introduced in phases, with the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Italy in 2005 and the rest of the world in 2006, with test centers added regularly.
Although the demand for test seats was very high, and candidates had to wait for months, it is now possible to take the test within one to four weeks in most countries.[1] The four-hour test consists of four sections, each measuring mainly one of the basic language skills (although some tasks may require multiple skills) focusing on language used in an academic, higher-education environment. Note-taking is allowed during the iBT. The test cannot be taken more than once a week.
1. Reading
The reading section consists of 3–5 long passages and questions about the passages. The passages are on academic topics; they are the kind of material that might be found in an undergraduate university textbook. Students answer questions about main ideas, details, inferences, sentence restatements, sentence insertion, vocabulary, function and overall ideas. New types of questions in the iBT require paraphrasing, filling out tables, or completing summaries. Generally prior knowledge of the subject under discussion is not necessary to come to the correct answer, though a priori knowledge may help.
2. Listening
It consists of six long passages and questions about the passages. The passages consist of two student conversations and four academic lectures or discussions. The questions ask the students to determine main ideas, details, function, stance, inferences, and overall organization.
3. Speaking
It consists of six tasks, two independent tasks and four integrated tasks. In the two independent tasks, students must answer opinion questions about some aspect of academic life. In two integrated reading, listening, and speaking tasks, students must read a passage, listen to a passage, and speak about how the ideas in the two passages are related. In two integrated listening and speaking tasks, students must listen to long passages and then summarize and offer opinions on the information in the passages. Test takers are expected to convey information, explain ideas, and defend opinions clearly, coherently, and accurately.
4. Writing
The Writing Section consists of two tasks, one integrated task and one independent task. In the integrated task, students must read an academic passage, listen to an academic passage, and write about how the ideas in the two passages are related. In the independent task, students must write a personal essay.
TOEFL TEST SCORE
Test Scores
Internet-Based Test
* The iBT version of the TOEFL test is scored on a scale of 0 to 120 points.
* Each of the four sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing) receives a scaled score from 0 to 30. The scaled scores from the four sections are added together to determine the overall score.
* Speaking is initially given a score of 0 to 4, and writing is initially given a score of 0 to 5. These scores are converted to scaled scores of 0 to 30.
Computer-Based Test
* Three subscores are obtained, each of which is given on a 0–30 scale: Listening, Structure/Writing (combined), and Reading. These subscores are averaged to obtain the final score, which is on a 0–300 scale.
* The score for Writing is a component of the score for the Structure Section. Even though the college or university where the test taker applied did not require a score for Writing, the test taker had to write the essay to complete the test.
* The Writing test is scored on a scale from 0 to 6. A score of 6 showed strong writing abilities, 5 average writing abilities, and 4 minimal writing abilities. A score of 3, 2 or 1 showed a lack of writing technique. The essay was read by two testing evaluators. Each one gave the essay a score. The two scores are averaged to produce the final Writing scores. If the evaluators were more than 1 point different in their assessment, a third evaluator scored the essay.
Paper-Based Test
* The final PBT score ranges between 310 and 677 and is based on three subscores: Listening (31–68), Structure (31–68), and Reading (31–67). Unlike the CBT, the score of the Writing section (referred to as the Test of Written English, TWE) is not part of the final score; instead, it is reported separately on a scale of 0–6.
* The score test takers receive on the Listening, Structure and Reading parts of the TOEFL test is not the percentage of correct answers. The score is converted to take into account the fact that some tests are more difficult than others. The converted scores correct these differences. Therefore, the converted score is a more accurate reflection of the ability than the correct answer score is.
