TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language disingkat TOEFL adalah ujian kemampuan berbahasa Inggris (logat Amerika) yang diperlukan untuk mendaftar masuk ke kolese (college) atau universitas di Amerika Serikat atau negara-negara lain di dunia. Ujian ini sangat diperlukan bagi pendaftar atau pembicara yang bahasa ibunya bukan bahasa Inggris. Ujian TOEFL ini diselenggarakan oleh kantor ETS (Educational Testing Service) di Amerika Serikat untuk semua peserta tes di seluruh dunia.

Jenis tes bahasa Inggris TOEFL ini pada umumnya diperlukan untuk persyaratan masuk kuliah pada hampir semua universitas di Amerika Serikat dan Kanada baik untuk program undergraduate (S-1) maupun graduate (S-2 atau S-3). Hasil tes TOEFL ini juga dipakai sebagai bahan pertimbangan mengenai kemampuan bahasa Inggris dari calon mahasiswa yang mendaftar ke universitas di negara lain, termasuk universitas di Eropa dan Australia. Secara umum, tes TOEFL lebih berorientasi kepada American English, dan sedikit berbeda dengan jenis tes IELTS yang berorientasi kepada British English. Tidak seperti tes IELTS, tes TOEFL ini pada umumnya tidak mempunyai bagian individual interview test.

Biasanya tes ini memakan waktu sekitar tiga jam dan diselenggarakan dalam 4 bagian, yaitu bagian:

• listening comprehension,
• grammar structure and written expression,
• reading comprehension, dan bagian
• writing.

Nilai hasil ujian TOEFL berkisar antara: 310 (nilai minimum) sampai 677 (nilai maximum) untuk versi PBT (paper-based test).

Sejak tahun 1998, tes TOEFL ini diadakan secara online dengan menggunakan komputer (Computer-based Testing/CBT), dan sejak tahun 2005 disebut iBT (Internet-based Test). Di tempat-tempat yang belum bisa melaksanakan CBT atau iBT (karena belum ada fasilitas komputer dan jaringan internetnya), ujian TOEFL ini masih tetap diadakan secara manual menggunakan kertas dan potlot (paper-based test atau PBT). Informasi lebih lengkap tentang tes CBT dan paper-based TOEFL berkaitan dengan pendaftaran, lokasi penyelenggaraan, biaya, dan bahan-bahan persiapan tes dapat dilihat di situs resmi TOEFL, http://www.toefl.org (hasil ujian TOEFL versi CBT mempunyai nilai berkisar antara 0 sampai 300, sementara nilai untuk iBT adalah dari 0 sampai 120).

Akhir-akhir ini penyelenggara tes TOEFL juga mengadakan jenis tes TWE (Test of Written English) yang hasil nilainya terpisah dari nilai tes TOEFL. Tes ini memakan waktu selama 30 menit, dan peserta akan diminta untuk menuliskan karangan singkat yang menggambarkan mengenai kemampuan peserta untuk mengekspresikan dan menuangkan suatu gagasan atau ide, serta mendukung gagasan itu dengan contoh-contoh yang terdapat dalam kehidupan sehari-hari dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggris yang standar.

Jenis tes TOEFL yang lain adalah TSEP (Test of Spoken English Program) yang mirip dengan bagian individual interview pada tes IELTS. Tes ini biasanya dipakai kalau kita ingin mendaftar sebagai asisten dosen atau asisten laboratorium (sebagai salah satu cara untuk meringankan biaya kuliah) di universias di AS (atau negara lain). Bentuk tesnya diadakan secara lisan dan berlangsung selama kurang lebih 20 menit. Waktu penyelenggaraan dan batas akhir pendaftarannya sama dengan tes TOEFL yang lain, dan biayanya kira-kira sebesar US$100.

Bagi mereka yang ingin mengikuti tes TOEFL ini, alamat dari penyelenggara tes adalah:

TOEFL Test Office
P.O. Box 6000, 
Princeton, 
New Jersey 08541-6000, U.S.A.  

Di Indonesia, tes ini diselenggarakan oleh ITC (International Test Center"), http://www.itc-indonesia.com/ yang mempunyai cabang di beberapa kota di Indonesia dengan biaya sekitar US$175.

Refrensi :

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOEFL

Tugas Softskill Bahasa Inggris

Excercise 21: Conditional Sentences

1. Henry talks to his dog as if it could (understand) him.
2. If they had left the house earlier, they wouldn't (be; negative) so late getting to the airport that they could not check their baggage.
3. If I finish the dress before Saturday, I would (give) it to my sister for her birthday.
4. If I had seen the movie, I would (tell) you about it last night.
5. Had Bob not interfered in his sister's material problems, there could be peace between them.
6. He would give you the money if he might (have) it.
7. I wish they would (stop) making so much noise so that I could concentrate.
8. She would call you immediately if she might (need) help.
9. Had they arrived at the sale early, they would (fine) a better selection.
10. We hope that you could (enjoy) the party last night.
11. If you have enough time, please might ( paint) the chair before you leave.
12. We could go for a drive if today were (be) saturday.
13. If she wins the prize, it will be because she had (write) very well
14. Mike wished taht the editors could  (permit) him to copy some of their material.
15. Joel wishes that he could (spend) his vocation on the gulf coast. next year.
16. I would (accept) if they invite me to the party.
17. If you mother might (buy) that car for you, will you be happy?
18. If he had (decide) earlier, he could have left on the afternoon flight.
19. Had we known your address, we could (write) you a latter.
20. If the roofer doesn't come soon, the rain would (leak) inside.
21. Because Rose did so poorly on the axam, she wishes that she could (study) harder last night.
22. My dog always wakes me up if he could (hear) strange noises.
23. If you might (see) mary today, please ask her to call me.
24. If he would (get) the raise, it will be because he does a good job.
25. The teacher will not accept our work if we had (turn) it in late.
26. Mrs. Wood always talks to her tenth-grade students as though they were (be) adult.
27. If he had left already, he might (call) us.
28. If they had known him, they could (takl)) to him.
29. He would understand it if you could (explaint) it to him more slowly.
30. I could understand the french teacher if she migh (speak) more slowly

Exercise 26: Adjective and Adverb

1. Rita plays the violin (good/well).
2. That is an (intense/intensely) novel.
3. The sun is shining (bright/brightly).
4. The girls speak (fluent/fluently)  French.
5. The boys speak Spanish (fluent/fluently).
6. The table has a (smooth/smoothly) surfacc.
7. We must figure our income tax return (accurate/accurately).
8. We don't like to drink (bitter/bitterly) tea.
9. The plane will arrive (soon/soonly).
10. He had an accident because he was driving too (fast/fastly).

Exercise 27: Linking (Copulative) Verbs

Circle the correct form in parentheses.

1. Your cold sounds (terrible/terribly).
2. The pianist plays very (good/well).
3. The food in the restaurant always tastes (good/well)
4. The campers remained (calm/calmly) despite the thunderstorm.
5. They became (sick/sickly) after eating the contaminated food.
6. Professor Calandra looked (quick/quickly) at the students sketches.
7. Paco was working (diligent/diligently) on the project.
8. Paul protcsted (vehement/vehemently) about the new proposals.
9. Our neighbors appeared (relaxed/relacedly) after their vacation.
10. The music sounded too (noisy/noisily) to be classical.

Exercise 28: Comparisons

Supply the correct form of the adjectives and adverbs in parentheses. Let as and than be your clues. Add any other words that may be necessary.

1. John and his friends left as (soon) as the professor had finished his lecture.
2. His job is more (important) than his friend's.
3. He plays the guitar as (well) as Andres Segovia.
4. A new house is much more (expensive) than an older one.
5. Last week was as (hot) as this week.
6. Martha is more (talented) than her cousin.
7. Bill's descriptions are more (colorful) than his wife's.
8. Nobody is more (happy) than Maria Elena.
9. The boys felt so (bad) than the girls about losing the game.
10. A greyhound runs more (fast) than a Chihuahua.

Exercise 29: Comparisons

Supply than,as,or from in each of the following sentences.

1. The Empire State Building is taller than the Statue of Liberty.
2. California is farther from New York than pennsylvania.
3. His assignment is different from mine.
4. Louise reads more quickly  than his sisters.
5. No animal is so big than King Kong.
6. That report is less impressive than the government's
7. Sam wears the same shirt as his teammates.
8. Dave paints much more realistically than his professor.
9. The twins have less money at the end of the month more they have at the beginning.
10. Her sports car is different from Nancy's. 

 

Exercise 30: Comparisons

Select the correct form in parentheses in the following sentences.

1. Of the four dresses, I like the red one (better/best).
2. Phil is the (happier/happiest) person that we know.
3. Pat's car is (faster/fastest) than Dan's.
4. This is the (creamier/creamiest) ice cream i have had in a long time.
5. This poster is (colorfuler/more colorful) than the one in the hall.
6. Does fred feel (weller/better) today than he did yesterday?
7. This vegetable soup tastes very (good/well).
8. While trying to balance the baskets on her head, the woman walked (awkwarde/more awkwardly) than her daughter.
9. Janse is the (less/least) athletic of all the women.
10. My cat is the (prittier/prettiest) of the two. 
11. This summary is (the better/the best) of the pair.
12. Your heritage is different (from/than) mine.
13. This painting is (less impressive/least impressive) than the one in the other gallery.
14. The colder the weather gets, (sicker/the sicker) I feel.
15. No sooner had he received the letter (when/than) he called Maria.
16. A mink coat costs (twice more than/twice as much as) a sable coat.
17. Jim has as (little/few) opportunities to play tennis as I.
18. That recipe calls for (many/much) more sugar than mine does.
19. The museum is the (farther/farthest) away of the three buildings.
20. George Washington is (famouser/more famous) than John Jay.