strategi mengerjakan toefl listening

Dibanding Structure and Written Expression dan Reading dalam tes PBT (Paper Based Test), diakui bahwa sesi Listening yang dianggap paling sulit dalam  tes TOEFL. Oleh sebab itu sebelum mengikuti tes, sebaiknya dipersiapkan materi-materi yang berhubungan dengn TOEFL Listening. 

Dalam tes TOEFL, sesi pertama adalah tes kemampuan listening (Listening Comprehension) yang terdiri dari 50 soal. Anda akan mendengar rekaman dalam bahasa Inggris selanjutnya anda harus menjawab soal yang berhubungan dengan rekaman tadi. Rekaman tersebut hanya diputar satu kali dan tidak tertulis dalam buku, jadi anda harus menyimak rekaman semaksimal mungkin. Dalam tes listening ada tiga sesi yaitu : 

- PART A yang terdiri dari 30 conversation (percakapan) yang pendek, setiap percakapan diikuti dengan satu pertanyaan

- PART B yang terdiri dari 2 conversation yang panjang dan diikuti beberapa pertanyaan, biasanya ada 4 soal per conversation

- PART C yang terdiri dari 3 talk yaitu seperti seorang dosen sedang menjelaskan satu topik tertentu diikuti beberapa pertanyaan, biasanya 4 per talk. PART C ini dianggap paling sulit dalam sesi tes listening.

Tapi jangan takut untuk mengikuti tes TOEFL,  ikuti tips berikut :

1. Be familiar with the directions

Terbiasalah dengan petunjuk-petunjuk dalam mengerjakan tes TOEFL karena pada umumnya petunjuknya sama. Dalam tes listening, sebelum mengerjakan soal akan ada petunjuknya yang diperdengarkan melalui tape recorder. 

2. Listen carefully to the conversations and talks

Dengarkan betul-betul apa yang dikatakan pembicara dalam rekaman karena rekaman hanya diperdengarkan satu kali, tidak ada pengulangan.

3. Know where the easier and more difficult questions are generally found

Harus diketahui bahwa dalam tes listening tingkat kesulitan terus meningkat dari soal ke soal oleh karena itu berusahalah semaksimal mungkin untuk menjawab soal-soal yang lebih awal.

4. Never leave any answers blank on your sheet.

Jangan pernah mengosongkan lembar jawaban anda. Tidak ada pengurangan nilai walaupun jawaban anda salah, jadi sebaiknya semua soal diisi.

5. Use any remaining time to look ahead at the answers to the question that follow

Ketika menjawab soal nomor 1, cepatlah untuk melihat-lihat pilihan jawaban no.2 agar anda cepat membaca isi topik yang akan dibicarakan. Dengan melihat pilihan jawaban sebelum mendengar percakapnnya, paling tidak anda akan mendapat bayangan mengenai bentuk soal yang akan muncul.

berikut adalah simulasi tes toefl listening :

Part A
DIRECTIONS
For Each Problem in Part A, you will hear a short statement. The statement will be spoken just one time. They will not be written out for you, and you must listen carefully in order to understand what the speaker says. 
When you hear a statement, read the four sentences in your test book and decide which one is closest in meaning to the statement you have heard. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the problem and mark your answer. 

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1. (A). Sally went to the wrong class 
(B). Sally was late for class because she got lost
(C). Sally missed the class
(D). Sally had some trouble finding the class, but she arrived on time

2. (A). Jane is going on vacation 
(B). Jane is leaving her job temporarily for health reason.
(C). During the summer, Jane often misses work because of illness
(D). Jane is sick of working all the time

3. (A). Henry arrived at work on time this morning 
(B). Henry was two hours late this morning.
(C). Henry worked late today.
(D). Henry was an hour late for work this morning.

4. (A). I’m not sure which type of flowers Jane sent me 
(B). Jane received many kind of flowers.
(C). I received many kind of flowers from Jane 
(D). I appreciate Jane’s sending me flowers when I was ill.

5. (A). William slept all the way from Georgia to New York. 
(B). George didn’t sleep at all on the trip.
(C). William was half asleep all the time that he was driving.
(D). William didn’t sleep at all on the trip.

6. (A). Too many people came to the meeting. 
(B). There were not enough people at the meeting to inspect the document. 
(C). We had expected more people to come to the meeting.
(D). There were not enough seats for all the people.
(Kumpulan Soal dan Pembahasan)

7. (A). The professor said he was sorry that he had not announced the test sooner 
(B). The professor was sorry that he had forgotten to bring the test to class.
(C). The professor was sorry that he hadn’t given the test earlier.
(D). The professor said he was sorry that he had not given the result of the test sooner

8. (A). Mary is taking a leave of absence from her job because of her health. 
(B). Mary is not going to return to her job.
(C). Mary is right to quit her job.
(D). Mary did very good work but now she is quitting her job.

9. (A). John will be able to buy groceries. 
(B). John doesn’t have enough money to buy groceries.
(C). John wouldn’t buy groceries even if he had enough money.
(D). John can’t find his grocery money.

10. (A). Hary sold no magazine 
(B). Hary sold only one magazine 
(C). Hary has never sold as many magazine as he sold today
(D). Hary sold five magazine at one house

11. (A). Eighty people came to the rally 
(B). Forty people came to the rally.
(C). One hundred sixty people came to the rally.
(D). One hundred people came to the rally.

12. (A). We are going to meet Fred and Mary at the movies if we had time. 
(B). We went to the movies with Fred and Mary, but the theatre was closed. 
(C). We couldn’t meet Fred and Mary at the movies because we didn’t have any money. 
(D). Fred and Mary were supposed to meet us at the movies, but their car broke down.

13. (A). Frank told the contractor to do the work in spite of the cost.
(B). Frank told the contractor that the price was too high. 
(C). Frank cannot afford the work on his house.
(D). Frank repaired his own house.

14. (A). I studied last night because I had to 
(B). I tried to study last night but the material was too hard.
(C). I couldn’t study last night because I was very tired.
(D). I studied last night because I was bored.

15. (A). John was supposed to give the awards at the banquet but he didn’t. 
(B). John was given an award, but he refused it.
(C). John didn’t go to the banquet.
(D). John went to the awards banquet but he refused to give a speech.

16. (A). Edna goes to the movie every year. 
(B). Edna hasn’t gone to the movie yet this year, but last year she did.
(C). Edna doesn’t go to the movie unless she has time.
(D). Edha hasn’t seen a movie for a long time.

17. (A). He is out of sugar 
(B). He puts only sugar in his coffee. 
(C). There isn’t enough sugar in his coffee.
(D). He likes sugar but the coffee he is drinking has too much. 

18. (A). Arnold was embarrassed because his date wanted to pay for her own meal. 
(B). Arnold had less than $15.
(C). Arnold didn’t want his date to know how much the food cost.
(D). Arnold didn’t want to pay for his date’s meal.

19. (A). George didn’t have $1000 for the man. 
(B). George wanted more than $1000 for the car.
(C). George agreed to take $1000 for his car. 
(D). George thought that $1000 was too much to pay for a used car. 

20. (A). Harvey turned around to answer the teacher’s question. 
(B). Harvey is an intelligent student.
(C). Harvey must have been embarrassed.
(D). Harvey looked in the red book for the answer to the question.

Sumber :

1. www.kursusmudahbahasainggris.com/2013/09/tips-mengerjakan-soal-toefl-listening.html

2. kumpulan-soal-dan-jawaban.blogspot.com/2013/03/contoh-soal-test-toefl-listening.html