Belajar Bahasa Inggris dengan Mudah

Pasti semua ingin bisa berbahasa Inggris. Mencari tahu tentang cara cepat belajar bahasa inggris, bagaimana dapet membaca, menulis dan berbicara bahasa Inggris. Namun belajar bahasa inggris sering membuat frustasi karena tidak mengetahui bagaimana metode yang tepat.

Sebenarnya hanya terdapat tiga langkah mudah yang dapat digunakan untuk dapat mudah memahami bahasa Inggris. Langkah-langkahnya seperti berikut ini :

Focus pada Input dan bukan hanya Output

Kebanyakan kita berpendapat bahwa kunci penugasan terletak pada menulis dan berbicara. Memang, tidak salah karena banyak orang yang langsung praktik berbicara dan berani, ia akan terbiasa dan kemudian mendapatkan kemampuan berbahasa inggris dengan baik.

Tetapi untuk lebih cepat, seseorang juga harus mengasah pendengaran. Kemampuan mendengarkan merupakan salah satu kunci meraih keberhasilan dalam berbahasa inggris. Untuk itu biasakan mendengar kan lagu bahasa inggris,teks bahasa inggris dan film berbahasa inggris.

Dengan mendengarkan beragam kata dalam bahsa inggris, maka kemampuan mendengarkan dapat berkembang. Anda juga dapat meningkatkan kemampuan dalam konteks berbicara. Situasi telah terbukti dan silahkan membuktikannya.

Grammar penting namun jangan terlalu dibebankan

Grammar adalah sebuah hal yang wajib dipelajari dalam berbahasa Inggris. Namun, jangan menganggap grammar sebagai beban yang mengharuskan anda untuk berbahasa Inggris dengan sempurna. Dalam hal menulis, tentunya grammar merupakan hal yang penting. Tetapi dalam berbahasa Inggris, anda dapat memberikan toleransi dengan kesalahan-kesalahan grammatical atau tata bahasa. Meskipun perkataan yang kita ucapkan harus tetap jelas.

Grammar sangat penting, namun jangan sampai mengalahkan keberanian kita untuk mengekspresikan berbahasa Inggris.

Ulangi dan Kemudian Lakukan Secara  Perlahan

Kunci dalam cepat belajar bahasa Inggris adalah dengan terus mengulanginya. Kita terbiasa membaca teks dan materi dengan sikap seakan terkejar oleh waktu. Akibatnya kita kurang dapat memahami secara maksimal dan materi yang sudah dipelajari terbuang sia-saia.

Sebuah penelitian menunjukan bahwa pengulangan yang dilakukan secara terus menerus dan dalam tempo yang lebih lambat akan menghasilkan prestasi belajar yang lebih baik. Kita harus mendapatkan materi dengan pengulangan hingga berkali-kali. Dengan pengulangan tersebut, maka terbentuklah memori yang panjang. Kemudian, kita dapat mempelajari bahasa Inggris dengan elbih baik dan tentu saja lebih efektif. 

Toefl

The TOEFL test is the most widely respected English-language test in the world, recognized by more than 9,000 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries, including Australia, Canada, the U.K. and the United States. Wherever you want to study, the TOEFL test can help you get there.

The TOEFL Program — A national council on the testing of English as a foreign language was formed in 1962; its members were representatives of more than 30 private organizations and government agencies concerned with the English profi ciency of nonnative speakers of English who wished to study at colleges and universities in the United States. The council supported the development of the TOEFL test for use starting in 1963–64. Financed by grants from the Ford and Danforth Foundations, the TOEFL program was fi rst administered by the Modern Language Association. In 1965, the College Board and Educational Testing Service assumed joint responsibility for the program. Because many who take the TOEFL test are potential graduate students, a cooperative arrangement for the operation of the program was entered into by ETS,

The College Board, and the Graduate Record Examinations Board in 1973. Under this arrangement, ETS is responsible for administering the TOEFL program with guidance from the TOEFL Board. The TOEFL Board is comprised of 15 members. Some are affi liated with such institutions and agencies as undergraduate and graduate schools, community colleges, nonprofi t educational exchange organizations, and other public and private agencies with an interest in international education. Other members are specialists in the field of English as a foreign or second language.

The Computer Based Toefl

The computer-based version of the TOEFL test (TOEFL cBT) in many areas of the world. This move was the first critical step toward a long-term goal of enhancing assessments by using electronic technology to test more complex skills.

A primary goal of the TOEFL program is to provide more extensive information than it has in the past about candidates’ English proficiency. In response to institutions’ requests to include a productive measure of writing, the program added a Writing section (essay) as part of each TOEFL cBT test administration. This addition was one step toward a more communicative test. Essay ratings were integrated into section and total scores, but were also reported separately on offi cial score reports for informational purposes. New types of questions were added to the Listening and Reading sections; these new question types moved beyond multiple-choice questions. Visuals were also added to the Listening section, providing a signifi cant enhancement to that portion of the test.

The Paper Based Toefl

The paper-based version of the TOEFL test (TOEFL pBT) continues to be administered on specifi ed dates in some countries, particularly in areas where accessibility to the Internet-based test (e.g., TOEFL iBT) is a concern. Each form of TOEFL pBT consists of three separately timed sections; the questions in each section are multiplechoice, with four possible answers or options per question. All responses are gridded on answer sheets that are scored by computer.

• Section 1 of the test, Listening Comprehension, measures the ability to understand English as it is spoken in North America. The oral features of the language are stressed, and the problems tested include vocabulary and idiomatic expression as well as special grammatical constructions frequently used in spoken English. The stimulus material and oral questions are recorded in standard North American English; the response options are printed in the test books.
•   Section 2, Structure and Written Expression, measures recognition of selected structural and grammatical points in standard written English. The language tested is formal, rather than conversational. The topics of the sentences are of a general academic nature so that individuals in specifi c fi elds of study or from specifi c national or linguistic groups have no particular advantage.
•  Section 3, Reading Comprehension, measures the ability to read and understand short passages that are similar in topic and style to those that students are likely to encounter in North American colleges and universities. Examinees read a variety of short passages on academic subjects and answer several questions about each passage. The questions test information that is stated in or implied by the passage, as well as knowledge of some of the specifi c words as they are used in the passage.

 http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/TOEFL-SUM-0506-CBT.pdf