TIPS MENULIS PERSONAL STATEMENT

Halo sobat semua, bertemu lagi dengan kak Ross yang hari ini baru muncul karena kesibukan kerja. Hari ini kak Ross sempat mengecek beberapa berkas untuk kuliah kuliah semacam personal statement, essay, contoh skripsi yang sudah dimampatkan jadi beberpa lembar saja, dan ijazah versi translate an (agak was was belakangan ini karena kemarin laptop sempat terkena badai prahara install ulang sehingga berkas yang sudah disiapkan selama beberapa bulan lenyap bersama Operating System asli bawaan laptop). Kalau sobat semua sudah prepare segala hal tentang kuliah, mending bikin berbagai back up an di peripherals maupun cloud ya, jangan sampai tidak. Lebih baik upload upload copy paste sekian menit daripada harus mengulang mempersiapkan semua dari awal. Okay, so let’s get down to business. Banyak yang selama ini bertanya bagaimana sih membuat sebuah personal statement yang baik. Di internet sebenarnya banyak contoh yang bagus bagus dari suhu yang sudah duluan bikin dan mungkin sekarang udah kuliah di kampus idaman, namun tetap saja ada sebagian dari kita yang merasa kesulitan membuatnya, termasuk saya. Well, frankly saying, yang sulit bukanlah menulis personal statementnya namun merealisasikan apa yang sobat akan tulis di personal statement, yang merupakan nilai plus sobat dan akan membuat admission staff tertarik dan tidak skip skip ke berkas orang lain, seperti:
1. Passion dalam hal akademik maupun non-akademik
Berbagai softskill seperti keikutsertaan organisasi mahasiswa atau organisasi kemasyarakatan
2. Pengalaman exchange atau mengikuti international atau regional conference
3. Menghasilkan karya yang berarti bagi perkembangan bidang studi sobat atau segi kehidupan yang bersifat lebih praktis
4. Berbagai pengalaman kerja yang relevan dengan studi sobat
5. Visi dan misi ke depan
6. Rencana karir ke depan
7. Alasan mengapa kita ingin melanjutkan studi
8. Alasan mengapa melanjutkan studi di kampus tersebut
9. Alasan kenapa kampus tujuan harus menerima sobat sebagai mahasiswanya
NB: Tidak semua poin diatas harus dipenuhi, namun fokus lah pada apa yang menjadi kelebihan sobat. Jika belum menemukan apa passion sobat, ada baiknya dimulai sejak dini karena pencarian jati diri akan sangat memakan waktu dan membutuhkan usaha serta kesungguhan yang tidak main-main. Hal ini sangat krusial karena sebagian besar akan menjadi poin penting di personal statement. Jangan ogah-ogahan prepare sejak masa kuliah karena sebenarnya masa kuliah S1 itulah kesempatan terbaik sobat mengembangkan diri karena memang hal ini diwadahi dan prosesnya terbantu dengan pihak-pihak yang suportif dengan visi misi sobat. Ingat, mendaftar kuliah akan menghadapkan sobat pada persaingan super ketat dengan ribuan applicants lain dan ada kemungkinan berkas kita akan di skip sama admission staff kalau sobat membuat personal statement hanya sebagai “formalitas submit berkas”. Make the best out of your writing dan buktikan kalau sobat memang serius. Nulis ginian ini biasanya tidak bisa jadi sebulan dua bulan karena faktor revisi dll, tapi it’s okay. Toh, hasil tidak pernah mengkhianati usaha. Kalaupun masih gagal, at least kita bisa learn from mistake. There’s nothing to lose.
Okay, back to topic guys.
Dalam sebuah personal statement, penting untuk mencantunkan hal-hal berikut:
1. Jelaskan siapa sobat dan berikan sedikit gambaran tentang studi sobat
Contoh: I was a student majoring XXX and I currently work as a YYY in ZZZ. I got my degree from the university of KKK, and I concentrate on the study of PPP.
2. Jelaskan sedikit tentang mengapa studi tersebut penting bagi sobat dan apa misi sobat ke depan
Contoh: I’ve always been fascinated by the study of WWW, because it really gives me notion of how …and that it opens the door of opportunity for taking part in the improvement of (certain aspect like, social, economy, etc depends on your study). I live in a third world country where problems regarding (anything that makes you feel unsettled) is so prevalent, and I want to do my role as a professional in the field of JJJ and tackle the problems by doing so and so…
3. Jelaskan mengapa memilih universitas tersebut. Tapi jangan sekali-kali mengatakan “I want to enroll to the university of LLL because my friends told me that this is a reputable university”. Ini adalah PERSONAL statement, sehingga sobat harus menulis apa yang ada di lubuk hati paling dalam. Hati para sobat, bukan hati orang lain. Nah, meski namanya adalah personal statement, sobat juga harus melakukan sedikit research dalam memberikan keterangan poin ketiga ini. Cari tahu berbagai informasi dari official website. Misal, sobat memilih karena:
This university is well known for its M.Sc in the field of NNN, particularly in the MMM dst
This university is also one of the world leading universities and currently in the 4th rank according to QS World University Ranking (contoh aja)
This university is best known for its research power and I’m currently looking for the chance to conduct a research in GGG, dst.
4. Jelaskan relevansi studi sobat sebelumnya dengan degree yang mau sobat ambil. Semakin relevan semakin bagus.
I studied HHH and have had basic skill and knowledge for…since I have ever OOO credits in FFF course and AAA course. However, I still lack of research competence and I want to seek opportunity to….and…
5. Jelaskan mengapa sobat layak diterima di universitas tersebut, missal:
I have a profound understanding of CCC and DDD and I’m passionate to….
I am a motivated person and eager to…
I have a commitment to do so and so, and I believe that the university of KKK can help me realize the JJJ and LLL
6. Jelasksan rencana karir ke depan. Missal:
After finishing my degree in WWW and getting a degree in XXX, I would like to come back to my country and become (professional, academic, specific job, you name it) and …
Jelaskan harapan sobat untuk diterima dan kasihkan clue bahwa sobat “look forward to hearing from them”
Nah, seperti itulah template penulisan yang sering kak Ross pelajari dari suhu suhu dan kak Ross terapkan sendiri. Ingat, akan sangat sulit membuat sebuah tulisan yang bagus dengan sekali jadi. Persiapkan dengan matang dan buatlah revisi serta mintalah pendapat orang lain (if you deem it necessary).

Begitu juga, template diatas adalah template yang mungkin belum sempurna dan pasti butuh penyempurnaan. Feel free to modify it because it’s not fix. Sebuah personal statement yang bagus bukanlah yang mengikuti template tertentu, namun personal statement yang baik adalah yang sesuai dengan hati sobat dan sesuai dengan apa yang diharapkan universitas tujua, utamanya admission staff hehe. If you are currently preparing for a higher education, good luck with your preparation!

Oh, anyway. Penulisan personal statement ini ada maksimal halaman nya guys yang menurut berbagai informasi di forum sekitar satu kertas A4 bolak balik. Berapa tuh, 800 kata kali ya. Jadi usahakan untuk memberi penjelasan yang pretty straight forward. Gak usah dikasih plot twist.

Untuk sobat yang berencana bekerja terlebih dahulu sebelum kuliah, silahkan cek artikel

CONTOH COVER LETTER

Untuk sobat yang berencana mendaftar LPDP dan ingin membuat Rencana Studi silahkan klik link dibawah ini
Menulis Rencana Studi LPDP

-Ross



CONTOH SOAL TOEFL DAN PEMBAHASAN


Halo sobat, ketemu lagi dengan kak Ross. Hari ini kita akan sedikit membahas tentang soal Structure and Written Expression tes TOEFL. Tes Structure and Written Expression terdiri dari 40 soal dan dikerjakan selama 25 menit. Banyak yang bertanya mengapa waktu yang diberikan begitu singkat, tidak seperti Listening atau Rading yang alokasi waktunya 55 menit. Jawabannya adalah, karena tes Structure and Written Expression ini adalah bagian termudah dari tes TOEFL, sehingga pengerjaannya lebih cepat. Banyak yang beranggapan bahwa jenis soal seperti sangat sulit, karena sebenarnya ada beberapa hal yang kurang dipertimbangkan dalam pengerjaan Structure and Written Expression, diantaranya:
1. Structure atau Grammar dalam Bahasa Inggris tidak akan pernah berubah, sehingga ketika sobat sudah menguasai suatu sub bab (multiple clause sentence, misalnya),  maka besar kemungkinan sobat akan dapat mengerjakan soal yang berhubungan dengan multiple clause sentence tanpa kesulitan yang berarti.
2. Soal Structure and Written Expression sangat tipikal, yang artinya sobat akan terus menemui jenis soal yang sama dan familiar seperti Subject-Verb agreement, penggunaan gerund, penggunaan past participle, multiple clause sentence, conjunction, dsb. Yang berbeda hanyalah kalimat soal, namun strategi dan rumus yang digunakan tetaplah sama.
3. Faktanya, dua elemen yang paling mendasar dari Bahasa Inggris adalah Subject dan Verb, dan sebagian besar soal akan berfokus pada penggunaan dua elemen ini.
4. Dalam Bahasa Inggris sangat umum diketahui bahwa ada kombinasi yang diperbolehkan dan ada kombinasi yang tidak diperbolehkan, misal: Noun harus dikombinasikan dengan Adjective atau Reference, atau quantifier, namun tidak dengan Adverb, dst.
Jadi, kombinasi yang mungkin untuk Noun adalah
Adj + Noun seperti pada Beautiful girl
Reference + (Adjective) +  Noun seperti pada That (beautiful) girl
dst.

Oke, sekarang mari kita mulai dengan beberapa contoh soal. Karena alasan copyright infringement dan segala keruwetannya itu, kak Ross putuskan untuk membuat contoh sendiri saja. Contoh yang ada mungkin tidak begitu bagus, tapi cobalah fokus pada penjelasan mengenai grammar nya.

1. Sun ________ from the East
a. it rises
b. is rising
c. which is rising
d. rises

Pada contoh ini, kita akan me-refer ke rule pertama pengerjaan structure and written expression.
Rule #1
Selalu pastikan bahwa sebuah kalimat setidaknya memiliki sebuah Subject dan sebuah Verb, selain ini disebut sebagai Complement dan sifatnya tidak wajib. Jika tidak ada salah satunya, maka kalimat tersebut salah secara gramatikal.
Pada contoh diatas, sudah terdapat sebuah Subject yaitu "Sun", namun kalimat ini belum memiliki Verb sehingga kemungkinan jawabannya adalah B dan D
Jawaban A pasti salah karena double Subject Sun dan It
Jawaban C pasti salah karena kalimat ini hanya memiliki satu klausa dan tidak membutuhkan connector "which"
Jawaban: D

Dalam kasus soal diatas, kalimat tersebut menjelaskan sesuatu yang sifatnya adalah fakta umum sehingga Verb yang paling tepat adalah Simple Present Tense, bukan Simple Continuous Tense.

2. Orang utans spend their time foraging in the jungle and ___________ for food they happen to find.
a. look
b looking
c. the look
d. looks

Pada contoh ini, kita akan me-refer rule mengenai penggunaan Conjunction (and/or)
Selalu pastikan bahwa apa yang ada sebeum dan setelah Conjunction setara.
Misal:
N (conjunction) N
V (conjunction) V
Gerund phrase (conjunction) Gerund phrase
dst

Karena sebelum conjunction "and" andalah sebuah gerund phrase "foraging the jungle", maka setelah conjunction "and" juga harus berupa gerund phrase "looking for food they happen to find"
Maka jawabannya adalah B

3. The man __________ a picture is my father
a. take
b is taking
c. who takes
d. took

Pada contoh ini, kita akan mengacu pada aturan penggunaan multiple clause dalam Bahasa Inggris. Diawal tulisan ini sudah dijelaskan bahwa sebuah kalimat tidak boleh memiliki dua verb, kecuali kalimat tersebut dibagi menjadi klausa yang berbeda. Dalam kasus ini, kita harus menggunakan connector.
Jawaban untuk soal diatas adalah C, karena C adalah satu-satunya jawaban yang memiliki connector "which"
Ada dua klausa di kalimat tersebut yaitu:
1. The man takes a picture
2. The man is my father
hence,
The man who takes a picture (clause 1) is my father (clause 2).
Jawaban A salah karena double verb take dan is
Jawan B salah karena double verb is taking dan is
Jawaban D salah karena double verb took dan is, serta konteks Tense yang tidak sesuai

4. Held at the Town Hall ___________ of traditional carving produced by local home industry
a. an exhibit
b. which is an exhibit
c. is an exhibit
d. an exhibit is

Pada contoh ini, kita akan mengacu pada aturan Reversed Subject and Verb dimana posisi Subject dan Verb dibalik dalam sebuah kalimat. Pada contoh diatas, sobat dapat melihat bagaimana kalimat Bahasa Inggris biasanya berupa kombinasi
S+V+C (O, Adv, gerund phrase, to infinitive phrase, etc)
Namun dalam contoh tersebut, posisi awal ditempat oleh Adverb of Place "Held at the Town Hall". hal ini lah yang membuat posisi Subject dan Verb dibalik (reversed) menjad Verb+Subject. Jawaban bagi soal ini adalah C, is an exhibit dimana is menjadi Verb dan an exhibit adalah Subject bagi kalimat tersebut. Ingat, setiap Subject diletakkan bukan di depan bersamaan dengan Verb, besar kemungkinan bahwa letaknya harus di reverse.

5. The pool is surrounded on __________ the verandas on the second floor.
a. the sides
b. its sides are
c. four sides by
d. the side of

Pada contoh ini kita akan mengacu pada aturan penggunaan kalimat pasif (passive voice). Di Bahasa Inggris sendiri terdapat kalimat aktif seperti:
Andi (S) takes (V) the book (O)

Dalam kalimat pasif, Object kalimat aktif tersebut menjadi Subject dan Subject kalimat aktif akan diubah menjadi Object atau dihilangkan.

Rumus kalimat pasif sendiri adalah:
S+Finite to be+Past participle + [by+O]

by+O sifatnya optional sehingga bisa dihilangkan. Sehingga versi pasif dari kalimat aktif "Andy takes the book" adalah "The book is taken by Andy".

Kembali ke soal. Pada contoh tersebut ada Subject, Finite to be, Past participle dan Object sehingga sudah bisa ditebak bahwa kita harus menggunakan aturan passive voice. Karena Subject dan Object sama-sama disebutkan dalam kalimat, maka kita akan membutuhkan "by", dan satu-satunya pilihan yang mengandung by adalah pilihan C "four sides by"
Sobat tidak perlu bingung dengan kata four sides. Kata ini adalah lanjutan dari preposition "on" yang menerangkan tempat (Adverb of Place), dan adverb sendiri letaknya bisa di depan, tengah, atau akhir kalimat.

Sementara kak Ross berikan 5 contoh soal dan pembahasan dulu. Untuk contoh lain yang lebih rumit akan kita bahas di postingan selanjutnya.

-Ross

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Contoh writing TOEFL iBT dapat dilihat disini


Contoh Writing TOEFL iBT

WRITING TASK 2 (EVALUATION 4)

Topic:
Many people believe that media coverage of celebrities is having a negative effect on children.
To what extent do you agree.
There is a belief that what is shown in media about celebrity will have negative impacts on kids. I partly disagree (...) of the coverage of media on celebrities will fully affected the children in negative way.
First of all, media is one of nowadays society's basic needs, especially for people who want to get certain information. Whether they are in printed form or in digital version, media provides the best solution in accessing informations. However, celebrities as part of society that are being presented in media in hope to become one of role models especially for growing kids, must be cautious because their behaviours are being shown in media. In most cases, celebrities that are also human beings have a slip in tongue or intentionally or accidentally do wrongdoings. These somehow can be prevented if society from the beginning doesn't perceived them as equal to God and idolized them only in certain manner or perspective. For instance, parents must teach their kids that only a certain set of celebrity's behaviors that are acceptable in regard to social norm, while the rest of it is the same as mere human's wrongdoings.
The next is for government to actively play part in legal aspect for media coverage such as what kind of image or video that can be shown in media, what hours do the shows can be played in television, while it is also sleep hours for children, what content of media coverage which appropriate for kids, and the rating system that can be applied regarding to the content.
In conclusion, media's coverage on celebrities can be harmful to children because (...) the media's basic function to deliver informations. Therefore, certain limitations, manners, actions, and legals need to be provided.

Corrections:
Replace the word "kids" with children
...partly disagree with the idea that the coverage of media...
...will fully affected the children (infinitive setelah modal)
in printed form or in digital version, whatever comes before and after the conjunction "or", make it even
...solutions for accessing...
Information is uncountable noun and hence can never use "s" inflection
...with a hope that they will become one of role models...
say something inappropriate instead of have a slip in tongue
do wrongdoings intentionally or accidentally, put the adverb at the end so that the conjunctions are not to close
can be prevented in the first place if society...
you already have a connector 'that' at the beginning so just omit the later
Use furthermore istead of The next
...aspect of media coverage
...can be broadcasted on television
whether a program disrupts children's rest time or not
which content is appropriate...
media coverage
...because of the media's...


-Ross

WRITING TASK 1 (EVALUATION 3)

Author's note: I used to have a graphic illustration for this writing. But it turns out that neither using such image nor providing a url directing to it is considered as fair use, and I really want to make this blog as legal as possible, and to avoid having problems with copyright infringement. Please use the keyword of each first sentence of my writing to find the illustration from the website of the legal copyright holder.

The diagram illustrates the growth of India’s population and China’s population in fifty years span from 2000 to 2050 based on the data of United Nation Population Division. Population in India has increasing trend, while population of China has fluctuating trend, which it will rise up until 2025 and then slowly decline until 2050.
First of all, India’s population in 2000 was around one billion people and steadily rose to just below 1,2 billion in 2010. The number is predicted rising in constant pace such as just above 1,3 billion in 2020, 1,45 billion in year 2030, around 1,525 in 2040, and goes up to 1,6 billion in 2050.
China’s population was already bigger in number compared to India, which was around 1,25 billion in 2000. The number increased to 1,35 billion in 2010, and will rise to slightly above 1,4 billion in 2020. However, the amount of people in China will slightly fall under 1,45 billion in 2020, after the number goes up to 1,45 billion in 2025. The trend is predicted a decreasing trend after 2030 with the total population in China in 2040 decreases to 1,425 billion and slightly under 1,4 billion in 2050.
Correction:
Arrangement of the ideas
Do not give any specific information in the overview, just give general explanation. Omit which it will rise up until 2025 and then slowly decline until 2050.
Grammar
…is predicted to rise
Omit “such as”
…in the year of 2030
Go up (as a result of the previous use of to infinitive)
…to that of India
…will rise slightly to above
….number of people in China. “People” is countable noun so the quantifier should be number not amount
…below 1,45 billiom
…after going up to.. (simply use gerund after Prep)
…is predicted to be a decreasing trend

……total population in China decreases to 1,425 billion in 2040 (put the adverb at the back)

-Ross

WRITING TASK 1 (EVALUATION 2)

Author's note: I used to have a graphic illustration for this writing. But it turns out that neither using such image nor providing a url directing to it is considered as fair use, and I really want to make this blog as legal as possible, and to avoid having problems with copyright infringement. Please use the keyword of each first sentence of my writing to find the illustration from the website of the legal copyright holder.

The diagram illustrates the proportion of water usage for various aims over the world in six different regions. The data consists of six regions which are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and South East Asia. The proportion of the use of water is presented in percentage. The graph has two trends, in which the pie charts could be categorized as the dominant or not dominant.





According to the research's result, the majority of water used in Africa, South America, and two areas in Asia which consist of developing countries, is for agriculture. In contrast, in developed countries' areas such as North America and Europe, industrial use dominates the proportion.





Farming in Africa, South America, Central Asia, and South East Asia is dominating the percentage of water used by 84%, 71%, 88%, and 81% accordingly. Industrial purpose of water usage come to last in those 4 areas.





However, most of the water distribution in Europe and North America goes to industrial area, each with 53% and 48% proportion. The least percentage of water usage goes to domestic use by 15% and 13% accordingly.

Correction
Arrangement of the ideas:
Don’t forget to explain the variables as in The data consists of six regions which are North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Central Asia, and South East Asia

Don’t forget to explain the trends as in The proportion of the use of water is presented in percentage. The graph has two trends, in which the pie charts could be categorized as the dominant or not dominant.



Do not include information which are not presented in the data, be objective. Omit According to the research's result
developing countries
developed countries

Grammar:
There are two most essential rules when making an English sentence.
First, rule of time (tense) and the rule of number. Stick to them. Various signifies that the Noun is likely to be plural, so add ‘s’ inflection after aim.
Do not use present continuous since we are not quite sure to what extent (in terms of time) does this data apply. Use simple present instead.
Each – with are: disambiguation
The word goes to doesn’t sound right for such inanimate subject, so replace it with “is that of”


-Ross

WRITING TASK 2 (EVALUATION 1)

Some experts say that parents need extra time to take care of their children in the early age because because teaching good manner to a child should be started in their early life. It is important for children to learn the difference of good and bad that the ability to distinguish them needs to be included in their education. Sometimes, parents use punishment to help them understand that good deeds will be rewarded while misconduct will have some consequences. Some people believe that the use of punishment in children moral education is necessary, but I personally disagree because punishment gives more negative impact on children.
Punishment can be beneficial in some ways if parents know how to use it wisely for the sake of education. For example, if parents punish their children right after doing bad things, the children will tend to remember that certain actions or sayings will have the same consequences in the future. They will automatically will watch their manner because they realize what they did when getting the first punishment was a wrong doing. Most parents generally have this kind of mindset that they will always use the same method to prevent their children from doing something wrong.
However, the positive and negative impacts of the use of punishment are like the two sides of a coin. The use of punishment also has some negative impacts on children that parents may need to consider using it when educating their children. First, coercion in terms of punishment tend to form a mindset that every issue can be resolved by means of violence. There have been many examples of children bullying their friends at school or even physically harass their mates and this is one of the results of the use of coercion in education, especially the physical one. This happens because parents are the first role model for children, that parents need to start resolving problems by using more persuasive approaches. Furthermore, the use of punishment in education will also negatively affect children's psychological condition in a way that they may feel afraid of taking actions because of the consequences that they have to take. This, in turn, will make them less decisive, less creative, and has no sense of responsibility to initiate something by themselves. In conclusion, punishment can still be used at certain level but parents still have to consider the impact of such method on their children. Parents need to use the persuasive approach first before deciding what punishment should be applied for their children's wrong doings.

Correction:
Arrangement of Ideas
There is no basis of argument in the original writing
There is no conclusion and solution at the end of the writing

Go here for Writing Materials
Grammar
Infinitive verb after to
The rule of number, hence Some experts say, bukan some expert say
The use of correct pronoun. Parents adalah bentuk plural, kata ganti kepunyaannya harusnya "their"
Making a stative verb, Punishment is really helful, bukan punishment is really helping
Infinitive after modal, modal harus selalu diikuti kata kerja infinitive, jadi, would trigger, bukan would triggering
Subject verb agreement There's alot of cases, harusnya there are many cases

Suggestions:
Expand vocabulary by paraphrasing the word or making paraphrase inventory
punishment, coercion
behaviour, manner, conduct
bad, inappropriate, misconduct


SISTEM PENILAIAN IELTS

BAGAIMANA SKOR IELTS DIHITUNG?


Halo sobat semua, jumpa lagi dengan kak Ross. Selama ini kita sudah sering membicarakan tentang tips serta materi IELTS, namun sobat tahu gak sistem penilaian dari tes IELTS sendiri?


Di tes IELTS, nilai sobat akan berada pada range band 0 hingga 9. Untuk keterangan lebih jelas tentang perhitungan skor keseluruhan bisa dilihat lagi di postingan sebelumnya







Perlu diingat bahwa skor itu adalah overall band score atau nilai akhir yang didapat dari mean seluruh sections mulai dari Listening hingga speaking. Kali ini kita akan membahas bagaimana setiap section sobat akan dinilai berdasarkan tabel band berikut ini



BAND SKOR LISTENING

Pada Listening section, terdapat 40 soal dan setiap soal diberi skor 1. Untuk Listening section, band score dapat dihitung berdasarkan tabel berikut ini

BAND SKOR READING

Pada Reading section, terdapat 40 soal dan setiap soal diberi skor 1. Pada Reading section, band score dapat dihitung berdasarkan tabel berikut ini

PEMBULATAN SKOR

Ingat bahwa ada sistem pembulatan di sistem penilaian IELTS, dan dijelaskan sebagai berikut:



a. Jika perhitungan skor berakhir pada .25, maka akan dibulatkan menjadi half band atau .5


b. Jika perhitungan skor berakhir pada .75, maka akan dibulatkan menjadi whole band atau 1

BAND SKOR WRITING

Pada Writing section, assessor akan menggunakan beberapa kriteria seperti:

a. Task Achievement Task 1 serta Task 2

b. Coherence dan Cohesion (Koherensi dan Kohesi)

c. Lexical Resource/Vocabulary Range and Accuracy (Perbendaharaan kata)

d. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (Akurasi penggunaan grammar)



Setiap kriteria akan memiliki bobot yang setara dan perhitungan skor akhir akan didasarkan pada average score seluruh kriteria.


Pada Speaking section, assessor akan menggunakan beberapa kriteria seperti:

a. Fluency and Coherence (Kelancaran dan Koherensi)

b. Lexical Resource/Vocabulary Range and Accuracy (Perbendaharaan kata)

c. Grammatical Range and Accuracy (Akurasi penggunaan grammar)

d. Pronunciation (Pelafalan)



Oke, sebagai gambaran sobat, mari kita lihat beberapa kasus yang dialami oleh dua murid kak Ross berikut ini:



Student A
Student B
Listening 7.0
Listening 7.0
Reading 6.5
Reading 6.0
Writing 5.5
Writing 6.5
Speaking 6.0
Speaking 6.5
Overall score 6.5
Overall score 7.0


Untuk Task Achievement Writing dan Speaking akan kita bahas pada postingan selanjutnya. Selamat berlatih dengan berbagai latihan yang ada di blog ini dan coba prediksi skor sobat semua. Good luck.



-Ross

Tips-tips pengerjaan soal IELTS secara lengkap dibahas di sini

CONTOH WRITING TOEFL IBT TASK 2


PERBEDAAN IELTS DAN TOEFL

Halo sobat, jumpa lagi dengan kak Ross. Bagi sobat yang rutin mengikuti positngan di blog ini, pasti akan familiar dengan topik yang berhubungan dengan IELTS. Namun blog ini sebenarnya tidak hanya membahas IELTS namun juga TOEFL. Kak Ross lebih sering membahas IELTS karena lebih banyak pertanyaan dan permintaan berbagai informasi mengenai tes yang sedang naik daun ini. Kalau sobat pernah mencoba mendaftar di universitas luar negeri atau mendaftar beasiswa, akan diberikan beberapa alternatif tes Bahasa Inggris dan 2 pilihan yang paling umum dan sering kita jumpai adalah IELTS academic module serta TOEFL Internet Based Test atau IBT.

TOEFL PBT atau IBT?

IBT sendiri sebenarnya juga bagian dari TOEFL, namun masih ada beberapa kawan yang masih bingung perbedaan antara PBT (Paper Based Test) dan IBT (Internet Based Test). Perbedaan yang sudah jelas tentu saja dari pengerjaan dimana PBT mengharuskan sobat menjawab pertanyaan di kertas ujian sementra IBT mewajibkan sobat menjawab pertanyaan di komputer. Selain itu, section dalam dua tes ini juga berbeda dimana:
TOEFL PBT terdiri dari Listening, Structre and Written Expression serta Reading Comprehension. Sedangkan
TOEFL IBT terdiri dari Listening, Reading, Speaking, dan Writing. IBT ini bisa dibilang hampir sama seperti IELTS karena yang diujikan adalah all aspects of language mulai dari linguistic knowledge (what you know about the language such as grammar, vocabulary and all) dan linguistic performance (how you use the language in real life communication such as speaking and writing).

IBT WRITING

Namun kali ini kita akan spesifik membahas writing. Sobat mungkin sudah cukup familiar dengan berbagai strategi di TOEFL Listening dan Reading yang sebenarnya sangat tipikal. Namun, di writing, akan sedikit berbeda karena sobat harus lebih condong language performance dan bukan lagi soal strategi mengerjakan soal.
Oke, mari kita mulai dengan membahas sedikit dengan template untuk Writing TOEFL IBT. Kak Ross sudah membaca writing strategy di buku Longman dan beberapa sumber online dan kabar baiknya adalah, writing IELTS dan TOEFL IBT ini quite similar. TOEFL IBT menggunakan argumentative writing yang secara garis besar sama dengan IELTS writing tas 2.
Untuk materi task 2 IELTS sendiri bisa secara lengkap dilihat di


Sedangkan contoh writing task 2 dapat dilihat di

CONTOH WRITING TASK 2


Writing secara garis besar akan terdiri dari:
1.   Overview (memberikan gambaran umum)
2.   Stating basis of argument (menentukan dasar argumen anda)
3.   Giving balanced argument (memberikan argumen yang berimbang)
4.   Explaining your own argument (menjelaskan argumen anda)
5.   Conclusion and solution (memberikan kesimpulan dan solusi)

Oke, mari kita gunakan topik berikut sebagai contoh:
Do you agree or disagree with this statement:
Parents are the best teacher for children


1. Overview (Berikan gambaran umum)

Education is one of the most essential aspects of humans' life, especially for children who currently on stage of golden age. Education becomes one of many ways for them to understand the world. Nowadays, there are so many institution giving formal education ranging from public to private schools. Home schooling also becomes more and more prevalent these days by which children are taught at home by private teachers or their own parents. Parents are responsible for their children's education that they have to provide good education at home and send their children to formal education. There has been a debate about the role of parents as a teacher, and this writing aims to explain why that is.

2. State your basis of argument (Jelaskan dasar argumen anda)

Some people argue that education is best given by children's parents, but I personally think that formal education is also important these days, especially when there are more and more competition in terms of future career and life success.

3. Give balanced argument

Most people believe that parents are best teachers because they personally think that parents must know their children better than any other persons. Most of the time, it will always the case. However, formal education like that given at school is a way different from home education. Curriculum may be applied to achieve learning goals, and not all parents can provide this kind of thing when giving a home education. People also often believe that parents become the first persons who should their children for the reason of affection and emotional bond, but this is not always the case. For parents who still work and do not have much time for home education, sending their children to formal school still becomes the best choice. The choice of giving home education also has something to do with the role of parents itself. By becoming the first person to educate children, many parents hope that they will be an exemplary figure for their children and hence, can also teach moral value.

4. Explain your own argument

Despite the fact that home education become more prevalent recently, formal education keeps proving themselves as a trustworthy institution by improving their quality and thus promising the students with better life and future career. Children still need them in a way that they approach education from different perspectives, including the scientific approach. Scientific approach is something that may be hard for parents to cope with for it is not likely for individuals to master many disciplines at the same time. These disciplines need to be taught by dedicated teachers hence schools still retain its fame when talking about education in scientific fields.
Furthermore, going to school makes it possible for the children to interact not only with their parents but also with others. This will help them dealing with social demand, cooperating with others, working in a team, and sharing views that can never be achieved when they learn solely from parents. Learning far from parents also teach them about independence and expose them to real world where opportunities and challenges altogether form the realest meaning of being educated and social at the same time.

5. Conclusion and solution

From the explanation above, it can be concluded that home education is essential but still has to be combined with formal education. Parents can give home education as a basic for more structured curriculum at school. Parents can also be a exemplary figure on how one should be social so that the children can have a good time during their time at school.

Nah, demikianlah contoh writing pada TOEFL IBT. Template diatas bukanlah sesuatu yang fixed, sehingga sobat masih bisa memberikan berbagai kritik dan masukan untuk perbaikan  template yang sudah ada.

-Ross

Contoh Soal TOEFL dan Pembahasan silahkan lihat di


Contoh Soal TOEFL dan Pembahasan