Wednesday 20 June 2012

Manfaat TOEFL bagi jurusan akuntansi

Nama    : Yusuf Eka Ryandi

Kelas     : 3EB17

NPM     : 24209206

Manfaat dari TOEFL - TOEFL adalah penilaian kefasihan bahasa Inggris diterima oleh lebih dari 6.000 lembaga. Anda mungkin menganggap bahwa semua ini adalah di Amerika atau Inggris Raya, tetapi mereka sebenarnya tersebar di seluruh dunia di 110 negara. Hampir setiap universitas di negara-negara berbahasa Inggris utama seperti Amerika Serikat, Inggris, Australia, Kanada, dan Selandia Baru, gunakan nilai TOEFL untuk menentukan apakah atau tidak penutur non-bahasa Inggris dapat diterima pada program-program mereka, menerima beasiswa, atau masukkan lulus sekolah.

Manfaat lain dari TOEFL atas tes kemampuan berbahasa Inggris yang lain adalah kenyataan bahwa ada lebih dari 4.000 pusat tes dapat Anda gunakan. Jika Anda harus melakukan perjalanan, Anda akan menghemat waktu dan uang karena tes dapat diselesaikan dalam satu hari.

Akhirnya, tes ini memberikan Anda bias ukuran kemampuan berbahasa Inggris Anda. Skor tes secara anonim, dan tidak ada wawancara yang dimasukkan sebagai bagian dari proses. Jika Anda tahu bahasa Inggris dengan baik, Anda akan skor dengan baik, jelas dan sederhana. TOEFL adalah ukuran terbaik dari kemampuan Anda untuk sukses dalam suatu program kuliah berbahasa InggrisTOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) adalah test bahasa Inggris yang diciptakan dan dikembangkan oleh ETS (Educational Testing Service) di New Jersey, USA sejak tahun 1963. Test ini digunakan untuk mengukur kecakapan (proficiency) berbahasa Inggris seseorang dalam konteks akademis.

Apa saja kegunaan TOEFL Score?

Setelah mengikuti Tes TOEFL, peserta akan mendapatkan TOEFL Score.

Adapun kegunaan TOEFL Score adalah untuk:

  1. Mendaftar di Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA)
  2. Mendaftar di Perguruan Tinggi dalam dan luar negeri
  3. Mendapatkan Beasiswa sekolah atau perguruan tinggi
  4. Melamar pekerjaan diperusahaan Swasta atau Negeri, didalam atau di luar negeri
  5. Kenaikan jabatan atau promosi

JENIS-JENIS TES TOEFL

TOEFL Test yang dikeluarkan oleh ETS, ada 3 (tiga) bentuk.
(English Version)
  1. PBT (Paper Based Test) TOEFL
  2. CBT (Computer Based Test) TOEFL
  3. iBT (internet Based Test) TOEFL

Adapun perbedaan dari ketiga bentuk TOEFL Test tersebut adalah:

1. PBT (Paper Based Test) TOEFL

PBT-TOEFL adalah bentuk TOEFL Test yang pertama kali dikeluarkan oleh ETS. Sistem test pada PBT-TOEFL menggunakan paper atau lembaran-lembaran kertas soal dan lembar jawaban yang harus diisi dengan pensil 2B.

Materi yang diujikan adalah

Listening
Structure
Reading

Score range 310 – 677 dengan waktu test adalah 2 - 2,5 jam.

2. CBT (Computer Based Test) TOEFL

CBT-TOEFL adalah bentuk kedua dari Tes TOEFL yang menggantikan PBT-TOEFL. Sistem test CBT-TOEFL tidak lagi menggunakan paper, tapi langsung dengan computer. Semua soal menggunakan softwere dan setiap soal langsung dijawab / dikerjakan di computer. CBT pertama kali dikeluarkan pada tahun 1998. Namun di beberapa negara di Asia, khususnya Indonesia masih diperkenankan untuk menggunakan PBT (ITP-TOEFL) sebagai standar International TOEFL Test. Sehingga pamor CBT di Indonesia sangat minim. Bahkan hingga sekarang masih banyak masyarakat Indonesia yang tidak mengetahui apa itu CBT-TOEFL.

Materi yang diujikan adalah

Listening, Structur
Reading dan
Writing

Score range 0 – 300 dengan waktu test adalah 2 – 2,5 jam.

3. IBT (internet Based Test) TOEFL

iBT-TOEFL atau yang juga dikenal dengan Next Generation (NG) TOEFL adalah bentuk TOEFL Test terbaru yang dikeluarkan ETS. iBT-TOEFL mulai diperkenalkan sejak tahun 2005, tetapi di Indonesia baru diberlakukan pada tahun 2006 sebagai standar International TOEFL Test yang diakui di dunia. ETS banyak melakukan perubahan pada format dan system TOEFL Test terbaru ini. iBT-TOEFL juga menggunakan media computer, hanya saja system test pada iBT menggunakan internet sehingga peserta test langsung on-line dengan ETS dan menjawab soal-soal test juga secara on-line.

Materi yang diujikan adalah:
  • Listening
  • speaking
  • Writing
  • Reading

Score range of iBT is 0-120 dengan waktu tes selama 4 jam.

Dari ketiga Jenis TOEFL Test, PAper BAsed Test masih seting digunakan oleh sekolah, kampus atau instansi untuk menyelengaraan tes.

Tentang Paper Based Test:

Paper Version of TOEFL Test terdiri dari tiga bagian.

Listening Comprehension: Untuk mengetahui kemampuan peserta tes dalam memahami Spoken English. Peserta tes harus mendengarkan berbagai jenis percakapan yang sudah direkam. Setelah itu mereka harus menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan.

Structure and Written Expression: Untuk mengetahui kemampuan peserta tes dalam mengenali English Grammar yang benar. Peserta tes harus memilih jawaban yang benar atau mencari kata yang salah dalam sebuah kalimat.

Reading Comprehension: Untuk mengetahui kemampuan peserta tes dalam memahamio tulisan berbahasa Inggris. Peserta tes harus menjawab pertanyaan plihan ganda tentang ide pokok bacaan dan arti dari kata-kata yang ada di bacaan.

Saturday 2 June 2012

Lampard blow deepens Hodgson's midfield concerns


Lampard blow deepens Hodgson's midfield concerns
Post categories: football
Phil McNulty | 19:23 UK time, Thursday, 31 May 2012
Frank Lampard experienced his highest high when he finally lifted the Champions League trophy as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena on 19 May - now he faces the grim reality that his England career at the highest level is over.
Lampard, who will be 34 in June, will know the thigh injury that rules him out of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukrakine effectively means his days of representing England at major tournaments are over.
Chelsea's midfielder spoke with brutal honesty about what Euro 2012 meant to him when he faced the media at England's Hertfordshire headquarters this week, admitting: "It possibly is my last chance with England.
"I don't see myself retiring or taking myself out of it in the near future. But I'm no fool and I know that age is a factor and, at international level, you don't go on forever."

Comment :
I hink this is the last chance to him , but now that final opportunity has been taken away by an injury suffered in training on Wednesday, meaning bitter disappointment for a player who has been an integral part of England's planning at major tournaments since Euro 2004 in Portugal. Lampard has sometimes not received the full credit he deserves for his professionalism, maturity and his goalscoring ability while winning 90 caps. What he has achieved has often been lost amid the debate of whether he can play alongside new England captain Steven Gerrard at international level. And while he would, in all probability, have been on the bench for England's opening game against France in Donetsk on 11 June, few players in the squad would have been better prepared or more determined to take their chance when it presented itself. Lampard's injury may not only mean the end of his participation in Euro 2012. There is the real possibility it will be the end of his England career as Hodgson will inevitably look to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil once matters are concluded in Poland and Ukraine.a

Drogba was key to Chelsea's Champions League glory


Drogba was key to Chelsea's Champions League glory
By Mandeep Sanghera BBC Sport
Didier Drogba can make his exit after eight years at Chelsea knowing it is mission accomplished.
The Ivorian centre forward, who scored the winning penalty as Chelsea beat Bayern Munich to win the European Cup, announced on Tuesday that he was leaving Stamford Bridge.
Time right to move on - Drogba
He was signed for £24m in 2004 from French club Marseille as one of Roman Abramovich's key initial signings after the Russian billionaire took over the London outfit - and Drogba can now sign off having delivered the one trophy Abramovich craved more than any other.
Comment :
If anyone deserved a Champions League winner's medal it was the powerful striker - he had previously lost in one final, three semi-finals, one quarter-final and twice in the last 16. But, on Saturday, the Ivory Coast striker scored the decisive spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out at the Allianz Arena to erase all those previous scars. Despite being a player who consistently delivered for Chelsea - he scored nine goals in nine finals - Europe's top competition always looked destined to elude him. Drogba, though, maintained the faith. Accused of being an "actor" by some because of his theatrics, in Munich he put in a performance more in keeping with the power and poise which made him such a feared opponent for defenders, scoring with a bullet header to equalise against Bayern before converting the crucial penalty.


WILL WEMBLEY BE THE GARDEN OF EDEN HAZARD?

EDEN HAZARD will get an early chance to settle in to what Chelsea fans hope will become his second home as Roman Abramovich’s summer of spending looks set to keep them on the trophy trail.

Comment :

I think the club were the first visitors to Wembley for the 2007 FA Cup final and since then have been back 10 more times . So what better place to show fans they are getting their full £32million-worth? Certainly, it is to Belgium’s continued disappointment that he will not be able to use Euro 2012 as a stage to show his wares. It is now 10 years since the nation qualified for a major tournament .Nevertheless, spirits are high in a squad dubbed “the new golden generation” and expectations are strengthened for the 2014 World Cup after a draw that includes Scotland and Wales in the group stage.It is something of a sea change for Belgian football in just four years. Not too long ago, the nation’s football could be encapsulated in one man: Vincent Kompany. Now, the Manchester City captain is in good company.Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, defender Thomas Vermaelen, midfielder Marouane Fellaini and strikers Moussa Dembele and Romelu Lukaku are no strangers to Premier League crowds. And Jan Vertonghen, currently of Ajax, may soon join them at Tottenham, while Thibaut Courtois has already been snapped up by Chelsea.


Aston Villa appoint Paul Lambert from Norwich City as new boss


Aston Villa appoint Paul Lambert from Norwich City as new boss

Aston Villa have confirmed that Norwich boss Paul Lambert is their new manager.
The 42-year-old succeeds his fellow Scot Alex McLeish, who was sacked the day after the final game of the season.
Lambert, who becomes Villa's fourth boss in less than two years, guided the Canaries to back-to-back promotions from League One before finishing 12th in last season's Premier League.

Comment  :
I think Paul Lambert is clearly one of the brightest young managers in the country and his work at Norwich was hugely impressive. Now his task is to revive a Villa squad that has gone backwards since the departure of Martin O'Neill two years ago. The next Norwich City manager will have a great squad of players, a robust and competitive budget and excellent facilities to work with - as well as the superb backing home and away of fantastic supporters . He will now have the task of reviving Villa's fortunes after a disappointing campaign for the West Midlands club which saw them finish only two points above the relegation zone. He is expected to be given money to spend after McLeish spent last season reducing what he described as an "astronomical" wage bill. It is expected that he will be able to reinvest any money he generates from the sale of current Villa players.