A preliminary information of TOEFL PBT test

1. TOEFL ® PBT Workshop
ELTI GRAMEDIA BINTARO
Anddy Steven
Institute of Languages & Communication
Sampoerna University
Anddy_Steven
anddy.steven@gmail.com
anddy.steven@sampoernauniversity.ac.id

2. What is university study?
 What kind of assignments that you will
face at university?
 What are the English skills needed at
University level?
 Why do you need to be tested before
you enter University?

3. What is TOEFL® PBT?
 The TOEFL PBT test is a paper-
delivered test that measures your
ability to use and understand English
in a classroom setting at the college or
university level.
 It accurately measures how well you
can listen, read and write in English
while performing academic tasks.

4. Structure of TOEFL® PBT
3 Sections
 Listening Section (50 questions – 35
Mins)
 Structure & Written Expression (40
Questions – 25 Mins)
 Reading Comprehension (50
Questions – 55 mins)

5. Listening Section
 The Listening Comprehension section tests
your ability to understand both short and long
conversations in English.
 The section contains recorded material that is
similar to what you might hear if you were
with a group of students at an English-
speaking college or university.
 3 parts:
◦ Part A – Short conversations, followed by a
question.
◦ Part B – Long conversations, followed by a
number of questions.
◦ Part C – Three talks, each followed by a
number of questions.

6. Strategies
 Be familiar with the directions.
 Listen carefully to the conversations &
talks.
 Know where the easier and more difficult
questions.
 Never leave any answers blank on your
answer sheet.
 Use any remaining time to look ahead at
the answers to the questions that follow.
 Practice the skills required.

7. Some of the skills – Part A
 Focus on the Second line
On the recording, you will hear:
(man) Do you mind if I turn the television off?
(woman) Well, I'm in the middle of watching a
program.
(narrator) What does the woman imply?
In your test book, you will read:
A. The man should watch the program too.
B. The man should leave the television on.
C. The program will be over soon.
D. She'll watch television later.

8. Some skills – Part A
 Choose Answers with Synonyms
(woman) I heard the math requirements for
graduation are being changed.
(man) Yes. And I may be short one course.
(narrator) What does the man mean?
You will read:
A. He isn't sure what course to take.
B. The math course is too short.
C. He may not meet the graduation
requirements.
D. The graduation date has been changed.

9. Some skills – Part A
 Avoid Similar Sounds
(man) Why couldn’t Mark come with us?
(woman) He was searching for a new apartment.
(narrator) What does the woman say about Mark?
In the test book, you read:
A. He was in the department office.
B. He was looking for a place to live.
C. He was working on his research project.
D. He had an appointment at church.

10. LISTENING PRACTICE

11. Structure & Written
Expression
 The Structure and Written
Expression section contains
sentences that test your knowledge of
important structural and grammatical
elements of standard written English.
 These sentences include a variety of
topics and give no particular
advantage to individuals in any
specific field of study.

12. Structure & Written
Expression
General strategies:
 Be familiar with the directions.
 Learn language function in
context.
 Anticipate the questions will be
from the easiest to the most
difficult.
 If you have time, return to the
questions.

13. STRUCTURE & WRITTEN
EXPRESSION PRACTICE

14. Reading Comprehension
2 types
 Reading Comprehension, includes:
◦ main idea questions,
◦ directly answered details questions, &
◦ implied detail questions.
 Vocabulary, to identify the meanings of
vocabulary words.

15. Strategies in Reading Section
 Don’t spend too much time reading
the passage – Skim the reading
passage.
 Don’t worry if a reading passage is on
a topic that you are unfamiliar with.
 Look ahead at the questions.
 Find the section of the passage that
deals with each questions.

16. READING
COMPREHENSION
PRACTICE

17. Practicing your Skills is the
KEY
 Use English EVERY DAY.
 Write
 Listen
 Read

18. THANK YOU!
Access the presentation on PREZI 
Anddy Steven
anddy.steven@gmail.com
anddy.steven@sampoernauniversity.ac.id