AFA CONFERENCE - Mengajar English · AFA CONFERENCE December 15, 2012 UNSYIAH, ... Wednesday, January 16, 13. TOEFL VERSIONS • PBT & ITP ... SO YOU’VE PASSED THE TEST... Wednesday,

AFA CONFERENCEDecember 15, 2012

UNSYIAH, Banda Acehby Joshua Yardley

Wednesday, January 16, 13

TOEFL & TOEIC the gatekeepers


TOEFL VERSIONS

• PBT & ITP

• iBT


DIFFERENCES

• ITP can be taken anywhere.

• iBT must be taken at an official center.

• iBT contains speaking and writing.


IBT SPEAKING & WRITING

• independent tasks

• integrated tasks


SIMILARITIES

• Both are created by ETS.

• Both are externally valid (although the iBT may be more so).

• Both focus on language within the context of campus life (although the iBT may be more focused).


IMPLICATIONS

• university vocabulary development

• writing under time pressure

• speaking under time pressure


TOEFL IBT & IELTS

• Both contain reading.

• Both contain listening.

• Both contain speaking.

• Both contain writing.


DIFFERENCES

• IELTS writing & speaking are not integrated.

• IELTS language is not all within the university context.

• IELTS speaking is evaluated by a live examiner...


LIKE ME


THE CRITERIA

• vocabulary: range & accuracy

• grammar: range & accuracy

• pronunciation: sounds, fluidity, and stress.


VOCABULARY

• Range = not using the same word over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.


VOCABULARY ACCURACY

• You get credit for using words like loquacious, effervescent, obfuscation, acquiescence, disingenuous, paradoxical, or ostentatious..... but only if you use the correctly.


GRAMMAR

• Range is important.

• Examiners listen for range.

• There are many verb tenses in English.

• Examiners listen for all verb tenses.


GRAMMAR

• It is more better if you could uses much verb tense accurate.


STRESS

• word stress

• supersegmentals


WORD STRESS

• rebel

• 1 word with 2 meanings


NUCLEAR ACCENT MOBILITY

• “Irfandi let me borrow his bike.”

• 1 sentence with 5 meanings


NUCLEAR ACCENT MOBILITY

• Irfandi let me borrow his bike.






QUICK TIPS

•Don’t be nervous.

• Be funny.

• Talk enough, but not too much.


SO YOU’VE PASSED THE TEST...


TIME TO APPLY.


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

•What are your goals?

•What are your aspirations?

• How can this program help you achieve your goals?


IT’S A 2-WAY STREET

•Does the school have what you want?

• Are you what the school wants?


NOT A NARRATIVE

•Don’t just talk about what you have done.

• Talk about what you plan to do.

• Stick to relevant past experiences.


BE UNIQUE.


LENGTH MATTERS

•Make sure it’s long enough.

• Too long is not good either (you’re not the only applicant).


A WRITING SAMPLE

•Demonstrate style.

•Demonstrate clarity.

•Demonstrate organization.

•Demonstrate accuracy.


PROOFREAD

• proofread

• proofread

• proofread


“Show them how cool you are in the most modest way possible.”

-Gordon LaForge


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