Tugas 3 - Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2

HOW TO LISTEN TO A GOOD TOEFL

Kemampuan mendengar atau listening bahasa inggris merupakan skill yang cukup sulit untuk dipelajari. Bahkan bagi sebagian siswa listening adalah kemampuan yang cukup lambat untuk ditingkatkan. Hal tersebut tidak sepenuhnya kesalahan siswa atau guru yang mengajar. Kesalahan utamanya adalah salahnya car belajar listening bahasa inggris yang diterapkan. Bahkan faktanya, listening sangat jarang diajarkan oleh guru disekolah. Padahal listening adalah kemampuan yang bahkan ada di ujian nasional. Sebagai seorang penyedia pendidikan saya akan berbagi cara belajar bahasa inggris untuk listening.Listening merupakan skill yang sangat penting untuk dipelajari. Kita harus mengetahui bagaimana cara belajar listening bahasa inggris yang baik dan benar. Karena jika kita tidak menguasai listening kita tidak mungkin dapat melakukan percakapan bahasa inggris dengan orang lain. Listening juga dapat membuka dunia kita. Kita bayangkan saja, kita bisa mendengar musik bahasa inggris dan tahu apa artinya. Begitu juga saat menonton film inggris. Kita tidak perlu repot-repot selalu fokus membaca subtitle di film.

Ada banyak cara belajar bahasa inggris untuk listening yang dapat kita terapkan. Salah satu tips bagi pemula adalah memulai listening yang sesuai dengan kemampuan grammar kita. Jangan memulai dari grammar yang sulit dan tidak kita mengerti. Untuk dapat melakukan listening kita harus memiliki background pengetahuan yang cukup. Selain itu juga kita harus mengetahui pronounciation yang benar. Sehingga kita dapat mengetahui kata kata bahasa inggris yang dibicarakan. Langsung saja, berikut ini cara belajar bahasa inggris untuk listening.

5 HOW TO LISTEN TO A GOOD TOEFL

1) You don’t have to write everything down. The TOEFL listening section does not want or expect you to write down every single detail – such a feat would be impossible, even for a native speaker. When taking notes for conversations, differentiating by columns what the male speaker says versus the female is quite useful, as there will more than likely be questions regarding opinions and statements from each speaker. With lectures, make sure to write down key words and not get bogged down with too many details. You don’t want to lose track of the lecture or conversation because you’re so concerned with specifics.

2) Organize your notes. It’s always a smart idea to number or letter your notes by section, particularly if the speaker gives examples. Be aware that when any sort of process is described in a lecture or conversation there will be questions later on in the test regarding what order the process comes in. Organizing your notes as you hear them will save you time later and be invaluable when answering “rhetorical function” questions, which are very common on the listening section.

3) Listen to academic audio recordings. If you can, go to your library or search online for academic lectures; specifically, history, science, philosophy or the arts. The lectures presented on the TOEFL exam are lectures that would be typically heard by freshmen or sophomore students at a university. Challenge yourself by seeking these types of audio recordings out so you can be familiar with the structure and language. If you can’t find academic recordings, then try listening to the news online, which is usually spoken in Standard American Dialect and uses advanced vocabulary words, all of which are applicable to the TOEFL.

4) Watch TV. Yes – believe it or not, you’re being given advice to watch TV to study for the listening section on the TOEFL. Not just any type of TV program, either: sitcoms and hour-long dramas. Why? These are useful to the conversations presented to you in the TOEFL listening section because they are spoken in dialogue and deal, ultimately, with problems and solutions. When watching a sitcom or hour-long drama, take notes and make sure to identify the problem and the solution.Research any idioms or slang you might hear – this will also come in handy, as many rhetorical function questions deal directly with idiomatic expressions.

5) Listen to less music and more spoken words.Download news articles from the BBC or Business English from I-Tunes and try to listen to them instead of music for thirty minutes a day. Pick topics that interest you – there are a wide variety of podcasts to choose from. This will sharpen your listening skills and expand your vocabulary, not to mention make you more well-informed. Remember, listening skills can be improved just as your reading, speaking and writing skills. And keep in mind – the TOEFL does not expect you to have a preconceived knowledge of any of the material based in the lectures or conversations, so don’t feel overwhelmed when you are given a lecture on cellular division in plants or the geographical history of a particular nomadic tribe.

Reference : 

http://www.carabelajarbahasainggrisoke.com/2014/10/cara-belajar-bahasa-inggris-untuk-listening.html

http://www.manhattanreview.com/blog/five-tips-to-improve-your-toefl-listening-score/