Pengaruh TOEFL bagi Jurusan Akuntansi

1. Understanding TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language or TOEFL evaluates the ability of an individual to use and understand English in an academic atmosphere. It was developed to address the problem to ensure proficiency in English to non-native speakers who want to study at American universities. It has become an admission requirement for non-native English speakers in many English-speaking colleges and universities. In addition, institutions such as government agencies, licensing agencies, businesses, or scholarship programs may require this test. TOEFL scores are valid for two years and then will no longer be officially reported since the candidate's language skills could have changed significantly since the date of the test. Colleges and universities usually consider only the last value TOEFL. Policies governing the TOEFL program are formulated with the advice of the 16-member board. Board members are affiliated with undergraduate and graduate school, 2-year institutions and public agencies or private sector with an interest in international education. Other members are specialists in the field of English as a foreign or second language. TOEFL Committee of Examiners consists of 12 specialists in linguistics, language testing, teaching or research. Kinds of English tests TOEFL is generally required for college entrance requirements in almost all universities in the United States and Canada both for undergraduate programs (S-1) and graduate (S-2 or S-3). The results of the TOEFL test is also used as a material consideration of English language proficiency of prospective students applying to universities in other countries, including universities in Europe and Australia. In general, the TOEFL test is more oriented to American English, and a little different from the types of IELTS tests are oriented to British English. Unlike IELTS, TOEFL test is in general not have the individual interview test. This test usually takes about three hours and is organized in four parts, namely: * Listening comprehension, * Grammatical structure and written expression, * Reading comprehension, and the * Writing. This test is 3 hours long and all the tests can be taken on the same day. Students can take the test as many times as they want. However, colleges and universities usually consider only the latest score. a. Listening (30-40 minutes) Listening section consists of three parts. The first one contains 30 questions about short conversations. The second part has 8 questions about longer conversations. The last part asks 12 questions about lectures or talks. b. Structure and Written Expression (25 minutes) Structure and Written Expression section has 15 exercises complete sentences correctly and 25 exercises misidentification. c. Reading Comprehension (55 minutes) Reading Comprehension section has 50 questions about the reading. d. Writing (30 minutes) Writing section is one of the essay with 250-300 words in average. 2. TOEFL Test Objectives TOEFL has two general objectives are: Academic and General ie as described below: a. Academic test is used for educational purposes, research or academic-related activities abroad, or in Indonesia. To graduate, usually a minimum value is 550. whereas for S1 is 500. b. General is generally used for the purpose of employment, promotion or job assignment. Many companies that install standard English TOEFL employees to see the value of - his. Generally, a minimum TOEFL score is 500 for standard promotions. So of the things described above shows that the TOEFL test is very important to us both for the accounting department and to the public because it will be used to apply for jobs and other activities related to English.