INSIGHT INTO

TOEFL ITP
Ana Zahida,
S.S. M.A.
Trivia Question 1:
What does TOEFL
stand for?
What is it?
TOEFL is an abbreviation of Test of English as a
Foreign Language
The TOEFL test is an internationally accepted
standard of English that measures the academic
English proficiency of a non-native speaker of
English.
The TOEFL test is required by more than 7,000
colleges, universities and licensing agencies in 110
countries throughout the world.
What about Indonesia?
 InIndonesia TOEFL ITP is widely used
as a measurement of English Proficiency
in many agencies ranging from
Government Institutions, universities,
state owned corporations (BUMN),
private companies, multinational
companies, schools, and so on.
Trivia Question 2:
Which Company
Administers the TOEFL
test?
TOEFL is a registered trademark of the
Educational Testing Service (ETS), a
private non-profit organization, which
designs and administers the tests
worldwide. ETS issues official score
reports, sent independently to
institutions, for two years following the
test.
What is The Purpose of
TOEFL Test?
What is the difference
between TOEFL and
TOEIC?
TOEFL measures the ability of non-native
speakers of English to use and understand
English as it is spoken, written and heard in
college and university settings.
As opposed to the TOEIC test (TEST OF
ENGLISH FOR INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNICATION) that measures the use of
English in a business context, the TOEFL test
has an academic focus. 
Who uses the TOEFL
test?
 Students who want to study further: For non-native
speakers who hold degrees or diplomas from post-
secondary institutions in English speaking countries
 Academic institutions: To determine academic
readiness and make admissions decisions for
international applicants
 Individuals who are applying for professional licensure
or certification
 Many government, licensing and certification agencies,
as well as exchange and scholarship program also use
TOEFL scores as a decision-making tool.
How many types of
TOEFL are there?
1. IBT: internet Based Test
Listening – Reading – Speaking – Writing .
(Score Range: 0 – 120)
2. PBT (ITP): Paper Based Test
Listening – Structure/written expression –
Reading. (score range: 290 – 677)
What should you do to
prepare for the test?
 Get to Know the Format of the
TOEFL Test
 Check out the official TOEFL website to find information on the test format,
find answers to your questions and to locate your testing centers.
 Understand the TOEFL content. 
 Internet-based test
 The Internet-based test (iBT) looks like this:
 Reading section: 60-80 minutes | 36-56 questions
 Listening section: 60-90 minutes | 34-51 questions
 Short break: 10 minutes
 Speaking section: 20 minutes | 6 tasks
 Writing section: 50 minutes | 2 essays
 Paper-based test
 The paper-based test looks like this:
 Listening section: 30-40 minutes| 50 questions
 Writing section: 25 minutes | 40 questions
 Reading section: 55 minutes | 50 questions
 Know Why You Are Taking the
TOEFL Test
 For example, you might be taking the test:
 To find out your level of English with an official exam
 To apply to a university
 To meet the university requirements
 For a course or job
 For your immigration requirement
 Set Your Realistic Target of Score
 Write down your minimum and your ideal scores on a
piece of paper or a Post-it note, and put it somewhere you see
every day. For example, if I want to get into Arizona State
University, the minimum score is 500. My ideal score might
be higher, though: 530.
 Make sure your ideal score is realistic. Take a practice test
and check where you are now. How many more points do
you need to reach your minimum and ideal scores? How
many months do you have to prepare before the exam?
How much time can you spend each week studying?
 Create Three Ideal Study Spaces
 Find your top three ideal study locations. (Your room, the
library, your office, café, and so on).
 Create a quiet zone. (Make sure there is no distraction)
 Keep your study space clean and organized. 
 Schedule your study, breaks, snack and mealtimes.
 Clear your mind. Exercise and do some meditation or 
relaxation exercises for a positive mindset. 
 Get a Study Guide & Support from a
Teacher or Peer
 Hire a teacher or a tutor. The benefit of having a teacher or a tutor is
the qualified and professional advice and support you will receive.
These people are experienced in explaining the grammar rules, and can
give you specific and personalized exercises and help.
 Contact The Language Center of UIN SUKA for excellent and fun
TOEFL Course.
 Find other English learners and native speakers in your area
 Find support within online communities
 On Facebook, type in “TOEFL” into the search bar, for example. Scroll
down and click “see all results.” On the top right click “more” then
click “groups.” You will then see all TOEFL-related groups on
Facebook.
 You can also search for “language exchange,” “English learning,” “
EFL,” “ESL learners” and many other keywords. 
 Practice Reading Non-technical
English
 Read for 30 minutes every day for general topics such as:
News (https://breakingnewsenglish.com/), story archives (
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html), The English
Server for short story and fiction (https://
fiction.eserver.org/placeholder-short)
 Ask yourself questions and summarize your reading. For
example, What did you read about?, What was the main idea?,
What was the conflict?, Who are the main characters?,
 Improve your vocabulary
 Underline new words. Look up their meanings in a dictionary
and write them down in a notebook or on flashcards. Use
these new words in sentences throughout the day, and during
your speaking and writing practice.
Practice Listening to English with Your
Learning Goal in Mind
 Focus on:
 The main ideas. What is the main topic?
 The purpose. Why is the speaker talking? To educate? To
give an opinion? To complain? Etc.
 Transitions. How does the speaker change from one idea to
the next?
 Stress and intonation. Where does the speaker place stresses
within sentences? When does the pitch of their voice get
higher and lower?
Listen to English speakers as much
as possible
 Listen to English Pod casts: https
://www.fluentu.com/blog/toefl/go/innovative-lang
uage/englishclass101-podcasts
/
 Stop your clip or audio every 2-5 minutes and
ask yourself some question. What’s the topic?
What was the main idea? Who are the characters?
What’s your opinion about the topic? etc.
Take a Timed Practice Test
 Take Practice Test Online: http://
www.testpreppractice.net/TOEFL/Free-Online-TO
EFL-Practice-Tests.aspx
 Buy some TOEFL ITP books: For example:
Longman by Deborah Phillips, Baron, Cliff,
Peterson, etc.
 Measure your progress day by day.
 ITP TOEFL
The ITP TOEFL test comprises three sections (plus a
30-minute writing test if it is PBT) :
 Listening Comprehension measures the ability to
understand English
 Structure and Language measures the ability to
recognize language that is appropriate for standard
written English
 Reading Comprehension measures the ability to
understand non-technical reading matter in English
Overview of ITP TOEFL
Time TOEFL Section

minutes 35 multiple choice 50 Listening Comprehension

questions

Minutes 25 multiple choice 40 Structure and Written Expression

questions

Minutes 55 multiple choice 50 Reading Comprehension

questions
 Introduction to Short
+ 35 minutes PBT TOEFL?
Conversation
(30 questions)
Listening Long Dialogues
Comprehension Long (10 questions)
Conversation
25 minutes Long Talk
Choosing
Choosing the
the correct
correct (10 questions)
Structure answers
answers (Structure)
(Structure)
TOEF & Written 15
15 questions
questions
You have + 50
Expression
L Choosing
Choosing the
answers
the wrong
wrong
answers (Written
(Written
seconds to
Expression)
Expression)
(25
(25 questions)
questions)
answer a
55 minutes
question
Reading TOTAL
Comprehension Time = + 2 hours
(50 questions) Questions = 140 questions
 TOEFL Score
 The raw score for each section is converted by
statistical means to a number on what is called
the TOEFL test scale.
 The total paper-based TOEFL test score is
reported on a scale that ranges from 310 to 677.
 What constitutes an acceptable TOEFL score
depends entirely on the requirements of each
institution.
 There is no specific passing or failing score.
 How to Do TOEFL ITP
 Signing the Attendance List.
 Taking the arranged seat.
 Preparing pencil, eraser, and ID card.
 Fulfilling the Answer Sheet.
 Following the supervisor instruction
 Starting the listening test according to audio recording instruction.
(35 minutes) (directly answer the question on the answer sheet)
 Working on Structure and Written Expression (40 questions for 25
minutes) (not allowed to go back to the previous section)
 Working of Reading Questions (50 questions for 55 minutes) (not
allowed to go back to the previous section).
 End of the test. Book collection and Answer sheet collection.
Sample of the TOEFL ITP Answer Sheet
How to fulfil the TOEFL ITP Answer Sheet
 1. Write down your name in the boxes of column 1 and
circle the corresponding circles below. Make it dark
enough.
 2. Write down your student number in column 2. Circle the
corresponding circles below.
 3. Write down the date of birth in column 3. Month, Day,
Year: For example: 07 – 13 – 99. Circle the corresponding
circles below.
 4. Write down the native country code for Indonesia: 265.
Circle the corresponding circles below.
 5. Write down the native language code for Indonesia: 328.
 6. Choose either male or female in column 6.
How to Fulfil TOEFL ITP Answer Sheet
 7. Choose the number of time you have taken TOEFL before.
 8. Choose whether you plan to study for a degree in the US
or Canada.
 9. Choose TOEFL ITP for column 9.
 10. Write down the Place of Testing: UKRIM
 11. Choose one of the reasons for taking TOEFL.
 12. Write down the date: 07/22/19.
 Copy the statement: “I hereby affirm that I am the person
whose name is given on the answer sheet” and sign it with
your name.
 13. Write down the Test book Number: PT240318
 14. Write down the Test Form: TPT05A
Have a Great Test !
 TIPS IN LISTENING
Short Conversation

 Focus on the second speaker

 Choose the answer with the synonyms
 Similar sound is not the answer
 Draw conclusions about who, what, where
 Listen for negative expression.
 Listen for wish expression.
 Focus on the second line
Man : Can you tell me if today’s matinee is a
comedy, romance, or western?
Woman : I have no idea.
Narrator : What does the woman mean?

a. She has strong idea about movies

b. She prefers comedies over western
c. She doesn’t like today’s matinee.
d. She doesn’t know.
 Choose the synonym
Woman : Why is Barbara feeling so happy?
Man : She just started working in a
real estate agency.
Narrator : What does the man say about
Barbara?
a. She always liked her work in real estate
b. She began a new job
c. She just bought some real estate
d. She bought a real estate agency
 Make conclusions
Man : I’d like to deposit this check in my
account, please.
Woman : Would you like any cashback?
Narrator : Who is the woman?

a. A teacher
b. A bank teller
c. An accountant
d. A doctor
 Negative expression
Man : I can’t seem to get the door unlocked.
Woman : That is not the right key for the door.
Narrator : What does the woman mean?

a. The key in the drawer is on the right

b. The man should write the massage on door
c. The man has the wrong key.
d. The right key is not in the drawer
 Wish expression
Man : Do you think we will be able to
have the picnic today?
Woman : I wish the sky weren’t so cloudy
Narrator : what does the woman mean?

a. The sky is not very cloudy

b. The sky yesterday was cloudier than today
c. The sky is too cloudy
d. The sky is rather clear
 TIPS IN LISTENING
Long Conversation
 Read along as you listen to the long
conversations
 Use your memory to remember some
points mentioned by the speakers such as
what, where, when, who, etc
 The order of the questions are the same
order with the order of the conversation
 TIPS IN LISTENING
Short Conversation
 Listen to the second speaker
 Identify and understand the types of the questions (11 types of
questions)
 Be careful with idioms, emotions, reversals, selections
 The answer is the paraphrase of the statements

Long Conversation
 Read the available options along as you listen to the long
conversations. Try to guess the questions based on these options.
 Use your memory to remember some points mentioned by the speakers
 The order of the questions are the same order with the order of the
conversation
 Listening Problems
I cannot catch clearly what the speaker says.
The speaker speaks too fast.
I cannot follow what the speaker says.
Every word seems to be connected one to another
so I am totally blank about what the speaker says.
I am lost in translation. I know nothing about
what the speaker says. Every word is strange to
my ears!
 First Aid for Listening
 Connected Speech & Pronunciation Problem
 Example: “What are you going to do?” –> “Whaddya gonna
do?”
 Other Examples
 “Stop it” –> “Sto pit” [STA pit]
 “I need it” –> “I nee dit”  [aiy NIY dit]
 “Play a song” –> “Play ya song” [pley yə Sɑŋ]
 “Read a book” — “Rea da book” [RIY də bʊk]
 “best time” –> “bestime” [BESTYM]
 “big grape” –> “bigrayp” [BIGRAYP]
 “good day” –> “gooday” [GƱDEY]
Exercise
 You need to stop it right now.” (C+V)
 “I need it more than you do.” (C+V)
 “Play a song for us on  your guitar!” (C+V)
 “Read a book for me, mommy.” (C+V)
 “I had the best time ever!” (C+C)
 “That was a big grape I just ate!” (C+C)
 “Thanks for coming. Have a good day.” (C+C)
Now try to listen and repeat what
the second speaker said:
 First Aid for Listening
 Vocabulary Problem (mostly academic vocabularies,
daily life at campus, teaching and learning, semester
breaks, and some specific vocabularies of certain
disciplines for , e.g: Geography, Library, History,
Social Sciences, Economics, etc).
 Master the basic/general words for the short
conversation.
 Guess the meaning of specific words/terms in the
long conversation.
 First Aid for Listening
 Concentration Problem: Practice to concentrate
for at least 35 minutes non stops on TOEFL
listening questions.
 Have a daily practice for you listening:
American English Podcasts, American News,
Talk Shows, Songs, Movies with English
subtitles, Reality Shows, Movie Series
 Keep up with this good habit!
 Structures
Check the subject and the verb
After preposition is not a subject
Be careful with V-ing (present
participle)
Be careful with V3 (past participle)
The active and passive voice
Subject and verb presence
The north plate river …………. from
Wyoming into Nebraska.

a. it flowed
b. Flows
c. Flowing
d. With flowing water
 Object of preposition
With his friend …………found the movie
theater.

a. Has
b. He
c. Later
d. when
Past participle (V 3)
The packages …………..mailed at the
post office will arrive on Monday.

a. Have
b. Were
c. Them
d. just
Active / Passive Voice
Unless some rare plants
…………………………, they may
die out completely.
a. protect them
b. protected
c. are protected
d. are protecting
 TIPS IN STRUCTURE AND
WRITTEN EXPRESSION

Structure
 Don't get distracted by the difficult words.
 Your job is to make a sentence correct.
 Pay attention to the word before and/or after the
gap
 Choose the one that makes the sentence
grammatically correct
 TIPS IN STRUCTURE AND
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Written Expression
1. Make the subject agrees with the verb
2. Comparative and superlative
3. Ving and V3
4. Modal (will, can, should, must,etc)
5. Passive voice
 Subject and verb
Scientists at the medical centre is trying to
A
determine if there is a relationship
B C
saccharine and cancer
D
Comparative and superlative
Peter Abelard, a logician and theologian,
A
was the controversialest teacher of his
B C D
age.
 Ving and V3
The teachers have translating all the
A B
articles into English in order to
present it
CD
in seminar.
 Modal Verbs
A patient suffering from amnesia
may
A
got partial or total loss of memory
B C D
 Passive voice
Guppies are sometimes call
rainbow fish because of the
males’ bright colors
 TIPS IN STRUCTURE AND
WRITTEN EXPRESSION
Structure
 Don't get distracted by the difficult words.
 Your job is to make a sentence correct.
 Pay attention to the word before and/or after the gap
 Choose the one that sounds good

Written Expression
 Focus to the structure of the sentence, every sentence has their own pattern
 Check the consistency or the context of the sentence
 Questions usually start from the easiest ones to the difficult ones
 Choose the one that sounds good
 TIPS IN READING
1. To find the main idea of the passage, just
read the first sentences of each paragraph
2. To find the pronoun referents, look at
before the pronoun (not after)
3. Be careful with synonyms
4. Analyze the organization of ideas (the
connection between of each paragraph)
 Recommended References
 Longman Introductory Course for The TOEFL
Test: The Paper Test by Deborah Phillips
 Longman Complete Course for the TOEFL Test :
Preparation for The Computer and The Paper Test
by Deborah Phillips
 ETS TOEFL Test Preparation Kit Vol. 1,2,3
 Heinle The Complete Guide to the TOEFL Test
PBT by Bruce Rogers
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