1) The document provides strategies for answering reading comprehension questions on the TOEFL exam. 2) It discusses focusing on vocabulary, learning TOEFL reading skills like identifying the main idea and details, and practicing different question types such as reference questions. 3) The document also reviews managing time during the reading section of the exam and improving concentration when reading multiple passages and answering questions.

1. STRATEGI
MENJAWAB SOAL
READING EPT
ELE TEAM
ELE

2. READING
Reading Comprehension
1. 50 Pertanyaan dalam 55 menit
2. Biasanya terdiri dari 5 teks atau bacaan
3. Masing – masing bacaan:
 200 – 450 kata
 7 – 12 pertanyaan

3. THINGS NEED TO IMPROVE:
01
02
03
04
Vocabulary / Pengetahuan kosa kata
TOEFL Reading skills
Time management
Concentration

4. Vocabulary
Kosa kata
Read, read, and read!
 Learn prefixes (awalan), suffixes (akhiran), dan root word (kata asal)
 Verbs and adjectives

5. TOEFL READING SKILLS
(Pengetahuan tentang jenis pertanyaan dan cara menjawabnya)
Main idea / Topic
Detail
Reference
Vocabulary
Overall review
01
02
03
04
05
QUESTION TYPES

6. 1. Main idea / Topic
What is the main idea of the passage?
What is the passage primarily about?
What is the topic of this passage?

7. Example:
“
The answer: ...
What is the topic of this passage?
A. The intelligence of John Dewey
B. Distinctions made by John
Dewey
C. Dewey’s ideas on the ability to
reason
D. How intelligence differs from
reasoning in Dewey’s works

8. 2. Detail
Direct answer
Pertanyaan yang jawabannya
bisa langsung ditemukan dalam
bacaan
Indirect answer
Pertanyaan yang jawabannya
tidak langsung kita temukan di
bacaan means menyimpulkan
dari detail bacaan

9. Direct answer
 Stated:
 According to the passage......
 It is stated in the passage that....
 The passage indicates that...
 Which of the following is true...?
 Unstated:
 Which of the following is not stated...?
 Which of the following is not
mentioned...?
 All of the following are true except...?

10. Example stated details:
“
The answer: ...
The passage indicates that
Jamestown
A. Was settled in 1633
B. Was settled twenty-six years
after Williamsburg
C. Was the first permanent
English colony in America
D. Was originally nemed Middle
Plantation

11. Example unstated details:
“
The answer: ...
Which of the following is not true
about the word gadget?
A. It is used to name something
when the name is not known
B. It was used at the beginning of
the nineteenth century
C. It most likely came from a word
in the French language
D. Its first known use was by
British sailors

12. Indirect answer
 Implied questions:
 It is implied in the passage that......
 It can be inferred from the passage
that....
 What probably happened...?
 Transition questions:
 The paraghraph preceding the
passage probably...
 What is most likely in the paragraph
following the passage?

13. Example implied question:
“
The answer: ...
The french version of Monopoly
might possibly include a piece of
property entitled?
A. Atlantic City, New Jersey
B. Germantown, Pennsylvania
C. Boardwalk
D. The Eiffel Tower

14. 3. Reference
 Reference:
• “The word ‘it’ / ‘they’ / ‘this’...in line ‘x’
refers to....”
Pertanyaan tentang kata benda apa yang digantikan oleh kata ganti tertentu
 Remember:
• It/This  singular / uncountable nouns
• They  plural countable nouns
•

15. Example:
“
The answer: ...
The word “they” in line 4 refers to?
A. Coral reefs
B. Tentacles
C. Small fish
D. Flowers

16. 4. Vocabulary
 Vocabulary:
• What is the meaning of ‘X’ in line ‘Y’?
• The word ‘X’ in line Y is closest in
meaning to....
Kosa kata
• Jika kesulitan, jangan panik, coba di cek
dari segi:
 Sinonim
 Konteks kalimat
 Kontras
 Contoh di sekitar kata yang ditanyakan

17. Example:
“
The answer: ...
The phrase “at a premium” in line 2
is closest in meaning to?
A. Well-paid
B. Not very numerous
C. Very experienced
D. Not well-respected

18. 5. Overall review
 Scanning:
• Where in the passage does the
author first discuss...?
• In what line does the author shift his
focus to...?
Pertanyaan review keseluruhan bacaan
• Tone and purpose:
• What is the tone of the passage?
• What is the author’s main purpose in
the passage?

19. Example:
“
The answer: ...
Where in the passage does the
author discuss the composition of
the meteor?
A. Lines 1-3
B. Lines 4-5
C. Lines 6-8
D. Lines 9-11

20. Example:
“
The answer: ...
The author’s purpose in this
passage is to:
A. Describe the history of military
awards prior to the Civil War
B. Demonstrate an effect of
America’s attitude toward
royalty
C. Give an opinion of military
awards
D. Outline various historical
symbols of royalty

21. Thank you