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TOEFL : Otherwise known as the Test of English as a Foreign Language, this exam is currently the most common fo non-native English speakers. The TOELF is often a requirement at most colleges and inuversities in the U.S, Canada and other English –speaking countries. In addition, government agencies, licensing bodies, businesses or scholarship programs migght also require the TOEFL. At this present time, an individual’s TOEFL score is valid for two years and the subject fo re-evaluation after thetwo-year period.  The TOEFL itself was first administered in 1964 and has been taken by more than 23 million students since then. There are two most common forms of the test, the Internet-based Test ( iBT ) and paper-based ( PBT ). The iBT test is comprised of four sections: Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing. The PBT is made up of four sections, as well: Listening, Structure & Written Expression, Reading Comprehension & Writing. The iBT has a total of 120 p...

1. Inquiry Letter       Inquiry letter  adalah sebuah jenis surat permintaan atau permohonan informasi tentang suatu produk, jasa, lowongan pekerjaan atau informasi bisnis lainnya. Pada umumnya fungsi umum dari surat ini adalah untuk merespon  suatu periklanan dari sumber-sumber informasi seperti surat kabar, majalah atau media elektronik tentang suatu produk/jasa saat kita tertarik dengan informasih yang diperoleh tersebut.       Biasanya surat ini merupakan sebuah langkah awal dalam membangun sebuah bisnis atau kerjasama dari dua pihak, yakni penyedia produk/jasa dan pembeli produk/jasa tersebut. Dalam surat ini, ada beberapa hal yang di bahas oleh si penyedia jasa/produk yang merupakan pertanyaan dari pembeli  agar dapat membantu pembeli itu sendiri untuk mengetahui informasi tentang produk/jasa tersebut.  Hal-hal itu mencakup :    Nama dan jenis produk    Spesifikasi pr...

Formal Presentations Presentations give you the opportunity to share and receive feedback on your ideas and research findings.  This page offers basic guidelines for organizing, designing, and delivering formal presentations. It also provides links for further discussion and examples. But before you get started… Know your audience.  As an engineer, you will deliver formal presentations to different audiences who have varying levels of technical knowledge: undergraduates, graduate students, professors, university administrators, and supervisors and colleagues in industry. Anticipate what your audience already knows about your topic. If you are unsure how to address your audience, imagine having a conversation about your topic with a member of the audience. You would employ different diction and sentence structures to discuss your work with a fellow engineering student than you would to explain it to a marketing student, wouldn’t you? Ideally, you address audience m...