English For Students

TOEFL Purpose of the TOEFL Test The purpose of the TOEFL test is to evaluate the English proficiency of people who are non-native English speakers. In addition, international companies, government agencies, scholarship programs, and recruitment agencies use TOEFL scores to evaluate English proficiency. CBT: The TOEFL test on computer combines many of the same question types as the traditional paper-based test with new question types that can be offered only in the computer format. This is an easy-to-use testing system for even the most basic computer users. The Computer-Based TOEFL Test has 4 sections Section 1: Listening Section 2: Structure (Grammar) Section 3: Reading Section 4: Writing 1. Listening Comprehension: Measures the ESL student’s ability to understand North American English. 2. Structure & Written Expression Measures the ESL student’s ability to recognize language appropriate for standard written English. 3. Vocabulary & Read...

The Benefits of learning Literature to Linguistics Importance Learning literature has some3 benefits to the language. One of the benefits itself is for linguistics. It is going to be explained about the benefits of learning literature to the linguistics importance. Briefly, we have already understood kinds of literary works that show how the language is fully and skillfully used. Meanwhile, how the language is used is based on the patterns. A search for patterns in the way how the language is used is involved in linguistic study. Knowing this, we truly understand that learning literature has beneficial effect to linguistic importance. 1.       What does linguistics importance mean?  Previously, we have to know what is meant by linguistic importance. Linguistics is a scientific study of language and it has both importance and scope in understanding various components of the language, its origin, structure, vocalization, meaning in relation to the o...

AFFIXES AND BASES 1. Affixes             An affix is a letter or group of letters, for example `un-' or `-y', which is added to either the beginning or the end of a word to form a different word with a different meaning. Adding affixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English. There are two kinds of affixes which which will add the meaning of the word. They are Prefixes and Suffixes. A prefix is a letter or group of letters, for example `un-' or `multi-', which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word. For example, the prefix `un-' is added to `happy' to form `unhappy'.  Prefixes are added to the front of the base ( like dislike ), whereas a suffix is a letter or group of letters, for example `-ly' or `-ness', which is added to the end of a word in order to form a different word, often of a different word class. For example, the suffix `-ly' i...