Literasi Bahasa Inggris
Literasi Bahasa Inggris menguji pemahaman teks berbahasa Inggris pada level gagasan, bukan terjemahan kata per kata. Dalam UM UNY CBT, Anda akan menghadapi pertanyaan tentang main idea, explicit detail, inference, vocabulary in context, reference, author's purpose, tone, dan cohesion. Teks dapat berupa artikel pendek, laporan, atau kutipan argumentatif.
Core rules
- Main idea adalah klaim yang didukung seluruh paragraf; supporting details hanyalah contoh atau bukti.
- Inference harus necessarily true dari teks, bukan sekadar plausible.
- Vocabulary in context: ganti kata dengan pilihan Anda, lalu uji apakah makna dan nada kalimat tetap utuh.
- Reference: kata 'this', 'they', atau 'the former' merujuk pada antecedent yang logis, bukan selalu kata benda terdekat.
- Tone terlihat dari adjective evaluatif dan penanda konsesi: although, admittedly, yet, however.
- Cohesion ditandai transition signals: contrast, cause, addition, example.
Worked example
Text: 'The new policy was praised for its ambition. Yet its funding remained uncertain, and several schools delayed implementation.' Question: What is the author's attitude toward the policy? Answer: cautiously skeptical. Reason: 'praised' acknowledges a positive side, but 'Yet', 'uncertain', and 'delayed' limit that praise. 'Hostile' is too strong because the author never condemns the policy outright. Notice that the answer depends on the concession structure, not on a single word.
Traps
Choosing a statement that is true in general but not stated; confusing 'some' with 'all'; treating 'could' as 'will'; ignoring negation such as 'hardly' or 'not uncommon'; picking a synonym that changes register or tone; over-reading emotion from neutral reporting.