Dalam bahasa Inggris, aktivitas menyimpulkan informasi tersirat ini juga biasa disebut reading between the lines atau memahami sesuatu yang tidak tertulis dalam teks. Beberapa tipe soal yang menanyakan informasi tersirat adalah sebagai berikut.
- Paragraph … implies that ….
- Regarding …, the author implies that ….
- It can be inferred from paragraph … that ….
HOW TO SOLVE:
- Skimming atau scanning teks
- Pahami makna kalimat
- Gunakan pengetahuanmu
- Simpulkan informasi tersiratnya
EXAMPLE
The question is based on the following passage.
Around 2.8 million Indian students sat university examinations from the end of August to September 13 as the country approached the grim milestone of 5-million total COVID-19 cases. Despite pleas from civil society to defer examinations, including by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, a Supreme Court ruling on August 17 gave the government the green light to keep the original schedule for the engineer and medical colleges entrance exams.
The JEE and the NEET, how university exams for those two careers are called, are India’s most competitive — they sprawl industries of their own, with preparation courses generating millions of dollars annually. The court bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that “the career of the students cannot be put on peril for long, and a full academic year cannot be wasted.” The court will not hear any further petitions regarding postponing future exam dates.
According to the Ministry of Education, 74 percent of the students registered to the first of the JEE took the exam, while an above 80-percent attendance was observed for the NEET exam. Students are now gearing up for the second stage of the JEE (the JEE Advanced), which will take place on September 27. Protests against the exam date have dwindled since the Supreme Court decision.
Manve, Vishal Yashoda. (2020). Millions of Indian Students Sit University Entrance Exams After Government Disregards Protests to Postpone Them. Accessed on July 18, 2020 from https://globalvoices.org/2020/09/15/millions-of-indian-students-sit-university-entrance-exams-after-government-pushes-back-protests-to-postpone-them/.
What can be inferred from the passage?
- Indian students were reluctant to join university preparation courses.
- Indian students were forced to sit the JEE and the NEET exam.
- The JEE and the NEET are annually held by the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court considered the pleas from society.
- The university entrance tests were finally rescheduled.
Jawaban: B
Pembahasan:
Soal menanyakan kesimpulan tersirat yang tepat berdasarkan informasi pada teks tersebut.
Pada paragraf pertama, dijelaskan bahwa meskipun ada permohonan dari masyarakat untuk menunda jadwal ujian masuk universitas terkait dengan banyaknya kasus COVID-19, putusan Mahkamah Agung pada 17 Agustus memberi pemerintah lampu hijau untuk mempertahankan jadwal asli untuk ujian masuk insinyur dan perguruan tinggi kedokteran. Pada akhir paragraf kedua, dijelaskan bahwa pengadilan tidak akan mempertimbangkan petisi apapun mengenai jadwal tersebut. Kemudian pada paragraf ketiga dijelaskan bahwa ujian JEE dan NEET sudah dilaksanakan dan diikuti oleh para mahasiswa.
Informasi pada ketiga paragraf tersebut menunjukkan bahwa sebenarnya mahasiswa menginginkan jadwal ujian tersebut ditunda. Namun, pada akhirnya mereka tetap mengikutinya karena pemerintah tidak bersedia menunda jadwal tersebut.
Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa siswa di India mengikuti ujian JEE dan NEET dalam keadaan terpaksa sehingga pilihan B tepat.