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TOEFL iBT

TOEFL iBT. Reading Strategies. Overview. 3-4 Passages 700 Words/Passage 1.5 Minutes/ Question (60-100 Minutes) Most questions = 1 point; Some = 2 points Underlined BLUE words: click for definition You can SKIP questions Click REVIEW to return to questions. Overview.

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TOEFL iBT

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  1. TOEFL iBT Reading Strategies

  2. Overview 3-4 Passages 700 Words/Passage 1.5 Minutes/Question (60-100 Minutes) Most questions = 1 point; Some = 2 points Underlined BLUE words: click for definition You can SKIP questions Click REVIEW to return to questions

  3. Overview Academic Topics no interest / no knowledge Each Answer IS INCLUDED in the Reading Active Reading (NOT Close Reading)

  4. What is Active Reading? Major Tasks: • Find the Purpose • Understand the Structure • State the Main Idea

  5. 1. Find the Purpose Each Passage: • Explains a Topic; • Resolves an Issue or Finds Solutions; or • Convinces or Persuades Read: Introduction – first two sentences; Body - topic sentences; and Conclusion – first and last sentence

  6. 2. Understand the Structure Passages Have: • Introduction • Thesis • Body • Support & Opposition Paragraphs • Direction & Transition Words • Conclusion

  7. 3. State the Main Idea Identify the Thesis or Purpose Find the Topic Sentences Skim the Passage Look at Notes Main Idea should CONNECT ALL IDEAS

  8. Question Tips Every answer is in the reading Some question types are EASIER; Do these first! (First / Second) Just because you’re uncertain about vocabulary, don’t eliminate Use POE: Process of Elimination

  9. What is POE? Types of WRONG Answers: Not Mentioned Extreme: all, must, impossible, none, etc. Right Answer / Wrong Question Verbatim / Wrong Context Beyond the Reading

  10. Question Types Vocabulary in Context (COMMON & EASY) Reference (EASY; do FIRST) Lead Words (EASY; do FIRST) Detail (EASY; do FIRST) Paraphrase Definition Before / After (RARE; do SECOND)

  11. Question Types Sentence Insertion (Challenging; do SECOND) Except / Not / Least (Most Difficult) Inference (Trickiest; do SECOND) Summary (requires the broadest knowledge, so do LAST)

  12. Additional Tips SKIM! Don’t Read Return to the Text WhenNecessary Trim the Fat!

  13. Trim the Fat Scientists, using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, have found a new class of stellar object, miniature stars too small to initiate fusion but large enough to have their own orbiting planets. Scientists…have found a new…stellar object.

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