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TOEFL iBT

TOEFL iBT. Reading Strategies. Overview. 3-4 Passages 700 Words/Passage 1.5 Minutes/Question Academic Topics – no interest/no knowledge Active Reading (NOT Close Reading). What is Active Reading?. Major Tasks: Find the Purpose Understand the Structure State the Main Idea.

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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 Academic Topics – no interest/no knowledge Active Reading (NOT Close Reading)

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

  4. 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

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

  6. 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

  7. Additional Tips SKIM! Don’t Read. Trim the Fat!

  8. 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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