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TOEFLReading:EarningYourDreamScoreTimingBasicsbacktotop
Asyoustudy,makesuretofollowour3stepsbelowfortheBESTTOEFLresults.Goodluck!
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1)GothroughthisentirepagetoevaluateyourcurrentskillsetfortheTOEFL.Makesuretoskip
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nothingbecauseifyoudo,you'llmissimportantpointstoreachyourdreamscore.
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2)Takenotesonwhatyoudon'tunderstandordidn'tknow.Then,usethattowriteoutyour
S.M.A.R.T.TOEFLstudyplantohityourgoalTOEFLscore.
S:specific,M:measurable,A:actionable,R:resultsoriented,andT:timebound.
3)Ifyoufindithardtoidentifyyourweaknessesforstep2)orimproveconfidentlywiththecontent
here,it'simportanttoknowthatmoregreat,powerfulhelpisavailable.
Don'tletthetimergetthebestofyoubacktotop
Thereadingtimeriskinganditcanhurtyourscoredramatically.It'sthemostoverlookedcomponent
ofTOEFLsuccess.
Before,wegetintothisimportantkey,let'smakesurethatyouunderstandtheverybasicsofthe
TOEFLreadingsectionifyou'venevertakentheTOEFLbefore.Ifyouhavetakenitbefore,
pleaseskimuntilyoureachthesectionontimingbutdon'tskiptothatsection.Thebasicsare
importanttoreviewtoo.
TOEFLreadingoverview
WhenyousitdownafteryourefinishedregisteringyourselfattheTOEFLcenterandtheexaminer
allowsyoutostarttheexam,youregoingtoseetheinstructionsforthereadingsection.Theyregoing
tobereadoutloudtoyou.Thatsgoingtogiveyousometimetopsychologicallyprepareyourselfand
becomecomfortablewithwhatsgoingtocomenext:theallpowerfulreadingsection.
Aftertheinstructionsarefinished,yourfirstreadingwillappear.Itwillconsistof700wordsandit
willtakeupthewholescreenofyourmonitor,soyourenotgoingtoseeanyquestions.Youwillneed
toscrolldownthroughthereadingandthenclicknextbeforeyoustarttoseethequestions.The
reasonistogiveyouachancetolookatthereading.Itdoesn'tmeanthatyoushouldreadthewhole
essaythough.(Welllearnmoreaboutthislater.)
TOEFLreadingstructure
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You'llreceiveeither3or4readingsonyourTOEFL(rememberthisfromlesson1?).Eachreadingwill
containapproximately700wordsandrequireyoutoanswer14questionswithin20minutes.Youll
seeatimerontheupperrighthandcornerofyourscreen.Itstheretohelpmakesurethatyoudont
spendtoomuchtimeonanyonequestion.
Thetimerisgoingtocountfrom60or80minutesdownto0(dependingonwhetherornotyouget
thatextraexperimentalreading[readingnumber4],whichdoesn'tcountonyourTOEFLscore).
Oncethetimerhits0,youranswerswillberecordedandyouwillmoveontothelisteningsection
nevertoreturntothereadingagain.Consequently,tosucceed,youmustlookatthattimerand
monitoryourtimeasyouanswerthequestionsbeforetimerunsout.
TOEFLreadingtiming
Nowforthegoodstuff.Asyouanswer,youwillalwaysbeabletojumptodifferentquestionsthat
you'vealreadycompleted.Forexample,letssayyoureansweringquestions1,2,3,4,andthen5.
Then,youthinktoyourself,
Waitasecond,IthinkIunderstandquestion3better.Letmegobackandchange
theanswer.
Youwillbeabletodothat.
Whenyoufinishthelastquestion(number42or56dependingonwhetheryouhave3or4readings),
youregoingtoseeachartthatshowsyouthequestionsthatyouansweredanddidntanswer.Youll
beabletodoubleclickonaquestiontojumpdirectlytoitinthereading.Thiswillgiveyouachance
toreviewquestionsyouskippedorwanttodoublecheck.
We'reexplainingthistoletyouknowthatyoucanbouncearoundonceyoufinishthereadingto
doublecheckyouranswers.But,ofcourse,welllearntobefocusedandexactasweanswersothatwe
wontneedtodothis.
Whenyoufinishthefirstreading,youregoingtomoveontoanotherreadingandsoonandsoon
untilyoucompleteyourset:either3or4readings.Nowthatweunderstandtimingbasics,let'sget
intotimingstrategy.
First,youdontwanttoreadthewholepassagebeforeyoustartansweringthequestionsifyoudo,it
willbeaveryinefficientandtimewastingwaytoread.
Instead,acquireabasicideaofthereadingandprepareyourmindforwhatyouregoingtoreadabout
byfirstreadingthetitle.Then,readthefirstsentence(whichistheallimportanttopicsentence)of
everyparagraph.Dothistogetaquickintroductiontothereadingbeforeyoureaditindetail.You
shouldcompletethiswithin1minute.
Belowisapicturetogetavisualideaofthisit'ssoimportantthatwecreatedanimagetomakeit
absolutelyclear.Theblackboxesrepresentthetitleandparagraphsandtheredlinesrepresentwhat
youwillread.
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Again,onlyspend1minutedoingthis.Anymorethanthatanditwillbetoomuchtimespendallof
thetimethatyoucanansweringthequestionssincethatswhereyourscorecomesfrom.Tofinish
within1minute,youmighthavetoreadonlypiecesofthefirstsentences(subject,verb,andobject
only)sincetheycanbequitebig.
Afteryoureadthefirstsentence,readquestionnumber1,nottheanswersbutthequestion.Establish
anideaofwhatitsaskingabout.Then,startreadingthepassagefromtheverybeginninginsearchof
theanswertothatquestionusingthestrategiesyou'lllearnaboutbelow.Inthisway,youwill
concentrateonlyonwhatsimportantandwhatwillearnyouyourhighestTOEFLreadingscore
possible.
Onceyouanswerquestionnumber1,goontoquestionnumber2inthesameway.TheTOEFL
questionsproceedinchronologicalorder,sotheanswertonumber1isinthebeginningofthepassage
andtheanswertonumber12istowardstheend,whichisnice.
Aswediscussedearlier,timingisimportantanditsveryeasyforstudentstorunoutoftime.Follow
thisguidelinecarefullyandyouwillNEVERhavethattroubleagain.That'sright:youwillNEVER
havethattroubleagain.
1stReading
80min79min:readthefirstsentences
79min72:40min:answerquestions15
72:40min66:20min:answerquestions610
66:20min60min:answerquestions1114
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2ndReading
Ifyoudon'thave4readingsbutonly3,yourtimerwillstarthereat60minutes.
60min59min:readthefirstsentences
59min52:40min:answerquestions15
52:40min46:20min:answerquestions610
46:20min40min:answerquestions1114
3rdReading
40min39min:readthefirstsentences
39min32:40min:answerquestions15
32:40min26:20min:answerquestions610
26:20min20:00min:answerquestions1114
4thReading
20min19min:readthefirstsentences
19min12:40min:answerquestions1519
12:40min6:20min:answerquestions2024
6:20min0min:answerquestions2528
Youshouldbeabletotellthatthroughthistimingguideline,youhavemoretimetoanswerthefinal
questionsofthereadingthanthefirstquestions.Thefinalquestionsdemandthemosttimeand
concentration,sodontchangethis.
Wantmorehelp?backtotop
About20to30%ofourstudentssucceedwiththisfreeTOEFLmaterialalone70to80%,however,
needmorehelp.So,beforeyoustart,knowthatifyou'restrugglingasyoustudyourfreecourseoryou
wantmorehelptoreachyourdreamscorefaster,morehelpisavailable.
Simplyclickontheanswertothequestionbelowandthefewquestionsthatwillfollowandyou'llfind
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