TOEFL Reading Part 1 Video Lecture Summary

Hello,

I posted the TOEFL reading lecture part 1 on Saturday. Here are my notes on the topic.

1.      Reading Basics    

·         4 passages

·         700 words each

·         20 minutes

·         13-14 questions

2.       Important Skills

•  Vocabulary
•  Synonym language ( recognize)
•  Key Words ( recognize)
•  Reading only what is necessary
•  Scan
• Recognize Question Types
• Confidence

Answering Question

1.)    Recognize Question Type

2.)    Recalling the strategy for that question

3.)    Applying that strategy

Question Types

1.)    Attitude

2.)    Purpose

3.)    Negative Factual

4.)    Detail (3-4 questions)

5.)    Vocabulary (2-4 questions)

6.)    Summary

7.)    Reference

8.)    Chart

9.)    Inference (2/3 on one passage maybe)

10.)                        Paraphrase

11.)                        Method- Difficult- Example- How are paragraphs 1 and 2 related?-

Basic Question Answering

How TOEFL people find good/bad answers

1.)    Good answer (except for negative factual/ or inference questions)

·         Come from one sentence

·         Your job is to find that sentence

2.)    Bad answers

·         Come from surrounding sentences

Example: Paragraph

1.)

2.) A

3.) Keyword sentence- answer normally comes from here C

4.)B

5.)D

6.)

If you find the keyword sentence, you can read just the one sentence and get the correct answer.

** Remember if you find the answer for let’s say question 4, you know question 5 comes after that. ***