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Tips Reading - TOEFL IBT
Tips Reading - TOEFL IBT
Tips Reading - TOEFL IBT
There are several key skills that you’ll need to be successful in the Reading section.
You should be able to:
This means that you can read chunks of text and identify main ideas being
expressed. You should be able to draw connections between individual sentences
and paraphrase the information that is presented.
When you read a piece of information, you should be able to understand why the
author has included it. Is it an example of a phenomenon, a supporting detail for an
argument, or perhaps the introduction of a new idea? Understanding the structure of
each paragraph and the whole passage is critical to understanding its contents.
In order to put together the big picture about what’s going on in a passage, you will
also need to comprehend the little pieces that fit together to make that big picture.
It is important to be able to quickly locate a sentence or portion of a paragraph that
discusses a particular point. Once you’ve found that sentence, you can re-read it in
order to understand exactly what is being expressed.