‫Firstly, if you've been working through all the lessons in this course and you've made it to this point,
‫a big congratulations to you because you have made it to the final section of L7 seven plus so massive.
‫Well done to you.
‫We're now going to concentrate all our studying efforts on the Alps reading section of the Alps test.
‫As always, in the first lesson, we're going to learn exactly what the ALT'S reading test is.
‫You'll understand the structure of the reading test and you'll also know some other basic information
‫about this section.
‫So let's have a look at a quick description of what the reading test is.
‫The ALT'S reading test simply measures your ability to read in English by locating information quickly
‫and understanding parts of a text.
‫So overall, the ELT's reading test is judging your ability to comprehend and understand tax, as well
‫as locate information in a text quickly.
‫Let's take a look at the overall basic information of what makes up the ELT's reading test.
‫So the reading test, all in all, will take 60 Minutes to complete.
‫There are three sections to the ALT'S reading test and there are a mix of question types, but will
‫be going a lot more into detail for the question types later.
‫Each section will have between 13 to 14 questions that will bring you up to a total of 40 questions.
‫You must finish and answer your questions in the 60 minute time frame.
‫And many students do find the time frame of 60 minute quite difficult.
‫Time management is a crucial skill in the reading test, as with all parts of the test, the time limit
‫is very strict and all, although 60 Minutes seems like a long time, remember that you have 40 questions
‫that you must answer.
‫Of course, if you do not answer some of the questions, it only means you won't score marks for the
‫questions that you missed.
‫You have 60 Minutes to answer all these questions, and that does mean you're going to have to work
‫very quickly.
‫But with practice, it is possible to answer all the questions and complete everything within the 60
‫minute time frame.
‫I'm now going to go into a bit more detail into exactly what you are tested on.
‫And there are two main skills that I am reading really focuses on.
‫The first is locating key information, and that's called skimming and scanning.
‫It may be that you are looking through a text for a specific date or keywords.
‫This is either to retrieve information or to work out what the part of the text is going to be talking
‫about.
‫For example, if you saw the words football and sports in a large piece of text, you'd understand that
‫the text was going to be talking about something related to sports.
‫This is called skimming and scanning.
‫It also will test you on your comprehension and understanding of a text.
‫And I like to call this reading for detail.
‫Now, you won't have to read through pages and pages of writing in the alts reading test, but you will
‫have to read short paragraphs so that you can fully answer questions.
‫Again, this is called Reading for detail.
‫So these are the two main skills that will be focusing on locating key information, skimming and scanning
‫and comprehension and understanding of a text which is reading for detail.
‫Now, in my experience, students get very worried, if not the most worried about their alts reading
‫section of the test.
‫I believe that in a similar way to the ELT's listening test, where you can practice and practice and
‫get better at the actual test skills, that child's reading is kind of the same because you can learn
‫how to answer certain questions types and improve your skimming, scanning and reading for detail.
‫That's what will be working on in the final section of this course.
‫Well, that brings us to the end of our first lesson on Alt's reading in the next lesson will be looking
‫at how you are scored.
‫See you there.