1 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:08,920 ‫In this lesson, I'll be answering a very common question that students often ask me, and that is, 2 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:16,000 ‫do I read the questions or passages first in this lesson, we'll be covering a few strategies, such 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:22,660 ‫as underlining that will help you answer ELT's reading questions and you'll learn two different strategies 4 00:00:22,660 --> 00:00:25,240 ‫for reading and answering questions. 5 00:00:26,050 --> 00:00:30,310 ‫So let's move on firstly to underlining key words. 6 00:00:30,460 --> 00:00:35,350 ‫And this is a very commonly used strategy that helps a lot of students. 7 00:00:35,350 --> 00:00:42,520 ‫In Eilts reading, I highly recommend that you practice it and use it in your child's reading test. 8 00:00:43,470 --> 00:00:49,540 ‫So for both questions and passages, it's important to underline key words. 9 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:53,080 ‫What exactly are key words? 10 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:54,870 ‫In questions and passages? 11 00:00:55,390 --> 00:00:59,230 ‫They are often verbs, adjectives, nouns or names. 12 00:01:00,370 --> 00:01:06,570 ‫The key words give meaning to the language in the passage or question. 13 00:01:07,540 --> 00:01:13,510 ‫And why is underlining key words such an important strategy for your child's reading? 14 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:22,590 ‫Well, underlining can very much help speed up the time it takes to finish your child's reading test. 15 00:01:23,290 --> 00:01:31,030 ‫It will also help you to not get lost when trying to relocate key information or key words. 16 00:01:31,270 --> 00:01:34,570 ‫And these will usually help you answer the questions. 17 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:42,070 ‫I also believe that underlining key words in questions and procedures will give you a quicker and better 18 00:01:42,070 --> 00:01:44,410 ‫understanding of the text. 19 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:47,500 ‫So it's a very important thing to do. 20 00:01:48,190 --> 00:01:53,290 ‫Let's take a look at the two leading strategies that I very much recommend. 21 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:58,140 ‫Simply speaking, both of these strategies work. 22 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:04,320 ‫So finding which one works for you will be very helpful in your test taking skills. 23 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:12,320 ‫First, we have read the questions first, then skim and scan through the text to find answers. 24 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:19,620 ‫Then we have read the passage carefully but quickly and then return to the questions. 25 00:02:22,460 --> 00:02:25,430 ‫Let's take a look at questions first. 26 00:02:26,950 --> 00:02:32,740 ‫Read through the group of questions and underline key words and phrases. 27 00:02:33,010 --> 00:02:36,610 ‫Remember, these will usually be proper nouns or verbs. 28 00:02:38,050 --> 00:02:43,210 ‫Then skim and scan the text again, underline key words here. 29 00:02:43,510 --> 00:02:46,990 ‫These may be synonyms to the key words in the questions. 30 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:51,540 ‫Return to the questions and work through answering them. 31 00:02:52,980 --> 00:03:00,570 ‫So some key information, this is a great strategy for completing most else, reading questions when 32 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:04,230 ‫answers to questions are not in order in the text. 33 00:03:04,380 --> 00:03:11,250 ‫It does mean that you will have to jump around in the aisles passage to find your key information and 34 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:11,940 ‫answers. 35 00:03:12,870 --> 00:03:19,080 ‫Let's take a look at reading the text or passage first, carefully but quickly. 36 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:26,220 ‫Read the entire passage first, then go to the questions and try and answer what you can. 37 00:03:27,300 --> 00:03:32,850 ‫Return back to the passage and skim and scan through the text for more answers. 38 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:36,480 ‫And here's some key information about this strategy. 39 00:03:37,410 --> 00:03:40,650 ‫So for some people, this can work very well. 40 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:49,170 ‫If you are a fast reader who can retain and remember specific information easily, try their strategy 41 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:50,830 ‫and see if it works for you. 42 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:57,210 ‫One of the problems with reading the text carefully first is that you're going to have to spend more 43 00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:59,880 ‫time reading the entire passage. 44 00:04:00,570 --> 00:04:03,290 ‫But for some people, it does work. 45 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:08,520 ‫And again, I do recommend trying both strategies and seeing what you prefer. 46 00:04:09,060 --> 00:04:12,420 ‫So once again, here are the two strategies. 47 00:04:12,630 --> 00:04:21,000 ‫Either read the questions first or carefully and quickly read through the passage once again to see 48 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,790 ‫which strategy works best for you and then practice it as much as you can. 49 00:04:27,630 --> 00:04:28,890 ‫See you in the next lesson.