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Let's get started by reviewing the general information for the reading section of the ILS exam.

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In this lecture, we're going to review the basics.

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So when it comes to the reading section, you're going to first know that there are 40 questions and

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you have 60 minutes to finish those 40 questions.

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There are three parts.

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In generally speaking, the three parts get progressively more difficult.

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Definitely part number three is the most difficult part of all three sections.

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So you want to be able to manage your time very well.

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So there are three parts or three passages and you have 60 minutes.

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Now, some of you may be thinking, well, 20 minutes per passage.

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I think a better idea of time management would be to work on finishing passage number one and 18 minutes

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passage to add 18 minutes and then giving you that will give you 24 minutes to actually do passage number

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three.

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Passage number three is the most difficult passage, and most students mess up on it because they don't

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have enough time.

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So when you're timing yourself, that's a good time strategy.

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Now there are 14 question types, and in the upcoming lecture I really go over in detail the different

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question types.

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I'm going to explain to you which question types go in order, which go in order most of the time,

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in which question types don't go in order.

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That's really critical information to know because the questions that go in order are the easiest ones

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to do.

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And what you should start with first, the answering process for the reading section is is immediate.

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What I mean by that is that as soon as you have an answer choice, write it down right away.

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Unlike the listening section, they don't give you minutes, 10 minutes afterwards to transfer your

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answers.

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Put your answer down right away.

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I also reading is a test of three concepts.

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Number one, you have to be able to identify key words.

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If you're not able to identify key words in the question, that's going to be really difficult for you

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when it comes to performing well on the exam.

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So in the upcoming lectures, you're going to hear me really, really talk about being able to identify

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key words.

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Number two, you have to be able to locate those key words in the passage.

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They're testing your ability to scan.

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Not really read the child's reading section or reading section of the of the exam is not about reading

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is really about locating keywords, being able to scan and locate keywords in the passage.

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This is where understanding which questions go in order and which ones don't go in order is so important.

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And then number three, understanding language.

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Once you have located the keywords, you have to be able to read that sentence.

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Understand the language in that sentence, in the passage.

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And then pull out the answer choice or pull out the matching answer choice.

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So identify, locate, understand that simple.

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Those three concepts are what they are testing.

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Here are a few keys to success for the Isles reading comprehension.

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Number one vocabulary enhancement.

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The more vocabulary that you have, the greater you're going to be able to perform on the reading section

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of the exam.

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Many students end up wasting time because they read the same sentence two or three times.

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So the better your vocabulary, the better chance you have of scoring very well.

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Number two, scanning.

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When you're training for this exam, work on your skills.

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Scanning is a skill.

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You have to work on it specifically.

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You have to do exercises that specifically work on scanning.

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The better you get at scanning for keyword language, the easier the reading section is going to be

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for you, the faster you're going to be with the reading section.

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Number three, Time Management.

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Roughly, you do have 20 minutes per passage because there's 60 minutes and there are three passages.

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But as I told you earlier, passage number three is more difficult.

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So really work with less time for passage one and passage two so that you train yourself to finish passage

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one in 18 minutes.

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Passage two in 18 minutes.

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That will give you 24 minutes to handle that more difficult passage.

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Number three.

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Also, don't read the passage first.

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Start with the questions.

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Look at the questions that you have to do because the questions that go in order, those questions will

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tell you what you need, what you need to scan for in the passage.

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Reading first will waste your time and waste your clock.

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Okay.

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So coming up next is what you've been waiting for.

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We're going to get into reviewing the different question types.

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So, you know, what questions go in order and which ones do not.

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And then we're going to get into reviewing the strategy for each question.

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We're going to go over examples of the strategy and then do answer analysis with four passages.

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So I'm so happy to have you in the course.

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Thank you for learning the reading section from me, and I'll talk to you soon.