Let's get started by reviewing the general information for the reading section of the ILS exam.
In this lecture, we're going to review the basics.
So when it comes to the reading section, you're going to first know that there are 40 questions and
you have 60 minutes to finish those 40 questions.
There are three parts.
In generally speaking, the three parts get progressively more difficult.
Definitely part number three is the most difficult part of all three sections.
So you want to be able to manage your time very well.
So there are three parts or three passages and you have 60 minutes.
Now, some of you may be thinking, well, 20 minutes per passage.
I think a better idea of time management would be to work on finishing passage number one and 18 minutes
passage to add 18 minutes and then giving you that will give you 24 minutes to actually do passage number
three.
Passage number three is the most difficult passage, and most students mess up on it because they don't
have enough time.
So when you're timing yourself, that's a good time strategy.
Now there are 14 question types, and in the upcoming lecture I really go over in detail the different
question types.
I'm going to explain to you which question types go in order, which go in order most of the time,
in which question types don't go in order.
That's really critical information to know because the questions that go in order are the easiest ones
to do.
And what you should start with first, the answering process for the reading section is is immediate.
What I mean by that is that as soon as you have an answer choice, write it down right away.
Unlike the listening section, they don't give you minutes, 10 minutes afterwards to transfer your
answers.
Put your answer down right away.
I also reading is a test of three concepts.
Number one, you have to be able to identify key words.
If you're not able to identify key words in the question, that's going to be really difficult for you
when it comes to performing well on the exam.
So in the upcoming lectures, you're going to hear me really, really talk about being able to identify
key words.
Number two, you have to be able to locate those key words in the passage.
They're testing your ability to scan.
Not really read the child's reading section or reading section of the of the exam is not about reading
is really about locating keywords, being able to scan and locate keywords in the passage.
This is where understanding which questions go in order and which ones don't go in order is so important.
And then number three, understanding language.
Once you have located the keywords, you have to be able to read that sentence.
Understand the language in that sentence, in the passage.
And then pull out the answer choice or pull out the matching answer choice.
So identify, locate, understand that simple.
Those three concepts are what they are testing.
Here are a few keys to success for the Isles reading comprehension.
Number one vocabulary enhancement.
The more vocabulary that you have, the greater you're going to be able to perform on the reading section
of the exam.
Many students end up wasting time because they read the same sentence two or three times.
So the better your vocabulary, the better chance you have of scoring very well.
Number two, scanning.
When you're training for this exam, work on your skills.
Scanning is a skill.
You have to work on it specifically.
You have to do exercises that specifically work on scanning.
The better you get at scanning for keyword language, the easier the reading section is going to be
for you, the faster you're going to be with the reading section.
Number three, Time Management.
Roughly, you do have 20 minutes per passage because there's 60 minutes and there are three passages.
But as I told you earlier, passage number three is more difficult.
So really work with less time for passage one and passage two so that you train yourself to finish passage
one in 18 minutes.
Passage two in 18 minutes.
That will give you 24 minutes to handle that more difficult passage.
Number three.
Also, don't read the passage first.
Start with the questions.
Look at the questions that you have to do because the questions that go in order, those questions will
tell you what you need, what you need to scan for in the passage.
Reading first will waste your time and waste your clock.
Okay.
So coming up next is what you've been waiting for.
We're going to get into reviewing the different question types.
So, you know, what questions go in order and which ones do not.
And then we're going to get into reviewing the strategy for each question.
We're going to go over examples of the strategy and then do answer analysis with four passages.
So I'm so happy to have you in the course.
Thank you for learning the reading section from me, and I'll talk to you soon.