Okay.
So in this next video, we're going to take a look at the differences and similarities of the general
and academic reading comprehension for the illness exam.
When it comes to the aisles exam for the reading comprehension, the there is basically the same when
it comes to the general and the academic.
Some students believe that the general exam is very different than the academic exam when it comes to
the reading section, but actually it isn't.
And I think after you listen to this lecture, you'll understand what the similarities are and what
the differences are, and that the similarities far, far outweigh the differences.
So let's get started.
First of all, we can take a look at the similarities in the question types.
Look at this list here.
Do you see any difference?
Look at the academic question types and look at the general question types.
As you see, they are the same question types.
Short answer yes.
No.
Not give in headings.
Matching paragraph location is the same as section location summary multiple choice flowchart which
we don't have.
There is the same.
Also let me look at it is the exact same question types.
So that should tell you something.
There should be a clue as to how similar the academic and the general are in terms of their question
types.
Let's keep moving forward.
Now, if the question types are the same, that also means that the strategies are the same.
I have had several students take my course and before I add it in this section for the general course,
my general exam students will just look at the videos for the academic section, for the course, for
reading comprehension, and they would just apply those strategies from the academic section to the
general section and score 7/8 nines on their reading.
The reason why they were able to do that is because the strategy is the same.
The question types are the same.
The strategy for a short answer question is the same as a strategy for a short answer question for general.
The strategy for a matching question for academic is the same strategy and for the general in terms
of a matching question.
So question types are the same, strategies are the same because the question types are the same.
So you're probably wondering, well, what are the differences between these two?
Well, you have differences in the passage types when it comes to the academic section.
We have three long multi paragraph passages and you have three question types for each passage.
What that means is that if for for passage number one, you're going to have a yes no given question,
a headings question and maybe a matching question.
You have three types of questions for each passage.
That means that generally for the academic section, you're going to have nine question types.
Sometimes those question types might be duplicated because, as you know, they love asking the yes
no, not giving question.
That's why you have to be great at it.
All right.
For the academic section, the vocabulary is academic and technical, although with the technical words,
they really don't factor into any of the questions, but they do have technical words in the passages.
They have more challenging synonym relationships.
And of course, the topics for the academic section you're going to get into science and history, archaeology,
sociology, psychology, art, history, you know, all, all construction, building space science,
robotics, I mean, all kinds of academic topics are what you're going to get into for the academic
section.
Now, how does a general how does the general passage type differ?
Well, for the general, usually in section one, you're going to have 2 to 3 passages.
The general has like these short passages.
Very short passages.
So in section one, it's going to normally be 2 to 3 passages.
Section two is going to be two passages, and in section three is going to be the more difficult one,
whereas normally just one longer passage, but you have these short passages and normally in sections
one, in section two, you have one question type for passage.
So for the first one, they may have a news article.
And the only question you have to ask you, the only question you have to answer for that might be a
yes no, not given question.
Then they're going to have another passage, which might be an advertisement for something, and for
that one you might have to do a headings question.
So the difference is, is in terms of the general has more passages, but they're very short.
Now the vocabulary is normally upper intermediate level vocabulary.
It doesn't really get far into, you know, heavy, heavy academic vocabulary or any technical vocabulary
because, you know, the general reading is for people that are doing it for academic purposes.
You know, people that are doing it for I'm sorry, the general exam is for people that are doing it
for immigration purposes or they're doing it for licensing purposes.
The academic is for those that are going to university.
Now, of course, with the general passages for the reading, the everyday, the the synonym relationships
in terms of the vocabulary are going to be much easier for you to process.
Now we can see from this list here that the topics that you're going to have for the general are very
different than the academic.
You're going to have social life, work life, personal life, newspaper, journal articles, advertisements,
employee manuals.
You see, it's everyday kind of stuff, everyday kind of topics, everyday kind of issues that you're
going to face in in the general and the general reading comprehension.
But remember the similarities that I just told you about the question.
It doesn't.
The question types are the same for the academic and the general.
The question strategies are the same for the academic or in the general right.
If you can do if you've been studying for the academic reading section, you should be able to breeze
through the general reading section because the passages are a lot easier and they use the same strategies.
Now some advice and suggestions that I have for you.
I think you should study the questions strategies in the course academic reading section because like
I said, the strategies are the same.
Also, watch the live class videos applying the question strategy to the general reading passages.
There are some live class videos that walk through a general reading passage showing you how the strategies
are applied to the general reading passage.
This will give you a lot of great advice on how to really apply the strategies to the passage.
That's the focus of this course.
The entire course.
The entire course is focusing on your ability to apply strategy, to apply tactics.
We don't just tell you how to do the course.
You know, that's what you get when you look at the books and you read the books and some of these other
courses, they say, Well, this is how you do it, right?
We tell you how to do it, but more importantly, we show you what to do.
We show you how to do it.
We demonstrate and illustrate the strategies and tactics so you can have a high rate of success.
You want a big impact.
This is what I need you to do.
Study hard, apply the strategy, and then analyze what you've done.
A lot of students don't do that last step, right?
They study.
They take a practice test.
They move on to the next practice test.
You have to be able to go back and analyze what you've done with what you've done with these general
reading passages in terms of when you finish answering, go back and analyze a sentence in relationships,
go back and analyze how they tried to trick you or fool you.
Go back and analyze.
Break it down.
That's how you're going to have a high rate of success.
If you watch the live course videos that I've included.
You're going to see what I mean in terms of breaking it down and analyzing.
Our process is very, very easy.
The process that I just described for you, you need to study.
You need to apply.
You need to analyze those three things for the general reading success that I want you to have.
Just to tell you a little bit more about us, we have offices and satellite programs all over the globe.
You can look here and see that we're very involved in several different places, and I hope that you
really have a chance to enjoy all parts of this course.
If you have any questions, you can be sure to ask me and I'll be happy to answer any question that
you have.
Our big concept is that we want you to stick with us.
We're going to help you get that score you want.
I want to wish you good luck.
As you can see there, my name is Keenan Campbell.
I am an Isl Tinto full expert and I look forward to helping you on your journey.
Talk to you soon.
Good luck.