GENERAL TRAINING READINGJUAN SEBASTIAN LOPEZ.

CAROLINA SANDOVALDANIELA BAUTISTA

TIPS TO PREPARE PRACTICE READING SKILLS.

*SKIMMING: (IDENTIFY GENERAL IDEAS AS TITLES, SUBTITLES, KEYWORDS).

*SCANNING: (SPECIFIC INFORMATION) DO NOT NEED TO READ EVERY SINGLE WORD IN THE ARTICLE.

*READ AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.*READ QUICKLY.

IT TAKES ABOUT 60 MINUTES, AND IT HAS THREE SECTIONS.SECTION 1: HAS SHORTS TEXTS WHICH COME FROM ADVERTISEMENTS, TIMETABLES

AND INSTRUCTIONS.SECTION 2: HAS LONGER TEXTS OF 500 WORDS WHICH GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT

EDUCATION AND TRAINING.SECTION 3: HAS LONGER TEXT ABOUT 700 WORDS, IT IS MORE COMPLEX LANGUAGE

AND STRUCTURE, IT IS ABOUT A GENERAL TOPIC LIKE GENERAL INTERESTING MAGAZINES.

17 MINUTES ON SECTION 1.20 MINUTES ON SECTION 2.23 MINUTES ON SECTION 3.40 QUESTIONS

Reading is the second part of the IELTS test.

SECTION ONE (MULTIPLE CHOICE).FIRST SECTION: HAS SHORTS TEXTS WHICH COME FROM ADVERTISEMENTS,

TIMETABLES AND INSTRUCTIONS.

QUESTION TYPE: MULTIPLE CHOICE.STRATEGIES:STEP 1: LOOK QUICKLY AT THE TEXT STANDING OUT TITLES AND PICTURES.STEP 2: READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE QUESTIONS. (UNDERLINE KEY

WORDS IN THE QUESTIONS).STEP 3: LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS, SCAN FOR KEY WORDS AND SYNONYMOUS,

DO NOT READ EVERY WORD.

SECTION TWO (MATCHING PIECES SPECIFIC

INFORMATION)QUESTION TYPE: MATCHING PIECES. (SPECIFIC INFORMATION)STEP 1: SURVEY THE TEXT, LOOK THE TITLE, HEADINGS AND

SUBHEADINGS, ANY DIAGRAMS, TABLES OR PICTURES IN THE TEXT.STEP 2: READ THE QUESTIONS, REMEMBER TO UNDERLINE KEY WORDS,

READ ONLY ONE QUESTION AND THEN FIND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BEFORE YOU READ THE NEXT.

STEP 3: ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BY SCANNING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION OR IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS BY SKIMMING.

SECTION THREE (COMPLETING A TABLE, IDENTIFYING QUALITIES AND

CHARACTERISTICS).QUESTION TYPE: COMPLETING A TABLE (THERE ARE SIMPLY QUESTIONS FOR

SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN ANOTHER FORM).

IDENTIFYING QUALITIES OR CHARACTERISTICS (TO LOOK SPECIFIC INFORMATION).

STEP 1: SURVEY THE TEXT.STEP 2: SKIM THE TEXT TO IDENTIFY ITS ORGANIZATION.STEP 3: READ THE QUESTIONS. STEP 4: SKIM OR SCAN FOR THE ANSWERS.

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