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TOEFL iBTReading

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Workshop
IntroducetheiBTformatinReading DiscussFAQsforiBTTOEFLand.. ..resourcesforfindingoutmore Practise Introducereadingpracticematerials Introducereadingpracticematerials

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TheTOEFLiBT
TotalTime: 4hours lesstimeforashortformattest. Notetaking ExpandedfromCBT/earlierTOEFL Grammarintegratedintoallsections All4sectionsmustbedoneatonce Testinghowcompetentyourlanguage skillsareforUSacademiclife skillsareforUSacademiclife
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ReadingFormat
Therearetwoformatsthelongand Therearetwoformats theshortformat 60100minutes 100minutes 35passages 1214questionsperpassage 14questionsperpassage FirstpartoftheTOEFLiBT FirstpartoftheTOEFLiBT

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Scores
RLSWSectionsallscore030=/120 RLSWSectionsallscore0 Admissionguide.Checkindividual universitiesandfacultiesfor universitiesandfacultiesfor requirements. Reading20+ Writing20+
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ReadingScreens ReadingScreens
Onscreen:passageonrhs,questionson lhs.USEscrollbar. UseNEXTandBACKbuttonstomove throughthemcquestions. REVIEWbuttoncheckq.statusof REVIEWbutton answered,notanswered,notyetseen
OnceyouclickNEXTattheendofonepassage andmovetothefollowingpassageYOUCAN NOLONGERusetheBACKbuttontoaccess yourearlieranswers.PracticeinTESTMODEto becomefamiliarwiththisformat.
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ReadingPassages ReadingPassages
Typicalstructure: oneparagraphintroductionincluding paragraphintroductionincluding thesisstatement bodyparagraphsdevelopingimportant pointsfromthethesisstatement oneparagraphconclusionsummarising paragraphconclusionsummarising above
Occasionallyintroductionmayusetwoparagraphs

675725wordslong 725wordslong
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Questionformat
4choiceMC,1orseveralpointanswers SomevariationinMCQformat Practisedifferentformatsandsavetime inthetest! Notesometimesmorethanonecorrect answerrequired Mayneedtomanipulatetext Mayneedtomanipulatetext

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Approach

Theanswerisinthetext! Considerdoingeasierqsfirst Useaprocessofeliminationtonarrow choicewhenunsure[POE] Activelyreadthepassage Activelyreadthepassage

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Activelyskimread Activelyskimread
Think whileyouread Identify mainpoints/thesisstatement/topic sentences/examplestosupportkeypoints Identifypointofview Identifypointofview positive, argumentative,factual argumentative,factualinformative Speedup yourreadingthroughregular yourreadingthroughregular practice!!!

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Practiceresources
SeeTOEFLiBTmaterialinCUHKULS
[keywordsearchinlibrarycatalogue]

Recommendedtextsseecollection Recommendedtextsseecollection :
CALLNo.PE1128 TOEFL online.EducationalTestingServices online.EducationalTestingServices

www.ets.org

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ReadingPractice ReadingPractice
# Practiseonepassagewith questionsanddiscussqtypes # Practiseonereadingpassage andquestionsagainsttheclock # Analyseonereadingpassage forquestiontypes forquestiontypes
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ILCTOEFLREADINGWORKSHOP

Practiceplusplanningwillget youthere! GOODLUCK!

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