DifferentApproachestoTheReadingSection
Asatesttaker,youvegottofindwhatworksbestforyou.Thismightbeasimplestrategylikejustreadingthetextandthentryingtoanswerthequestionsonebyoneinchronologicalorder.Itmightbemorecomplicated.Perhaps,youskipthereadingandjustanswerthequestionswhiletryingtominimizetheamountofreadingyouhavetodo.Maybe,yourstrategyblendsotherstrategiestogether.Forexample,youreadinthetexttothequestionandthenansweritbeforemovingontothenextquestionbyreadinginthetextuntilyoufindit.AcommonquestionthatTOEFLtesttakersaskiswhetherornottheyshouldskiparoundbyquestiontype.ThisisthemethodthatmanypeoplelearnedduringthedaysofthePBT(paperbasedtest).Itdependsonhowcomfortableyouarewithusingacomputerandthisparticularprogram.Isuggestsimplyusingyournotestokeeptrackofwhichnumbersyouveskipped.Notonlythat,Ialsothinkitsimportanttokeeptrackofwhichquestionsyouveguessedon.Thisiscrucialforthoseextraminutesyoumighthaveattheendofthesection.
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