ReadingSection:TimeManagement
ATOEFLTIGERVISITORWROTE:
Hi,
First,Iwanttothanksforyourhardworkinginmakingsuchgreatshow-ToeflTigers.
Itreallyhelpsmealotinpreparingthetoeflibtexam.
Youguyssummarizethevaluablepointsintacklingtheexamandprovideyourexperienceinhowyouevaluatetheanswers.
IamastudentinTaiwanandgoingtotaketheexaminthismonth.
Iwillintroducethisshowtoeveryonewhoneedsomeadviceintakingthetoeflinthefuture.
Ireallyloveyourshow,thankyou.
ThereisasmallquestionandIhopeyoucangivemesomeadvice.
Inreadingsection,Ialwaysfeelrushandcannotkeepthegoodpace.
Imean,IknowthatIshouldglimpsethearticleasquicklyaspossible.But,Ijustcannotsummarizethepointandmemorizeinmymind.
So,whenIlookatthequestion,Ihadgobacktoreadtheparagraphrepeatedlytofigureitout.
Isthereanygoodadvicethatyoucanhelpme?
Anysuggestionwillbeappreciated,thankyou.
Bestregards.
Pei-Nong
fromTaiwan.
TOEFLTIGERRESPONSE:
Thankyouforthekindwords!ThereadingsectioncausesalotofproblemsforeveryTOEFLtesttakerandthisisagreatquestionabouthowtomanagetime.Ipushforanaverageofoneminuteperquestion.Thismeansthatmainidea,vocabulary,detail,negativedetail,reference,purpose,inference,andsentenceinsertionquestionsshouldtakeaboutaminutetoanswer.Ifyoucannotfindtheanswer,thenguessandwritethequestionnumberdowninyournotes.Itsimportanttokeepupaquickpacebecauseyouwillgettotheanswersthatyoufindeasiertosolve.Thoseeasypointsmightbeatquestionfive,eight,orten,forexample,butifyoutaketoomuchtimeoneachquestionbefore,youmightnotgettoeightorten.WhenpracticingathomefortheiBTTOEFLtest,useastopwatch.Writedownhowfastyouarethisweekandwritedownhowmanyguessesyoumade.Thencheckyourprogressinafewweeks.Hopefully,thenumberofguesseswillgodownandyourtimewillreducesothatyouhavemoretimeforthedifficultquestions.Donttrytomemorizethepassage.Youredoingtherightthingbygoingbackandforthbetweenthetextandthequestion.Justputatimelimitonitandsticktoit.Hopefully,ifyouspendaboutaminuteoneachquestionexceptforthelastchartquestions,thenyouwillhavesomeextratimetogobackandworkontheonesyouguessedon.Itsoundslikeyouredoingagoodjob.Hanginthereandgoodluck.
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LABELS:REALIBTTOEFLTOPICSANDQUESTIONS
MONDAY,OCTOBER8,2007