"Advice from University Admissions Staff:
- Having strong skills in English
- Learning to do it well enough to be heard, to be understood, to show everybody that you know what you´re talking about and you are ready to contribute excellent great new ideas in the worldwide dialog.
CHALLENGES OF READING
* Features of academic reading
- TO be successful on the TOEFL test, you need to read academic texts.
* 3 Keys characteristics of academic texts:
- Formal language
- The material is presented in a logical and objective way. Based on facts, not feelings.
- Academic texts are conceptually complex.
* How to approach the TOEFL IBT reading passage
- It´s a good idea to begin by focusing on the big picture; what topic is going to be discussed in the passage? Take a look at the title.
- Use the technique called skimming. Take a glance at the first few sentences of the first paragraph. Then take a look at the first sentence in each of the other paragraphs.
- Is the author explaining a phenomenon, or presenting opposing points of view? While you skim, pay attention to the structure, or organization of the passage. In the form of an outline.
- It´s also important to think about why the author has included pieces of information.
- Understand the main idea being discussed.
- After, begin to look at the questions. Once you read each question, you can go back to the passage to look in a targeted way for the information you need to answer that question. (Scanning). "
Fonte: https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:ETSx+TOEFLx+1T2018/course/
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