About+the+Reading+Tests

=About the Reading Tests=

When?
There will be three "Reading Tests", on Weeks 4, 7 and 10.

Where?
Small Language Lab, EGE, 2nd floor.

How?

 * 1) Signup as a student in http://www.examgeneral.com/user/register/
 * 2) Use you USB_ID card number as user name
 * 3) Join class 6e92d08c06

What topics?
RT1: 1969 Moon Landing, The human brain RT2: Carbon Dating, Binary Stars RT3: Algae, Thunder and Lighting RT make up: Distillation, Fog

What will these tests measure?
These tests will measure reading skills and strategies, as well as guessing vocabulary from context; abilities that you have been learning since ID1-111, and that need to be consolidated by the end of ID1-113. These tests will have questions to test your ability to: 1. Identify main idea. 2. Identify author's opinion. 3. Identify author's purpose. 4. Identify signal words related to rhetorical functions. 5. Organice sentences into a coherent text. 6. Select an appropriate final sentence, or word, for a paragraph. 7. Infer information that is not explicit. 8. Make conclusions from explicit or implicit information. 9. Select appropriate connectors. 10. Select appropriate title. 11. Identify logic progression of a text. 12. Repeat or paraphrase specific information. 13. Predict what follows. 14. Infer what precedes. 15. Answer questions on specific information from the text. 16. Guessing meaning from context.

How can I get prepared in order to be successful?
1. Read as much as you can and try to practice some of the abilities pointed above. 2. Make sure you know the vocabulary from ID1-111 and ID1-112 book: 1000 List, 2000 List and the Academic List. 3. Practice on line using TOEFL reading tests. You can use the ones in the links below for a start. [|www.ompersonal.com.ar/om**toefl**/contenidotematico.htm] [|www.4**tests**.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=57] [|www.get**toefl**.com/**reading**.htm]