It would be great if even on the questions that are not "you try" that the amount of time that we should have taken on them is shown under the answer tab under the video. #feedback
I find it inaccurate to call the author's support as "examples". I usually regard examples as specific examples of a phenomenon, person or country etc., rather than general statements in the passage.
Same! I didn't see the author's recommendation for empirical research as a change to the current methodology used by the specialists but rather as a new or different approach, which helped me eliminate D.
my problem for reading comprehension is really really understanding the passage. i say this because whenever they break it down, i get the answers right pretty much all the time. however, when i do it my self. i am lost and dont know the correct answers
One of my actionable solutions for this one is "reading the first sentence correctly."
By slowly, and correctly reading the very first sentence of the entire passage, you start off with the confidence that you can understand this, and it also helps you get an intuitive feel for how the passages will pan out. It might be more of a psychological trick than of practical use, but it works for me.
In addition, another one of my tips is to read the first sentence of the paragraph correctly for the same reason. This also helps in low-res summaries.
As Kevin said earlier into our RC lessons, I am increasingly, and empirically experiencing the importance of 'taking the time to read & understand the passage.'
I'm very much experiencing the same thing. The only thing that's helping so far is to slow it wayyyy down and being very careful and specific with my summaries. I'm very nervous about speeding up to make the test time.
Some times you need to slow down in order to speed up. Slow down and practice really picking the passage apart. Give it time.
From my perspective, you should be encouraged that you are getting the answers right once you have gotten a good grasp on what the passage is saying! I would be far more worried if you were getting them wrong even after you had taken a significant amount of time to dissect the passage.
I just started these, and I am struggling too. It genuinely takes me 30 minutes to do a drill with two passages. But, at the same time I am getting two, maybe 3 questions wrong in a two-passage drill. That is encouraging to me because it shows me at least I have a good understanding of what the question stems are asking me for and I can identify the right answer.
for an answer choice like B where you're quite confident it's the right answer, should you select it and move on or still skim the remaining answers to make sure it's the right one?
It really depends on how you typically perform in RC. If you consistently struggle to get to the end of the section, that suggests circling B and just moving on makes sense.
I (and most high-scorers) just treat this as a mental process. So, no writing. However, some will jot down a few words for each paragraph on their scratch paper.
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I got a different question for this one that was a bit more difficult, but did get right
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Do "describe organization" questions typically describe the organization paragraph by paragraph? Or do they break it down even further?
@Rena12345 There's no one way these tend to go. Sometimes two paragraphs will even get only one phrase in the answer choice.
Doing the low-res map at the end of the passage really helps questions like these it seems
tried it before the video started. got it right, B was to a T.
I think this is a great question to solidify how important low-res summaries are
Simple question that eats a lot of time
It would be great if even on the questions that are not "you try" that the amount of time that we should have taken on them is shown under the answer tab under the video. #feedback
Agree! Very curious how long this was supposed to take. Those are some lengthy answer choices.
Shallow-dip before deep-dive is definitely the move on this one.
I find it inaccurate to call the author's support as "examples". I usually regard examples as specific examples of a phenomenon, person or country etc., rather than general statements in the passage.
The author calls them examples in the passage. They are specific examples of how and where the assertions made go against fact.
"suggests a change.." vs "suggests that a particular approach..." is another reason I crossed out D.
Same! I didn't see the author's recommendation for empirical research as a change to the current methodology used by the specialists but rather as a new or different approach, which helped me eliminate D.
my problem for reading comprehension is really really understanding the passage. i say this because whenever they break it down, i get the answers right pretty much all the time. however, when i do it my self. i am lost and dont know the correct answers
Hey, same here.
One of my actionable solutions for this one is "reading the first sentence correctly."
By slowly, and correctly reading the very first sentence of the entire passage, you start off with the confidence that you can understand this, and it also helps you get an intuitive feel for how the passages will pan out. It might be more of a psychological trick than of practical use, but it works for me.
In addition, another one of my tips is to read the first sentence of the paragraph correctly for the same reason. This also helps in low-res summaries.
As Kevin said earlier into our RC lessons, I am increasingly, and empirically experiencing the importance of 'taking the time to read & understand the passage.'
*Thanks Kevin (thumbs up)
I'm very much experiencing the same thing. The only thing that's helping so far is to slow it wayyyy down and being very careful and specific with my summaries. I'm very nervous about speeding up to make the test time.
Some times you need to slow down in order to speed up. Slow down and practice really picking the passage apart. Give it time.
From my perspective, you should be encouraged that you are getting the answers right once you have gotten a good grasp on what the passage is saying! I would be far more worried if you were getting them wrong even after you had taken a significant amount of time to dissect the passage.
I just started these, and I am struggling too. It genuinely takes me 30 minutes to do a drill with two passages. But, at the same time I am getting two, maybe 3 questions wrong in a two-passage drill. That is encouraging to me because it shows me at least I have a good understanding of what the question stems are asking me for and I can identify the right answer.
for an answer choice like B where you're quite confident it's the right answer, should you select it and move on or still skim the remaining answers to make sure it's the right one?
It really depends on how you typically perform in RC. If you consistently struggle to get to the end of the section, that suggests circling B and just moving on makes sense.
Do you phsycially write down your low-res summaries or simply note the summaries in your head?
I (and most high-scorers) just treat this as a mental process. So, no writing. However, some will jot down a few words for each paragraph on their scratch paper.