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13002534241300253424 Member
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English is not my mother language. Although I have been practiced a lot, I still make mistakes when I try to read faster. I can finish a question set if I choose +50% time. But I knew it wouldn't be enough if I want a good score. So if you have any same experience please give me some advice.

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  • 123anami123anami Member
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    English isnt my mother tounge either. Give yourself a lottttt of time to get the hang of it, at least 3-4 months to focus on improving reading. Read in your free time, a lot, I've seen folks recommend reading the news to familiarize themselves with words they dont use in everyday conversations and also get used to picking up context clues. Once you get used to reading convoluted stuff you'll naturally speed up. In the beginning don't do all 4 passages at a time, do just 1 or 2, and try to go as fast as you can on those and adjust as needed as you improve.

  • 13002534241300253424 Member
    52 karma

    @123anami said:
    English isnt my mother tounge either. Give yourself a lottttt of time to get the hang of it, at least 3-4 months to focus on improving reading. Read in your free time, a lot, I've seen folks recommend reading the news to familiarize themselves with words they dont use in everyday conversations and also get used to picking up context clues. Once you get used to reading convoluted stuff you'll naturally speed up. In the beginning don't do all 4 passages at a time, do just 1 or 2, and try to go as fast as you can on those and adjust as needed as you improve.

    Thanks for your advice. It's so good to hear from someone with the same experience. Your words made me realize that there's still hope for me to improve my reading ability. I will try harder and harder, maybe begin with reading some news or books written in English. Thanks again! This comment really help me a lot!

  • canihazJDcanihazJD Alum Member Sage ⭐
    edited June 2021 8491 karma

    I usually recommend other RC passages over outside reading as they are modified for difficulty in a way you wont see in articles meant to be readable (for at least a certain set of readers), but this is an application where it would certainly help to read dense published materials. As much as you can in your down time, the goal of course being to minimize the amount of points that are operationally inaccessible to you due to language barriers. Definitely doable.

    My go to resources:

    https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/
    https://philpapers.org
    https://aldaily.com

  • 13002534241300253424 Member
    52 karma

    @canihazJD said:
    I usually recommend other RC passages over outside reading as they are modified for difficulty in a way you wont see in articles meant to be readable (for at least a certain set of readers), but this is an application where it would certainly help to read dense published materials. As much as you can in your down time, the goal of course being to minimize the amount of points that are operationally inaccessible to you due to language barriers. Definitely doable.

    My go to resources:

    https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/
    https://philpapers.org
    https://aldaily.com

    Thanks for your comment! And your reply is very helpful! I was just thought to read the economist, however, I found their passages were not similar as those in LSAT. The listed websites have something I always want as my practicing materials. I am going to use them from now on. Hope this could improve my ability and get a dream score. Thank you!

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