PostgraduateEnglishReadingProblemSolvingPowerPointCourseware•OverviewofReadingcomprehensionquestiontypes•ReadingSkillsandStrategies•VocabularyandPhraseAccumulation•AnalysisandTranslationofLongandDifferentialSentences目录CONTENTS•Practicalexercisesandanalysisofrealproblems•Miscellaneousinreadingcomprehensionandcorrespondingsolutions目录CONTENTS01OverviewofReadingcomprehensionquestiontypesCharacteristicsofquestiontypesanddistributionofscores•MultipleChoiceQuestions(MCQs):ThesearethemostcommontypeofreadingcomprehensionquestionsTheyusuallyinsistonastem(thequestion)andfouroptions,withonecorrectanswerMCQstestawiderangeofreadingskills,includingunderstandingmainideas,details,vocabulary,andconference•ShortAnswerQuestions(SAQs):Thesequestionsrequirestudentstoprovideabrief,directresponsetoaspecificquestionaboutthetextSAQsoftenassessastudent'sabilitytolocateandsynthesizeinformationfromthetext•EssayQuestions:Thesequestionsaskstudentstowritealongerresponse,typicallyanalyzingatheme,character,orargumentinthetextEssayquestionstestastudent'sabilitytodeeplyunderstandandcriticallyanalyzethetext•DistributionofScores:Thedistributionofscoresvariesdependingonthetypeofquestionandthediversityleveloftheexam.MCQsusuallyhaveahighernumberofquestionsandthatcarrymoreweightintheoverallscoreSAQsandessayquestions,whilefewerinnumber,oftencarrymoreweightperquestionduetotheircomplexityTypesofReadingMaterialsReadingcomprehensionquestionscanbebasedonawiderangeoftexttypes,includingnarrative(stories,novels),repository(articles,reports),prospective(essays,speeches),andtransactional(instructions,directions)SourcesofReadingMaterialsReadingmaterialsforpostgraduatesEnglishexamscancomefromavarietyofsources,includingacademicjournals,newspapers,magazines,andbooksThematerialsaretypicallychosentoreflectthelevelofdiversityandcompletenessexpectedofpostgraduatesTypesandsourcesofreadingmaterialsAnalysisofthediversityofpastexamquestions•LegalDiversity:Pastexamquestionsoftenincludevocabularythatischallengingforstudents,includingadvancedlevelwordsandphrases,aswellastechnicalordomainspecificterminology•SyntheticComplexity:Thesensesandparagraphsinpastexamquestionscanbelongandcomplex,withmultipleclaimsandembeddedphrasesThissyntacticcomplexitycanmakeitdifficultforstudentstoquicklyandaccuratelyunderstandthetext•RhetoricalDevices:Pastexamquestionsmayuserhetoricaldevicessuchasmetaphors,families,andiron,whichcanaddanadditionallayerofcomplexitytothetextandmakeitmorechallengingforstudentstointerpret•CriticalThinkingSkills:Lastexamquestionsofrequiredstudentstonotonlyunderstandthetextbutalsotoanalyzeitcritically,evaluatearguments,anddrawdisputesThesehigherorderthinkingskillscanbedifficultforstudentstomaster02ReadingSkillsandStrategiesSkimmingQuicklyglancethroughthetexttogetageneralideaofthemainpointsandtopicscoveredThisinvolvesreadingthetitle,subtitles,introductions,conclusions,andanyboldoritalicizedtextScanningSearchforspecificinformationorkeywordswithinthetextThistechniqueisusefulwhenlookingforspecificdetailsorfactsIntensivereadingReadthetextthoroughlytounderstandthedetails,arguments,andevidencepresentedThisinvolvesanalyzingthelanguage,structure,andcontextofthetextSkimming,scanning,andintensivereadingmethodsLookforwordsorphrasesthatarerepeatedoremphasizedinthetextThesecanhelpyouunderstandthemainideasandtopicscoveredKeywords...
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