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Okay, so again, in this lesson we will be talking about um correct techniques during the reading section of the academic isles.

Okay, so again, remember that the reading section in the academic cults has three passages, you have one hour total to read the three passages and answer the questions.

One passage has anywhere from 500 to 700 words, which is about 1.5 to 1 and three quarter pages.

And then each passage has about 13-14 questions.

Now there are many different types of questions and I'll talk to you about that in a second.

Um the total number of questions are 40, so in the one hour you need to read the three passages and answer the 40 questions.

Okay, a lot of students complain that the 20 minutes for each passage is not enough time.

Um this is not true and I will show you that 20 minutes is actually quite a bit of time to read and answer questions when you have a strong or intermediate level in english.

Now, a lot of teachers and courses for Eilts um suggest to students that they should skim and scan for the questions and not even read the passage.

I absolutely disagree with this idea and I'm going to tell you why.

So the people who make the aisles, they their goal is that the students who get a high score so score over 6.5 should be able to read the passage in the correct way and then answer the questions.

So what they do is they use some interesting questions like true false, not given, which makes it very difficult or even impossible to score a very high mark on the isles.

Why?

Because it's very difficult to skim and scan for answers that are not given or that are false according to the passage.

Now, of course, as we've discussed in the key strategies.

Another reason that this is difficult is because of paraphrasing.

So most of the answers in the passage, especially keywords are paraphrased.

So you're not going to see the same word in the passage as the question.

Maybe for some of the really easy questions, a few of them, But most of the questions will be paraphrased using synonyms, anthems and negatives, grammar expressions, phrase all verbs and so on.

And you just simply cannot skim read for paraphrasing.

So these kinds of techniques for the test maker paraphrasing and including questions like true false, not given multiple choice and other ones that have extra or false information make it very, very difficult if not impossible to get a high score with skimming and scanning.

So it's strange.

But my first advice to all of you is please don't skim and scan if you want to get 6.57 or higher on the academic Eilts, you need to use different techniques and I'm going to show you those techniques.

Okay, so um the first point here is do not skim and scan for answers two questions if you want to get a score Over six or 6.5.

Okay, so again, skimming and scanning is not the right way to get a high score.

So the question here is what is the right way to get a high score and what is a good way to finish the passages on time?

So I'm going to explain that to you next using a passage from a e helps academic Eilts curriculum book.

Alright, let's have a look at that.

Alright, so here we are looking at reading passage one from test two of the curriculum book and the title is Tristan da cunha, an island of remote curiosity.

So the first step, when you get to the reading section of the academic isles is look at the title of the passage.

A lot of students ignore the title.

They think they're saving time by ignoring the title.

Again, this is not true.

The title of a passage or any story gives a general idea of the information that will be discussed and these passages are written by experts.

So the titles usually include quite a bit of information about what is written about in the passage.

So again step one is to read the title carefully try to understand the title and then in your mind, ask yourself the three important questions of critical thinking of what, why, how again, when you practice this, you can be very fast with it.

Um and this should only take you about maybe 20 seconds.

Okay, so now let's read the passage.

Try to read along with the british speaker and again when you hear the reader here, just remember that she's actually reading a little bit faster than you need to.

So you can even be a little bit slower than her speed during the exam.

Alright, let's read and listen, Tristan da cunha, an island of remote curiosity.

Tristan da cunha is an island in the south pacific ocean formed by volcanic activity and part of the british overseas territory called Saint Helena ascension and Tristan da cunha.

Tristan da cunha is generally considered to be the most remote inhabited place on earth because of its extreme isolation and small population.

Tristan da cunha is a fascinating experiment in sociology and genetics.

The island was first discovered in 15 06 by a Portuguese explorer named Trista Todos Una who named the island after himself.

The name of the island was later anglicized by the inhabitants into Tristan da cunha.

In 1816, the United Kingdom annexed the island taking control of it, They used it as a marine military base for a number of decades in the 19th century before it fell into disuse after the construction of the Suez Canal.

The Second World War however, brought renewed purpose to the island.

It was used as a top secret british naval station code named H M.

S.

Atlantic, I'll.

The purpose of the station was to monitor the waters for german u boats.

According to a recent census, the island has a population of just 263 people who mainly reside in the settlement known as Edinburgh of the Seven Seas.

It is thought that the residents of the island descend from just 15 ancestors, of which eight were male and seven were female because the reproduction pool is so small, the residents of the island suffer from a number of medical disorders.

There is rampant asthma on the island, which is thought to be a result of the known fact that three of the original founders of the island suffered from asthma based on the endemic asthma afflicting inhabitants of the island.

Today, it is thought that there is a genetic underpinning for the condition.

Further evidence comes from Islanders commonly suffering from glaucoma, a degenerative eye condition which left untreated can result in blindness.

There are just eight surnames.

Among the 263 residents of Tristan Da Cunha, Corresponding roughly to the eight original male ancestors.

Since there is almost no immigration to the island, The surnames are kept intact for many generations.

Education on the island is very limited.

Children only attend school until the age of 15 with the option of taking the british standardized test for secondary school graduates.

Once they have completed schooling.

As a consequence of the low quality of education, standardized test scores are generally very poor.

Another indication of the island's remoteness and relative lack of contact with the outside world is that the english spoken amongst its natives is very different from that spoken of the rest of the world.

Arguably one of the most interesting facts about tristan da cunha was that until the aftermath of the Second World War, the only currency in place was the potato.

For example, the newspaper, the Tristan Times could be purchased for four big potatoes.

Today.

Tristan de Acuna uses the british pound as its currency, which is odd because neighboring ST Helena 2173 kilometers away of which Tristan de Acuna shares its status as a british overseas territory uses the ST Helena pound and not the british pound.

Since Tristan de Acuna was formed by volcanic activity and the volcano which formed it is still active.

The inhabitants of the island living in constant danger of volcanic eruption.

The last such eruption occurred as recently as 1961 when all of the Islanders had to be evacuated to England.

While some communities around the world participating fire earthquake or tornado drills.

The residents of Tristan da cunha participate in evacuation drills where they practice the protocol for evacuation of the island in case of volcanic eruption.

The Tristan economy is built mainly upon farming.

All land is owned by the community that is to say there is no individual land ownership.

Another significant part of the economy is the exploitation of crayfish and lobster mainly to japan and the United States.

A fire that occurred in 2008 greatly affected both the domestic and export economies.

Tristan Ian's are fiercely proud and independent people even when given the choice to stay in England after exile due to the volcanic eruption, Almost every resident returned to the island.

Alright, so now that we have read the passage and Hopefully we have at least a 60-70% understanding of the information contained in the passage, we're ready for step four, which is of course answering the question.

So here you're putting your answers directly into the answer booklet, make sure to pay attention to your spelling if you're writing words and what's really key here is that you should be able to answer half of the questions without looking back at the passage.

Okay, so again you shouldn't be searching for each answer in the passage and I promise you that if you practice this at home and you make yourself try to answer the questions without searching and without looking back and you will be able to get about half of them In this way.

All right, so step four is answering questions.

Mhm.

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