READING SECTION SKILLS

• Question Types
• Question Strategies
• Active Reading
• Vocabulary in Context
• Paraphrasing
• Referents and Antecedents

• Skim/Scan: identify key words
• Answer Elimination strategies
• Sentence Meaning
• Inferencing
• Purpose of paragraph
• Identify Main and Supporting Claims

LISTENING SECTION SKILLS

• Question types/Strategies
• Note-taking
• Signal words
• Abbreviations
• Graphically represent info.
• Identify Critical Information
• Structure of Lecture
• Component parts of lecture:
  • Patterns
  • Repeated Words/Phrases [Synonyms]
  • Claims
  • Signal words
  • Connections

• Paragraph Structure:
  • Claim
  • Evidence
  • Unpack/Analyze Evidence
  • Making a Connection
  • Conclusion Sentences
  • Transitions

SPEAKING SECTION SKILLS

• Speaking Templates
• Speaking Tasks
• Note-taking
• General to Specific
• Specific examples
• Connections
• Rote practice

WRITING SECTION SKILLS

• Writing Templates
• Making a Claim
• General to Specific
• Unpacking Words

• Employees:
  • Examples
  • Metaphors/analogies
  • Stories
  • Statistics
  • Expert opinion/quote
• Definitions
• Logical Reasoning
• Sub-claims