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