READING
TOEFL® Reading Academic Reading Skills
The Reading section measures test takers’ ability to understand university-level academic texts and passages. In English-speaking academic environments students are expected to read and understand information from textbooks and other types of academic material. Below are three possible purposes for academic reading.
Reading purposes include
The TOEFL iBT test includes three basic categories of academic texts.
Test takers must read through or scroll to the end of each passage before receiving questions on that passage.
The Reading section measures test takers’ ability to understand university-level academic texts and passages. In English-speaking academic environments students are expected to read and understand information from textbooks and other types of academic material. Below are three possible purposes for academic reading.
Reading purposes include
- Reading to find information
- Basic comprehension
- Reading to learn
The TOEFL iBT test includes three basic categories of academic texts.
- Exposition
- Argumentation
- Historical biographical/event narrative
Test takers must read through or scroll to the end of each passage before receiving questions on that passage.
READ THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS AND PREPARE YOUR ANALYSIS FOR DISCUSSION