0: The TOEFL Reading explained in five

2: minutes.

3: We're going to do a lot together in a

4: very short amount of time.

6: This is what you're going to learn by

7: the end. You're going to see how the

9: TOEFL test will look on the computer,

11: you're going to be able to identify the

13: 10 question types in the reading,

15: you're going to learn how the test is

17: graded, and you're going to find out

18: about the possible topics you might see

21: on test day. A lot to learn in a little

23: bit of time.

24: Really quick, my name is Josh MacPherson, I

26: am the head instructor of TST Prep,

28: an online TOEFL school where our mission

30: is simple, to help you get the TOEFL

32: score you need

33: as quickly and easily as possible. So,

36: let's do it right now. Let's talk about

37: the TOEFL Reading section

38: in just five minutes. So, about the TOEFL.

41: This is from our Quick Guide.

42: The TOEFL test was originally designed

45: to determine whether

46: or not you're prepared to enter an

48: American college classroom.

50: The passages and questions in each

52: section are a reflection of the type of

54: material you would encounter in the

55: first year of university.

57: So basically, the TOEFL reading passages

60: are kind of like

61: the type of reading that you would see

63: in your first year of college.

65: So, expect it to be like an academic

68: passage.

69: Now, this is a screenshot from ETS

72: actually, the company that makes the

73: TOEFL, and this is what a reading passage

76: will look like.

77: There will be a timer in the top right,

79: and there'll be a couple buttons. You can

81: hit

82: Next to go to the next question, Back to

84: go to the previous question, and you can

86: also

87: see the number of question you're at at

89: the top of the screen as well.

91: In this example here, this is the first

93: out of 30 questions.

95: So, August 1st 2019 the TOEFL test

99: changed a little bit. There are three

101: passages

102: in the reading section, 10 questions per

105: passage, and you have 54 minutes in total

107: to complete it.

108: Sometimes you will get what's called an

110: extended version of the test.

112: That's when you will have four passages

114: instead of three.

116: One of the passages will not count to

118: your final score.

119: It's a kind of test passage, you don't

122: know which one it is, so you have to just

124: answer all of the questions in all of

126: the passages

128: at the best of your ability. And it's

131: about 700 words per passage.

133: So, you have to read a lot, 2100 words

136: 3 passages

137: 30 questions, 54 minutes. Time management

140: will be an issue, it's going to be hard

142: to manage your time.

144: Pro Tip here. Be sure to answer all the

146: Questions.

147: If you do not answer a question, you will

149: automatically lose points.

151: So, you want to make sure that you answer

153: every single question in the TOEFL

154: reading.

155: You can go back to a question from

158: before,

158: that's Okay, but make sure you answer all

160: the questions.

161: If you leave one blank, if you don't

164: answer a question,

165: it will be marked wrong, and you will get

167: a point deduction.

169: All right, so the possible topics that

171: you will see.

172: Anthropology, art, history, astronomy,

174: biology, education, environmental science,

176: geology, history, literature, meteorology,

178: psychology,

179: sociology, and zoology. So, a lot of

183: different academic

184: topics. Really impossible for you to

188: prepare for the topic that you'll see on

191: test day.

192: You don't know what kind of topic you're

193: going to get. If you don't know about the

196: topic,

196: that's Okay. Again, this

200: reading passage is here to measure your

202: English ability,

204: not your academic knowledge about a

206: topic, Okay.

207: so everything is in the passage. Here's a

210: quote from ETS,

211: the company that makes the TOEFL. The

213: passages cover a variety of subjects.

215: Do not worry if you're unfamiliar with a

217: topic or passage,

219: all the information needed to answer the

221: questions is

222: in the passages. This is from ETS

224: themselves.

225: So, everything you need to know is in the

228: passage.

229: Of course, as a person, there will be some

232: topics that you're stronger at. Maybe,

234: you're stronger at history

235: and weaker at biology, but all the

239: information is in the passages.

241: Okay, question types. I'm going to just go

244: briefly through them. There's 10 in total,

247: the most popular are the first two,

249: vocabulary and factual information, which

251: is like a detail question.

253: There's negative factual information,

255: inference question, rhetorical purpose.

258: Inference and rhetorical purpose are

259: kind of like “why” questions.

262: There's sentence simplification, where

264: you have to paraphrase a sentence,

266: insert text, a reference question is very

269: rare,

269: but sometimes it comes, a prose summary,

272: and fill-in-a-table question.

274: You can pause this to find out more

276: about these question types

277: or you can download our Complete TOEFL

280: Test, that's free at tstprep.com.

282: I will leave a link in the description

284: below. Hopefully by now you guys feel

287: like you've achieved your objectives to

288: see how the test

289: will look on test day, to identify the

292: 10 question types,

293: you learned how the test is graded, and you

295: found out about the possible topics.

297: Thank you guys for watching. Visit

298: tstprep.com for all of your TOEFL needs.

301: I appreciate your time and I'll see you

303: In the next video.