I NEED HELP On how to crack RCs

[StephanieThao]

OG11, OG12

Originally Posted by aziznu

abhasjha,

Please tell me which book to follow for reading comprehension.......

Thanks

[anshumania]

funny...if u post it as "e""snips". somehow it always changes to esnsips..com ..
so make sure its "e""snips" without the quotes and remove the double dots (..)

[StephanieThao]

Good link, thanks

Originally Posted by gmat_lover

posting the correct link

MODULE V - How to crack Reading Comprehension - esnsips., share anything

[adi_800]

Originally Posted by abhasjha

Why this brouhaha about MLIC module on reading comprehension ?!!! This book does more harm to you than helping you . Don't believe me . The MLIC document states - " You should be able to get the hang of the big picture and the main purpose of the passage or the author by reading the first paragraph in its entirety at a NORMAL PACE, the first two sentences of the second paragraph, and the last sentence of the passage.

This is not always true , a lot of times the big picture or the main point of the passage is in the third paragraph or could be mentioned anywhere in the passage ;not necessarily the first paragraph or first two lines of second paragraph or last line of the paragraph .

Similarly the document does not give much information on how to attack inference questions satisfactorily. For a inference question it is not always necessary that you read between the lines to get an answer to the inference questions quite a few times the answer to inference questions can be found by paraphrasing what stated in the passage . Most of us read the wrong book and therefore the concept that we acquire is faulty and hence we choose a wrong answer. It is due to the above mentioned reason that the test takers find it difficult to answers Inference questions.

Apart from the anchor phrase strategy mentioned in the MLIC document I did not find anything that was exciting and worth reading . Still dont agree with me ??? ask to majority of people who have read the MLIC document that why does it happen that their accuraccy swings - with easier passage they have hundred percent accuracy and with tough passages it is not even 10 % .

Reading right material is synonymus to success in these standard test !

I think whichever book you read..what is important is you take the best out of it... everyone here knows that main idea or purpose shud be found out by considering the whole picture... so i don't think anyone will follow watever u mentioned...
I have read the book n i m finding it useful...Nyways..different people different observations...
I found the book useful...at least we have something for reading comprehension now...

[Elisa Pandey]

Hi

I could not download the aforesaid material "Module V- How to crack Reading Comprehension". If you guys have downloaded it can anybody send me at elisa20share@ yahoo.com?

[A_M]

well here is a method I have come up with.I am from Iran(a country with a low knowledge of English) so if you're a native English speaker or indian you have a better headstart than me.
First.practice as much as you can.yes you'll have to read the entire passage in 3-4 minutes.(unlike Toefl you better not look at the questions first it just doesn't work this way).Move quickly from the additional examples and expository sentences but do understand them.It takes no brilliance to do all this just practice.
Second.Every body has his/her own approach.So instead of obsessing yourself with the search of a good book find your own way.it takes some time so do it everyday.
Finally, attack the small passage first give it only 5 mintues and 10 mintues for the longer one.
Hope I could help.

[abhasjha]

Originally Posted by adi_800

I think whichever book you read..what is important is you take the best out of it... everyone here knows that main idea or purpose shud be found out by considering the whole picture... so i don't think anyone will follow watever u mentioned...
I have read the book n i m finding it useful...Nyways..different people different observations...
I found the book useful...at least we have something for reading comprehension now...

there are lot of areas of concrern which are not addressed in the MLIC document .

questions from reading comprehension passage can be broadly divided into five ctaegories and all these category has a particular trap associated with it .Knowing those traps can help you increase your accuracy on the GMAT.

MLIC document speaks nothing about those question types and the traps . I dont have that much time to write about all those question types in detail ... still i can throw you some hint ......

try thinking of all this in this way :

Why is it that the first question of almost 80 % of the passages in OG 10 , 11 OG 12 is a main point question ? Why is that main point questions occur generally as the first question in majority of passages (barring few exceptions ) and why do they not occur as third or fourth question generally . If they occur as the first question often do the test maker want to test you about something specific in mind and so they are putting the main purpose or the main point as the first question ? After all if around 80 % of the first question is main point question then it cant be mere coincidence ...

similarly there are other myths that speed reading might help you in reading comprehension section of the GMAT ....... These standarised tests are made in such a manner that is not necessary that you read with speed ...... it is essential that you understand what are the various elements that test takers want you do have an idea about where the lie in the passage and when a question about that element comes you refer back to the passage and answer the question ....

Imagine a paragraph in which the author talks about four different views -
supporter view , critic view , supporter's country view - and critic's country view . A question may pop out when you have read the passage regarding - supporter, s country view and answers choice(wrong ones) would speak of crtic view . reading speedily or not refering back to the passage for confirming the various view would trap you into choosing wrong answers.

These are just few things that is not addressed in most reading comprehension books . The whole content is so long that i wount be able to write all of it in this post . It is for all those important issues that needs attention and are lacking in the MLIC document that I criticised the document

Adi_800 - as regards your comment that - " i dont think anyone will follow whatever you mentioned " i would only reply that it is not my head ache if people dont follow what i said . It is their choice - their test - their score . i also remeber the proverb - you can take horse to water but cant make it drink !!!"