Having an
effective reading and notetaking strategy is important in IELTS reading test.
Time spent thinking and planning can save unnecessary work. There are some tips
you should learn in reading English text:
- Take notes, add margin comments or highlight sections.
- Pay attention to the structure of a text to help you to understand the writer's purpose and argument. Take notice of headings and sub-headings, of opening and closing paragraphs and of other signposts the writer has provided.
- Try to understand what you are reading, rather than simply memorizing what you have read. Consider whether you agree with the content and think about how it compares to any other reading you've done on the same topic. This effort to understand is itself an aid to memorizing.
- As you work through module activities, jot down a record of your work. You'll then avoid the need to work through these activities a second time for assignment questions and revision.
In practices,
read some different topics of texts, then keep a dictionary or your module
glossary to hand and look up any terms you don't understand. Accept that
sometimes you need to re-read in order to check your understanding, reconsider
particular points of interest and to add to your notes. Even though in real
test, there's no one will help you to understand the text or the questions,
still in exercises you can ask your friends before you take the test. Discuss
many different topics and learn something new.