Reading Section

  • The Reading section takes approximately 50 minutes to complete, the total time for the test is approximately 2 hours and 15 mins.

  • Test takers are given two readings that are on the same topic as the Listening Section and the Writing Section.

  • The readings are taken from the following sources:

    • first-year university textbooks

    • magazine and academic journal articles

    • brochures or information leaflets

    • newspaper articles

    • graphs and charts

    • government documents

  • Reading tasks include the following:

    • identifying main ideas

    • extracting specific information

    • understanding vocabulary in context

    • classifying information

    • following a logical or chronological sequence of events


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