Section 2: Moderate Difficulty

• General Training: This section contains texts related to workplace situations like employee handbooks, company policies, or training guidelines. These texts are typically longer and more detailed than those in Section 1, requiring more careful reading.
• Academic: Section 2 consists of texts that are more structured and complex, often presenting arguments or research findings. The language in this section may involve more academic vocabulary and requires deeper understanding.

Tips:

Skim for key points: Develop your skimming skills to quickly grasp the main ideas without reading every word. Focus on headings, topic sentences, and concluding paragraphs to get a sense of the overall structure and purpose of the passage.

How to Skim:

• Read only the first sentence of each paragraph and pay attention to words in bold or italics.
• Look for topic sentences and summarizing statements that explain the paragraph’s main point.

Practice Exercise:

• Choose an article from an online magazine or academic journal.
• Skim the text and write a one-sentence summary of the main idea for each paragraph.
• Afterward, re-read the passage and check if your summaries are accurate.

Practice workplace-related texts: For General Training, practice reading materials such as employee manuals, training guides, or workplace policies. These will help you become comfortable with the language used in professional contexts.

Get comfortable with academic vocabulary: If you’re taking the Academic test, read articles from journals, essays, or research papers to familiarize yourself with more advanced vocabulary and complex sentence structures. Try reading academic websites such as Science Daily or BBC Future.