TOEFL iBT Reading Section

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Academic Reading Skills
The Reading section measures test takers' ability to understand university-level academic texts and passages.In English-speaking academic environments students are expected to read and understand information from textbooks and other types of academic material. Below are three possible purposes for academic reading.

Reading purposes include

1. Reading to fi nd information, which involves
• effectively scanning text for key facts and important information
• increasing reading fl uency and rate

2. Basic comprehension, which requires the reader to
• understand the general topic or main idea, major points, important facts and details, vocabulary
in context, and pronoun references.1
• make inferences2 about what is implied in a passage