As far as I am concerned, reading ability is the key of GMAT. You can search for the reading experiences from NN in CD in reading section. Gre and lSAT reading both are effective approaches to improve your reading ability. However, you may return to GMAT reading before one month of your real test.
Hope it may work . Good luck..
from joy作者: mindfree 时间: 2003-6-14 23:27
It seems that you know the problem you are having now. If you cannot focus, do not borther to do anything, because it will not work. It is interesting that when people have no other choices, they will be more focused on the only way out. For example, if you do not have a job, have no firend, no money, and family is far away. You might think that MBA in the states or somewhere else is the only way, you will go all out. So, find a way to concentrate, maybe assuming that you are so desparate that you have to take GMAT.
Back to your plan. For your reading, first of all, you need to know where your problems are. I always think GMAT reading should be systematic. It is not 40-60 sentences put together, but a core idea with supporting argument and facts. You still to read and think actively.
Every time you read a passage, first think you do is to understand the structure. Is it trying to advance a new theory or hypothesis by countering the older one? Or is it explaining a phenomenon? Or is it simply introducing a new discovery or theory? This is very basic but very critical. When you know the structure of the passage, you should know what you can find in each paragraph, such as theory, supporting facts, etc.
As I said before, RC is like CR. The difference is that there are more logic links and facts in RC than in CR. For example, in CR, there might be a evidence and a conclusion. In RC, there might be a evidence to dispute a old thoery and evidence to advance a new one, or facts to support a thoery and facts to point out its difficiency. But the core of CR and RC is the same: premises, conclusion and facts. Every passage in RC is an argument. To understand the structure of the argument is the first step to tackle the problme. When I realized this in my preparation for GMAT, my improvement in RC is overnight.
I do not think you need to put that much time on AWA. If you do well in CR, you will be fine in AWA. Do focus on CR. All you need for AWA is a template and clear critical thinking.
Any question, feel free to ask.作者: smallflower 时间: 2003-6-15 04:40
首先真心感谢各位!
