Ben’s Class
5:00 pm
1.5 hrs
Intermediate
Recording
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Syllabus
Lesson
What is Reading Comprehension?
Reading Comprehension
Test L2, Passage 2 — Electoral systems
Highlights
In this class, Ben offers students a prophecy for any RC passage: “You can become the expert.” More than just an oracle, he also gave us a play-by-play of exactly how to do this. When reading through the passage for the class, Ben showed how to read every sentence carefully. If we take it nice and slow in the beginning, we find ourselves naturally breezing through the questions.
We also learned how to tackle the specifics of Comparative passages, where our goal is to understand each passage both independently and in how it relates to the other. We do this by reading the second passage for a general understanding, and, sentence by sentence, trying to understand how it is the same as or different from the first passage.
Ben finished class by going through the questions for the passage and answering student questions, where he gave advice to “translate” the questions to find out what they are asking, make simple predictions based on our understanding, and treat each answer as guilty until proven innocent—in other words, assume they’re all wrong until one proves itself worthy to be correct.
Links Shared
Stop Trying to Finish Timed Sections (Ep. 865)
Timing is Everything… But Not What You Think
The Highlighting Trap (Ep. 695)
Suggested Approach for Reading Comprehension (Ep. 591)
Some Reading Comprehension Advice (Ep. 189)
On Reading Comprehension, They’re All Must Be Trues
Mastering Reading Comprehension
Admissions Advice from Law School Admissions (Ep. 208)
Law School Scholarship Calculator
Tips for Breaking 170 (Ep. 840)
Overcoming a Score Plateau (Ep. 139)
Lessons – All, Only If, and Unless
Tips for Improving Your Vocabulary (Ep. 817)
The Two Categories of LR Questions (Ep. 613)
Lesson – Closed vs. Open Questions
Improving Your Reading Comprehension
Your Problem Isn’t Stamina (Ep. 740)
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