Study · Academic reading skills

Academic reading skills

Build efficient reading habits for academic texts — with short explanations and immediate feedback.

10 modules, each focused on one reading skill. Work through the steps in order, from discovery to quick review.

Modules

Module 01 · B1–B2

Choose the right strategy — skim for main ideas and scan for dates, names, and specific details.

Module 02 · B1–B2

Identify the central message of a passage and tell main ideas apart from supporting details.

Module 03 · B1–B2

See how paragraphs introduce, develop, contrast, and conclude ideas in academic texts.

Module 04 · B1–B2

Tell verifiable facts apart from opinions and claims, and judge how well evidence supports them.

Module 05 · B1–B2

Infer word meaning from context clues, word forms, and the logic of the sentence.

Module 06 · B1–B2

Use clues in a passage to identify ideas that are suggested rather than directly stated.

Module 07 · B1–B2

Identify what pronouns and other reference expressions refer to in a passage.

Module 08 · B1–B2

Recognise the reason a text was written and the attitude expressed by its writer.

Module 09 · B1–B2

Match ideas in questions with equivalent meanings expressed in different words in a passage.

Module 10 · B1–B2

Follow how writers connect causes, results, contrasts, examples, and conclusions.