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For reading comprehension, Lumi fixes the method vocabulary, the question types and the usual traps.

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What can be memorised is the method terms, such as main idea, inference, tone and connectors, and the traps in multiple-choice questions, such as the answer that is too broad or off topic. Make one note per term and per trap, with a short example. Lumi asks them back so you spot them quickly.

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Reading comprehension · teach this card to Lumi

The main idea is the point the whole passage supports. An inference is a conclusion the text supports without stating it. Words like however and although signal a contrast. Tone is the author’s attitude toward the subject.

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The _____ is the point the whole passage supports.

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Active recall, why quizzing yourself beats rereadingReading once then quizzing three times gave 61% of ideas recalled after a week, against 40% for rereading four times (Roediger, 2006).Spaced repetition, how long to wait between two reviewsSpacing beats massing. The best gap between two sessions depends on how far away the exam is, with the benchmarks from Cepeda’s 2008 study.How to make a study schedule before an examA week-by-week study schedule built on Cepeda’s best-gap findings (2008) and Rawson and Dunlosky’s successive relearning.

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Give Lumi your reading comprehension notes, it gives them back as questions at the right moment.

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