Practice for the communicative skill of reading, subskill evaluating the quality and usefulness of texts.
The PTE Academic item types where this subskill is tested are
- Reading: Multiple choice, choose single answer
- Reading: Multiple choice, choose multiple answers
- Listening: Highlight correct summary
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Summary of how this subskill is practiced in each resource |
Academic Connections 1,
Academic Connections 2,
Academic Connections 3,
Academic Connections 4 |
distinguishing between facts and opinion, using critical thinking skills in reading |
| Academic Encounters: Human Behavior: |
expressing confidence in the truth or accuracy of a fact, reading critically |
| Academic Encounters: Life in Society: |
reading critically, understanding the functions of different parts of a text |
| EAP Now: |
using critical thinking skills in reading |
| Inside Reading 4: |
evaluating generalizations, analyzing criteria |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 3, NorthStar Reading and Writing 4, NorthStar Reading and Writing 5: |
using critical thinking skills with different texts |
| NorthStar Reading and Writing 5: |
identifying the logic of an argument, evaluating advantages and disadvantages, evaluating an author’s arguments |
| Select Readings Pre-Intermediate: |
distinguishing between facts and opinion |
| Select Readings Upper-Intermediate: |
recognizing reported speech and direct quotations, recognizing sources |
Strategic Reading 1,
Strategic Reading 2,
Strategic Reading 3: |
recognizing sources |
| Study Reading: |
practicing a range of reading skills including evaluating the relevance of information |
| Well Read 3: |
reading critically to distinguish between fact and opinion, understanding cause and effect |
| Well Read 4: |
reading critically to distinguish between fact and opinion, making inferences |