<p>I'm an asian and, i'm taking sat I
this november. I'm quite handy with writing and math,
(which just need alot of practices, i believe)
but the problem is critical reading section.
If passages of high english level come out,
i totally get owned. But if passages of
easy english come out, I do okay.</p>
<p>What should i do, should I just hope to get lucky
and just memorize damn vocabs and get perfect
on sent comp? (and give up on passages for now?)
I dont' know how to practice for CR</p>
<p>Pick up an old real SAT book (cheap) and go through and mark the correct answers to all the passages sections. Then, go back and read each of them knowing the correct answer. Then, read Gruber's and/or Grammatix on reading passages. Then, take all of the reading passage SATs from released QAS tests since the test was revised and spend sufficient time analyzing the questions you missed or guessed on. Do nothing but reading passages until you get this done.</p>
<p>You will hear some debate about whether vocabulary is worth the time. I believe it is if read in context. Do the same exercise with sentence completions from an old real SATs... insert the correct answers and read for comprehension and vocabulary. I also like the 250 Princeton Review Hit Parade list if it you can get the iPod version ($12.95 or other audio) that includes the words used in sentences. Memorizing a list of words doesn't seem to be a good use of time.</p>
<p>beatthesatin24hours.com (cheap) has an online novella section that is pretty decent. You read the novella, which is heavy on vocab in context, and roll your mouse over the words for correct definitions. They also have a quiz over the novella sections.</p>
<p>Yeah, ParentTrap pretty much has it exactly right.</p>
<p>I posted huge lists on words on this site and I stand by them for some students. The problem is that a lot of people memorize words <em>instead</em> of practicing and practicing and practicing CR. Words are a really useful supplement if English is your second language, but most of your time should be spent on exactly the kind of practice that ParentTrap recommends.</p>
<p>ha i know exactly how you feel. Im asian too, and i was like uh...... CR sucks. Ok basically this is what I did. I memorized like what 700 most commonly seen words. This really helped, even if there was a word you didn't know, you could always eliminate like 3 or even 4 answer choices from your knowledge. </p>
<p>Secondly, i feel like we need to know the problem with CR for you. Are the readings too confusing/boring? Or do you not understand the meaning because of the english?</p>