Hello, #Vivers! Most of the entrance tests for which the students of our Academy in Madrid prepare, such as the Selectivity of both EvAU and PCE UNEDasiss, include Language and Text Commentary in their core or general phase exams. This subject is a general core subject in ESO and Baccalaureate. In general, it is a difficult subject for students.
Today, our Language teacher, Ana, will try to summarize, in 7 keys, some of the most important guidelines to improve your grade in the Language and Text Commentary exams, whether you are a secondary school student, high school student, EvAU/EBAU/PAU selectivity or PCE, or access to vocational training cycles, in Madrid or any other Autonomous Community.
The 7 keys to doing a good Selectivity Language exam EvAU EBAU PCE UNEDasiss, access tests to FP, secondary or baccalaureate
Taking a good Language exam is easy, if you know how. Let's see some guidelines that will help you prepare and solve a language exam correctly:
1. Invest time in reading the text as many times as necessary until you understand it.
It is important to read the questions first and then read the text. Read each of the questions that you are going to have to solve. Take a general look at the entire exam to keep in mind what they are going to ask you. Spend a few minutes on this activity.
When approaching the text, keep in mind that reading the given fragment several times is not wasting time, but rather investing it. It is better to spend a few minutes to understand it correctly than to start answering hastily. In this regard, a good first comprehensive reading will save you time. After it, you will have been left with the general idea of the proposed text. In a second reading you can underline the main ideas and, as you have already done that initial reading of the exam questions, you can underline those things that you already know will be useful to you. The third reading will be a check.
The exam sheet is yours. Writing down what you need in it will save you multiple “walks” from the questions to the text and back to the questions.
2. Pay special attention to literature.
Get organized beforehand, schedule your study. Studying the topics “at once” will prevent you from getting a clear idea of what happens in each period and who the most important names are. Make your own chronological axes and diagrams to help you retain and remember the content at a glance.
Do not worry about telling those data that do not condition the literary production of the moment, as you will take up space and waste time. Focus on the great historical or social events that have an impact on a literary level, they are the only ones that give notice.
3. Practice argumentative texts, they are the most frequent.
If you take a look at the latest calls, the exams they propose are journalistic texts, opinion articles. Becoming familiar with them will help you improve your reading comprehension and synthesis skills, expand your vocabulary, and grasp the structure of the text more quickly...
Furthermore, frequently reading argumentative texts will be especially useful to prepare the question in which you yourself must write your opinion in a cohesive and coherent manner on the proposed topic.
4. Take care of both spelling and handwriting.
As you well know, spelling errors are penalized. Pay special attention to the accent marks and put them as you write the word, not in the final review of the text.
5. Control time and space.
One of the biggest problems with this test is the time available. Get ahead of the issues as much as possible (as explained in the first tip). Write down the answers to the development questions schematically so that when you go to write them you don't go on longer than you should.
6. Answer all the questions.
A blank space never scores points. Even if you are not 100% sure, try to answer all the questions on the exam. Reason, relate what they are asking you with what you know well, be logical and brief.
7. Final review.
There are probably some spelling errors due to the speed with which we respond. Setting aside a few minutes for a brief final review will be tremendously useful. Maybe some of those ideas that you knew but couldn't remember (name or work of a certain author) come to you at this moment.
We hope that you put these simple tips into practice so that the results in your EvAU, EBAU or PCE UNEDasiss Selectivity Language exams, FP access tests, secondary or baccalaureate exams, in Madrid or any other Autonomous Community are every day top. If you want to practice before the exams, you can visit our section exam models, where you will find models from the different tests of recent years. And if you want to stay up to date with the latest news about our school and the activities we do, visit our the profile of Instagram. See you in the classroom!
