Article Reading

ReadingCare's Article Reading Program

Please read the instructions at the bottom before starting your Free Trial.

Read articles every day with SAT/ACT questions attached.

In ReadingCare's Article Reading program, eight articles are posted every day, selected from dozens of publications including newspapers and magazines. Two of these articles are accompanied by detailed tutorial sections consisting of

vocabulary preview notes,
detailed analyses of words and sentences
paragraph summaries,
critical reading questions for SAT and ACT,
detailed explanations on how to select the correct answers,
vocabulary quizzes,
forum pages for one-on-one discussions,
quiz scores in a progress report updated every day,
and more.

In this program, students will read as many as 2,000 selected articles every year, 500 of them accompanied by in-depth tutorial notes and problem-solving drills.

The ReadingCare program is operated by reading specialists who have graduated from top-ranked colleges in the United States.

It is insufficient for the SAT/ACT prep to read fictions only.

The styles and organization of passages you frequently come across in the major reading tests, such as the SAT and ACT, or reading materials for college education, are different from those you experience in reading novels. To improve your comprehension of such texts, you must practice reading articles every day.

With the help of this program, students can attain the critically comprehensive reading skills necessary to understand any kind of reading material, simply by practicing with various new articles every day.

What subjects are covered by the articles selected?

The articles that are selected for this program cover many subjects, including social science, natural science, history, literary reviews, environment, technology, arts, sports, and more.

Instructions for Free Trials

Click to enlarge	Eight selected articles are posted every day.
	Out of the eight articles posted daily, two will be accompanied by in-depth tutorial notes; reading at least one of these two articles is mandatory. The remaining six articles are recommended reading for the same day.

Click to enlarge	Step 1: Vocabulary Preview
	In this step, you preview the vocabulary words used in the article before you read it. Our reading specialists will help you by employing the extensive Vocab 4800 database, which includes unique and enlightening sample sentences. You can also listen to word pronunciations and audio recordings of sample sentences, and store this information in your own vocabulary notes for future reference.

Click to enlarge	Step 2: Preliminary Reading (1st reading)
	This is the preliminary first read. In this step, you will read the article without tutorials. Even if reading comprehension is difficult at this point, the independent first read is a very important step. The next step may be omitted if you found the article easy to comprehend.

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Step 3: Read the article again with help (2nd reading).

In this second read, you read the article with the help provided in the tutorial section, which includes sentence analyses, presentation of background issues, main ideas for each paragraph, the author’s position, and other helpful sections that will facilitate comprehension of the article. Any word can conveniently be double-clicked in the article to view the dictionary.com’s page on the word.

Click to enlarge	Step 4: Take a reading comprehension test.
	A multiple-choice critical reading test is then administered. The test-taking time is limited and you are permitted to take it only once.

Click to enlarge	Step 5: Take a vocabulary quiz on the article.
	A vocabulary quiz is also administered for each article. You are permitted to take the quiz only once, and the quiz-taking time is limited. Since vocabulary preview notes cannot be consulted while the quiz is taken, you must study your notes thoroughly before you take this quiz.

Click to enlarge	Step 6: Ask questions and debate the article’s main arguments.
	On the Forum page, you can ask questions individually to the online tutor or spark debate with other members on any aspect of the articles.

Click to enlarge	Repeat these steps for the other article.
	Repeat all these steps for the other remaining main article.

Click to enlarge	Check your progress in a detailed report.
	In the detailed progress report, you can keep track of all the articles you have read since joining the program, as well as your critical reading test scores and vocabulary quiz scores.