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GMAT Focus Intro: Verbal Section



Summary
The lesson provides an overview of the GMAT verbal section, emphasizing the importance of reading comprehension and critical reasoning skills.
  • The verbal section constitutes one-third of the total GMAT score, with 45 minutes allocated to answer 23 questions.
  • There are two main question types: reading comprehension and critical reasoning, with a slight emphasis on reading comprehension.
  • Reading comprehension passages are drawn from a variety of subjects including physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and business.
  • Critical reasoning questions focus on argument analysis, requiring skills in weakening or strengthening arguments, identifying assumptions, and evaluating arguments.
  • A key strategy for improving verbal scores is to develop a habit of reading, especially materials related to the business world to enhance vocabulary, argument analysis, and sentence structure understanding.
Chapters
00:00
Overview of the Verbal Section
00:58
Reading Comprehension Focus
02:26
Critical Reasoning Analysis
03:04
Strategic Reading for Improvement