Podcast #4| Academic Passage Explained by Experts

Podcast #4| Academic Passage Explained by Experts

Welcome to TOEFL Secrets Podcast — the channel where TOEFL experts break down real Academic Reading passages and teach you how to read like a university student, not like a test guesser.

In this episode, two TOEFL specialists analyze a full academic passage step by step, showing you exactly how to:
• follow the author’s logic
• identify main ideas and supporting details
• understand academic vocabulary in context
• answer inference and sentence-insertion questions
• avoid the most dangerous TOEFL Reading traps
This is the hardest part of the TOEFL Reading section, and it’s where many students lose the most points. This episode shows you how to approach academic texts calmly, logically, and efficiently.
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🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode
✔ How to approach Academic Reading passages with confidence
✔ How to track historical development and logical flow
✔ How to answer detail, vocabulary, purpose, and insertion questions
✔ How to avoid extreme language traps (entirely, completely, only)
✔ How to use paragraph structure to predict correct answers
✔ How to think like a university-level reader under exam conditions
If Academic Reading feels overwhelming or time-consuming, this episode will give you a clear mental framework for success.
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📘 Want More Academic Passages Explained Like This?
This episode is based on tasks from the book:
👉 TOEFL Reading Mastery 2026
📌 Real Exam-Style Passages with Clear Answer Explanations
Inside the book you’ll find:
• 100+ original TOEFL Reading questions
• Academic passages similar to university textbooks
• Step-by-step logic for every correct answer
• Clear explanations of why wrong answers are tempting but wrong
• Proven strategies used by high-scoring TOEFL candidates

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This book trains you to read deeply, think logically, and answer confidently.
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🎯 Who This Podcast Is For
✔ TOEFL iBT candidates
✔ ESL students applying to English-medium universities
✔ Students struggling with Academic Reading passages
✔ Anyone aiming for a higher TOEFL Reading score
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