of English and today's video is a more detailed video on

matching headings tasks in Reading

So, if you do not know the basics in these tasks

yet or if you're just starting out then you should probably watch

this video over here first where I explain the basics

and I give you some strategies you can follow, however if you already know these

tasks and you have practiced more than enough and they still confuse you

then this video is for you so please keep watching

okay first of all you should be careful

not to lose valuable time in this task as it has to do with whole paragraphs you know?

so please again do not read

the whole paragraph you cannot do that you do not have time for that

only skim through the paragraph just to get the overall meaning

and the gist. Secondly only read carefully

the first two lines (2-3 lines of the paragraph)

and the last 2-3 lines of that paragraph

you pay attention to these two parts and what about the middle?

well you just skim through the middle in order to

-very quickly- in order to find the connection

the beginning of the paragraph and the ending of the paragraph and this

will give you the overall

meaning, the overall points the gist of the paragraph

as we say. Now go quickly back to the headings

and start eliminating those that

definitely do not fit for this

single paragraph usually only two headings

are the ones that are going to confuse you so pay attention

eliminate the rest and pay attention only to these two

headings. Every single word in the heading

is important so ask yourself is this true

in the paragraph, does it represent the overall

meaning, the overall point that the paragraph wants to make

does this heading stand true for the paragraph from the beginning

to the end? So, usually at this point you should be able to make a decision

choose your heading and quickly move on to the next paragraph

after that you will follow the same procedure

paragraph to paragraph: you will pay attention only to the beginnings and the endings

you will skim through the middle to find the connection then you will go to

the headings

back to the headings you will eliminate the ones that do not fit

and you will ask yourself questions about the ones that fit

and then you will make a decision later after you have finished the task

maybe you need to change something a heading with

a paragraph if you need to change something please don't panick

it is usual and it will be so much clearer

and easier for you to do it if you have followed the previous

procedure you will instantly know which heading

should be changed in the end okay overall what you need to ask yourself about

headings and

paragraphs is what does this heading actually mean?

what does it want to say I'm sure you understand the meanings of the headings

but

but for example when we have a heading

that is called "A real method"

okay what does "real" mean?

of course they don't use the adjective "real" here

in order to tell you that it exists, the method exists

no not at all, they probably use "real" here

because maybe some people some scientists

let's just say don't recognize this particular method

as real as scientific and this paragraph wants to justify

and support the method as real as scientific for example

okay and now lets go and have a look at

some examples which may help you more okay now I will show you this way of

thinking with some examples

you can see this paragraph over here

Let's just read and underline very carefully

just the first 2-3 lines, so let's go and read it together

okay just this part over here and then

for the middle we're going to just skim through the paragraph so here we go

okay books, a lot of books

"in the end" we can underline that in our skimming because it is a linking phrase

and it is always a good thing to underline these successfully okay

What else? "has his own law practice"

money may have been

a motivating factor you can underline this too but

something else now the paragraph is going to say something

opposite than money being a motivating factor

alright he wanted a career change

and now after we skimmed through the middle

we pay attention and we underline only the last two to three lines

let's read it together

okay what do we do in this paragraph again let's recap

we pay attention only to the beginning

we skim through the middle and we also pay attention

to the end and what is the connection between

the two parts here the beginning

and the ending the connection is

that although he was very successful in his previous corporation job

he wanted a career change

let's go back to the headings and find out the truth okay here are

our headings let's go, one by one: time for a career change

this could be possible the paragraph talks about a career

change right

so it could be possible money

as a motivating factor well if I remember correctly the paragraph

said something about money being a

motivating factor let's go and check it out again

so here we have underlined that sure money may have been a motivating factor

but more importantly he wanted a career change

so the most important point the

paragraph wants to make

is not about money being a motivating factor, sure money

is always a motivating factor but he was happy with the money he was making

was making an excellent six-figure salary the most important thing of the

paragraph is that he wanted

career change he wanted what? he wanted to be

his own boss. So, money as a motivating factor

it could be but it is not what about economic recession and workplace no not at all

the paragraph says nothing about that new way of thinking new opportunities not at all

we are not told about any of that

balance between work and play no

the paragraph doesn't say anything about that, lost enjoyment in life not at all

quite the opposite

he wanted to do something else he wanted to be his own boss he was successful

it was not a matter of losing enjoyment financial security

well he was financially secure but it is not

the main the overall meaning of the paragraph, what the paragraph wants to say

what the paragraph wants to say is that although his father was successful

it was time for a career change for him he wanted to be his own boss

so this is the heading for this paragraph. Now let's go to the next

paragraph to use it as an example

obviously I'm explaining now things but you will do this

fairly quickly you know you just read the first 2-3 lines, just skim through

the middle and then you underline

the last lines, it's not going to waste you

a lot of time and gradually with practice you will become better

so let's read

the first 2-3 lines

okay and we stop here and we skim through

okay own supervisor we can

underline that

while money is always a motivating factor

again we see that it does not

have to define us when you see these phrases "while"

these are linking words they usually prepare the reader

that something opposite is going to be the case you see

it does not have to define us

and now the last part

okay so this paragraph

is all about the workplace isn't it?

and what happens now with this economy with this bad economy of ours

nowadays people have lost their jobs

the connection what is the connection? the connection is that people

all find ways to be their own supervisor in this economy

because some of them have lost their jobs but they're not upset or

disappointed they're happy for the opportunity to have some time

to do something else okay let's go to the headings

time for a career change it could be that

honestly but is it the main point?

does this heading define the paragraph as a whole?

I don't think so and in addition we have already

put this heading in the first paragraph where it actually went

money as a motivating factor again we saw that phrase let's go back to the

paragraph to check it out

more carefully

okay we have skimmed through this part but now

we can go if we remember something and read it a little bit more carefully

again it's not the main theme of the paragraph

money is not used as a motivating factor

in this case in this paragraph in order to convey that it is

used this paragraph is used to say that it does not have to define us

money all the time something else is more important

let's go back to the headings economic recession

and workplace well obviously from the beginning until the end of the paragraph

the paragraph talks about

economic recession and what actually happened

in the workplace people have lost their jobs

things have changed they want to be their own boss and stuff like that so

this heading could be it but let's move on new way of thinking new opportunities

the paragraph talks about the opportunity of doing something else but

the overall gist is not about a new way of thinking we're not told about that

nothing about a new way of thinking and new opportunities

as a plural and as a whole no not so much

balance between work and play, no it doesn't say anything about that

lost enjoyment in life again it talked about enjoyment but

quite the opposite actually even people that have lost their jobs

they're not upset or disappointed here do you remember?

so, not this heading here and what about financial security well

the paragraph really doesn't talk about financial security

per se, it is more of the "economic recession and workplace" do you see that now is that clear?

I think it

is really really clear when you do when you follow this strategy

when you do this

when you follow this kind of procedure

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