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11+ Tips verbal reasoning test
Firstly, questions typically consist of single sections of text, each of which is followed by a series of questions relating to that particular section. Each question requires relevant pieces of information to be extracted from the passage and a specific judgement to be made on the basis of this information.
The comprehension questions below consist of a long passage of text, followed by 2-3 statements about the information contained within the passage. Identify which of these statements are ‘correct’ and which statements are ‘incorrect’. Only use the information given in the passages. Assume that the information in the passages is correct even if you know otherwise.
Your verbal reasoning skills may be something that you’ve taken for granted. Or you may have assumed that they are only relevant for people who like doing crosswords and playing Scrabble. In fact, reading comprehension is something that we all do every day in both our personal lives and at work. From newspapers and magazines to correspondence and company reports, you use your verbal reasoning skills to make sense of all different types of writing. Whether you are aware of it or not, you use your verbal reasoning skills when following a new recipe, reading a notice at a train station, applying for a bank account, or browsing through holiday brochure.
11+ verbal reasoning skills
As you’ve seen above, everyone needs to have basic verbal reasoning skills to survive daily life. And good verbal reasoning skills are a key prerequisite for many different jobs. Any job that involves frequent communication requires verbal reasoning skills. This could mean written communication in emails or reports, or spoken and written communication such as in teaching. In a commercial environment, for instance, call centre employees need to be able to converse clearly with their customers. At the graduate and managerial levels, many jobs require the interpretation and critical analysis of complex verbal information.
Almost all jobs require some form of verbal communication and/or reading written information. Internal correspondence with your colleagues can be more informal (depending upon who they are!) than when you are communicating with your customers or clients.
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School News
With the reemergence of Grammar schools within the UK education system, the system of selection is constantly under debate. Whether the current selection system is successful or not is one of the main topics under discussion. The 11+ was meant to assess natural ability instead of tutored/learnt achievement. The thoughts were that these tests could not be tutored and that they would give the brighter children from poorer backgrounds the opportunity for selective education. Unfortunately, this has not been the case.
Many middle-class children have been tutored to be more likely to pass. However, most educational systems show inequality. Whether it is the higher house prices of postcodes that lead to better schools or other forms of assessment. Could we perhaps look at a more continuous form of assessment, where progress is measured instead of achievement? Not only will this eliminate some of the anxiety around testing, but it will also foster a possible mindset towards a malleable view on intelligence and participation.
