How do you know when to skip a speaker in the stimulus?

Started by Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins · started 2020-06-03 06:43 · last activity 2020-12-15 19:41 · 2 replies

I saw somewhere that it is always advisable to read the stimulus before the question stem. However, the responses that include multiple speakers sometimes mention to skip a particular speaker due to irrelevance. How would I know to skip a speaker if I have to read the stimulus first? Which saves more time, reading the stimulus and possibly reading a part that is not necessary to answer the question or reading the question stem first then focusing on what is necessary to answer the question?

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  1. SamA · 2020-06-04 23:29

    Hello @Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins, You likely saw responses from different tutors who have different approaches to this question type. Some read the stimulus first, others read the question stem first. I personally read the stimulus first, but I don't believe it makes much of a difference either way. In this case, I would have read both arguments, and then ignored the art critic after seeing the question specifically about the curator. If you feel like this was a waste of time, then you can try reading the question stem first. However, read very carefully so that you don't skip a relevant argument. You are right that you can't employ both of these strategies here, so you will have to decide what works best for you. I support a personalized approach to this test.
  2. Motunrayo-Bamgbose-Martins · 2020-12-15 19:41

    thank you!

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