NEED ONLINE LOANS? - Apply for Loans Online today - Click Here!

The CSET English exam has four subtests. Both subtests I and II are multiple-choice, and both subtests III and IV are constructed-response questions.

You are about to learn an important bit of information some publishers call a secret. What I am about to tell you is very important. The very important bit of information is that both subtests III and IV are not essay response questions. Any attempt at answering the questions on subtest III and IV with an essay response will cause you to run out of time and fail your CSET English exam. Please understand that you will run out of time on the CSET exam if you attempt an answer in essay format. These are constructed-response questions. In my CSET class, I will show you a great way to write a constructed-response answer.

Subtest I has 40 literature and textual analysis questions and 10 composition and rhetoric questions for a total of 50 multiple-choice questions.

There are 50 multiple-choice questions in the areas of language, linguistics, and literacy on subtest II.

There are two constructed-response questions on subtest III. One constructed-response question will be on a literary text such as a book, and the other constructed-response question will be on a nonliterary text such as a speech.

Four constructed-response questions are on subtest IV.

Management of Time

You must complete the entire CSET exam within 5 hours (300 minutes). If you choose to take different subtests on different test days, then you have more time although this is a more expensive choice than taking all four subtests at once.

You are given one hour to complete subtest I, one hour to complete subtest II, two hours to complete subtest III, and one hour to complete subtest IV. Now that we know this, we will divide the time down on a per question basis.

For subtest I, you must spend no more than 1-minute per question. For subtest II, you must spend no more than 1-minute per question. On subtest III, no more than one hour per constructed-response question. On subtest IV no more than 15 minutes per constructed-response question.

Scoring

You need a 220 to pass the CSET Single Subject English exam which means you need to get about 73% of the questions correct.

You must pass all four subtests to pass the exam. Students have failed the CSET Single Subject English exam because they mistakenly thought that their knowledge on one subtest would make up for the lack of knowledge on another subtest. Do not think that your knowledge on one subtest will make up for weakness on another subtest. You must pass all four subtests to pass the CSET English test.

The Quick Fix

Please do not put method over content when studying for your CSET exam. Many students think, and some businesses are more than willing to exploit this belief, that methods exist that will help you pass the CSET English exam without having to learn all the required material. A competitor of mine that offers a CSET English study guide goes as far to make the statement that even if you are "brain-dead", you can pass the CSET exam by learning his secret test taking methods. This publisher is trying to exploit student's wish for a quick fix, a "magic pill" to passing the CSET exam. My CSET English class is all about content and having students complete memory enhancement exercises like chronology, matching, flash cards, fill-in, unscramble, point and click, and more. Having said this, I will reveal to you a strategy you may want to consider: the "2 of 4 Rule".

I came up with this strategy while creating tests for students over the last 10 years as the owner of Confab Publishing. What became obvious, over many years of creating tests like the CSET exam, was that it is much more difficult to come up with a good but incorrect answer-choice than it is to come up with the correct answer. So usually only two compelling answer-choices are given. One correct; the other either intentionally misleading or only partly correct. The other two answer-choices are usually junk. This makes educated guessing on the CSET exam immensely effective. If you can cross out the two junk choices, your chance of answering the question correctly will increase from 25% to 50%.

It is important that you do not go into the CSET exam thinking that you are going to pass by using this, or any other "method". If you put in the required effort and discipline to pass the CSET exam, you will know. If you put in the required studying, and you come to a question you simply do not know, only then should you consider using the "2 of 4 Rule". If you buy a good CSET English book or enroll in an online CSET English prep course like the one I teach, you will not need to rely heavily on methods like the "2 of 4 Rule", instead, the content you will learn in my CSET prep class will carry you through.

This Adult article is provided by Articleteller - The Free Article Directory http://www.articleteller.com

Peter Lorison writes for ACE the CSET English prep course which is the better way to prepare for the CSET English exam.

Please Rate this Adult Article

Do You Know the Structure of the CSET English Exam?

5 out of 54 out of 53 out of 52 out of 51 out of 5 

Not yet Rated