Last visit was: 26 Apr 2024, 00:37 It is currently 26 Apr 2024, 00:37

Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
SORT BY:
Date
avatar
Intern
Intern
Joined: 01 May 2011
Status:THINK BIG
Affiliations: GMAT
Posts: 6
Own Kudos [?]: 1 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Location: DHAKA
Concentration: FINANCE
Schools:TEXAS A &M UNIVERSITY
 Q45  V16
Send PM
User avatar
Intern
Intern
Joined: 06 Oct 2010
Posts: 40
Own Kudos [?]: 159 [0]
Given Kudos: 19
Concentration: Corporate finance, social entrepreneurship
 Q50  V36
Send PM
Founder
Founder
Joined: 04 Dec 2002
Posts: 37312
Own Kudos [?]: 72888 [0]
Given Kudos: 18869
Location: United States (WA)
GMAT 1: 750 Q49 V42
GPA: 3
Send PM
SVP
SVP
Joined: 17 Nov 2007
Posts: 2408
Own Kudos [?]: 10036 [0]
Given Kudos: 361
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Other
Schools: Chicago (Booth) - Class of 2011
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V40
Send PM
Re: GMAT PHOBIA [#permalink]
Expert Reply
I'm a non-native English speaker too and got 750, although I started near 0 in verbal. The most useful thing was focusing on SC and be able to solve them under 1 min. Surprisingly, it automatically solved my RC slow reading problem as I had much more time not to rush and spend 5-7 min on just reading.
avatar
Manager
Manager
Joined: 03 May 2011
Posts: 69
Own Kudos [?]: 3 [0]
Given Kudos: 1
Send PM
Re: GMAT PHOBIA [#permalink]
Begin reading English. All the time. I am 100% serious. You need to immerse yourself in the English language as it is written by native speakers.
avatar
Intern
Intern
Joined: 01 May 2011
Status:THINK BIG
Affiliations: GMAT
Posts: 6
Own Kudos [?]: 1 [0]
Given Kudos: 0
Location: DHAKA
Concentration: FINANCE
Schools:TEXAS A &M UNIVERSITY
 Q45  V16
Send PM
Re: GMAT PHOBIA [#permalink]
skbjunior wrote:
MBAGMATMBA wrote:
how can a nonnative English speaker can develop reading,understanding, and comprehension


I am also a non-native speaker and no authority in Verbal portion of the test; however, I have come a long way in my practice tests so far from V27 MGMAT#1 (taken cold without studying in Sept'10) to V38 GMATPrep #1 (May'11).

I have paid attention to the advice of experts in this forum - I read quite a few classic English novels since Sept'10. Also, everyday I read 3-4 articles featured in Sciencedaily, NYTimes and Washington Post editorials. Apart from this stuff, I try to read articles (about which I am least interested) on Wikipedia. Now, I can see my reading speed has improved tremendously along with comprehension. Also, I am familiar with most of the science, history related topics, which are unrelated to my area of work. In the nutshell, be a voracious reader, feed yourself anything and everything that comes your way. Just my 2 cents. :)



Thanks for paying attention to my concern, i , Bangladeshi and bangla speaker,obtained mgmat score firstly-v-29 and q-45, 06/01/2011, secondly v-28 and q-47,09/01/2011 and thereafter v score never went below 30,q score never below- 47.
what happened finally in my gmat 23/01/2011 v-16 and q-45 score is 500. what shame for me! i read Newsweek, times, nat geo,and Bangladeshi newspaper the daily star articles. notably my first GMATPREP was-530.

what happened at the time of my GMAT exam,
1. i totally failed to understand any sentence of the verbal part.
2. i felt bother about the questions as if questions had set with so many commas(,) .
3. i got a confusion to answer all RC questions because the answer options were only one word mostly.
4. i did so much brainstorming in awa section that reduced my patience in verbal section.
5. i was mentally pressured to prompt answering.


i am so much enthusiastic about GMAT. My BBA has been completed with GPA-3.69(4.00) Major in marketing, from Dhaka University,Bangladesh. i will appear for the exam again. so by which way i can raise my score is my major concern.
plz, help............................
GMAT Club Bot
Re: GMAT PHOBIA [#permalink]

Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group | Emoji artwork provided by EmojiOne