TEAP Humanities Study Hub
Your study space to get ready for the TEAP Humanities reading exam. The goal is simple: learn to reach the correct answer by reading the structure of a sentence, not by translating every single word.
days of the challenge completed
- Open Lessons to review what we worked on in class.
- Do one day of the 30-Day Challenge each day.
- Once a week, read a real text from Readings.
Lessons
A record of each class: the theme, the language we worked on, the errors to watch, and the material to keep.
Grammar for Reading: reach the answer without translating everything
How to use grammar as a tool to find the correct answer in a reading exam, even when some words are unknown. We read for structure first, meaning second.
- Reading a passive verb as if the subject does the action. A building does not build; it is built.
- Choosing the option that only repeats words from the text.
- Ignoring a small negative such as not or rarely that flips the meaning.
- Trying to translate every word instead of finding the main verb first.
The three checks before you answer: (1) What is the main verb, and is it active or passive? (2) Is there a negative or a modal that changes the meaning? (3) Does my answer re-state the idea, or just repeat words?
Practise these tools every day in the 30-Day Challenge tab.
30-Day Challenge
Thirty days of original Academic Path reading practice. Read the embedded text, answer every question, then finish the day to reveal the key and explanations. These short exercises develop reading skills; they are not official TEAP questions or full mock tests.
0 of 30 days complete. Your answers are saved on this device.
Week 1 · Words & First Reading
Cognates, false friends, prediction, skimming, scanningWeek 2 · The Verb Group
Tenses and the passive voice, the heart of academic readingWeek 3 · Noun Group & Sentence Structure
Find the head noun, the subject and the main verbWeek 4 · Reference & Cohesion
Follow this, these, it, they and the words that keep a text connectedWeek 5 · Connectives & Logic
however, although, because, therefore, whereasWeek 6 · Negatives, Modals & Synthesis
not, rarely, may, cannot, and putting every tool togetherReadings
The best practice for the TEAP is reading real academic abstracts in the Humanities. All the sources below are open access, so you can read them for free and with no account. Read only the English abstract, apply the tools, and do not translate every word.
Open-access libraries
Huge, free collections. Browse by subject and open any article's English abstract.
SciELO Brazil
Thousands of Humanities and Social Sciences articles, licensed CC BY. Most have an English abstract. Ideal for TEAP Humanities practice.
Open SciELODOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals
Search open-access journals worldwide. Filter by subject such as history, sociology or education.
Open DOAJOpenEdition Journals
Open-access journals in the humanities and social sciences, many with English abstracts.
Open OpenEditionHumanities journals with English abstracts
All on SciELO, open access. Open a recent issue and pick an abstract that interests you.
Educar em Revista
Education research, open access. Often rich in passive voice, good for Week 2.
Open journalTwo articles to start with
Open access on SciELO. Read the English abstract and apply the tools.
The child, city and heritage in early childhood education
Educar em Revista, SciELO (open access). Close to your field: city, heritage and education.
Read abstractThe sociology and anthropology of emotions in Brazil
SciELO (open access). A clear Humanities abstract to practise skimming.
Read abstract