Lesson
- 1. EL310 English for Engineering Senior Lecturer:
- 2. Agenda • Why academic reading is important? • What is a Academic Reading? – Extensive and Intensive Reading – Scanning and Skimming • How to read academic Article and Paper
- 3. Why Academic Reading? • Reading is the most critical part of the learning process. • Reading often appears to students to be the most boring of all tasks BUT...... • Your ideas about research will come mainly from reading • Wide reading expands your perspectives
- 4. Reading Skills • Extensive reading • Intensive reading • Scanning • Skimming
- 5. Reading Skills • Extensive reading – is reading a text for general understanding • Intensive reading – involves reading in detail, with specific aims and tasks • Skimming – is reading a text quickly to get a general idea of meaning • Scanning – is reading a text to find quickly specific information
- 6. What is a intensive and Extensive Reading?
- 7. What is a intensive and Extensive Reading? Intensive
- 8. What is a intensive and Extensive Reading? Intensive Extensive
- 9. What is a intensive and Extensive Reading? NOT ALL LIKE THIS! Intensive Extensive
- 10. Intensive and Extensive Reading
- 11. Intensive and Extensive Reading
- 12. Reading Strategies Core sources (In-depth) Extended sources (Skim) reading has a focus and a purpose Peripheral sources (Scan) All academic All potential sources
- 13. Reading depth • Scan read – Main purpose is to gain overall impression. Reading for relevance, key words and to determine quality/legitimacy. • Skim read – Main purpose is exploratory. Reading for key words, vocabulary, key arguments (schools of thought) • In-Depth read – Main purpose is reflexive or critical reading
- 14. Active reading • Reading is an active process in which the reader continually anticipates the meaning of the text • Speed reading as a form of active reading Reading is an active process in which the reader continually anticipates the meaning of the text (7 out of 16 words)
- 15. Scan read the periphery Focus/Activity Prompting questions or activities Look at title What is it about? Do I know anything about this topic? Can I guess what it might be about? Look at the author Have I read anything by the author before? Speed read the TOC / abstract What does it suggest about the structure / content? Can I identify key chapters/sections/ideas (key words) Speed read the index / conclusion Index: Which ideas/terms (authors) are highly referenced? What are the key words / concepts Conclusion: Is there a summary of arguments of ideas Look at headings Does it suggest the content, structure, flow of argument? Look at tables, diagrams, etc. Does it suggest a structure or content? Look at references What sort of references are there (coverage, depth)? Any familiar authors? Can you get an idea of the intellectual influences of the author? Key authors? Anticipate, guess, predict What do you think this is about? Where is it heading? Is it relevant for to your focus?
- 16. Skim read the extensions Focus/Activity Prompting questions or activities Read the abstract / introduction Does it suggest a structure? What are the main claims / conclusions suggested Speed read the conclusion What are the conclusions? Speed read the first and last paragraph of each section (topic sentences) Can you pick up the flow of the discussion? What are the important points being made? Speed read the core section / chapter What is the central argument or position? Anticipate, guess, predict What do you think this is about? Where is it heading? Is it relevant for to your focus?
- 17. Read the core in-depth Focus/Activity Prompting questions or activities Skim and scan the source (book journal, etc) Read actively and critically • Make notes (draw diagram of structure) • Underline key ideas (one per paragraph) • Annotate pages / diagrams • Critically evaluate argument • Relate to other core and extended readings Make your own summary of main points / argument Keep in safe place for later reference Reread (multiple times) With each read try and become more critical about the claims and the argument - Why do you agree / disagree
- 18. How to read effectively?
- 19. Academic Reading Exercise #3 • Scan read a number of academic journal papers and a number of academic books (from one of your course reading lists) • Make some notes – What was difficult about it? – What did you learn from the experience? • If possible discuss it in a group
- 20. Thank you for your attention