fundamentals of reading updated - frontlearners
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FNLAANSDUTEM
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FUNDAMENTALS
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XETT
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TEXT
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RGENAID
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READING
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What is fundamental?According to Cambridge Dictionary it is the main or most important rules or parts.
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Academic Texts: Full concentration and comprehension are required for you to understand key ideas, information, themes, or arguments of the text.
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Academic Text Non-academic Text
- are written by professionals in a given field.
- They are edited by the authors' peers and often take years to publish.
- are written for the mass public.
- published quickly and can be written by anyone.
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Academic Text Non-academic Text
- language is formal and will contain words and terms typical to the field.
- authors name will be present, as will their credentials.
- language is informal, casual and may contain slang.
- author will not have any credentials listed.
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Some examples of Academic Text:Articles:
An academic text that offers results of research and development that can either impact the academic community or provide relevance to nation building
Conference paper:Papers presented in scholastic conferences and may
be revised as articles for possible publication in scholarly journals.
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Some examples of Academic Text:
ReviewsAn academic text that provides evaluation or
reviews of works published in scholarly journals
Theses, DissertationsThese are personal researched written by a
candidate for a college of university.
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Other Examples of Academic Text
Textbooks
Case Studies
Reports
Research Articles
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Reading Goals:
1. Why am I reading this text?
2. What information or pieces of information do I need?
3. What do I want to learn?
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Content and Style of Academic Text:Authors of academic texts:➔ raise abstract questions and issues.➔ present facts and evidence to support their claims.➔ use logic to build their arguments and defend their
positions.➔ conform to a clearly-defined structure.➔ choose their words carefully to present their arguments as
effectively as possible.➔ try to convince us to accept their positions.
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Critical Reading StrategiesBefore reading:
● Determine which type of academic text you are reading
● Determine and establish your purpose of reading● Identify the author's purpose for writing● Predict or infer the main idea or argument of the
text based on its title● State what you already know and what you want to
learn about the topic
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Critical Reading StrategiesDuring Reading● Annotate important parts of the text.
● This helps you determine essential ideas or information, main ideas or arguments, and new information and ideas.
add notes to (a text or diagram) giving explanation or comment.
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Critical Reading StrategiesAfter reading:
● Reflect on what you learned.● Link the main idea of the text to what you already
know.
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Other Reading Strategies● SQ3R Method: Survey(or skim), question, read,
recite(or recall), review.
● KWL Method: K - what you Know
W - what you Want to knowL - what you've Learned
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KWhat I know
WWhat i want to
learn
LWhat I have
learned.● There is a
connection between language and
gender.● Women and men are
on different levels of talkativeness.
● Are women really more talkative than
men?● What accounts for
the difference in the frequency of language use
between men and women.
● Women are reported to speak 20,000
words a day while men speak an
average of 7,000 words.
● Foxp2 protein is one of the genes
associated with language.
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Try it!
Create your own KWL chart using “Academic Text” as a topic, minimum of three answers in each category.
KWhat I know
WWhat i want to
learn
LWhat I have
learned.
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Check Your Understanding Write T if the statement is True and F if it is False.1. Academic reading requires concentration and
comprehension.2.Academic texts are completely different from non-
academic text in terms of structure, content and style.
3.Authors of academic texts usually present facts to support their main argument.
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1.Completing academic reading appears to be a challenge in which students fail.
2.Critical reading strategies lead the readers to a full understanding of the text.
3.One has to determine his/her purpose of reading.
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● 4 examples of academic text. ● 3 questions before you read an academic text
(Reading goals) ● 2 other critical strategies in reading
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Task:
I. Before reading the text answer the following questions below using the topic from the article you brought in the class.
- Why am I reading this text? - What information or pieces of information do I need? - What do I want to learn?
II.This time try to employ the KWL Method using the academic text that your teacher asked you to bring. Put 5 responses per category.
Write your answers on a piece of bond paper