Integrated Academic Project Module

Week 1 Tutorial

Guided practice

Skimming and scanning

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1. What is argument?

To find sufficient evidence to provide your opinions with logic.

2. What is referencing and why do you need to do referencing for academic writing?

The referencing consists of authors’ names, publisher, publishing time, etc. and it’s a way to show your respect to the authority figures.

3. The difference between skimming and scanning.

Skimming: main idea

Scanning: keywords

Review

Discovering problems in the topic below

“People are spending more time on social media than ever before, such as Twiter and Tiktok, which could possibly have an effect

on their mental health. How can social media users avoid mental health problems.”

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Referencing

Before starting reading, referencing information must be recorded.

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Referencing information includes:

Authors

Publishing year, etc.

Publisher or Publication title

Title of the article

URL

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Referencing information includes:

Authors: Bronfenbenner Center for Transnational Research (BCTR)

Publishing year: 2017

Publisher or Publication title: Psychology Today

Title of the article: How To Avoid Depression Induced By Social Media

URL: http://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evidence-based-living/201701/how-avoid-depression-induced-social-media

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Summary of

skimming and

scanning

Skim to find main ideas quickly

Scan when you are looking for particular info

Always have a purpose when you read

Read to find information, not just to understand the English

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How To Skim?

• Read the title

• Read any headings and sub-headings.

• Read the introduction or the first paragraph.

• Read the summary or last paragraph

• Read the first sentence and last sentence of each paragraph

• Notice any pictures, charts, or graphs

• Notice any italicised or boldface words or phrases

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What do you think are the general ideas of this article? What did you find? Discuss with your partner and write them down.

Skimming Practice

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Here’s what I found

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How To Scanning?

• You know what you are looking for (name, date, keyword etc.)

• Move you eyes down quickly and look for the words

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What information/keywords you think could be helpful? Discuss in your group and write them down.

Scanning Practice

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1. Find the given topic on the student website.- In your notebook, please write the problems that you

need to solve from the given topic and what solutions you think. You must keep this page for future use.

2. Find the first given source on the student website.

3. Record the referencing information for source #1 of the provided source (slide 4)

4. Skim the given source as the steps practiced in class. Write down your findings in your notebook. You need to save the notes for next week’s tutorial class.

Homework of Week 1