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Critical Reading involves scrutinizing any information that you read or hear. Critical
reading means not easily believing information offered to you by text. “Read not to contradict
or confute; nor to believe and to take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh
and consider” as Francis Bacon stated in “The Essays.”
Critical Reading is an active process of discovery because when you read critically, you
are not just receiving information but also making an interaction with the writer. The interaction
happens when you question the writer’s claims and assertions and when you comment on the
writer’s ideas
Ramage, Bean, and Johnson (2006) identified the following requirements in critical
thinking:
Reference:
Saqueton, G. M., & Uychoco MT. A. (2016). English For Academic And Professional Purposes:
A Glimpse at the World of Writing. Pp 3- 11.Quezon City: Rex Printing Company, Inc.
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