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    The document discusses reading as a process that occurs in stages from pre-reading to post-reading. It emphasizes using existing knowledge and reading strategies like setting expectations to construct meaning from texts. The document also explains that academic texts are read to better understand ideas, gain information, and identify gaps in existing studies. Finally, it discusses top-down and bottom-up reading approaches and how all ideas in a text must be connected to emphasize the central idea.

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    The document discusses reading as a process that occurs in stages from pre-reading to post-reading. It emphasizes using existing knowledge and reading strategies like setting expectations to construct meaning from texts. The document also explains that academic texts are read to better understand ideas, gain information, and identify gaps in existing studies. Finally, it discusses top-down and bottom-up reading approaches and how all ideas in a text must be connected to emphasize the central idea.

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    must have unity by combining all ideas to

    emphasize the central idea.

    CO1 Lesson 1: Written Text as Connected


    Discourse

    ❖ Text
    ➔ Generally considered as a written
    material Lesson 2: Reading & Thinking Strategies
    ➔ A group of ideas put together to
    Reading as a Process
    make a point or one central idea Reading is an activity that takes on stages or levels
    ➔ Made up of sentences having the
    ● Pre-reading
    property of grammatical cohesion
    ● During reading
    ❖ Discourse
    ● Post reading
    ➔ Made up of utterances having the
    property of coherence
    Schema - “Things we already know about”
    ➔ Text with distinct features and
    Schema Theory - A process of using the reader's
    purpose
    existing knowledge (schemata) to interpret texts to
    ➔ Convey meanings, propel actions,
    construct meaning.
    and provoke a specific response
    ➔ “Purpose of the sentence”
    Reading Strategies:
    ❖ Set a Reading Attitude
    3 Purposes in Writing
    ❖ Set Expectations in Reading
    ● To Inform ❖ Use of K-W-L
    ➔ An in-depth and complete discussion ❖ Top Down and Bottom-Up Reading
    of the topic
    ➔ This can provide awareness or Why do we read Academic Text?
    clarity about a specific information or - To better understand an existing idea
    idea - To get ideas that can support a particular
    ● To Persuade writing assignment
    ➔ To influence our readers about a - To gain more information
    certain idea - To identify gaps in existing studies
    ➔ Writers use rhetorical strategies
    (ethos, pathos, logos) for better Reading Goals:
    argumentation. 1. Why am I reading this text?
    ● Ethos (authority/credibility) 2. What information or pieces of information do
    ● Pathos (emotions) I need?
    ● Logos (reason/logic) 3. What do I want to learn?
    ● To Entertain “Setting an expectation in the beginning is a good
    ➔ Writers provide captivating practice to determine the success of an outcome.”
    amusement to be more motivated
    about the topic. K-W-L
    ● KNOW
    Text as Connected Discourse - What you already know about the
    All ideas in the text must be related in a sense that topic
    they would only express one main idea, or the text ● WANT (to learn)
    - What you want to know (more) about
    the topic
    ● LEARNED
    - What you learned after reading the
    text

    T-D & B-U


    ● TOP-DOWN
    - From whole to part
    - Begins in the mind of the reader
    - Emphasizes on the reader
    ● BOTTOM-UP
    - From part to whole
    - Bringing meaning to print
    - Emphasizes on the text

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