Lesson 1.

2:

Reading strategies

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OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the purpose of reading academic text;
and
2. Enumerate the different strategies for
academic reading.

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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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General purposes for reading an academic
text:

1. To better understand an existing idea

2. To get ideas that can support a particular writing
assignment
3. To gain more information
4. To identify gaps in existing studies
5. To connect new ideas to existing ones

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Before Reading
1. Determine which type of academic text
(article, review, thesis, etc.) you are reading.
2. Determine and establish your purpose for
reading.
3. Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
4. Predict or infer the main idea or argument of
the text based on its title.
5. Identify your attitude toward the author and
the text.
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6. what you already know and what you want to learn
about the topic.
7. Determine the target audience.
8. Check the publication date for relevance. It should
have been published at most five years earlier than the
current year.
9. Check the reference list while making sure to
consider the correctness of the formatting style.
10. Use a concept map or a graphic organizer to note
your existing ideas and knowledge on the topic.

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EVALUATE
• SINGLE-SEX SCHOOLS AND GENDER ROLES: BARRIER
OR BREAKTHROUGH?
• Chrissy Guarisco
• May 19, 2019

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During Reading

 Write key words or phrases on the margins in

bullet form.
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 Write something on the page margin where
important information is found.

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 Write brief notes on the margin.

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After Reading
1. Reflect on what you learned.
2. React on some parts of the text through writing.
3. Discuss some parts with your teacher or classmates.
4. Link the main idea of the text to what you already know.

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End of Presentation

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