academic reading

Academic Reading Developing Academic Competence (Week 2)Eljee.Javier@manchester.ac.uk

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Reading so far...✴How did you choose what to read?

✴How did you go about finding your text(s)? Did you have a preferred method for searching online?

✴If you tried using one or more of the reference management tools, what was your experience? Would you continue using it? Why or why not?

by Eljee Javier

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Referencing

BE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT

CHECK WITH YOUR TUTORS

Variations of the Harvard System...

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Wallace, M. and Wray, A. (2011). Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates. 2nd edition. London: Sage.

OR

Wallace, M. and Wray, A. 2011. Critical Reading and Writing for Postgraduates. 2nd edition. London: Sage.

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Stapleton, P. (2003). Assessing the quality and bias of Web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2(3), pp. 227–243.

ORStapleton, P. 2003. Assessing the quality and bias of Web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2(3), pp. 227–243.

ORStapleton, P. (2003). Assessing the quality and bias of Web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2/3: 227–243.

ORStapleton, P. 2003. Assessing the quality and bias of Web-based sources: Implications for academic writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2/3: 227–243.

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Critical Reading

What criteria are you using when deciding on what to read

Timing

STEP 2: CRITICALLY READ WHAT YOU’VE CHOSEN.

STEP 1: TAKING CHARGE AND MAKING CRITICAL CHOICES ON WHAT TO READ.

Asking questions of the text

To what extent / detail

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Deciding on what level to engage the text

GENERAL OVERVIEW

DETAILED ANALYSIS

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General Overview - Previewing the text

What can you learn from the title?

What can you learn from the abstract information?

What does the layout (subsections, headings etc.) suggest?

Look at the type of journal / website / publisher. What more can you learn?

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General Overview - Understanding the text

Pencil vs. highlighter

Develop your own marking symbols

Make a note of questions that come up.

Look at the type of journal / website / publisher. What more can you learn?

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Detailed Analysis

Infer the underlying assumptions and perspectives of the text in order to relate and/or evaluate the content.

Contextualise the content by viewing the content in relation to your own experiences.

Articulate your insights in language that is meaningful to YOU.

Compare to other texts that come before or after it.

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Form for a critical synopsis of a text

Use for DETAILED ANALYSIS

Suggested framework from Wallace and Wray (2011: 41)

See handout 1

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Detailed Analysis (repeated...)

Infer the underlying assumptions and perspectives of the text in order to relate and/or evaluate the content.

Contextualise the content by viewing the content in relation to your own experiences.

Articulate your insights in language that is meaningful to YOU.

Compare to other texts that come before or after it.

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Questions and CommentsUSE a critical synopsis frame that suits you.

ORGANISE your texts.

ACCESS Blackboard later this week for everyone (hopefully)

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