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1、English for Academic Study: Reading,Session 1 Xin Zhao,Learning Objectives,This course is to develop academic reading competence. This course is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. This course will help students apply effective reading strategies to academic texts. This course
2、 develops abilities of reading comprehension and also takes care of vocabulary work as well as text analysis.,Course Assessment,Total Score 100% Final Examination Paper 70% Others 30% Assignments 5% Class Quiz 10% Classroom Performance 10% Final Academic written report Always be positive, active whe
3、never there are discussions, debates; Always finish and submit your homework, tasks before the deadline; Always bring a dictionary with you when you have my class;,Questions to consider,Why do you read? Why do you read academic articles? Completing an assignment; Getting some relevant information of
4、 a new academic topic to help you understand a lecture; Supplementing new information about a known topic;,INTRODUCTION,4 main aspects of academic reading Reading for a specific academic purpose Working on specific strategies that are associated with effective and successful reading; Detailed compre
5、hension of sentences and paragraphs; Text analysis;,Strategies-Techniques,Skimming Predicting Scanning Search reading Identifying the main ideas Careful reading Inferring Dealing with unfamiliar words,Skimming,Reading quickly and selectively for the main ideas (reading for gist) Typically, most of t
6、he text is ignored.,Scanning,Reading quickly and selectively to locate words, or other symbols, such as figures. Typically, almost all of the text is ignored. The process involves finding an exact match between what the reader is looking for and is in the text.,Search reading,Different from Scanning
7、; an inexact match,Careful reading,Non-selective reading; Readers read every word in the text in order to comprehend the writers meaning in the way the writer encoded it.,Text analysis,At the global level- the organisation of a text; At the local level- how information is organised logically within
8、complex sentences or paragraphs;,Browsing,According to Kintsch Discourage students from reading from start to finish.,1 Task introductionEconomics focus: on the move,Task 1-1.1 Step 1: Read the text with a purpose. What is the purpose of this task? (Try and find the intended reader) Step 2: Read the
9、 italicised parts of the text. (including Introduction, Conclusion, plus Heading and Subheadings) Step 3: Discuss with your team members which is an appropriate choice and why.,Task 1.1 Who is the intended reader?,Possible reasons: The source of the text (The Economist) The type of information (fair
10、ly superficial, quite a lot of background information that a specialist would not expect to read, not very technical) The style of writing (relatively short sentences, short paragraphs),1 Task introductionEconomics focus: on the move,Task 1-1.2 Step 1: Read the text with a purpose. What is the purpo
11、se of this task? (Try and predict the contents and guess the organisation of the text.) Step 2: Read the italicised parts of the text again. (including Introduction, Conclusion, plus Heading and Subheadings) Step 3: Highlight the key words from these parts;,Key words,economics history of immigration
12、 future migration of workers economic change international movement of labour restrict migration economic factors liberal immigration regime,Homework,Read P7-9 again to understand deeply the objectives of this course; Read Text 1-1 on P71 carefully and highlight any words, phrases, sentences which you dont understand and affect your comprehension of the text; Then look them up in the dictionary as well as have discussions with your classmates;,
