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1、Unit-5-学术英语阅读,1,English for Academic Study: Reading,Unit 5 Anny,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,2,Text 4-1,to acquire knowledge. One of the main strands of this course is to encourage and provide ad practice in “reading to learn”, i.e., acquiring information from a text for a given academic This unit takes a general
2、approach to this, in the sense that the main purpose for reading in this gpt a preliminary understanding of a new topic from an introductory text. An example of when students might do this is initial background reading prior to attending a course of lectures on a particular topic. In such circumstan
3、ces, reading often follows the order of exposition of the writer and does not reading,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,3,between main and minor points in a text. This is an important general reading skill, to a range of reading purposes. information from short sections of a text. An example of when students might do t
4、his is Acy take initial notes in preparation for an exam to be taken later on in the course. At this stage, we too concerned with paraphrasing skills; the emphasis is more on understanding the main points, of die form of words used,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,4,Pre-reading task,A) We might expect that John arrive
5、d at 9 oclock on Friday because this follows the pattern established from Monday to Thursday. However, there could be several reasons why John did not arrive at the predicted time on Friday. For example, it might have taken him longer to get to work because of a hold-up in the traffic, or because he
6、 always starts earlier or later on a Friday,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,5,B) We might expect to see heads on both sides of the coin. Students might answer that it is a “double-headed” coin. It is, of course, possible in principle for heads to come up six times in succession with a normal coin. However, the fact t
7、hat the person tossing the coin is performing a magic trick and is confident of the outcome, suggests that the conclusion that a double-headed coin is being used is more likely to be correct,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,6,Reading Task 3,3.1 The writer is urging the reader to be about making generalisations of the
8、many possible variables that might have affected the field with the bigger crop (such as the weather), and the variables variables that might influence in other fields,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,7,If a student has mentioned other variables in their answers, reassure them that this in not a problem, because the w
9、riter has decided to mention only certain examples. If a student thinks it would be safe to generalize in this way, it may be necessary to refer him/her back to the previous section,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,8,Text 2,This task is intended to practice selecting the main points, with more limited scaffolding. Thi
10、s is intended to provide an introduction to less- controlled reading tasks that will appear later in the course. In lines 1-14, the main points appear in the first nine lines of text and the main ideas that students should note are basically the italicized phrases. The following lines (15-19) explai
11、n these main points,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,9,Alternative Reading task,You are going to read a selection of “ What is statistics” Read this section and decide which of the following are main points (Main)and which are minor points or examples (Minor). When you have finished, compare your list with those of th
12、e other members of your group,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,10,a) The word statistics is used in four different senses. b) Firstly, it refers to a subject of study. c) Secondly, it refers to methods used to collect and interpret data. d) Thirdly, it refers to collections of data. e) Fourthly, it refers to special f
13、igures that have been calculated from collections of data. f) A researcher in the statistics department of a firm may quote statistics about sales of a new detergent. g) Most professional activities use statistical thinking. h) Statistics is used by most academic disciplines, including sciences, hum
14、anities and literary studies. i) Radio-carbon dating is a statistical technique. j) Statistics is used because of our uncertainty about what we observe in the world around us. k) We can use statistics to predict the average height of school children in one class by using our knowledge of the average
15、 height of children in another class. l) Statistics allows us to estimate the extent of our errors. m) We may be almost certain about what a certain childs height is ./ to the nearest half inch,Unit-5-学术英语阅读,11,Main points are a) - e), j) and l). Answers: The main points are a) - e), g), h), j) and
16、l). It could be argued that b) - e) are sub-main points of a); g) and h) might be considered as a single main point, but h) introduces the importance of statistics in a specifically academic context and therefore should be considered a main point on its own. The minor points or examples are f), which exemplifies how a researcher might use statistics as a resource and expands on e); i) , which is an example of a particular technique or tool employed by certain academics/scientists; k), which expa
