WRITING COLLEGE

PART 1: CRITICAL READING AND ACTIVE READING.

I. CRITICAL READING.

Reading Critical reading

Purpose Looking for and understanding Assessing the strength of the
information, Absorbing, evidence and argument
remember, understand
Activity Skimming, scanning, Previewing, taking notes,
making questions, evaluating,
summarizing, synthesizing
Focus The content, the words, the The formulate question, the
plots, the vocabulary underlined logic, implicit
messages, something more
subtle
Questions No questions needed Is it useful for what?
to ask What is the main plot How can the date be collected/
yourself It is propaganda/ belief/
Is it trying to manipulate
THE PURPOSE behind the
arguments.

Direction Move along Against the author

Response Neutral Disagree/ Agree/ completely
refuse

CRITICAL READING PROCESS.

1, (Active reading) E: Analyze the task

2, H: begin searching.

3, A: pre-reading

4, D: make a list of questions

5, B: deep reading

6, (Critical reading) F: Re- evaluate

 7, C: Mind map What can be retain from brains.

8, G: Consolidate

II. ACTIVE READING.

Understand, annotations, test, discuss, explain, highlight

Questions aboru purposes,

--------Active reading is bigger than critical reading. ------------------

III. HOW TO READ CRITICALLY?

- What’s there? (Methods/ Findings)
- (More critical) What is not there? (Research gaps/ Assumption/ Limitations/
Alternatives)
- What about yout? (Significane/ Viewpoint changes/ Position)