Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
reading process
Lecturer: Ms. Thinh
Nguyen, MA
Main contents
Strategies
Kinds of
for framing
evidence
evidence
1. Controlling the space Depending on their audience and purpose, writers
given to supporting versus can devote most of their space to supporting
contrary evidence evidence and minimal space to contrary evidence
(or omit it entirely).
Strategies
story can have a strongly persuasive effect.
3. Providing contextual and When citing data, writers can add brief contextual
for framing
interpretive comments or interpretive comments that act as lenses over
when presenting data the readers eyes to help them see the data from
evidence
the writer s perspective.
⬩ Testimony
Kinds of evidence
⬩ Statistical data
Kinds of evidence
Scanning
APPROACHES
Scanning allows you to locate precise information. You
might identify a key terms or expressions which will
alert you to where your subject is being addressed. You
could then run your eyes over a text looking for these.
Detailed reading
READING
APPROACHES Revision reading
reading a
the ideas in the text:
text • read actively - write in the margins, highlight phrases, take note
of important points
• don't forget to examine diagrams and figures as they are
information-dense
• read critically - ask yourself questions; for example, Is the
argument logical? Is it biased? Is there enough evidence to
support the author's conclusions?
Structure Introduction
References
Process of reading an article
+ Look at the tables + Read the + Read the results + Read the
and figures first introduction and discussion methodology
Section 3:
Interaction
with texts
Annotation, note-taking,
outlining, etc.
ANNOTATION
To develop those preliminary interactions into a more detailed and comprehensive response
in your essay
Handwritten annotations
Digital annotations
NOTE-TAKING
(Bibliographical entry notes)
• keep a record of what you read so you can more easily locate it in the future
• have solid materials to use to study for exams or prepare for assignments
Features of a good note
•publisher / sponsor
Do I have questions? Is there anything that I don’t understand that I need to follow
up?
Is the author saying anything that contradicts the findings/ opinions of other authors?