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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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