Course Name & Code
Information Literacy and Learning Skills
BBC 1192
Lecturer
Maria Aloysius
Task Type
Reflection 2
School of Business and Social Sciences
Date
5 May, 2021
GROUP MEMBERS
2 4
ABU ABRAHAM Md Mahfuj Alam
MUNTASIR AHMMED
KAMARA
AIU20092093 AIU20092070 AIU20092071
NAYAMA Olga Ropafadzo
AIU20092072 Msiniwa
AIU20092107
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Reflection
Critical Reading towards Critical Writing Webinar
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Academic Writing
Academic writing is a
formal style of writing
used in universities and
scholarly publications. It
is clear, concise, focused,
structured and backed up
by evidence. Its purpose
is to aid the reader’s
understanding.
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The Writing Process
The writing process involves five phases from the seed of an idea to a Finished piece of
writing:
• Prewriting,
• Drafting,
• Revising,
• Editing and
• Publishing.
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Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or
derive meaning (reading comprehension). Reading is a means of language acquisition,
communication, and of sharing information and ideas. Like all languages, it is a
complex interaction between the text and the reader which is shaped by the reader’s
prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and language community which is culturally
and socially situated.
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Importance of Reading
Reading means to understand the meaning of printed words that is, written symbols.
It implies reading with comprehension.
The reader understands what the writer intends to convey.
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The whole process of reading is related to ~SQ3R
Survey Question Read Recite Review
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Critical Reading
Critical reading is a more ACTIVE way of reading.
It is a deeper and more complex engagement with a text.
Critical reading is a process of analyzing, interpreting and, sometimes, evaluating.
When we read critically, we use our critical thinking skills to QUESTION both the text
and our own reading of it.
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What to do as a Critical Reader?
1. Prepare to become a part of the writer’s audience.
Learn about the author, anticipated audience and read instructions and notes.
2. Prepare to read with an open mind.
Give the write a chance to develop ideas and then reflect thoughtfully and objectively on the
text.
3. Consider title.
The title will provide clues to writer’s attitude, goals, views and approaches.
4. Read slowly.
5. Use the dictionary and other appropriate reference works.
6. Make notes.
Underline, highlight and jot the main ideas, the thesis and author's view points to support the
theory.
7. Keep a reading journal.
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Critical Reading Framework
Gunther Kress (1985) developed a framework of three questions which could be applied to any
text in the pre-reading, while-reading or post-reading stages:
Why is this topic being written about?
How is the topic being written about?
What other ways of writing about the topic are there?
Critical Reading Framework -Wallace
Why is this topic being written about?
How is the topic being written about?
What other ways of writing about the topic are there?
Who is writing to whom?
What is the topic?
Critical Reading Framework -Freire
Believed that literacy was one route for empowerment involving an externalising (greater critical
awareness) of people’s place in wider society.
Programme for Brazilian Peasants.
Issues related to or affected the lives of these people.
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Critical Reading towards Critical Writing
Critical writing depends on critical reading.
Most of the papers students write will involve reflection on written texts – the
thinking and research that has already been done on his/her subject.
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Critical Reading a way of Critical Thinking
We can distinguish between critical reading and critical thinking in the following way:
• Critical reading is a technique for discovering information and ideas within a text.
• Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding
what to accept and believe.
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Reading Structure
Academic of
Texts Academic
Text
Academic texts deal with
concepts and ideas related Introduction
to subjects that are studied Body
at university. An important Conclusion
feature of academic texts is
that they are organized in a
specific way; they have a
clear structure.
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How to read academic texts critically?
• Reading is a process shaped
partly by the text, partly by the
reader's background, and
partly by the situation the
reading occurs in.
• When you read an academic
text, you recreate or co-create
the meaning of the text,
together with the author.
• In other words, you negotiate
the meaning with the author.
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