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Effective reading strategies

Effective reading strategies. Neil McLean LSE Teaching and Learning Centre. Overview. Purpose Reading for gist Reading for specific information Reading for argument Sources Practice. Purpose. Without knowing why you’re reading you can’t know how to read Options include

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Effective reading strategies

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  1. Effective reading strategies Neil McLean LSE Teaching and Learning Centre

  2. Overview • Purpose • Reading for gist • Reading for specific information • Reading for argument • Sources • Practice

  3. Purpose • Without knowing why you’re reading you can’t know how to read • Options include • For strategy / overview • For practical information • For general understanding • For clarity • For essay answer information

  4. Types of reading • Skimming – reading fast for gist • Intro / concl. / sub headings / first sentences • Scanning – reading fast for specific information • Sub headings – inside paragraphs • Intensive – reading for deeper meaning • Find place as above – voice / rhetorical flow

  5. Rhetorical flows • Rhetoric is the flow of argument • The classic flow (para. order) is thesis – justification – support • Common approaches are knock downs, overview and implement, narrative / chronology / significance

  6. Sources • Study guide • Further / supplementary reading • Reading a reading list • Purpose – what are you looking for? • Kinds of text – general intro / new research • Dates – literature review vs. seminal texts • Titles – topic / answering articles

  7. Practice • Look at your copy of chapter 3… • What does the tutor / examiner want you to know about?

  8. Practice • Reading for gist Does nationalism pose a threat to sovereignty? answer + reasons (p. 35 task 2.)

  9. Practice • Skim reading What is the difference between a state and a sovereign state? (p35 outcomes)

  10. Practice • Reading for gist Where is the info you need to answer exam question 2, p35?

  11. Intensive reading - purpose • Look at the text excerpt… • Read the intro, what will Fred Halliday do in this chapter?

  12. Rhetorical flow • Make a note of the to and fro of his argument in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 on pp 42 / 43

  13. Rhetorical flows (previewing) • Complete the notes by reading pp44/5 • Main idea _____________________ • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4.

  14. Conclusion • Know why you’re reading • Organise how you’ll record the information you take • Read appropriately to your purpose

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