Academic EnglishReading for academic purposes资料.docx
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AcademicEnglish-Readingforacademicpurposes
Readingforacademicpurposes
TextReadingforacademicpurposes,Text1a(Readingtextspp.133-136)
Text1acontainsinformationonhowtoreadforacademicpurposesmoreeffectively.
Task1Readingforgeneralunderstanding
Theexercisebelowwillgiveyoupracticeinreadingforgeneralunderstanding.Itisthereforeimportantthatyoudonotstoptolookupanyoftheunknownwords(youwillgetafullerunderstandingofdifficultvocabularyaftercompletingsomeofthelatertasks).ThetextinthepartofReadingtextsconsistsofsixsections.Thetableonthenextpagecontainssevenheadingsthatarepossiblesummariesofthecontentforeachsection.
1.1Readtheinstructionsbelow.
aReadthesummaryheadingsandunderlinethemostimportantwordorwordsineachone.Ifnecessary,yourteacherwillexplainthemeaningofthelanguageused.
bReadSectionI.ofthetextandlabeltheappropriatesummaryheadinginthetable.
cDiscussyouranswerwithotherstudentsand/oryourteacher.
Studytip:
Readingforgeneralmeaningisaveryimportantskillthatwillhelpyoudealwiththeamountofreadingatuniversity.SeeSkimmingintheIntroductiononpageIX.
Summaryheadings
Sections
Linkingeffectivereadingtovocabularyacquisition
Readingwidelyandcritically
Goodreasonsforreading
Thedifficultiesofreadingacademictexts
Themotivationbehindreading
Acquiringgoodreadinghabits
TheEAPreadingsyllabus
1.2NowreadandmatchSections2}-6totheappropriatesummaryheadingsinthetable.Oneofthesummaryheadingsdoesnotneedtobeused.
Task2Readingforspecificdetails
2.1ReadText1aagainandfindtheanswerstothefollowingquestions.Youwillusesomeofyouranswerstocompleteanothertasklaterintheunit.
1.WhattypeofreadingmaterialisBassett(2010)concernedwith?
2.Bassettbelievesthekeytothebestunderstandingofatextis…
3.Thegreaterthereader'sreadingability,thegreatertheir…
4.WhatarethetwomaincriteriafortextselectionforanEAPcourse?
Studytip:
Beingabletoreadforspecificdetailisanotherimportantskill.SeeScanning,SearchreadingandCarefulreadingintheIntroductiononpageX.
5.WhenareEAPstudentsmorelikelytoreadsubjected-relatedmaterial?
6.Whatdoesacriticalreaderusetoassessthevalueofatext?
7.WhatisKurland'smainidea?
8.Whathelpstodeterminehowatextshouldberead?
9.Whatreasonforreadingissuggestedforstudentsinhighereducation?
10.Howmuchdailyreadingisrecommended?
12.whatarepostgraduatesoftengivenbeforestartingtheirstudies?
13.Howmuchexposuretoawordisneededbeforeitsusebecomesautomatic?
Task3Paragraphreorganisation
ThesecondparagraphofSection6hasbeenremovedfromtheoriginaltextinReadingtexts.Thesentencesfromtheremovedparagrapharelistedbelow,buttheyareinthewrongorder.
3.1Readthesentences1-6andarrangethemintheappropriateordertoformaparagraph.
a.Readsentences2and3thathavebeenidentifiedasthefirstandfinal
sentences.
b.Readsentences1,4,5and6andidentifythecorrectorder.
c.Completetheremainingboxeswiththeappropriatenumber.
1.Thisisoneofthereasonswhymostreacheduniversitylevelintheirhomecountries.□
2.Fluencyinbothwrittenandspokenlanguagewillonlydevelopwithpractice.□
3.Thus,themorestudentsworkondevelopinggoodreadinghabits,themorefluenttheyshouldbecomeandthemoresuccessfultheyarelikelytobeintheiracademicstudies.□
4.Nonetheless,universitystudentsareexpectedtoreadaconsiderableamountduringatypicalweek.□
5.Infact,internationalstudentsstudyingthroughEnglisharenormallyalreadyfluentreadersintheirownlanguages.□
6.Internationalacademics,i.e.,students,havetodothisinaforeignlanguage-English.□
Task4Inferringmeaningfromcontext
Notknowingthemeaningofwordsisoneofthemaindifficultiesfacedbylanguagelearnersreadinginaforeignlanguage.Whenyoucomeacrossawordwhichisunfamiliar,trytoavoidautomaticallyreachingforadictionaryortappingthewordintoyourelectronictranslator;developthehabitofreadingoninthetexttoseeifthishelpsyourunderstanding.lf,howeverthisdoesnothelp,experimentwiththefollowingadvice.
4.1LookatthesentencefromText1aanddiscussthemeaningoftheunderlinedwordwithanotherstudent.Ifthiswordwasnewtoyou,whathelpedyouinferitsmeaning?
Bassett'sfocusisongradedreaders,butarguablythetypeoftextshouldsuittheneedsandinterestsofindividuals.(Lines15-16)
Keyreadingskills:
Inferringmeaning
Onewayofidentifyingthemeaningofthewordistolookatitincontext-thewayitisusedwithinthesentence.Forexample,inthesentenceabove,thewordburisusedtoindicateacontrastordifference.Thus,althoughBassettisinterestedingradedreaders,thewriterissayingthereisarguablymoretoreadingthanjustreaders.Inotherwords,thereissomesortofargumentordisagreementinvolved.
Anotherwayistothinkofthe"root"word,whichinthiscaseisargue-whichmeans"tonotagreeaboutsomething".
Youmightalsothinkaboutwordswithasimilarsoundorspellingwhichmayhelpyou.Thekeythingisthatthemoreyouthinkaboutaword,themorelikelyitistobecomepartofyouractivelexicon.
Studytip:
Themoreyouread,thewideryourvocabularywillbecomeandtheeasieritwillbetoidentifysynonyms.
Itisalsousefultorecogniseandunderstandthewaythatlanguagevarieswithinatext.Onewayofvaryinglanguageisthroughtheuseofsynonyms.
Asynonymisawordorphrasethathasthesamemeaning,oralmostthesamemeaning,asanotherwordorphrase.
4.2ReadSection1againfromText1aandfindsynonymsforthewordsorexpressionsintheleft-handcolumn.
Definingwords
synonym
Linenumber
proof/confirmation
evidence
7
awiderangeof
closelyconnected/significant
getsomethingback
help/makeeasier
withoutbeingawareoforwithoutthinkingaboutsomething
ability/skill
Somethingwhichisaimedatoristhemainfocus
Task5Identifyingwordclass
5.1Readthefollowingdefinitionsofwordclassesandmatchthemtothecorrectwordsinthebox.
Studytip:
Identifyingthewordclassofawordorphraseoftenhelpsyoutoworkoutthemeaningofawordyoudon'tknow.
Conjunction,preposition,noun,adverb,verb,adjective,pronoun
1.awordreferringtoaperson,aplaceorathing()
2.anactionordoingword()
3.awordthatdescribeswhataperson,aplaceorathingisLike()
4.awordusedtodescribeaverb,anadjectiveoranotheradverb()
5.awordwhichcomesbeforeanounorapronounandshowitsrelationtoanotherpartofsentence()
6.awordthatisusedtoreplaceaperson,aplaceorathing()
7.awordthatisusedtojoinotherwords,phrases,clausesorsentences()
5.2ReadSections2-5againfromText1aandfindthewordsinthetable.Completethetablebywritingthelinenumberwhereeachwordoccursinthetextandthewordclassofeachword.
word
Linenumber
Wordclass
Topics
31
noun
Typically
This
blends
Consideration
Simply
Through
Embark
Their
only
5.3LookatthewordsfromEx5.2andchoosewhichonesyouwanttorecord.
Youshouldrecordwordsif:
°youdon'tknowtheirmeaningorhowtheyareused,and/or
°youthinktheymightbeusefulwordstoknoweithernoworforfutureacademicpurposes
Keyreadingskills:
Choosingandrecordingnewwordsfromatext
Onewayofdecidingwhichwordstorecordistocheckhowfrequentlythewordisusedbynativespeakers.YoucandothisbyvisitingthecompIeatLexicalTutor,whichcanbefoundatwww.lextutor.ca/vp/bnc;hereyouwillfindthat,forexample,theadverbarguablyisaK1word-inotherwords,itisamongthe1,000mostcommonlyusedwords.Consideringthisinformation,youmaydecidethatitisawordyouwouldwanttouseinfutureand,therefore,keeparecordof.
Studytip:
Inyourownlanguage,younaturallymakeuseofwordclassestoreadeffectivelywithspeedandunderstanding.ThiswilldevelopinEnglishovertime.
Task6Readingforapurpose
AtvariousstagesinUnits1-8,youwillbegivenaFocustask.Thisisanessayquestion,orsimilaracademictask,thatislinkedtoareadwillhelpdirectyourreadingandtheuseyouingtextortextsinReadingtexts.TheFocustaskmakeofthetext(s)tosynthesiseideas.
Focustask:
Summarisethemainpointsofthetext"Readingforacademicpurposes".
6.1Re-readText1aandthenwriteashortone-paragraphsummaryofthemainideas.YoucanusesomeoftheanswersinTask2tohelpyou.
Keyreadingslcil.ls:
Readingselectively
Atuniversitylevel,youmaybegivenextensivereadinglists.Itcanbeadauntingprospecttoreadallthetextsandsourcesandtounderstandthematthesametime.Itisthereforeimportanttoreadselectively.Thismeansthinkingcarefullyaboutyourreadingpurposeandconcentratingonly-ormainly-ontexts,orpartsoftexts,whicharerelevanttothatreadingpurpose.
Readingforacademicpurposes
1Readingisaveryimportantlanguageskillforstudentstodevelopinordertostudyeffectively,becauseduringtheiracademiccoursestheymaybeexpectedtoreadmanypagesinaweek,possiblyhundreds!
Itseemsfairlyobviousthatthemoresomeonereadsthebetterareaderhe/shewillbecome.Readingwillalsohelpinthereader'seffortstodevelopotherlanguageskills.AccordingtoPulido(2003),"asyoureadyouwilldevelopawidervocabulary”.Shegoesonto
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