Dept of Linguistics

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Dept of Linguistics English LanguageUndergradua
te Study Skills Programme

• Reading and Referencing Sources
• Dianne Wall

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Reading

• What are the problems that undergraduates
• often face in their first year of study?

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Reading problems

• Volume of reading
• Reading too slowly
• Reading over and over
• Not understanding what youre reading
• Not understanding why youre reading
• Not feeling involved with the reading
• Not remembering anything afterwards.

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You cant read everything!

• Keep your purpose in mind.
• Why are you reading this?
• How much do you need to read
• to achieve your purpose?

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The first swipe

• How is the material organised?
• Title
• Abstract or introduction
• Summary at the end
• Headings
• Sub-headings
• Topic sentences
• Visual material

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The second swipe

• Try to understand the big picture.
• the topic
• the main point
• the issues
• the conclusions
• How does this relate to your purpose?

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The SQ3R Model

• Survey
• Question
• Read
• Recite
• Review
• (see hand-out)

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The third swipe

• Reading critically
• Critical Thinking 1
• Being Skeptical Mark Sebba
• Critical Thinking 2
• Weighing Evidence Andrew Wilson

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Recording your understanding and impressions

• Facts about source
• author, title, date, place of
  publication,
• publisher, page numbers
• Main points
• What have you learned?
• Was the author convincing?
• How does this relate to other
  articles/chapters/etc youve read?

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Keeping track of your reading

• File cards
• Notebook of readings
• Bibliographic software
• Endnote
• http//www.lancs.ac.uk/iss/general/endnote.htm

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Support

• Effective Learning Programme
• Frankland Lecture Theatre,
• every Wednesday, 1-2 p.m.
• Timetable
• http//www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/celt/sldc/courses/elp
  20timetable.htm

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Effective Learning Materials http//www.lancs.ac.
uk/depts/celt/sldc/materials/reading.htm

• Critical Analysis and Questioning
• Styles and Purposes in Reading
• Diagnostic Thinking
• Why is Academic Reading especially Challenging?
• Being a slow reader
• Critical Reading
• Purpose
• Establish a Framework
• Memory
• Translating the Text
• Emergency Measures

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Effective Learning for International Students
(ELIS)

• Frankland Lecture Theatre,
• every Wednesday, 3-4 pm.
• Timetable
• http//www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/celt/sldc/courses/eli
  s20timetable.htm

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Dyslexia

• Chris Quinn
• Student Support Office
• Extension 92109

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Referencing Sources

• Why do it?
• to indicate that you are aware of the ideas that
  others have contributed to the field
• to give credit to others for the contributions
  they have made

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How to reference sources

• References within your text
• Quoting verbatim
• Paraphrasing
• Summarising
• References at the end of your text
• See Part 1 Handbook, pp 34-36
• but also INCLUDE page numbers!