Academic reading skills.

  • Papers

  • Journals

  • Online sources (Websites, blogs, documents)

  • Books

The ability to analyze, process, and critically evaluate information is a useful skill that can be applied in various contexts.
In academia, this skill is developed through reading from a broad range of material. As an example, research is carried out by studying textbooks, and online sources such as blogs or papers.

Reading strategically is integral to the process of understanding your topic, finding research materials, and developing your ideas.
• Academic reading involves layers of:
– asking questions
– reflecting on relationships among the parts of the text
– Interpreting meaning

Academic reading skills

Video Link: https://youtu.be/DCWZ4yoFYNI

Learning Activity
• Learners to:
– Work with your groups to discuss what skills are developed by reading from a diverse range of sources.
Think about the different types of sources available, how information is presented and the target audience
(30 minutes).
– Write down - how reading skills can be defined, describe different categories of data sources and how they present information (30 minutes).
– Discuss in your groups how these concepts can help a person improve their understanding of information.
Also think about what skills should be refined to streamline this process (20 minutes).