LG 2

Question 1

What is Critical Reading

Answer 1

is a way of challenging the writer’s claims and assertions on their arguments.

is accepting information provided by a text.

is an active process of discovery

Question 2

What is annotating

Answer 2

is writing questions on information that you find confusing

is commenting on the reliability of the text

is determining what you already know about the ideas

is writing key concepts on the page margin in bullet form

Question 3

What are the reading goals

Answer 3

Why am I reading this texts? (knowing your purpose)

What pieces of information do I need? ( determining what you need to learn)

What do I want to learn? (identifying what you want to learn)

Question 4

Why is it important to identify your purpose for reading early on?

Answer 4

It helps you save your time, improve your comprehension and, helps you become more aware of your work.

Question 5

General Purposes for Reading an Academic Text

Answer 5

to help you become more aware of your work

to identify gaps in existing studies

to connect new ideas to existing ones

to gain more factual information

to provide arguments that support the central theme

to better understand an existing idea

Question 6

is necessary for identifying key arguments presented by the author and analyzing concepts in the text.

Answer 6

Structure of Academic Texts

Question 7

3 parts of the structure of academic text

Answer 7

Introduction

Body

Conclusion

Question 8

Introduction

Answer 8

is where the instrument will be presented.

Question 9

Body

Answer 9

Is where the discussion and the results are presented

Question 10

Conclusion

Answer 10

is where the argument is summed up.

Question 11

s the widely use of language precisely and accurately

Answer 11

Content and style of academic text

Question 12

is the widely use of language precisely and accurately

Answer 12

states critical questions related to discipline they explore

provides facts and evidence from credible sources

uses precise and accurate words and cautious language

takes an objective point of view rather than subjective

submits a list of references and validates publications

Question 13

Properties of a well written text

Answer 13

Organization

Unity

COherence

Cohesion

Language use

Mechanics

Question 14

is an interaction with the text by questioning its assumptions, responding to its arguments, and connecting to real-life experiences and applications.

Answer 14

Critical reading strategies

Question 15

Critical reading strategies

Answer 15

annotating

contextualizing

reflecting

paraphrasing

outlining

summarizing

exploring

looking for patterns

Question 16

Before reading

Answer 16

Checking the publication date for relevance and determining which type of academic text you are reading.

Determining your purpose in reading and author’s purpose in writing.

Stating what you already know and what you want to learn.

Inferring the content of the text and its main idea and posing questions about it.

Noting any discussion questions that have been provided.

Question 17

During reading

Answer 17

Annotating all the important parts of the text by highlighting, encircling or underlining them.

Writing questions you find confusing and writing key words in bullet form

Writing notes on the reliability of the text and reacting on the arguments presented in the text.

Using concept maps and graphic organizers.

Commenting on the author’s biases and writing limitations of the author’s arguments.

Question 18

After reading

Answer 18

Reflecting on what you learned and rereading the difficult parts of the text.

Reacting on some parts of the text and summarizing in your own words.

Discussing some parts of the text with your teacher or classmates.

Identifying and rereading the text

Linking the main idea of the text to what you already know.

Question 19

is a method for studying, understanding, and remembering written more information quickly. Its goal is to assist student in a more efficient and active way of reading a text.

Answer 19

SQ3R

Question 20

Methods of SQR3 reading

Answer 20

Surveying

Questioning

Reading

Reciting

Reviewing

Question 21

means skimming the target text and checking the heading, tables or diagrams presented in the text.

Answer 21

Surveying

Question 22

is annotating the headings with your questions

Answer 22

Questioning

Question 23

means looking for answers as you read and slowing down if the passage is vague.

Answer 23

Reading

Question 24

is recounting the main points of the text and recalling by writing a synthesis.

Answer 24

Reciting

Question 25

is evaluating what you learned to ensure that you are convinced with the information presented in the text.

Answer 25

Reviewing

Question 26

is a learning instructional strategy used to guide students through the process of reading and comprehending a text.

Answer 26

KWL method

Question 27

KWL stands for

Answer 27

What you Know about the topic

What you Want to learn

What have you Learned

Question 28

jotting down everything you know about the subject

Answer 28

K column

Question 29

creating a question on what you want to know about the topic

Answer 29

L column

Question 30

responding to the question raised before or after the reading

Answer 30

W column

Question 31

is to scrutinizing the information and getting a deep structure of the academic text read.

Answer 31

Critical reading

Question 32

is to multifaceted process involving word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and motivations

Answer 32

Reading

Question 33

is to effective way to read with a purpose

Answer 33

KWL

Question 34

is to comprehension strategy that helps students think about the text they are reading.

Answer 34

SQ3R method

Question 35

is to know your purpose, determine what you need to know, and identify what you want to learn

Answer 35

Reading goals

Question 36

is to any action that deliberately interacts with a text to enhance the reader’s understanding and reaction to the text.

Answer 36

Annotation

Question 37

is to the introduction, body and conclusion that identifies the key arguments of the text

Answer 37

Structure

Question 38

is to setting of your ideas and arguments in coherent, accessible and well-evidenced manner

Answer 38

content and style

Question 39

Which can be done before reading?

   a. Highlighting keywords in each paragraph.
   b. Making comments on the main idea.
   c. Questioning the title of the text.
   d. Underlining context clues.

Answer 39

C

Question 40

Which is best used during reading?

            a. Writing a reaction paper
            b. Determining the author's purpose
            c. Writing annotations
            d. Evaluating the currency of the text

Answer 40

c

Question 41

Which can be done after reading a text?

            a. Creating a concept map from the abstract
            b. Discussing author's major points
            c. Making inferences about the thesis
            d. Producing a passage from a title of a text

Answer 41

b

Question 42

The following is what annotation is all about except…

a. it will assist you in becoming acquainted with the content of the text.
b. it will help you make reading as an active process.
c. it will not allow you to develop your own style.
d. it will give you a way to interact with the author’s arguments.

Answer 42

B

Question 43

Which of the following strategy is not true about critical reading?

   a. annotating and contextualizing
   b. reflecting and summarizing
   c. complicating and mixing up
   d. outlining and exploring

Answer 43

c

Question 44

Ramage, Bean, and Johnson (2006) identified the following requirements in critical thinking

Answer 44

The ability to pose problematic questions.

The ability to find, gather, and interpret data, facts, and other information relevant to the problem

The ability to write an effective argument justifying your choice while acknowledging counter-arguments.