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Academic reading

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Read, listen, watch and learn about reading syllabus

When reading academic texts, you divide your work into three different phases;

  • Before reading you prepare and activate your pre-understanding
  • During reading you read your text with the right strategy 
  • After reading you remember what you read through repetition

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Exercise for using reading phases

Download this PDF to use the 8 most important steps when reading in phases.

When skimming your text, you get;

  • A pre-understanding of the topics
  • An understanding of the difficulty of the text
  • An overview of the topics and the length of the text
  • It will be easier to choose the right strategy for working with the text

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Exercise for skimming

Download this PDF that will help you use skimming when reading texts.

When reading thoroughly you get;

  • A deeper understanding of the texts concepts and meaning
  • Perspective you can use for the rest of your syllabus
  • Material for repetition

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Exercise for thorough reading

Download this PDF to get 5 important steps to thorough reading.

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Last Updated 07.02.2024