Reading at university

All texts are the same.

• True

• False

Which set contains all academic texts?

• Newspaper

  Journal article

  Report

  Novel

• Edited book

  Text Book

  Novel

  Journal article

• Text book

  Edited book

  Journal article

  Report

• Newspaper

  Website

  Journal article

  Edited book

​ (a)   are found at the front of the ​ (b)   .

• book
• Contents
• Index
• References
• article

What is a glossary?

• A mini-dictionary

• Technical information

• References

• Extracts from the text

References are in ​ (a)  

• alphabetical order
• publication date
• title order

The subject index helps you...

• find general information

• find out about the author/s

• find out about further reading

• find precise/specific information

Reading critically isn't reading __________.

One of the most important skills for academic reading is ....

• being selective

• reading everything

• being quick

• knowing everything

Reading academic texts over and over again is a good skill.

• True

• False

Making notes, drawing ​ (a)   , comparing ​ (b)   and asking questions are all examples of ​ (c)   listening.

• active
• mind maps
• texts
• passive
• cartoons
• answers
• notes