
eBook - PDF
Reading at University
How to Improve Your Focus and Be More Critical
- 168 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Reading at University
How to Improve Your Focus and Be More Critical
About this book
This concise and practical text will equip students with the effective reading strategies they need when preparing for their university assessments. It dispels assumptions often made about the nature of reading at university, and provides an overview of the culture of academic reading, note-making, and what markers expect. This text provides support for reading structured around the process of crafting an assignment, including reading critically and developing an academic voice.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Itās not about speed readingā¦
- ā¦Itās about being anĀ active, purposeful reader
- Whom this book is for
- How this book is organized
- How toĀ use this book
- And remember: it takes time toĀ become aĀ strong reader
- Terminology
- Part 1: Before You Read
- Part 2: Reading for Your Classes and Assignments
- Conclusion
- Answers
- References
- Index