Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

3 Reading critically3aAnswersAbility1 Disagreeing with everything youreadCritical reading? (Y/N)N – Critical reading must befounded on something; it is notuseful if the reader is disagreeingfor no reason.2 Accepting everything you read N – Critical readers understandthat different writers have differentmotivations and not everything thatis written is accurate or objective.3 When you are presented with anyresearch data, questioning whogathered it, how they gathered it,and how they analyzed the data4 Understanding the author’sintended meaning5 Trusting only information from thereading list which your teachergives you6 Finding negative points in otherpeople’s writing7 Questioning whether supportingdata or statistics are accurate8 Considering the logicalimplications of what the author isclaiming9 Questioning whether you agreewith the author’s intended meaning10 Comparing information and claimsfrom different sources to identifydifferences and reach your ownconclusions11 Accepting information which hasbeen written by recognized expertsYY – Question what the author istrying to make the readers think /feel by the way they have presentedtheir work.N – A text may be reliable, butthe content can still be looked atcritically.N – As above, being critical doesn’tmean you are just looking for thebad, but also differences with othertexts you have read.YY – Are their claims realistic?Y – And why.Y – Very important for their ownunderstanding and writing.N – Critical readers still questionhow these writers have reachedtheir conclusions.3b Students check their answers in groups.Unit 4 Part B ∙ Understanding written information 116