To help you cope and engage with your academic reading, we are going to introduce a reading framework that consists of four main areas. Each area includes questions that can help you identify important information about the article quickly and gain a general understanding of the text. In a way, this framework will serve as a basis for further targeted, more detailed reading later.
So, let’s have a look at the questions in the first two areas: general information and article structure.
Task: See if you can finish the questions by dragging the correct words into their correct place. You can then view the completed questions below.
Before you move on to the other two areas, take a moment to reflect on your reading habits. Do you ask yourself any of the questions we just saw? Why/why not?
Now, let’s look at a few more questions regarding other aspects of academic articles: citations and references and figures, tables, appendices and acknowledgments.
Task: See if you can finish the questions by dragging the correct words into their correct place. You can then view the completed questions below.
So, by answering the questions in this reading framework, you can:
Next, you are going to apply this framework by looking at an article and answering these questions yourself.