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Guideline
Reading is an input skill, and its mastery is clearly illustrated by an output product; thus, reading project is needed for the on-going assessment process of the course. The project also encourages your extensive reading related to your major. It enhances your teacher's interaction with you in the same way as between a reader and a writer, through a real cycle of reading and writing. You read then write, your teacher reads your work, then writes feedback for you to read.
A. Pair Reading Project consists of the following tasks.
1) Pair extensive reading (assignment)
- Your pair select and read an English reading text.
- Each text can be a chapter of a printed book or a research article, journal article or news article.
- It is at least 800 words in length, of A4 paper size with Times News Roman - font 12.
- It must have a reference source.
- Topic MUST BE an academic topic related to your major.
- Your project must include a soft copy of this reading text: copy the content and paste it in this file - or take a photo and insert the picture into this file. (or a printed hardcopy for offline class).
- First, you are required to create a mind map or an outline (that summarizes this reading text).
- Second, you are asked to answer a list of "critical analysis and discussion questions" about the text, type the answers and explain your answers.
- Pair Extensive Reading covers critical analysis and discussion questions in the textbook and lessons of Week 1 to 7.
- All work must be typed using the forms provided below (and printed in offline class).
- Paper can be refused if it does not meet requirements.
- Teacher will collect your assignments for marking and giving feedback in Week 8, then return them to you later.
- You MUST keep all your papers with teacher's feedback.
- For online class, send the whole project to the Teacher online.
- For offline class, you will staple the whole project (hardcopy) together, and submit the Pair Reading Project at the end of the course for teacher's final marking.
2) Pair critical review: 1 pair written paper & 1 brief presentation
• Written critical review (of 300 - 400 words)
o Your pair use the same English reading text (in the previous Pair Extensive Reading assignment).
o You are required to write a critical review of this text. The critical review should be at least 300 - 400 words in length.
• Presentation about your critical review (maximum 2 minutes)
o Your slides/A0 size poster display your critical review (text summary & critique).
o One student presents the critical review's content in Week 11 (one speaker only).
B. Mind-map or outline:
Mind-map or outline the main ideas of this reading, so that you can ask and answer critical questions more effectively.
1. Question Set 1:
Where was this text published? (in a peer- reviewed academic journal or a non-academic source?)
It was published in a peer-reviewed academic journal. In details, there is an abstract, ................../...................
When was this text published? Is the text up-to-date or outdated?
It was published in April, 2020. This reading text is up-to-date.
2. Question Set 2:
Who is the author of the reading text? What are his/her credentials, profession and educational background?
Is the text biased or objective?
3. Question Set 3:
Who was the text written for? (general audience or academic audience?)
Why did the author write the text? (to contribute knowledge about the topic, to convince/ entertain/ warn the audience, to give advice, advertise a product/service, or report information?)
4. Question Set 4:
Does the author present or imply his/her opinion about the topic in the text? What is his or her opinion? Does the text present a convincing argument or reliable information about its topic? (Briefly explain why it is convincing/ reliable, or why not).
5. Question Set 5:
Has the author done empirical research about the topic? (YES or NO?)
a) If "YES", answer the following questions:
What are the major research results/ findings? What is the author's conclusion? Are charts and graphs used in text?
b) If "NO", answer the following questions:
Do the author use such types of evidence as anecdotes, visual items, statistics, quotations to support his/her points? Is the evidence convincing and effectively used?
If there is no evidence, how are the author's points supported?
Attachment:- Critical Reading.rar