Intro To Critical Reading

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Being critical reader does not require ___

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you to be critical about everything you read at face value

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There is no need to argue to?

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author , and specially find faulty, unconventional, and questionable.

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What is critical thinking?

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as the manner of engaging yourself in what you read by asking questions; what does the author mean? what message is being convey in the text? what is the argument raised?

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raising a reasoned logical and balanced argument that analyzed & evaluated the text.

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Process of critical reading

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Being critical means___

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that you have achieved a higher level of comprehension. have stayed open-minded all throughout and have continued to learn and embrace knowledge and wisdom outside your own standards & beliefs.

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To critically read a text is to _____

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to apply your discretion to what you are reading. you do not take everything you read at face value. You will be faced with the writers insights and interpretations when reading texts for academic purposes.

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Critically examining,

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everything you read to check for intentional and unintentional omissions, grounds for arguments and inconsistencies is of utmost importance

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CONTEXT OF THE TEXT

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the readers should be able to interpret and explain the main points of the text on his or her own words

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DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXT

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the reader should be able to create his or her own examples based from the described key points and be able to compare them with other texts of the same topic

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INTERPRETATION OF THE TEXT

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the reader should be able to objectively analyze the text in parts and in whole

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To summarize, critical reading allows reader___

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to understand the content of the text, the descriptions contained and the interpretation

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Reading is an

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active process which leads to the development of the reader.

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Development of the reader happen

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only when the reader becomes consistently conscious of the nature and content of the text, and everything that the author implies behind the text

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When we read,

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we read not only a text but also the mind of the person who wrote it.

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The more we read, we read the more

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Perspective in life

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Making a reading a habit widens?

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a horizon and allow us to always look at the bigger picture from a vantage point

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It is needless to say that making critical reading a habit does not only____

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require you to read everyday but also to absorb as much as you do, to intergrate the valuable ones to your own principles and values. and adapt the attitude necessary to keep yourself inspired by reading

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Reading starts with understanding,

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the letters, words a symbols used in the text.

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Children familiarizing form

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linguistic point of view

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Reading is not just

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identifying letters, words and symbols but also comprehending the meaning behind those words

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Our progress down the academic path and beliefs also start cramble, some of which

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are permanently change through the influence of other sources and people

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Our accumulating experience also adds,

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challenges, although these inevitable factors are necessary for learning and progression

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The process of transitioning from mere data gathering to a deeper level of consciousness that involves

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analysis and evaluation is crucial (important) for our own personal development and professional advancement

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The more we develop our reading capacity, the more

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proficient (magaling) we become in accepting and rejecting what we read.

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In nature, practicing critical reading to the

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best of our abilities

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People read everyday for different purposes some

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have deeper purposes that root from critical reason, Like when reading for academic and professional purposes.

Some read to be entertained, to pass time, or simply to try to learn new things without pinpointing form of knowledge.

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Most of the time, we read factual information

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or at least try to amidst (surround by) the world of fake news and unverified information in the internet.

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We may also read,

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to be entertained depending upon the reader a level of interpretation may be applied.

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English literature degree then

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analysis of the authors writing styles, motives, and other elements is imperative.

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A lot of people read newspaper in print, or online. They do it to be informed. However,

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Since bias and partisan politics are widespread in mass media, opinions, are sometimes delivered as factual statements. This is damaging to learning as influenced is sometimes brough not by value, but by popularity

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One of the example of this is proliferation (rapid growth) (spread) of fake news as told by some social media influencers who click before they think. This is irresponsible but remains tolerated by many people until now.

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The goal of reading is should be to learn, not to be updated with the famous people are talking about

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When reading academic purposes, students usually observe two main goals

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First is to learn and develop

Second is to pass the subject

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Sadly, many students only aims to pass not to learn and develop, thinking that everything is fine for as long as they pass the subject.

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What they do not realize is that this mindset and attitude may only be helpful to a certain degree when still studying not when venturing in the real world as a professional

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Furthermore, this mindset is the reason why not all students

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who graduate display competitiveness and efficiency at work.

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Lastly, many students read to memorize and not to comprehend analyze and interpret the text.

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There is memorization but with very minimal learning.

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The knowledge u forgetten when the memorized words and sentences are also forgetten.

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This is the reason why memorization is considered as the lowest form of intelligence

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Usually, we find unfamiliar topics, style and languages hard to follow. This is expected even for professionals

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As a result, this can be disappointing and demotivating

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The person who experienced reading as a challenge may quit the habit together,

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development is when delayed or denied completely.

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Critical reading is less challenging as there is no need to

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focus on the text verbatim (in the exact words). There is no need to pay attention to all details as well as not every detail in a text possess value.

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In critical reading, you are

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encouraged to learn meaning and identify value rather than absorb everything at face value.

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Being able to follow the flow of the story and predict what's bound to happened by drawing conclusions and making inferences is given priority

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over being able to familiarize yourself with specific details

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In order to keep a positive attitude when reading,

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one has to equip him or herself with tools that make learning more convenient and less tiresome.

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Make a quality dictionary available for access at all times just incase

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you encountered unfamiliar terminologies that cannot be understood with context clues alone.

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keep in mind though connotative and denotative meaning may be used in the same text by the same author

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hence, relying on literal meaning is not always helpful

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Another way to maintain a healthy attitude in reading is by

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emotionally detaching yourself in a text. Subjective reading clouds judgement. Infact, many authors try to influence readers by using their own emotions against them. Advisably, one has to maintain objectively when reading as this allows a person to analyze the text using logic and feelings.

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For critical readers, a text only provides the author own interpretation of facts. This interpretation

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maybe considered valid or invalid. Hence, critical readers recognize not only what the text says, but also how the text discuss the topic

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When studying history, they gather as much

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information as possible, stitch (join) the different interpretation together and validate the ones that supported by logical or scientific explanation

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They learn to link information from different sources to create

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a timeline where the past, present and future connect with each other

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For non-cretical reader, atext is a source of facts

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Texts, then memorized in order to absorb these so called facts

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When studying history, they believe the book

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that describes events the clearest.