学术英语详解的答案Unit2的报告.ppt

学术英语理工 Academic English for Science and Engineering 2 Searching for Information In this unit, you will learn how to search for reliable and better source materials for your research find your information by scanning and skimming dentify topic sentences for a general idea in the paragraph, guess word meaning through context clues and affixes read fast by following the organ ization of the text; be a critical reader take notes effectively write a summary for what you have read; enhance language skills with the help of the reading and listening materials presented in this unit. Searching for Information Unit contents Finding reliable and better sources 2 Scanning and skimming 3 Identifying topic sentences for information 4 Guessing word meaning 5 Using the organization of the text 6 Reading critically 7 Taking notes 8 Writing a summary Searching for Information 1 Finding reliable and better sources To evaluate source materials Ta asKs Searching for Information Finding reliable and better sources To evaluate source materials Is the material a primary or a secondary source? .Is the source the latest one? e Is the author a reliable scholar or an expert in the field? o Does the author have biases or prejudices? Has the author been cited frequently in the field? Are the authors arguments supported by evidence such as statistics, experiment, recent scientific findings? e Are different opinions considered and weighed or simply ignored e Are the authors arguments and conclusions convincing?