Making Connections

1. ABERDEEN 2040
Effective Academic
Reading strategies
Making Connections
PSE 10

2. How much reading do you do?
1. I don’t really enjoy reading in my own language & I hate
reading in English!
2. I enjoy reading in my first language
3. I read one to two hours a week
4. I read three to five hours a week
5. I read more than 5 hours a week
Which answers describe you? Put your answers in chat

3. Which of these describe your reading style?
I like to understand every word
I like to read quickly to get an overview of the text
I try to find the most useful information quickly
I like to change my style according to what and why I am reading
What do you find most difficult when reading academic texts?

4. Look at pages 2-16 What are the different tasks involved in Reading 1?
Pages 2-6 _____________________________
Page 7 _____________________________
Pages 8-11 _____________________________
Page 12 _____________________________
Page 13 _____________________________
Page 15 _____________________________
Page 16 ______________________________
Making Connections Book
Aspects of the book

5. The different tasks involved in Reading 1
Pages 2-6 Skills and Strategies - skills practice
Page 7 Connecting to the topic + Previewing and predicting + While You Read
Pages 8-11 Reading text + While You Read
Page 12 Main Idea Check + A Closer Look
Page 13 Skills Review
Page 15 Vocabulary Development – Definitions + Words in Context
Page 16 Critical Thinking + Research + Writing

6. Making Connections
1. Skills and strategies
Introduces grammar, language or vocabulary phrases that will be used in the text
2. Connecting to the topic / Previewing /Predicting
Helps you think about and understand more of the text
3. Identifying Main idea and understanding the text
Helps you identify relevant information quickly & develops your critical thinking skills
4. Skills review
Practices the skills & strategies sections these are important academic / study skills
Understanding the book

7. Making Connections
4. Vocabulary Development – Definitions + Words in Context
Focuses on the academic word list. This is important for your
academic reading/writing/listening/speaking
5. Critical Thinking, Research & Writing
In an academic study we always read to inform our writing so
being able to engage & research ideas is important
Understanding the book

8. Understanding texts : Identifying Main Ideas
Companies often invite users to participate in focus groups – small
groups of people who represent a particular demographic of the
population- but there are advantages and disadvantages to beta
testing and collecting individual feedback from individual users.
Because of the lack of anonymity in a focus group - everyone in
the group sees and hears what each participant has to say - people
are not always willing to voice honest opinions . Though a focus
group is generally the most reliable method, the results may be
unpredictable. In addition, if people do not have an incentive, they
are not always willing to participate in in a focus group or survey.
Making Connections p11

9. Understanding texts : Identifying Main Ideas
Companies often invite users to participate in focus groups – small
groups of people who represent a particular demographic of the
population- but there are advantages and disadvantages to beta
testing and collecting individual feedback from individual users
(Main Idea). Because of the lack of anonymity in a focus group-
everyone in the group sees and hears what each participant has to
say- people are not always willing to voice honest opinions .
Though a focus group is generally the most reliable method, the
results may be unpredictable. In addition, if people do not have an
incentive, they are not always willing to participate in in a focus
group or survey. (Supporting detail)
Making Connections p11

10. Distinguishing between factual information and
opinion
It can be said that Marconi’s research continues to inspire and
support advancements in the field of communication and
information technology. In 2014, the Marconi society ( founded by
Marconi’s daughter) gave its highest prize to Indian born
Arogyaswwami Joseph Paulraj, of Stanford University for his
invention of a transmission system. This revolutionary system is at
the core of high-speed Wi-Fi and broadband networks.
Making Connections p8 paragraph 2

11. Distinguishing between factual information and
Opinion
It can be said that Marconi’s research continues to inspire and
support advancements in the field of communication and
information technology. In 2014, the Marconi society (founded by
Marconi’s daughter) gave its highest prize to Indian born
Arogyaswwami Joseph Paulraj, of Stanford University for his
invention of a transmission system. This revolutionary system is at
the core of high-speed Wi-Fi and broadband networks.
Making Connections p8 paragraph 2

12. Noticing signalling words
Johnson asserts that ideas must collide, or run into one another,
which cannot happen alone. He refers to the collision of great
minds as combinatorial creativity. This term was first defined by
Margaret Boden a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence ,
cognitive and computer science, and psychology. She expressed
combinatorial creativity as ‘’the unusual combination of, or
association between familiar ideas …" Boden, however, does not
deny that working alone is significant to the creative process. Her
method somehow bridges that gap between the autonomous
inventor, Steve Wozniak, and team player, Steven Johnson
Making Connections p9 paragraph 6

13. Noticing signalling words
Johnson asserts that ideas must collide, or run into one another,
which cannot happen alone. He refers to the collision of great
minds as combinatorial creativity. This term was first defined by
Margaret Boden a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence ,
cognitive and computer science and psychology. She expressed
combinatorial creativity as ‘’the unusual combination of, or
associated between familiar ideas ..’ Boden, however, does not
deny that working alone is significant to the creative process. Her
method somehow bridges that gap between the autonomous
inventor, Steve Wozniak, and team player, Steven Johnson
Making Connections p9 paragraph 6