critical reading

1. Critical Reading
R.Janani

2. Critical Reading
Questioning, Comparing,
and Evaluating

3. Critical Reading
Critical reading is active reading.
The reader must question, compare, and
evaluate reading material.

4. Goals of critical reading
To recognize an author’s purpose1
2
3
Avoid asking: What information can I get out of it?
4
To understand tone and convincing
elements
To recognize strengths & weaknesses

5. Four levels of critical reading
1
2
3
4
Preliminary understanding:
skimming
Comprehensive understanding
Analysis understanding
Synthesis understanding

6. Four levels of critical reading
Primary
understanding
Title
Abstract
Identify main theme
Comprehensiveunderstanding
Variables
Terminology
Main idea theme
Restate in other words

7. Critical reading levels
Put together
Explain
relationship
critique
Understanding
parts
Begin to critique
Summarize in
own words

8. Reasons For Critical Reading
Critical reading is used to determine the value
of reading material for your own purposes, to
detect logic that is faulty on the part of the
author, to separate fact from opinion, and to
determine whether to accept the information
being presented or reject it.

9. Important areas
2
phonics
1
Phonemic
awareness
3
Fluency
4
vocabulary
5
comprehen
sion

10. The most characteristic features of
critical reading are that you will
examine the evidence or arguments presented;
check out any influences on the evidence or
arguments;
check out the limitations of study design or focus;
examine the interpretations made; and
decide to what extent you are prepared to accept the
authors’ arguments, opinions, or conclusions.

11. speed reading
Speed
reading
1
2
34
5Develop
"traditional"
old
fashioned
speed
reading
habits first
Once thoroughly
ingrained it will
allow the student
to input and scan
information
quickly
Reading
becomes
habitualized at
mostly an
unconscious
level.
See references
to “Blink” by
Malcolm
Gladwell

12. Mind mapping
Point 1 Point 2 Point 3
Basically going
through
information in
order to find the
major concepts
A student can create a
visual Mind Map or a
Linear Mind Map
Really helps for
studying for tests
in general

13. Decision making
Critical reading helps you make
informed decisions and form
sound opinions.

14. Exercise
No :1
• New
vocabulary
No : 2 No: 3 No :4
See
sheets
DICT, DIT,
SPEC/SPIC, TEND,
SEN,
NOM/NOUN/NO
WN/NAM
Mind Mapping
EX

15. Disscussion
The objective here is to provide an interpretation
of your results
and support for all of your conclusions, using
evidence from your experiment.
If your results differ from your expectations,
explain why that may have happened.

16. Results
Summarize your findings in text
and illustrate them, if appropriate,
with figures and tables.
Provide a context, such as by
describing the question that was
addressed by making a particular
observation.