English Academic Reading Strategies for College and University Students

Name: English Academic Reading Strategies for College and University Students
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Understand academic sources and learn the best English academic reading strategies from this free online course.

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In this free course, you will learn how to:

Define academic style and differentiate between formal and informal language in scholarly writing
Identify credible sources and classify them as scholarly or non-scholarly by structure, content, and purpose
Apply credible sources and determine if they are scholarly or not by structure, content, and purpose
Summarize key arguments and supporting evidence from academic texts to boost understanding and memory
Assess the credibility of sources by evaluating bias, assumptions, and quality of evidence
Arrange ideas from academic texts using outlines, concept maps, or other structured formats
Select academic words by recognizing subject-specific terms and linking them to academic contexts
Paraphrase complex academic language and create clear summaries to aid learning and discussion
Compare primary and secondary research papers in terms of structure, content, purpose, and use cases
Analyze academic texts to make inferences by connecting prior knowledge and evaluating arguments

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