学术英语(理工)_Unit2技术分析.ppt

学术英语 理工 Academic English for Science and Engineering Unit 2 Searching for Information Unit Contents 1 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 1 Finding reliable and better sources To evaluate source materials Tasks Unit 2 Searching for Information 1 Finding reliable and better sources To evaluate source materials Is the material a primary or a secondary source? Is the source the latest one? Is the author a reliable scholar or an expert in the field? Does the author have biases or prejudices? Has the author been cited frequently in the field? Are the author’s arguments supported by evidence such as statistics, experiment, recent scientific findings? Are different opinions considered and weighed or simply ignored ? Are the author’s arguments and conclusions convincing? Unit 2 Searching for Information 1 Finding reliable and better sources Tasks Check the reliability of the sources on Page 40. Search for source materials your paper may use and then write down the titles and sources of the articles. The model is given on Page 41. Mark the reasons for your choice of the articles. Unit 2 Searching for Information 2 Scanning and skimming Tips for scanning and skimming Task 1 using scanning and skimming strategy Text 5 Can you complete with A.I. for the Next job? Unit 2 Searching for Information 2 Scanning and skimming Tips for scanning and skimming keep in mind at all times what you are searching for (e.g., the definition of a term, the effect of a phenomenon); search thesis statements and topic sentences in paragraphs for the information you want to gain; use the knowledge of the essay organization (such as cause-effect, comparison-contrast, problem-solution) to find what you are looking for; pay attention to signal words such as numbers,