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Academic ReadingOn successful completion of the module, students will be able to read a range of extended, academic, subject-related texts with speed and understanding;establish a specific purpose for reading a text;read for general meaning to assess relevance and evaluate text;employ effective reading strategies to understand detailed meaning: prediction, search reading followed by close reading of relevant sections, scanning, and inferring meaning;employ a range of critical reading strategies: distinguish fact from opinion, recognise author’s stance and purpose, distinguish key points and s