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学术英语理工
Academic English
for Science and Engineering
2
Searching for
Information
In this unit, you will learn how to
search for reliable and better source materials for your
research
find your information by scanning and skimming
dentify topic sentences for a general idea in the paragraph,
guess word meaning through context clues and affixes
read fast by following the organ ization of the text;
be a critical reader
take notes effectively
write a summary for what you have read;
enhance language skills with the help of the reading and
listening materials presented in this unit.
Searching for
Information
Unit contents
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
Searching for
Information
1 Finding reliable and
better sources
To evaluate source materials
Ta
asKs
Searching for
Information
Finding reliable and better sources
To evaluate source materials
Is the material a primary or a secondary source?
.Is the source the latest one?
e Is the author a reliable scholar or an expert in the field?
o Does the author have biases or prejudices?
Has the author been cited frequently in the field?
Are the authors arguments supported by evidence such as
statistics, experiment, recent scientific findings?
e Are different opinions considered and weighed or simply
ignored
e Are the authors arguments and conclusions convincing?
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