Week 4 (Reading Strategies) 


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This week, Dr. Ikhlas wanted us to bring out own laptop and also print out a very long article which was posted on the Putrablast (a UPM e-learning platform). Was surprise to see such long article! lol. 

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Anyway, here are some introduction on the reading strategies introduced in today's class. 




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Basically, you can ask lots of questions before you read a text like:

Definition:
What is....? Where does ... fit? What group does ... belong to?

Characteristics:
How would I describe...? What does ... look like? What are its parts?


Examples 
What is a good example of ...? 
What are similar examples that share attributes but differ in some way?


Experience
What experience have I had with ....? What can I imagine about ...?

Therefore, Dr. Ikhlas do tell us to ask as many questions as possible before we read that very long article, which i think most of us ignore most of the time. 


Then we move on to while reading strategies, basically you need to skim and scan the text for specific information that you are looking for (ain't nobody got time to read everything ya know). Imagine.......u need to read about 20 to 30 articles for your FYP...........die (if you read the whole thing without skimming and scanning). lol. 

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Well, the article that Doctor gave was kinda interesting (although i disagree with some of the point), there are many jargon used in the article which sometimes can a barrier to our understanding. There were sharing session and all, i would say it's fun and interactive! 

The next blog will be the continuation of the class activity on reading strategies, so stay tuned!


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