如何写英文读后感How-to-write-a-reading-report教学课件

如何写英文读后感How_to_write_a_reading_report教学课件

ReadingReport---acriticalevaluation

ofwhatyouread

Itisnotonlyaconcludingsummarybutacriticalevaluationofyourreadingwork.Itcontainsthemainpointsofthewritingpiece,alongwithyourownreflectivepost-readingthought.

TheComponentsofaReadingReporttitle/author/sourceofreading,etc.Aconcisesummaryofthereadingpiece,providinganoverviewofwhatitactuallyconcluded.Abriefcritiqueofthereadingpiece,givinganevaluationofthepiece,andthisshouldbeasmuchcriticalasyoucan.Aconcisesummary

Thesummaryshouldnotincludedetailsorexamplesthatappearinthearticleunlessageneralconceptcannotbeunderstoodwithoutanillustrationofwhatismeant.Ofcourse,thesummaryshouldbewritteninyourownwordstodemonstratethatyouhaveunderstoodthearticle.Youshouldnevercopysentencesdirectlyfromyourreading.Becauseasummaryisaminiatureversionoftheoriginalreading,youshouldnotexpressyouropinionaboutthesubjectmatter.YouwillhavetheopportunitytodothisintheCritiquesection.Aboutabriefcritique

Abriefcritique

ofyourReadingReportgivesyouthechanceto

expressyouropinions,ideas,orreactionstotheinformation

youhaveacquiredinthatreading.Avoidresponseslike"Ilikedthearticle"or"Idon'tagreewiththeauthor."Ifyouwanttoexpressanopinionaboutthearticle,explainwhyyoulikeditorwhyyoudon'tagree.

Howtosuccessfullywriteareadingreport

1)Divide…andconquer.Firstoff,skimthetextyouaregoingtosummarizeanddivideitintosections.Focusonanyheadingsandsubheadings.Alsolookatanybold-facedtermsandmakesureyouunderstandthembeforeyouread.

2)Read.Nowthatyou’veprepared,goaheadandreadtheselection.Readstraightthrough.Atthispoint,youdon’tneedtostoptolookupanythingthatgivesyoutrouble—justgetafeelfortheauthor’stone,style,andmainidea.3)Reread.Rereadingshouldbeactivereading.Underlinetopicsentencesandkeyfacts.Labelareasthatyouwanttorefertoasyouwriteyoursummary.Alsolabelareasthatshouldbeavoidedbecausethedetails—thoughtheymaybeinteresting—aretoospecific.Identifyareasthatyoudonotunderstandandtrytoclarifythosepoints.

4)Onesentenceatatime.Youshouldnowhaveafirmgrasponthetextyouwillbesummarizing.Insteps1–3,youdividedthepieceintosectionsandlocatedtheauthor’smainideasandpoints.Nowwritedownthemainideaofeachsectioninonewell-developedsentence.Makesurethatwhatyouincludeinyoursentencesarekeypoints,notminordetails.

5)Writeathesisstatement.Thisisthekeytoanywell-writtensummary.Reviewthesentencesyouwroteinstep4.Fromthem,youshouldbeabletocreateathesisstatementthatclearlycommunicateswhattheentiretextwastryingtoachieve.Ifyoufindthatyouarenotabletodothisstep,thenyoushouldgobackandmakesureyoursentencesactuallyaddressedkeypoints.6)Readytowrite.Atthispoint,yourfirstdraftisvirtuallydone.Youcanusethethesisstatementastheintroductorysentenceofyoursummary,andyourothersentencescanmakeupthebody.Makesurethattheyareinorder.Addsometransitionwords(then,however,also,moreover)thathelpwiththeoverallstructureandflowofthesummary.Andonceyouareactuallyputtingpentopaper(orfingerstokeys!),rememberthesetips:Writeinthepresenttense.Makesuretoincludetheauthorandtitleofthework.Beconcise:asummaryshouldnotbeequalinlengthtotheoriginaltext.Ifyoumustusethewordsoftheauthor,citethem.Don'tputyourownopinions,ideas,orinterpretationsintothesummary.Thepurposeofwritingasummaryistoaccuratelyrepresentwhattheauthorwantedtosay,nottoprovideacritique.7)Checkforaccuracy.Rereadyoursummaryandmakecertainthatyouhaveaccuratelyrepresentedtheauthor’sideasandkeypoints.Makesurethatyouhavecorrectlycitedanythingdirectlyquotedfromthetext.Alsochecktomakesurethatyourtextdoesnotcontainyourowncommentaryonthepiece.8)Revise.Onceyouarecertainthatyoursummaryisaccurate,youshould(aswithanypieceofwriting)reviseitforstyle,grammar,andpunctuation.Ifyouhavetime,giveyoursummarytosomeoneelsetoread.Thi