CONTENIDO

Introduction to critical reading.

Unit 1: Understanding the reading process.

Reading: A necessity.
Definitions of reading.
Analysis of definitions.
A bicultural group’s definition of reading.
Benefits of reading critically.
Advantages of reading critically.
Revision of the structure of the reading process.
Societal influences on texts.
Social influences on communication and reading.
Understanding our education.

Unit 2: Interpreting meaning.

Useful skills for interpreting meaning.
I. Brainstorming.
Finding alternative perspectives.
Article: Indonesian Nike Workers considered machines.
Summary writing.
The cake analogy.
Paraphrasing.
Analysis of texts paraphrased.
Article: Guatemala: The lethal legacy of impunity.

Unit 3: Reading and inference.

Understanding bias.
Interpretations based on inference.
Statement analysis.
Conclusions on inferring meaning in reading.
Introduction to literal vs connotative meaning.
Advertising: Does it rely on inference?
Different types of advertising and their goals.
What is a curriculum vitae?
Model of a curriculum vitae.
The purpose of analyzing adds.
Conclusions about influences on reading, writing and context.
Article: Australia on the Sunny Side of the Street.
Critical vs obsessive interpretation.

Unit 4: Differences between critical thinking and critical reading.

Reading word.
It is good to be a woman!
Techniques for reading meaning based on word usage.

Unit 5: Tone, voice and their use in reading texts.

Audience.

Unit 6: Reading essays.

Helpful skills to acquire when reading and writing.
Important note about honest and ethical writing.

Unit 7: Exploring critically different genres.

Poetry.
Poetic devices.
Society and Cockroaches.
How to write a clerihew.
How to write a respect poem.
Poem’s analysis.
Tongue twisters.
Limerick.
A list poem.

Unit 8: Reading stories which illustrate values and beliefs which go beyond denotative meaning.

Jataka Tales.
Introduction to Buddhism.

Unit 9: Recommended reading for critical readers.

Cross-cultural Awareness.
Stories of the Dreaming.
Useful definitions.

Unit 10: Conclusions for reading critically.

References.