Academic reading

Objective: At the end of this unit you should be able to gather information from reliable sources, use vocabulary related to a specific topic from your area of study, analyze that topics by describing their context and evaluating facts and give a recommendation based on the information gathered.

March 10th
Academic Reading  Workshop 1

Objective: To study some strategies to improve our ability to read academic texts and explore the topic of our projects.




Reading Strategies Workshop 1


Reading Homework

Choose one of the texts below, read it by using the studied reading strategies, and take the quiz to check your knowledge:

Scientists: Prepare for el Nino 

Companies make gas from Garbage 

Nigerian President Promises Malala to find the Girls 

NASA: Close to discovering Life Outer Space 

Pro-Democracy Protesters Fill Hong Kong

March 15th


Academic Reading  Workshop 2


Objective: To study some strategies to improve our ability to read academic texts and explore the topic of our projects.


Reading Strategies



Project Homework
Look for an academic article in English about the problem you will be addressing with your project proposal.

You may find an academic paper in this database:http://www.biomedcentral.com/journals

The university also counts on databases available for the academic community using the username and password:
http://sinab.unal.edu.co/index.php/recursos-bibliograficos/bases-de-datos

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