getting ready for the final exam
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Instructions for the Final Exam
What to expect
Review all
PPT’s on
Reading Skills
& Strategies
Empirical Research
English Mitkadmim
Bet
By Julie Bordetsky
Budgeting your time correctly
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Logistics
When Where
What How
Check Ruppinet for the time and place
An Unseen empirical research article
Review all relevant PPT’s;Use the strategic approach to academic reading;Budget your time correctly
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Last-minute
tips
−An identification card with your picture;
− A black or blue pen (Do not use a red pen or a pencil!);
−A highlighter;
−A good English dictionary;You may use an electronic dictionary. Make sure it does not beep.Bring extra batteries
− Review: Empirical Research Format; Paragraph Structure PPTs; APA style references and citations (handouts, PPT about Academic Sources) Skimming and Scanning (!!!)
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The text and the questions will be similar to those tht we have been doing in class.
It is important to read the carefully . Highlight key ideas (use first sentences). Read for detail to answer the close reading questions.
Unseen text
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Read instructions carefullyPay attention to paragraph numbers, headings and sub-sections
Unseen questions
Warning! In open questions, if the instructions say answer in no more than X number of words, you will lose points for writing more.
Questions are short answers, multiple/choice, or multiple/multiple choice (check ALL correct answers), matching, True or False, and fill-ins.
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Budgeting Your Time Correctly
1. PrereadHighlight the extra-textual information Let your eye follow your marker; highlight from left-to-right
Look for all or some of the following:
5-10 minutes
• The Title (the title usually gives the topic) and the research question
• The Abstract (summarizes the key points and components)
• Headings /Subtitles/Captions /Tables (this gives you text organization and possible places for essential information and repeated elements)
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Budgeting Your Time Correctly
2. Section by SectionHighlight every first sentence of every paragraph.
Pay attention to the following:
Transition words (first, second, however, while, on the other hand, additional point, unlike; therefore, overall, several, indeed, in other words, etc.)
o Help you identify places where ideas are summarized;
o Help you understand the type of paragraph;o Help you notice the connection between
paragraphs;o Help you locate possible places for main
ideas/evidence/examples)
Reference words (this, these, those, such);o words we use instead of the names of people,
things, or ideas already mentioned in the text.
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Budgeting Your Time Correctly
3. Answering Questions:Use them as your ‘map’ to navigate through the
text;
If you are asked to ‘justify your answer by quoting from the text’
o provide only relevant informationo put in quotation markso indicate a paragraph # and a line #
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