- Vocabulary - Content - Writing Style

Module 1 - Reading Process and the Text Flashcards by JENNY WONG

S&T texts are characterized by the ff conventions in formatting:

Title page, list of figures, introduction, discussion, bibliography, appendices

Sections

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He said “Reading is the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding”.

Bill Gates

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For pleasure

Setting a Reading Purpose

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Scientific Text Format that answers the question why?

Introduction

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Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned:

Setting Reading Purpose

Pre-Reading

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What writing style is used for this sentence structures in S&T Texts:

when a subject does an action to an object.

Passive voice

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3 Formatting Features

Scientific Writing Conventions
Scientific Writing Format
Technical Text Format

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Understanding
what the author is
saying in the text

Reading for Comprehension

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what type of vocabulary is this:

inertial navigation system (INS)

Field-Specific Terminologies

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what type of vocabulary is this:

radio frequency identification (RFID)

Field-Specific Terminologies

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What type of content is this:

Includes numerous complex illustrations, graphs, tables, diagrams

Visual

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Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned:

Responding to the Author

Post-Reading

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Expressing reader’s
feelings and thoughts
about what the author
said in the text

Responding to the Author

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what type of vocabulary is this:

Android-based application

Field-Specific Terminologies

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“Read 500 pages…every
day. That’s how knowledge
works. It builds up, like
compound interest. All of
you can do it, but I
guarantee not many of you
will do it.”

Warren Buffett

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3 Language Features

Vocabulary
Content
Writing Style

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Understanding
what the author
does or intends
to do with what
is said in the text

Reading Critically

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What type of content is this:

Definition

Text

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Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned:

Evaluating the text

Post-Reading

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Scientific Text Format that answers the question so what?

Discussion

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For specific Information

Setting a Reading Purpose

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“Books allow you to fully
explore a topic and
immerse yourself in a
deeper way than most
media today.”

Mark Zuckerberg

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what type of vocabulary is this:

Android-based application

Field-Specific Terminologies

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Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned:

Activating Prior Knowledge

Pre-Reading

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Which ideas and information are obtained through observation and experiment

Scientific Text

what type of vocabulary is this: dedicated short-range communication protocol DSRC

Field-Specific Terminologies

a type of writing that conveys practical ideas and information such as how something is done or how it works

Technical Texts

The world's most successful CEOs say reading is the key to their _____

success

S&T texts are characterized by the ff conventions in formatting: 200-250 words for a research abstract

Number of words

Scientific Text Format that answers the question what?

Results

what type of vocabulary is this: Internet-of-Things technology (IoT)

Field-Specific Terminologies

includes all types of written workplace communication

Technical Texts

An informative text that discusses a scientific issue

Scientific Text

What type of content is this: Definitions and abbreviations

Text

What type of content is this: Reference to visuals and to other parts of the text

Text

What type of content is this: Loaded with facts

Text

What type of content is this: Reference to other works

Text

Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned: Critical Reading

Reading

S&T texts are characterized by the ff conventions in formatting: Single-space for abstract, double-space for the rest of the research paper

Spacing

What type of content is this: Reference to other works

Text

For general idea

Setting a Reading Purpose

What writing style is used for this sentence structures in S&T Texts: Present, Past, Future

Use of particular tense for a specific section of text

Identify what stage of the reading process is mentioned: Reading for Comprehension

Reading

Making judgments about validity of the author’s ideas, details found in the text or the effectiveness of how the text is written

Evaluating the text

What type of content is this: Examples and sample problems

Text

Uses noun instead of a verb converting a verb or an adjective into a noun

Nominalization

What writing style is used for this sentence structures in S&T Texts: if an interjection (a phrase that “interrupts” the sentence) is between the subject and the verb, the verb will match the subject.

Subject-verb interruption

For Evaluation

Setting a Reading Purpose

“You know, whenever anybody asks Elon how he learned to build rockets, he says, ‘I read books.’ Well, it’s true. He devoured those books. He knew everything. He’s the smartest guy I’ve ever met, and he’d been planning to build a rocket all along.”

Jim Cantrell

VOCABULARY -- S&T texts are characterized by:

1. Field-specific terminologies 2. Hedging 3. Nominalizations 4. Accurate/Concise words

9 Technical Text Formats

Post title Links Headings Summary Background Solutions & Approach Financials Additional Documents Contents

Thinking about what you already know about the topic and getting ready to connect it with new information in the text

Activating Prior Knowledge

Scientific Text Format that answers the question how?

Method

What type of content is this: Examples

Text

What type of content is this: Abbreviation

Text

what type of vocabulary is this: Digital image correlation (DIC)

Field-Specific Terminologies

S&T texts are characterized by the ff conventions in formatting: IEE,APA

Specific citation style

These are the cautious language wherein it provides uncertainty examples: might, seem, may, assumed

Hedging

4 types of text structures

- Sequential - Part-to-whole - General to specific - Spatial

what type of vocabulary is this: Cloud-based application

Field-Specific Terminologies

What type of content is this: Reference to other works

Text

What writing style is used for this sentence structures in S&T Texts: is made up of a main clause and then one or more dependent clauses.

Multiple-clause sentences

Module 1 - Reading Process and the Text Flashcards

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