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
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
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 (!!!)
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
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.
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)
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.
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 #