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A self-learning module for senior high school students to enhance their knowledge and skills in critical reading as reasoning. It covers topics such as assertions, counterclaims, evidence, hedges, and reasoning in intertext and hypertext reading.
Learn how to interact with the text, formulate judgment and assess evidence with this self-learning module. It covers one lesson on critical reading as reasoning and provides pre- and post-tests, answer keys and instructions.
Critical reading advances the understanding of the reader by not taking the text by its face value. It studies the composition’s every nook and cranny until you find the author’s inconsistencies, oversights, limitations and other reasonable arguments that is often overlooked by a normal reader.
This document provides an introduction to a module on critical reading as reasoning. It outlines the parts and icons of the module, which are designed to provide fun and meaningful independent learning opportunities to help students process contents at their own pace.
Steps Used in Critical Reading as Reasoning by Maxine Rafaella C. Rodriguez and Marella Therese A. Tiongson 1. Identifying assertions Identify by a common type of assertion such as fact, convention, opinion, and preference 2. Formulating a counterclaim Counterclaims are made to rebut a previous claim 3.
By reading critically, you find out the author’s views on something, ask questions, evaluate the strength and weaknesses of the author’s argument, and decide to agree or disagree with it. Thus, critical reading allows you to enter into a dialogue with the author – and this deepens your understanding of the issue or topic discussed.
Set yourself up for success by using critical reading strategies that help you read more efficiently, retain new information, and even begin to organize your thoughts for writing. What is critical reading? Gilroy (2018) defines critical reading as "active engagement and interaction with texts."
