Week 1: Critical Reading Strategies— Jan 11th, 2018
This workshop will focus on time-saving tips, skimming, increasing vocabulary, and techniques for
retaining information. Students will also practice more advanced skills such as recognizing style, tone,
contexts, cultural allusions and references, implicit/explicit meanings, rhetorical strategies, types of
argumentation by examining and analyzing different kinds of texts. Students will also generate
discussion questions and gain confidence with sharing opinions and debating topics with their peers.
All workshops will be held in 205 Richmond, Room 511 on Thursdays from 3-5pm.
If you wish to attend this workshop series or have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe Wang, ELL Writing and Learning Consultant
pwang@ocadu.ca
416-977-6000, Ext. 3354
Week 1: Critical Reading Strategies— Jan 11th, 2018
This workshop will focus on time-saving tips, skimming, increasing vocabulary, and techniques for
retaining information. Students will also practice more advanced skills such as recognizing style, tone,
contexts, cultural allusions and references, implicit/explicit meanings, rhetorical strategies, types of
argumentation by examining and analyzing different kinds of texts. Students will also generate
discussion questions and gain confidence with sharing opinions and debating topics with their peers.
All workshops will be held in 205 Richmond, Room 511 on Thursdays from 3-5pm.
If you wish to attend this workshop series or have any questions, please contact:
Phoebe Wang, ELL Writing and Learning Consultant
pwang@ocadu.ca
416-977-6000, Ext. 3354