er Tin) ale fx Academic ale An integrated skills course for EAP Student’s Book Ce) et a easel Martin Hewings Pee eee Uemura eaeReading ~ Researching texts for essays + Skimming and scanning NM Ccee Tie ee implications eae ‘Clarifying key terms: ane + Drafting an essay introduction ‘Common knowledge Reading 4. Researchi 9 texts for essays 4.1 You have been given an essay with the title What factors affect people's choice of career? and. decide to use the Internet for your initial research. When you do a search for ‘career choice’, you get the following results (A~D). a Match the text types (41-4) to the search results (A-D). 4 an academic textbook 3 a company website 2 a general information website 4a research article A Wiley: Career Choice and Development, 4th Edition Introduction to Theories of Career Development and Choice: Origins, Evolution, Status of Theories of Career Choice and Development (Duane Brown.) ... wom wiley.com/.../produceCd-07879574 10 descCd.tableOfContents. html B What factors affect your choice of career iknow-whatcom Most people want a career that brings them money, security, and job satisfaction. But what factors... vwwi.iknow-what.com/careers/factors html © Emerald Full Text Article: The factors affecting the career choice The results of the survey as they apply to the factors affecting career choice similarities and differences are discussed in this paper. ... by S Wilkinson 1996 www emeraldinsight.com/insight/ViewContentServiet?Filename, D Career Transition/Achievement Other major factors affecting career choice are parental guidance, teacher or professor influence and peer ar social status pressures. wow. spinnakerleadarship.com/id70. html b Look at the sources of information (A-D) you find after you click on the links and check your answers to 4.a, Which of the sources {A-D) would it be appropriate to refer to in your essay? CAREER CHOICE DEVELOPMENT FOURTH EDITION Fr1.3 é Unit 1 | Choices and implications fa As you research your essay you decide that you want to find: 12 summary of the current state of knowledge on the topic. 2 a number of research papers on the topic. 3 the latest statistics on the number of people in different careers in a country. 4 definitions of specialist terms. 5 reports of the most uptodate research on the topic. 6 a personal viow on why someone want into a particular caresr. In which of the text types in the box would you be most likely to find these? There may be more than one answer. blogs edited collections journals. monographs online encyclopedia entries (e.g. Wikipedia) _ textbooks ‘Note: An exited coveeion Is 2 beck which includes articles usualy writen ty diferent authors. Monagrapis ae Lsualy Short B00Ks on @ Specialised subject, written mainly fr other academics rather than students bb Are there any of these text types that you would not refer to in your academic writing? a [243) Listen to Fei He talking about the types of texts he had to read during his undergraduate studies in China and his postgraduate studies in Britain. 1 Which of the text types in 1.2 did he read during his undergraduate studies? 2 What additional text types dic he read during his postgraduate studies? In pairs, discuss the following questions. 1 What text types have you read in your academic studies so far? 2 What additional text types are you likely to read in your future studies? 15