sunnuntai 27. toukokuuta 2012

Tips for reading academic articles

I have never read soooooooooooooooooo many articles before in my life, especially within a very concentrated period of 20 days! So far, I have covered over 50 articles. It started with much difficulties because the style of writing, structure, contents are very alien to my style from the practical background. I am used to reading corporate reports, accounting and financial statements, newspapers, magazines and to aggravate the challenges more, I read a lot of non-work materials in Chinese.

However, the process gets easier, and the speed becomes faster as I read more and more. I start to see the 'patterns' of their writing, the academia languages, vocabulary and style used.... and as I reflect, I start to apply the same logic, vocabulary and style.

So, my advice is, don't get put off by the first few attempts. It is very frustrating, and challenging. However, it will get easier, so be patient, and persistence.

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