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		<title>Tips for Undergraduates: How to tackle a reading list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you felt the panic rising, when you were handed an exceptionally long reading list? Have you felt the desperation taking over in minutes? If yes, you should read this post. You are not supposed to read every book on the list! I don’t expect you to do so. Most teachers know that this is more or less a wish list. Ideally, we would like our students to read everything but, in practice, we know that this is impossible. Books on the list make a great background reading on the period but usually articles are more targeted to your essay topic. In addition, articles are shorter and can be read quicker. So, focus on these. After you finish reading one or two of them, make certain you look at the footnotes for additional bibliography on your topic. The reading list is just a starting point of the most important (but not the only) works. Make sure that you do not read the books and articles from the beginning to the end. Select carefully the passages you are interested in. The best way to do that is by looking for relevant keywords across the text. In the case of books you should use mainly the table of contents and the indexes. Bear in mind that you should not only read quickly but also smartly. If a passage is of interest, focus on it and read it in depth. Make sure you understand it correctly before you use it in your essay.]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Undergraduates: How to Read a Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I have been contemplating my new administrative role in the department. I will leave behind me the Exchanges coordination for a while and I will get involved, instead, with the coordination of first year and second year undergraduate modules. Effectively, this means that I will also be responsible for guiding new students with their studies. Even if we have a very thick Handbook that explains Everything, I am very well aware that an infinitesimal number of students read all of it. So, I intend to summarize in my blog, in a series of posts, a few basic points. Today, I will focus on how to read a book. To most people, there is a straightforward answer to this question. In fact, most of my students tell me (rather confidently) that you open it and you start with the introduction. Although this is the ideal approach, reading a book cover to cover, is not the most practical one. My students need to write several essays on several topics throughout the year. They have to attend lectures, pursuit their own interests, partly wildly and visit their parents in other cities or countries. Consequently, their time is limited. The best way to read a book is by looking at its table of contents (in the beginning) and the index (at the end). Try to identify the topics you are interested in. There maybe one chapter that interests you, or only one paragraph. Also, try to read around the passage you need, in order to contextualise and understand the information you are receiving. If the book is on Google Books, search for specific keywords. I will give more tips about the electronic resources in another post. Before you start writing your essays, it is advisable to read one or two books on the period, e.g. Roman Republic from cover to cover. These books should not necessarily be relevant to the essay you are writing. Instead, they should give you a good insight on the historical events, social structures, economic phenomena e.t.c. of the period you are interested in.]]></description>
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