For our first podcast, we’ll start with reading! While it seems simple enough, there are many ways to read. Think about the differences in the ways you read a newspaper or a magazine, a tourist guide or a novel, a recipe or the leaflet in a package of medicine. On one hand, texts are presented differently; on the other, you have different purposes and goals in reading them. Reading actively and critically for your studies is a particular skill. And as with any other skill, it is one you can learn, practise, and improve.

In this podcast, I’d like to propose some ideas on how to approach your course reading lists and how to explore and engage in academic texts actively and critically.

Related documentation

Episode 001 - Podcast transcript

Episode 001 - Key points

Episode 001 - Further resources

Episode 001 - Worksheet

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Would you like to see other topics covered? This selection of episodes in the 2015-16 series was shaped by students’ feedback and comments about their experience. We will be creating a new, updated series soon and invite your feedback on these episodes and your ideas for future episodes. Please get in touch, via e-mail to lselife@lse.ac.uk, or by using the feedback form below.

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