2 Types of text
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The table below lists the most common written sources used by students. Work with a
partner to consider their likely advantages and disadvantages.
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Text type
Advantages
Disadvantages
Textbook
Website
Journal
article
Official report (e.g. from
government)
Newspaper or magazine
article
e-Book
Written for students
May
be too general
3 Using reading lists
Your teacher may give you a printed reading list, or it may be available
online through the
library website. The list will usually include textbooks, journal articles and websites. If the list
is
electronic, there will be links to the library catalogue to let you check on the availability of
the material. If the list is printed, you will have to use the library catalogue to find the texts.
You do not have to read every word of a book because it is on the list.
Your teacher will
probably suggest which pages to read, and also tell you which parts are the most important.
On reading lists, you will find the following formats:
Books
Miles T. R.
Dyslexia: a hundred years on/T. R.
Miles and Elaine
Miles, 2nd ed. Open University Press, 1999.
Journal articles
Paulesu E.
et al. Dyslexia: cultural diversity and biological unity.
Science, 2001, 291, pages 2165–2167.
Websites
www.well.ox.ac.uk/monaco/dyslexia.shtml
