During the study abroad period, international students often need to read a lot of literature alone in the library. In order to avoid forgetting the contents of the books you read, I would like to provide you with several effective ways to help you finish reading foreign literature quickly.
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Firstly, it is very beneficial to develop the habit of getting up early and reading early.
Secondly, we should learn to skip or skim the text appropriately.
Finally, it is important to summarise and extract keywords from the original text in our own language instead of blindly copying it.
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Is it ready to get started? Wait a moment first, let me introduce you to the more in-depth steps of reading.
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The Abstract is the crucial part: clarifying the research question, the research methodology, and the conclusions. This helps us to quickly understand the key elements of the article.
Introduction is a summary of the background and significance of the study, and a shortened version of the comprehensive overview of the literature, which introduces the structure of the article and is useful for us to find a breakthrough in the research question.
Conclusion is an overview of the overall structure of the article and the vision of the study, as well as pointing out the possible limitations of the study, providing insights and directions for future research.
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Good use of various tools can enhance reading efficiency.
PaperDigest (automated reading tool) artificial intelligence quickly summarises the key points of each article, and you can get the results by simply typing in the paper.
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EndNote Literature Organiser to organise the papers you have read; create notes and categories, and directly call up the person’s self-constructed library of literature when mentioning writing an article.
