English speakers: Boost your reading skills! A reading workshop online

Début du module	5/02/2024
Date limite d'inscription	31/01/2024
Lieu	Online training
Observations	3 hours of work per day: 2 hours of daily work with compulsory reporting of the day's work on a dedicated, secure forum + 1 hour of live work at 5pm.

Catégorie	Compétences propres au métier de chercheur - Formations professionnalisantes
Mots clés	reading, efficiency, speed
Organisation des sessions	Nombre d'heures : 15
Participants	Inscrits : 17 Min participants : 1 Max participants : 18
Public	Public prioritaire : Aucun Public concerné : Tout doctorant de Aix-Marseille
Contact	Direction de la Formation Doctorale AMU Anne-Francoise.LHOTE@univ-amu.fr

Objectifs

Stop laborious and time-consuming reading!
The objective of this course is to show you, through practical exercises on texts of your choice, 8 key techniques that are essential for successful research: reading, note-taking, memorization and information processing techniques.
You will learn to build a reading strategy in order to progress efficiently in your work.
You don't just learn what to do - you do it!

- Increase your ability to focus by reading the scientific literature.
- Select the useful information - and leave the useless without feeling guilty!
- Improve your memorization skills.
- Take ownership of the content that matters to you.
- Generate new ideas from the scientific literature.
- Sharpen your critical thinking skills when dealing with scientific literature.
- Become aware of how much you already know about your subject.
- Quickly process the mountain of literature to be read.
- Manage your time efficiently: stop procrastinating!

Programme

1) Every morning at 6:00 am (Berlin time) you receive an email with the task of the day.
2) You work on your own scientific literature.
3) The exercise of the day is explained step by step on a video. You apply the instructions by reading your text - and you immediately experience the results of a given technique.
4) You work whenever you want during the day.
5) The duration of a session varies from 1h30 to 2h30, according to the task.
6) You post your results in the forum and receive personalized feedback.
7) You share your experiences with the group: you discover how much your anxieties and difficulties with the scientific literature are shared - as well as tips and tricks to overcome them.
8) The daily repetition of certain organizational rules helps you to transform them into habits, once the training is over.
- Monday. Read purposefully.
Stop passive reading - start a constructive dialogue with a text. While reading, you connect new information with information you already know. The effect? You read actively and deeply. You focus on the essentials and leave out the superfluous.
- Tuesday: Exploit your readings
Learn how to step back from the text. Mobilize your knowledge to create a new and original text based on your readings, your experiences and your questions.
- Wednesday. Read faster
With this technique, you will no longer open a lot of texts by randomly jumping from reference to reference - and then not read any of it. You'll decide beforehand which texts you want to read - and discard the others. You'll focus on what you're really looking for. Better yet, you'll find useful results quickly (usually within 15 minutes).
- Thursday. Don't get lost into the details: turn your text into a graph
Your brain retains an image better than a word. Learn how to translate text into a diagram for quick understanding and long-term retention. This technique teaches you how to quickly get the essential ideas out of the way before you get into the details. It is a must know if you get lost into details when reading a text. It is helpful for retaining much complex information.
- Friday. Design your reading program
Break down your research question into smaller questions and set specific goals for your bibliographical research. Thank to this technique you will group your readings around major themes. For a thorough, efficient and quick reading.

Live Session (90')

Daily live sessions via Zoom at 5.00 pm for small group exercises and reflexion.

Pré requis

This workshop is for you if
- You have got (or you are going to get) your main results
- You write a monography (NOT a thesis on articles)

This workshop is not for you if
- You are just beginning with your research.
- Your thesis is almost finished.
- You write a thesis on articles.

Compétences acquises à l'issue de la formation

At the end of the training :
- The amount of information to be processed seems manageable.
- You know how to select the important information and leave aside the secondary.
- You lose the fear of missing important information - a fear that slows down reading.
- You know how to take notes effectively for future writing.
- You know techniques to curb procrastination.
- You have developed a strategic research program that allows you to achieve your goals fast and efficiently.