Part III

Applying Critical Thinking in Practice

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In this part . . .

• Turn yourself from a passive sponge of a reader into an active ‘author-eating’ shark with the low-down on critical reading.
• Make your own writing shark-proof, by respecting the key principles of good writing.
• Raise the curtain on two grand performances where speech predominates — the formal lecture and the college seminar.
• Look at the ingredients that make a presentation memorable, dissecting the group dynamics and learning particular techniques for listening and making notes — plus how to get your point across.