Our ReadSmartBeSmart sessions are powerful, provoking and practical lunch-hour sessions to transform your reading behaviours and help you master academic reading. The session will encourage and critical thinking about and engagement with what you read.
BLOCK 1: 11, 12, 18 & 19 March (13:10 – 14:00)
BLOCK 2: 29 & 30 April and 6 & 7 May (13:10 – 14:00)
BLOCK 3: 19, 20, 26 & 27 August (13:10 – 14:00)
BLOCK 4: 7, 8, 14 & 15 October (13:10 – 14:00)
Downloadable documents and links
– ReadSmartBeSmart workshop programme for 2022
Facilitators
Marisca Coetzee is passionate about reading and believes that everyone should be able to read well. She is an academic literacies expert and lecturer, and has been involved with the Reading Lab since its inception in 2014. She loves equipping people to read better.
Location
Online during the Covid-19 pandemic
Face-to-face workshops: The Reading Lab, 44 Banghoek Road
This ReadSmartBeSmart series consists of six sessions that explore a variety of topics ranging from –
Online: We recommend that you register for all six sessions of the ReadSmartBeSmart series. Although each session tackles a separate topic, the sessions are scaffolded and linked thematically, and it will be beneficial to attend the sessions in the sequence they are presented in.
Online sessions are presented via Microsoft Teams and will be limited to a maximum of eight participants to allow enough time for individualised participation and engagement in online discussions.
Face-to-face: We recommend that you register for all six sessions of the ReadSmartBeSmart series. Although each session tackles a separate topic, the sessions are scaffolded and linked thematically and it will be beneficial to attend the sessions in the sequence they are presented in.
Face-to-face sessions will be limited to a maximum of 16 participants to allow enough time for individualised participation and engagement in discussions.
Online: You will need a PC, laptop or tablet to participate via Microsoft Teams. We’d also recommend earphones and a microphone for participating in discussions.
Face-to-face: You don’t need any equipment or technology for face-to-face participation.
Registered students or SU staff members can apply.
Click on the ‘Apply now’ button at the top or bottom of the page, or use this registration link to get to the MS form where you can register. We will contact you to confirm your placement and make the necessary arrangements.
You will reap the benefits of the work that you’ll do in these sessions for the rest of your life as a reader. The ReadSmartBeSmart sessions will provide you with a comprehensive understanding of reading as a whole. Not only will you understand how elements such as your identity as a reader, past experiences with text and metacognitive awareness influences the quality of your interaction with text, you will also learn how to utilise different tools at your disposal to unlock the meaning of text and comprehend what you read.
