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inite purpose, such as for a research project, he should have a look at the relevance firstly. Relevance is the extent to which a source provides information that person can use in evaluating the materials. There are several ways to determine whether the information presented in a scholarly or professional journal article is likely to be relevant to the reader’s reading purpose. There are two main strategies to help the reader to determine whether the article is relevant to readers’ needs and interests. An abstract—a brief description of the article and its results—often appears at the beginning of the article. When an abstract is not used, an article's introduction often provides similar information. （iv）Evaluating the author(s) of an English book In order to get a better understanding of a book, the reader had better know the author(s) as much as possible. No matter what kind of book the reader chooses to read, it's important to know its author or authors. “Most scholarly or professional journal articles contain a short biographical note about the author of an article. If these biographical notes have not been included and the reader would like to learn more about them, he might consider searching for each author on the net. An increasing number of authors have created home pages on which they list information about themselves, such as their educational background, professional experience, and interests.”[5] 3.3 The process of English reading If the readers face with a difficult and complex English text, or if they do not read effectively under normal circumstances, the readers can improve the way of reading by being more purposeful in the approach to reading. Think of reading as a three-stage process that consists of: (1) Plan for English reading (2) English reading (3) Reflection 3.3.1 Planning for English reading Planning for English reading will help the reader to give the reading a focus. The reader can do preparation of reading by asking the following questions: What does the reader wants to get out of reading this English text? Are there any ideas that should be taken into English reading? Why has this particular English text been selected? Can the English text be subdivided into sections to read? What has skim reading told the reader about the English text? 3.3.2 English reading When a reader reads, the reader is looking at the communication of some kind of meaning in a structure. Since writers choose to organize material in a particular way, the reader needs to be able to see this structure in the text. “In texts ideas are built up from sentence to paragraph to whole text; ideas and concepts tend to be developed from parts or segments to a whole. The uses of reading focus attention on authors as readers, on the use of sources, and on the art of reading as a writer.”[6] Understanding the structure of an English text will help the college students to know how to read it. There are two main aspects of structure. (1) The development of ideas in sentences and paragraphs; (eg, some authors show their main viewpoints in the first or last sentence) (2) The development of the argument. Once a focus has been developed for reading, how the college students read a particular English text depending on the nature and structure of the English text. The following are some useful guiding principles that the student had better keep in mind. (1) Ide