Critically Reading Journal Articles

Read a journal article is not easy. To comprehend the journal article, we need to do some step to read a journal critically

First of all, we need to understand about the meaning of the topic. By the title, we will know what the journal will discuss. Then, read the abstract of the journal. Abstract will explain about the summary of the whole journal. You are disallowed to only read the abstract, however abstract will help you to comprehend the whole journal. Then, read the introduction. In introduction, we will know what and why the research is conducted. The most essential thing is you have to know the method that the researcher used in composing the journal. Does the researcher used the appropriate method or does the method give the accurate result? Another essential thing is reading the result of the research. Does it related between the hypothesis and the result. Then, read the advantages of the result of this journal that can we use in our real life. Does the result give us a new knowledge that we never seen before. Last is the conclusion. In conclusion, we can read the important summary of the journal. Then, we will know about the next research based on the findings in the journal.