READING 2

4TH CLASS : 22ND OF MARCH 2015

ANDRY ONGKO WIJOYO
jlandryongko@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan

MODULE 1

SCANNING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION

- Read the question first, before you read the text
- Move your eyes over the text seeking specific information
you need, like numbers (1,2,3), words and phrases
- When scanning, look for letters or step (like : first,
second, next)
- Look for words that are bold faced, italics, or in a different

font size, style, or color

- Read fast with scanning pattern :
- The Z sweep
- The S sweep

MODULE 2
READING FOR THE GIST

Preview the text by looking

at headings, subheading,
pictures, etc
Then read the selection
carefully
Highlight the who, what,
when, where, why and how
o the text
Write a 20 word gist
summary using the
information you have
highlighted

MODULE 3

READING FOR DETAILED INFORMATION

Read the detail information of the text carefully

Confirm whether the information is present on the text or
not

Concentrate on the specific word

Do not spend too much time on reading the whole text

MODULE 4
SKIMMING

Find main idea of each paragraph

Figure out the suitable title for the text
Determine content of the text based on title, first
paragraph and the last paragraph

Skimming works well to find dates, names, and places. It

also might be used to review graphs, tables, and charts.

EXERCISE
Lets go back to module 1 until module 4, to remind you what
have we done in our lovely Reading 2 classes so do exercise
from the very beginning module. Lets started!