READING 2

4TH CLASS : 22ND OF SEPTEMBER 2013 AGUSTIEN MULYANTINI

agustien1808@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan

COURSE INTRODUCTION
Text book : Reading 2, Agus Riyanto,dkk, Universitas Terbuka 2010 Tutorial module consists of 12 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : Module 1 Scanning for Specific Information. Class 2 : Module 2 & 3 Reading for the Gist and Reading for Detailed Information. Class 3 : Module 4 Skimming. Class 4 : Review and Exercise. Class 5 : Module 5 Previewing and Predicting. Class 6 : Module 6 Synonym & Antonym, Hyponym and English Affixes. Class 7 : Module 7 & 8 Understanding Written Conversation and Main Ideas and Topic of Paragraphs. Class 8 : Module 9 Previewing, Scanning and Skimming.

Tutorial method: In class and online broadcast (USTREAM & SKYPE) Grading Components
Task 1 (September 8, September 15), Task 2 (September 22, September 29) , Task 3 (October 6, October 13) Participation Final Exam

Course material can be found at Google Plus and Facebook Group

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!