Reading

Techniques
Reading General Interest
English Department – Universitas
Padjadjaran
Indah Wulansari
 Reading skills

When you read a text there

are some techniques you can
use, one of them is scanning.
It can help you find what you
need quickly.
What is Scanning?
 Scanning
● Scanning is a skill with running your eyes over a text to
find something that stands out, like a word, name, date,
year, or number.
● In scanning questions, usually there are often words,
names, or numbers that you can scan in the text.
● Its call key words.
● Recognize – find – answer.
● Try on the scanning questions.
 Comprehension Questions
At this part, usually it needs more than scanning which
is skimming.
What is skimming?
What are the differences between them?
 Skimming
• Skim, or quick read a whole or part of the text to
find the main idea or information needed.
• Done at a speed three or four times faster than
normal reading.
• Pay attention to what you pick up in the process
(usually first and last)
• Focus on some important parts.
 The Skimming’s Purpose

1. Skimming doesn’t mean don’t read a whole

material seriously, it’s just a technique to get a feel
of what you are about to read in a limited of time
and lots of material.
2. Allows you to see if the text may be interest in your
research.
3. Allows you to get in touch with the writers style and
way of thinking.
 Did you know?

● Scanning is part of skimming skill.

● To be able to decide whether one of the two
which should be performed, you need to
recognize the type of question.
● Try on the comprehension question!
 Signal Words

● Usually use to give meaning for their own

sentences and other.
● The meaning will show relationship between one
of the part of the sentence to another,
sentences in paragraph or even to another
paragraphs – usually in the last to first sentence
or paragraph.
● Recognize signal words!
 Vocabulary

● To build your own vocabulary, not only learning

new words but also learning new ways of thinking,
means, or synonyms of new words.
● Build your vocabulary also help you to guess the
meaning of unknown words and also learn how to
use synonyms to understand what you read.
● Guess unknown words by using the context – the
sentence(s) around the word and it can clearly the
meaning of the word.
● Try on vocabulary!
 Writing Recall

● Use all of the techniques to read the text once

again, close the text, and write what you remember
without erasing or correcting anything.
● Try on writing recall!
Let’s try them!
 During the nineteenth century, women in the United States
organized and participated in a large number of reform
movement, including movements to recognize the prison system,
improve education, ban the sale of alcohol, and most importantly,
to free the slaves. Some women saw similarities in the social
status of women and slaves. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucy Stone were feminists and abolitionists who supported
the right of both women and blacks. Number of male abolitionists,
including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips also
supported the rights of women to speak and participate equally
with men in anti-slavery activities. Probably more than any other
movement, abolitionism offered women a previously denied entry
into politics. They became involved primarily in order to better
their living conditions and the conditions of others.
1. What is the main idea of passage 3?
a. U.S women
b. Reform movement by U.S women
c. Education improvement
d. Number of male abolitionists

2. According to the passage, who were Elizabeth Cady Stanton

and Lucy Stone?
a. They were feminists and reformists that sparked the rights of
both women and blacks off.
b. They were socialists who recognize the prison system.
c. They were activists who create special prison for slaves.
d. They were feminists and abolitionists that supported the rights
of both women and blacks.

3. The following are abolitionists, except?

a. William L. Garrison
b. Wendell Phillips
c. Lucy Stone
d. Elizabeth Middleton
 The most efficient sources of food energy are
carbohydrates. Plants, grains, milk, fruits, and honey all provide
this nutrient. Carbohydrates are composed of the chemical
compounds of simple and complex sugars. These compounds are
glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, starch, and glycogen. All of
these forms of sugar can be converted within the body according to
supplies and demands. Basically, however, all sugars must be
converted to glucose for use by the muscles and other tissues.
Sugar is stored in the body in the form of glycogen. When the
glycogen storage areas in the liver and muscles are filled, the
excess amounts of glucose are converted into fats and stored in
limited quantities in the fat cells throughout the body.
An average, well-nourished person must replenish
carbohydrates supplies throughout the day because the readily
available supply of glucose will usually be depleted by only a half-
day of sedentary activities without replenishment. For an active,
athletic person, the supply would las for a shorter time. Fifty-five to
sixty percent of daily food intake should be in the form of
carbohydrates, and, as Smith (1976) has stated, it should be well
over 50 percent for active athletes.
1. What is the topic of the passage 2?
a. Carbohydrates, the most efficient food energy sources.
b. The composition of carbohydrates.
c. How sugar stored.
d. The amounts of glucose.

2. According to the passage, what is providing

carbohydrates?
a. Meat
b. Corn
c. Butter
d. Cheese

3. How many percent of carbohydrates should be taken by

active athletes?
a. Over 50%
b. Less than 50%
c. 45%
d. 40%
Any question?
 See you
next week!
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