READING 3

2nd Class: August 28th 2016

Ismail M
ismail.mz90@gmail.com

Universitas Terbuka
Korea Selatan

COURSE INTRODUCTION
Text book : Reading 3, Siti Era Mardiani,dkk, Universitas Terbuka 2012
Tutorial module consists of 9 parts but will be cover in 8 classes.
Class 1 : Module 1 Scanning
Class 2 : Module 2 Skimming
Class 3 : Module 3&4 Main and Supporting Ideas & Inference
Class 4 : Module 5 Understanding Complicated Sentences I
Class 5 : Module 6 Understanding Complicated Sentences Ii
Class 6 : Module 7 Assessing The Text
Class 7 : Module 8 Linguistic response to The Text
Class 8 : Module 9 Summarizing

Tutorial method: In class and online broadcast (USTREAM)

Grading Components
Task 1 (Class 3), Task 2 (Class 5) , Task 3 (Class 7)
Participation
Final Exam

Module 2
Skimming
Getting the essence from reading material
without reading all the words.
What is the difference between scanning and
skimming?
Scanning: looking at a text to find some
particular information.
Skimming: looking at a text quickly in order to
have a general idea of the contents.

Module 2
Skimming
Tips for skimming text:
Read the title and heading to find out what the
text is about.
Look at the illustrations to give you more
information about the topic.
Read the first and last sentence of each
paragraph.
Dont read every word and every sentence.

Module 2
Skimming
Exercise I
Find the sentence that best sum up the main
ideas. Read the first and last sentence!
Exercise III
Link the title with main ideas from first and last
paragraphs.

Module 2
Skimming
Exercise IV
The Dog who has to wear sunglasses express necessity, obligation
WHEN the sun makes him a hot dog, Ben the German shepherd looks ultra
cool in his stylish shades.
Out walkies, hes definitely a pet with more than his fair share of specs
appeal.
But theres a more serious motive than
Three year old Ben has
He can only see express limitation
We took him to the vet
Hes been given
He had an operation
Ben was eventually referred to an eye specialist
The shades Ben is wearing