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CRITICAL READING
Meeting 4 & 5
Frinadiniarta Nur S., S.E., M.Hum.
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LEARNING OUTCOME:
1 DEFINITION OF CRITICAL READING
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL READERS
GOALS OF CRITICAL READING

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1 DEFINITION OF CRITICAL READING

What is the
message of
this cartoon?
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Interpreting the story
Story 1
A man and his son are driving in a car. The car

crashes into a tree, killing the father and
seriously injuring his son. At the hospital, the
boy needs to have surgery. When looking at the
boy, the doctor says (telling the truth), "I cannot
operate on him. He is my son.“
What is your most sensible interpretation?

Interpreting the story
Story 2
We had six visitors a week or so ago. One of them

was Professor Oscar, who teaches geology at the
University of Utrecht. But when they arrived I
discovered that two of them couldn't even walk
into the house. They had to be carried in and then
I found out they could not talk, either.
1. What is your most sensible interpretation?

2. If you were the host, what would you do?

What is Critical Reading?
 It is more than simply understanding the content of a
text.
 It is the ability to evaluate the credibility of a text.

Discussion
 Do you think you have the characteristics of

critical readers? What makes you think so?
Explain.

2 CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL READERS

CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL READERS
Critical readers are critical thinkers.
Critical readers always

ask many questions as they read.

The aim of critical reading
is not to find fault,
but to assess the strength

of the evidence and the argument.

CONCLUSION
ARGUMENT
MUST BE
SUPPORTED BY
EVIDENCE
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Practice
Reinforcing Point and Support

Directions: In the following groups, one statement is the general point and the other
statements are specific support for the point. Identify each point with a P and each
statement of support with an S.
Example
1. ___S____ My college is only three miles from my house.
2. ___S____ It’s on a bus line that passes a block from my house.
3. ___S____ When the weather is good, I can walk to school in about forty-five minutes.
4. ___P____ For me, the college I attend is easy to get to.

1. _____ This has been a wonderful week.
_____ I won $100 in the state lottery.
_____ I scored a 96 on my chemistry exam.
_____My boss just gave me a raise.
2. _____ My blood pressure has dropped.

_____ This new exercise program must be working.
_____ I have lost ten pounds in three weeks.
_____ I don’t tire as easily as I used to.
3. _____ The library subscribes to more than five hundred magazines and newspapers.
_____ Students have online access to thirty-five academic databases to which the college subscribes.
_____ Several expert librarians are always present to help students locate resources.
_____ Our college library has excellent resources.
_____ The library’s DVD collection has recently been expanded.
_____ There are more than 150,000 books in our library.

3 GOALS OF CRITICAL READING

How to be a Critical Reader?
To become critical readers, you have to ask yourselves the following questions every
time you read:
1. What is the topic of the text?
2. What issues are addressed?
3. What are the author's reasons for his/her statements/belief?
4. What conclusion does the author reach about the issue(s)?
5. Is the author using facts or opinion?
6. What is the author’s stance?
7. What is the author’s tone?
8. Do you think the author shows bias?
9. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
10. Do you find language barriers in the text?
11. Do you find fallacy barriers in the text?
12. Do you agree/disagree with the author’s opinion?

STANCE, TONE, BIAS, and PURPOSE
1. STANCE
 Writer’s position: in favor, against, or neutral.
 Writer’s stance can be seen in the topic sentence.
2. TONE
 Writer’s mood
 E.g. confident, authoritative, aggressive, angry, serious, controlled, reasonable,
indifferent, cold, passionate, critical, sad, etc.
3. BIAS
 Writer’s choice of words that clearly show that he/she is strongly in favor of or
against anything without clear judgment.
 A writer should be bias free/objective, not subjective or even inconsistent in giving
opinions.
4. PURPOSE
 Why he/she wrote the text.
 E.g. to inform the readers, to persuade the readers to agree with the writer, to warn
the readers, etc.
Practice: Class Discussion
Direction: Read the following passage about CSR, then answer the questions below to
help you become critical readers.
1. What is the topic of the text?
2. What issues are addressed?
3. What are the author's reasons for his/her statements/belief?
4. What conclusion does the author reach about the issue(s)?
5. Is the author using facts or opinion?
6. What is the author’s stance?
7. What is the author’s tone?
8. Do you think the author shows bias?
9. What is the author’s purpose of writing the text?
10. Do you find language barriers in the text?
11. Do you find fallacy barriers in the text?
12. Do you agree/disagree with the author’s opinion?

CSR
Indonesia is the only nation that has legislated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) through the issuance of a new law on
limited liability companies (UU Perseroan Terbatas). Article 74 of the law explicitly obligates companies dealing with
natural resources to certain social and environmental responsibilities. The law was passed despite protestation from the
business people, who feel they have had to bear various charges, levies, taxes and other requirements. These protests
have been dismissed by legislators.
Passing legislation for “generous” CSR projects aimed at poverty reduction means legally exalting the poor people as a
privileged class. The poor are thus equipped with an enforceable claim to the fruits of labour of other classes. Actually,
helping a poor person by using someone's means against his or her will can hardly be called generosity. It is like affluent
people being penalized and enslaved while the poor are put on a pedestal.
When applied, the law will certainly increase the cost that local businesses have to cope with before they can even start
thinking about head-to-head competition. That the law only affects those in the mining sector at the moment will only
slightly slow down the process. Eventually, all this will discourage people from producing while draining our savings to
subsidize the formation of the favoured class.
(Adaptation from: “State's firm hand could crush spirit of charity”. Source:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2007/08/30/state039s-firm-hand-could-crush-spirit-charity.html-
0#sthash.fdKV6HtT.dpuf)
REVIEW
What have you learned?

More Practice:
Group Assignment for Meeting 5
Direction:
1. This is a group assignment. Work in mentor-made groups.
2. Your FM will distribute an academic reading text and a list of guiding
questions to help you analyze the text.
3. Critically answer the questions about the text using the list of guiding
questions given. You may add more questions to the list. Remember
the questions in the Critical Thinking & Critical Reading Model.
4. Put all of your questions in a form of a short review.
5. Prepare to share your group’s answers to the class next meeting
(meeting 5).

References:
 Bovee, C. L., & Thill, J. V. (2021). Business communication today (15th ed.).
London: Pearson. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781292353159
 Bassham, G. (2019). Critical thinking: a student’s introduction (6th ed.). New York:
McGraw-Hill, Chapter 1, pp. XVI-27; Chapter 4-6, pp. 89-168; Chapter 14, pp.
421461. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781260688566
 Pirozzi, R., Starks-Martin, G., & Dziewisz, J. (2013). Critical reading critical
thinking: Pearson new international edition (4th ed.). Pearson International
Content. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781292036878
 Other sources.

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CRITICAL READING

Frinadiniarta Nur S., S.E., M.Hum.

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3 CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL READERS

GOALS OF CRITICAL READING

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A man and his son are driving in a car. The car

What is your most sensible interpretation?

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We had six visitors a week or so ago. One of them

1. What is your most sensible interpretation?

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 Do you think you have the characteristics of

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Critical readers are critical thinkers.

Critical readers always

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but to assess the strength

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Reinforcing Point and Support

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2. _____ My blood pressure has dropped.

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What have you learned?

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