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Tutorial
Inggris: Introduction
By : Dra. Farida
Before beginning to read any text - a
book, a magazine or journal article - you should ask yourself
three questions
What am I reading about ?
Why am I reading ?
How am I reading ?
Example:
Reading a history book.
What : World War II.
Why :
Looking for the causes of the war
How : From the first
word to the last word.
Many students are only familiar
with from the first word to the last word strategy. The other
strategies that can be used for understanding a text - a book,
a magazine or a journal article - are
Overviewing a
passage
Understanding the main point
Understanding
relationships in passages
Checking
references
Finding the information we
need
Guessing the unknown word
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Tutorial
Inggris: Overviewing a Passage
By overviewing a passage, we should know
The Topic : What is the passage about ?
The
Writer's purpose : Is the writer, for example, describing a
process, making a comparison, giving recommendation ?
We do this strategy by
Reading the tide
and headings to understand what the passage is about.
Looking at the titles of any diagrams, tables, graphs
and illustrations.
In this strategy, we need not
Read word by word.
Follow the text with our
finger or a pen.
Worry about words we do not
understand.
Whether we are overviewing a book, a
magazine or an article, we should never take more than two
minutes.
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