ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA
Course
: Reading for General Communication
Code
: IG 205
Semester
:2
Credit
: 4 Credits
Instructor
: Reading Lecturers Team
1. Objectives
At the end of the semester, students are able to:
a. comprehend texts of various topics
b. apply reading comprehension skills
c. think in English while reading texts of various topics
d. practice reading faster with good comprehension
e. develop their own reading habits
2. Course Description
This course covers some basic reading skills for reading texts of various topics e.g. scanning,
previewing and predicting, finding topics and main ideas, skimming, making inferences, and
summarizing. Practices on using the skills will be explored in the exercises that follow the
texts. This course also encourages students to develop their own reading habits by asking
them to choose their favorite readings and share it with the rest of the class.
3. Learning Activities
Classroom discussion and exercises based on reading texts, presentation, and quizzes.
4. Media
Computer and LCD projector
5. Evaluation
Mid-test
: 30%
Final test
: 40%
Classroom Participation : 10%
Quizzes
: 20%
Total
: 100%
6.
Course Outline
Session
1.
2-3
Topics
Introduction to course outline and
overview of reading for general
communication
Reading for pleasure
4-5
Scanning
6-7
Previewing and predicting
8-9
10
Vocabulary knowledge for effective
reading
Mid-semester Evaluation
11
Topics
12-13
Topics and paragraph
14-15
Main ideas
16-17
Patterns of Organization
18-19
Skimming
20-21
Making inferences
22-23
Summarizing
24
Thinking skills
25-26
Faster reading
27
Final Semester Evaluation
Sources
Syllabus, Miculecky &
Jeffries, 1996-Introduction
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part one
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 1
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 2
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 3
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 4
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 5
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 6
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 7
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 8
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 9
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 2 unit 10
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 3
Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996part 4
7. References:
Miculecky, Beatrice S & Linda Jeffries. (1996). More Reading Power. Longman. Flemming.,
Laraine. E. (1990). Reading for Results (4th Ed). NJ: Princeton. Hartman, Pamela and Laurie
Blass. (2007). Quest 1 NY: McGraw Hill
COURSE UNITS
Session
1
2-3
Topics
Introduction to course
outline and overview of
reading for general
communication
Reading for pleasure
Specific Objectives
Students can mention
some aspects related
to reading for general
communication
Students can choose
a book to read for
their own pleasure
and write a record of
their readings
4-5
Scanning
Students can scan
various texts for
specific information
6-7
Previewing and predicting
8-9
Vocabulary knowledge for
effective reading
Students can preview
a text and predict
about the content of
the book and
differentiate the two
Students can guess
unknown vocabulary
and guess meaning
from the context, use
grammar to guess
word’s meaning,
Learning Activities
Introduce course
outline and overview
of reading for general
communication
Explain the guidelines
for choosing a
pleasure reading
book and assign
students to choose
the books they want
to read
Explain how to scan
the texts and check
students’ progress in
reading for pleasure.
Students practice
scanning the texts
Discuss the
techniques for
previewing and
predicting a
text/book
Explore ways to guess
meaning of words
and students practice
guessing meaning
from context
Evaluation
-
Sources
Syllabus, Miculecky &
Jeffries, 1996introduction
Exercise Presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part one
Exercise presentation
quiz 1
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 1
Exercise presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 2
Exercise presentation
quiz 2
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 3
recognize words that
connect ideas, find
synonyms
9-10
11
Mid-test
Topics
12-13
Topics and paragraph
14-15
Main ideas
16-17
Patterns of Organization
18-19
Skimming
20-21
Making inferences
Students can define
the meaning of the
topic and check
students’ progress In
reading for pleasure
Students can define
the meaning of a
paragraph, identify
the topics of the
paragraph, and find
the topic sentences
Students can define
what main idea is,
and find the main
idea of the text
Students can mention
common patterns of
organization, identify
the pattern of
organization of
paragraphs
Students can define
what skimming is,
differentiate
skimming from
scanning, skim the
text for general ideas
Students can mention
and make inference
Explore the ways to
find the topics and
check students’
progress in reading
for pleasure
Discuss the elements
of paragraph,
determine the topics
of a paragraph
Presentation quiz 3
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 4
Exercise presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 5
Explain how to
identify the main
ideas of the texts
Exercise presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 6
Discuss common
patterns of
organization used in a
text
Presentation quiz 4
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 7
Explain how to skim a
text and contrast
skimming and
scanning
Exercise presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 8
Discuss what is meant
by making inferences
Presentation quiz 5
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 9
from the text
22-23
Summarizing
Students can
summarize various
kinds of the texts
24
Thinking skills
25-26
Faster reading
Students can think in
English while they
read
Students can
improve their reading
speed
27
Final Test
and student practice
making inference
from a text
Dicuss the principles
of a good summary
and students practice
summarizing a text
Explain the strategies
to think in English
while reading
Explain the steps to
read faster and
students practice
recording their
reading speed
Exercise presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 2 unit 10
Exercise Presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 3
presentation
Miculecky & Jeffries,
1996- part 4
Written test