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: G1072 Reading 1
: 2005
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Pertemuan 7
Scanning
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Learning Outcomes
Pada akhir pertemuan ini, diharapkan mahasiswa
akan mampu :
• Menggunakan ‘context’ untuk
memperkirakan arti kata dalam bacaan
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Outline Materi
• Bacaan: Cross-Cultural Conversation
• Figuring Out New Vocabulary from
Context
• Recognizing the Details of Opinions
(scanning)
• Discussion
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Scanning
• Many people think they need to read a text
from beginning to end to find relevant
information, e.g. for assignments.
• However this is generally unnecessary
and often a waste of time.
• Developing effective reading strategies
helps you locate specific information in a
text without having to 'read' it.
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Scanning
• These strategies allow you to find topics
that you may need to read more
intensively. The skill is to read with more
focus.
• These efficient reading skills are
necessary for locating which areas of the
text you need to read intensively.
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Scanning
Here are four different kinds of reading.
• Skimming - running the eyes over quickly, to get
the gist
• Scanning - looking for a particular piece of
information
• Extensive reading - longer texts for pleasure
and needing global understanding
• Intensive reading - shorter texts, extracting
specific information, accurate reading for detail.
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Scanning
Definition:
• Scanning is a reading skill used to locate
key or specific information quickly, e.g.
dates, numbers, examples & definitions.
Why scan?
• To pick up on detail
• To fill in gaps in your knowledge (give
depth)
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Scanning
Steps for scanning
• Look for key words, or words that are
repeated
• Look for definitions
• Look for highlighted words, e.g. words in
bold or italic
• Look for numbers, e.g. dates and statistics
• Look for examples, including diagrams
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