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 Topics Sources
1. Introduction to course outline and Syllabus, Miculecky &
overview of reading for general Jeffries, 1996-Introduction
communication
2-3 Reading for pleasure Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part one
4-5 Scanning Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 1
6-7 Previewing and predicting Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 2
8-9 Vocabulary knowledge for effective Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
reading part 2 unit 3
10 Mid-semester Evaluation

11 Topics Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-

part 2 unit 4
12-13 Topics and paragraph Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 5
14-15 Main ideas Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 6
16-17 Patterns of Organization Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 7
18-19 Skimming Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 8
20-21 Making inferences Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 9
22-23 Summarizing Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 2 unit 10
24 Thinking skills Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 3
25-26 Faster reading Miculecky & Jeffries, 1996-
part 4
27 Final Semester Evaluation

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 Topics Specific Objectives Learning Activities Evaluation Sources

1 Introduction to course Students can mention Introduce course - Syllabus, Miculecky &
outline and overview of some aspects related outline and overview Jeffries, 1996-
reading for general to reading for general of reading for general introduction
communication communication communication
2-3 Reading for pleasure Students can choose Explain the guidelines Exercise Presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
a book to read for for choosing a 1996- part one
their own pleasure pleasure reading
and write a record of book and assign
their readings students to choose
the books they want
to read
4-5 Scanning Students can scan Explain how to scan Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
various texts for the texts and check quiz 1 1996- part 2 unit 1
specific information students’ progress in
reading for pleasure.
Students practice
scanning the texts
6-7 Previewing and predicting Students can preview Discuss the Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
a text and predict techniques for 1996- part 2 unit 2
about the content of previewing and
the book and predicting a
differentiate the two text/book
8-9 Vocabulary knowledge for Students can guess Explore ways to guess Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
effective reading unknown vocabulary meaning of words quiz 2 1996- part 2 unit 3
and guess meaning and students practice
from the context, use guessing meaning
grammar to guess from context
word’s meaning,
 recognize words that
connect ideas, find
synonyms
9-10 Mid-test
11 Topics Students can define Explore the ways to Presentation quiz 3 Miculecky & Jeffries,
the meaning of the find the topics and 1996- part 2 unit 4
topic and check check students’
students’ progress In progress in reading
reading for pleasure for pleasure
12-13 Topics and paragraph Students can define Discuss the elements Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
the meaning of a of paragraph, 1996- part 2 unit 5
paragraph, identify determine the topics
the topics of the of a paragraph
paragraph, and find
the topic sentences
14-15 Main ideas Students can define Explain how to Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
what main idea is, identify the main 1996- part 2 unit 6
and find the main ideas of the texts
idea of the text
16-17 Patterns of Organization Students can mention Discuss common Presentation quiz 4 Miculecky & Jeffries,
common patterns of patterns of 1996- part 2 unit 7
organization, identify organization used in a
the pattern of text
organization of
paragraphs
18-19 Skimming Students can define Explain how to skim a Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
what skimming is, text and contrast 1996- part 2 unit 8
differentiate skimming and
skimming from scanning
scanning, skim the
text for general ideas
20-21 Making inferences Students can mention Discuss what is meant Presentation quiz 5 Miculecky & Jeffries,
and make inference by making inferences 1996- part 2 unit 9
 from the text and student practice
making inference
from a text
22-23 Summarizing Students can Dicuss the principles Exercise presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
summarize various of a good summary 1996- part 2 unit 10
kinds of the texts and students practice
summarizing a text
24 Thinking skills Students can think in Explain the strategies Exercise Presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
English while they to think in English 1996- part 3
read while reading
25-26 Faster reading Students can Explain the steps to presentation Miculecky & Jeffries,
improve their reading read faster and 1996- part 4
speed students practice
recording their
reading speed
27 Final Test Written test