English Teaching Study Program Faculty of Education and Teachers Training Indonesian Christian University

Course Syllabus
Subject Code Credits : Reading III : 122328 :2

Number of Meeting : 12 Pre-Requisite Brief Description : Reading I & II : This course is aimed to develop students awareness of the reading comprehension skills and thinking processes involved in reading. The materials are designed to let the students explore and practice the essential skills necessary in reading comprehension. The topics include previewing, making inferences, understanding paragraphs, patterns of organization, reading longer passages effectively, skimming, study reading, and summarizing. : Parlindungan Pardede

Lecturer

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Course Requirements: 1. This course is conducted in both real and cyber (on-line) classes. Thus, in addition to the weekly meeting in the real class, it is compulsory for every student to respond or post his/her comments in the provided space in the blog (cyber class). 2. Attendance: Not less than 80% attendance is required in this course. Participation is 25% of the overall grade for this course. This includes being in classes on time with all the necessary materials, participating in class discussion, and completing all in-class and out-of-class assignments (including the ones conducted in the class blog). 3. Individual response to questions or cases related to recently discussed topic should be posted http://myreadwritebooster.wordpress.com/reading-3/ not later than three days after the class presenting the topic. to

4. Evaluation: Evaluation is based on three items: (a) weekly responses posted to the blog (20%); (b) Mid-Term Test (30; and (c) Final-Semester Assignment (50%). 5. Grading Scale: 100-80 A; 79.9-75 A-; 74.9-70.0 B+; 69.9-65 B; 64.9-60 B-; 59.9-55 C; 50-54.9 C-; 45-49.9 D; below 45 E.

MEETING TOPIC 1 Introduction to Reading Comprehension

MATERIAL What is Reading Comprehension?

SOURCES Handouts

Previewing

Previewing an Article or an Essay Previewing a Textbook Focus on Vocabulary

REMARKS Every student posts his/her responses to the questions about Elements of a Good Writing in the space provided in the blog. Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. responses to the questions (2007). pp. 75-87 provided in the blog

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Making Inferences

Separating Fact from Inference Making Inferences in Fiction Identifying the Topic of a Paragraph Topic Sentences Main Ideas of Paragraphs Inferring the Main Idea Connecting Ideas in Paragraphs Thinking in English

Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. responses to the questions (2007). pp. 88provided in the blog 104 Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. responses to the questions (2007). pp. 104provided in the blog 133

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Understanding Paragraphs

6 7 Patterns of Organization

MID SEMESTER TEST Listing Sequence Comparison/Contrast Cause/Effect Problem/Solution Extended Definition The Topic The Thesis Statement Focus on Vocabulary Skimming Movie Reviews Skimming for Research Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. responses to the questions (2007).pp. 133provided in the blog 154

Reading Longer Passages Effectively

Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. responses to the questions (2007).pp. 155provided in the blog 169 Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. paragraph developed using
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Skimming

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(2007).pp. 170182 10 Study Reading Text Marking Writing Questions for More Effective Reading Connecting Graphics and Ideas

Cause and Effect.

Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her and Jeffries, L. paragraph developed using (2007).pp. 183definition. 199

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Summarizing

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Mikulecky, B.S. & Every student posts his/her Summarizing a Passage and Jeffries, L. paragraph developed using Summarizing Long Passages (2007).pp. 200classification. Summarizing a Textbook 215 Chapter FINAL SEMESTER TEST

Reference Mikulecky, Beatrice S. and Jeffries, Linda. 2007. Advanced reading power: extensive reading, vocabulary building, comprehension skills, reading faster. New York: Pearson Education

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