DRAFT : BASIC READING SYLLABUS

Basic Reading
1. Vocabulary in Context
2. Prediction
3. Topic , Topic sentences
4. Main Idea, Skimming
5. Location of Main ideas & Implied Main Ideas
6. Supporting Details &
7. More about Supporting Details
8. Scanning
9. Mid test
10.
Transition
11.
Pattern of Organization
12.
Making Inferences
13.
Reading Short Stories
14.
FINAL EXAM
SMT : Morning class :
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Class begins at 8.10

The third week - scoring = reading aloud
Assignment : Fifth week
Small Test : Seventh week

VERSI B : Basic Reading

1. Reading aloud
2. Topic , Topic sentences
3. Main Idea, Skimming

4. Vocabulary in context (dealing with vocabulary in reading)n

5. Location of Main ideas & Implied Main Ideas
6. Supporting Details &
7. More about Supporting Details
8. Scanning
9. Mid test
10.Transition
11.Pattern of Organization
12.Making Inferences
13.Reading Short Stories
14.FINAL EXAM
A. SILABUS
B.1. KOMPONEN SILABUS terdiri atas :
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Fakultas / Program Studi :

FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN ILMU BUDAYA

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Mata Kuliah : BASIC READING

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Kode Mata Kuliah :

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SKS

: 2 SKS

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Semester

: II

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Mata Kuliah Prasyarat : -

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Alokasi Waktu

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Kompetensi

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: 100 MENIT
:

Deskripsi Mata Kuliah : Basic Reading adalah mata kuliah yang

diperuntukkan

bagi

mahasiswa

semester

II

Pre

Intermediate

yang

memfasilitasi mereka untuk menguasai teori dasar ketrampilan membaca.

Text berbahasa Inggris.
10.

Materi Kuliah

11.Referensi :
a. Broderirck, Bill & Langan Jon , Ten Steps to Building College Reading
Skills, New Jersey, Townsend Press,
b. More Reading Power

1.Vocabulary in Context

2.Topic , Topic sentences

3.Main Idea, Skimming
4Location of Main ideas & Implied Main Ideas
5.Supporting Details &
6.More about Supporting Details
7.Scanning
8.Mid test
9.Transition
10.Pattern of Organization
11.Making Inferences
12.Prediction
13.Reading Short Storiesa brand new areana
14.FINAL EXAM

1. Men who drink a lot of alcohol may have a higher chance of having
children with physicalor mental problems. Doctors have long been
aware that women alcoholics may give birth to defective babies.
However, scientists have recently discovered that alcoholism in men
may be responsible for birth defects too. Large quantitiees of alcohol
may affect the quality of the fathers genes .This genetic change may
cause a child to be defective in some way. Scientists are not sure
how this happens. But the statistics of the study seem to leave little
doubt that it can happen.

MID ASSESMENT : BASIC READING = 60 minutes

CLOSE ALL GAGDETS, BOOKS, NOTES ETC.
I.What is the topic of the Followings : (SCORE 25)
1. Fuel pump, carburetor, cylinders, valves , pistons
2. Dulcimer,zither, guitar,banjo, ukulele..
3. Pineapple, kiwi, papaya,mango,guava.
4. Mercury, tin, aluminium,copper iron,chromium.
5. Cotton,polyester,wool,silk, linen,rayon
6. Malaria, tuberculoses ,scarlet fever, diphteria, measles
7. Editorials, news stories, coloumn, photographs, advertisement
8. Islam, Budddhism, Catholicism, Judaism, Andes
9. Glass, cup, goblet, mug, bottle, can snifter
10.Sedan, convertible, station wagon, van, coupe.

B.what is the topic and the main idea of the followings: (SCORE 50)
1. A newborn panda is a tiny,helpless little creature.It looks like a little pink pig,
and its eyes remain closed for three or four weeks.Pandas develop fairly slowly,
compared to most animals. The babies are completely dependent on their
mothers for a long time. In fact , they dont even begin to walk until they are
about five months old. The only food they eat for at least a year is their monthers
milk.that doesnt stop them from growing, however.Pandas may weigh over 55
pounds by the time they are a year old.Around that time, the young panda begins to
eat bamboo,like its mother. This may not seem like a fattening food, but young
panda bears gain weigh quickly on this diet. By the time it is a year and a half old,
panda bear may weighover 100 pounds.
Topic -________
The main idea is _______
2. Do you like your meat nicely browned , or evena little black on the outside?If
you do, you should perhaps change your tastes.Scientist have found that meat
cooked this way can cause cancer.One hamburger or one steak will not give you

cancer, of c by course. But you should probably not eat browned meat every day.
This is especially true for children.Children who grow up on regular diet or
browned hamburgers have a much higher risk of cancer.This risk can be prevented
by cooking meat in another way.Adding soybeans to the hamburger meat also
removes the factors that cause cancer.
Topic _______
The main idea is_______
3. What happens when you ask someone to draw a map of the world? The results
can be very interesting. Few people, in fact, have a very accurate idea of what the
world looks like. You might expect some mistakeees in the positions of the
countries.After all, this is a task requires a certain skill with a pencil and a good
memory. But many people do not even know the relative size of the continents.
They tend to enlarge them or make them smaller, according to their point of view.
For this reason, the home continentis often drawn too large. A Brazilian, for
examples, tends to enlarge the continent of South America, while a Vienamese
enlarge Asia.
Topic ______
The main idea is_______
4. The Boston Celtics is another championship basketball team. They have won
the first place among American basketball team sixteen times. Their home court
for many years was the Boston Garden, and old stadium near the waterfront ,
but they have recently moved to a brand new arena. Although few famous
movie stars attend their games, the Celtic have many fans in Boston. Boston
fans also support a baseball team, an ice hockey team, and a football team. On
evenings when the Celtics are playing an important game, the theaters and
clubs are half empty. All the fans are either at the game or at home watching it
on television.
Topic
Main Idea
5. If you ever get a blow out while you are driving, you should know what to
do. A blow- out is a sudden flat tire. It can be a very
frightening
experience, especially if you are travelling at high speed. If your car gets
a blow-out, the first thing to do is to hold very tightly to the steering
wheel. The next step is to get off the road. You must not try to stop or
turn to quickly, however. After you check the traffic, you should move over
to the side of the road and slow down gradually. Then you should turn on
your flashing lights so other cars will see you.
Topic =

Main Idea =
Vocabulary :
What does the underlined words mean : (SCORE =25)
1. Nurul winked to Bristy from across the room. It was a signal not to say
anything about what they had seen.
2. Felix read the letter carefully and then tore it to shreds. He looked angry.
3. The liquid plastic was poured into a mold and left there until it was hard.
4. The old man walked slowly along, all stooped over and leaning on a stick
5. On nice days, Mrs. Willows always sat out on her porch and watched the
people pass by.
6. Mr. Doubfire was wearing such a gaudy clothes, that it was easy to find her
in the crowd.
7. Will you give me a piece of bread? I missed my breakfast and I m simple
ravenous.
8. Some birds had built a nest high up on the eaves of our house.
9. The only person in the room was a doddering old man who didnt seem
tounderstand our question.
10.What a slipshod job this is!Mr. jenkins shouted . Go back and do it again
more carefully.

GOOD LUCK AND DO YOUR BEST !!

Decide which pattern you think the author use in the article :
1. The high cost of newspapers in some countries is one simple reason why
fewer people read them.
2. While television reporting may be more immediate, newspaper reporting is
often far more complete.
3. Do your children watch too much television?Here are a few simple steps
for limiting television viewing without causing a major family battle.
4. When radio was at its height, it was the focus of much family and social
activity.
5. One sure way to create a poor reader is to put a child in front of a television
set all day.
6. The technology of television certainly has come a long way since it invention
over fifty years ago.
7. Resen research has shown that violence on television can cause violent
behavior among children.

8. Television advertising is far more effective than advertising in magazines or

newspaper.
9. Televison has had an enormous infuence on politics in recent decades.
10.The first television advertisements from the 1950s would now seem very
simple and obvious to us.

INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS :
1. Using Semantic features, how would you explain the oddness of these
sentences :
a. The television drunk my water
b. His dog writes poetry.
2. Identify The semantic roles of the seven nouns phrases in this sentence :
With her new golf club, Anne Marshall whacked the ball from the woods to
the grassy area near the hole and she suddenly felt invincible.
3. Can you identify the different word-formation processes involved in
production each of the underlined words in these sentences ?
a. Eliza exclaimed,Absobloominlutely!
b. When Im ill, I want to see a doc, not a vet.
c. These new skateboards from Zee Designs are kickness.
d. Dont you ever worry that you might get AIDS?
e. Shiel still parties every Saturday night.
f. Do you have a xerox machine?
g. I like this old sofa-Its nce and comfy.
4. What kind of problem the students of English as a foreign language might
have with respect to homophones.
5. Translate the following sentences into your first idea that language :
a. She walks to the banks
b. The bank is closed on weekends
c. He is the sole owner
d. The pupils are dull.
e.