Bahasa Inggris 1 Disusun oleh Pikir Wisnu Wijayanto

Bahasa Inggris 1 Disusun oleh: Pikir Wisnu Wijayanto, M. Hum Fihrin Zuhrufillah, M. Pd Yuningsih, S. S Prodi D 3 Manajemen Informatika Fakultas Ilmu Terapan Universitas Telkom

• Basic Competency : The students are able to show their ability of understanding the reading skills in English text • Topic : Reading Strategies • Sub topic : Inferring Missing Words, Topics, and Main Idea from Text • Meeting : 13 th

Competencies and Indicators Basic able to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and logical and make the affixation of five words from the text correctly Intermediate able to show the inferring the main ideas of each paragraph and the passage but not logical and make affixation more than five words from the text correctly but their word class categorization is not correct Advance able to make the inferring the main ideas of each paragraph and the passage and logical and make affixation more than five words from the text and categorize their word class correctly

Authors vs Readers Authors Imply, Readers Infer Authors make implications that readers have to infer What do I mean by these statements? Good Readers are Detectives who are always looking out for clues to help them better understand stories and pictures.

Authors vs Readers Authors don’t always tell every detail or give every bit of information in nonfiction or in fiction stories Readers make inferences to supply information that authors leave out. When you make an inference, you add what you already know to what an author has told you.

Examples What the author said The weather had been scorchin g for weeks. + what I know Summer is the hottest time of the year. = my inference It is summer.

Examples What the author said Al took out a pitcher of cold lemonade. + what I know You keep things cold in a refrigerat or. = my inference Al took the lemonade out of the refrigerat or.

Examples What the author said He got a glass out of the cupboard. + what I know People get out glasses when they want to drink somethin g. = my inference Al wanted to drink a glass of lemonade.

Inference Take what you know and make a guess! Draw personal meaning from text (words) or pictures. You use clues to come to your own conclusion.

Make an Inference! What does this image tell me?

Question… What did I already know that helped me make that inference? Did I use picture or written clues?

Help Me Make an Inference!

More Question… Did you use words, graphs, or picture clues to help you make a guess about what that cartoon meant?

Try Again! Can he draw more than tigers? Look up words you don’t know!

How Do Good Readers Make Inferences? Word/text clues Picture clues Define unknown words Look for emotion (feelings) Use what they already know Look for explanations for events ASK themselves questions!

Make Another Inference Miss White has recess duty. Jacob finds a frog, picks it up, and runs over to show it to Miss White screams, jumps, and runs as fast as she can into the school. 1. What can you infer from this passage? 2. What are the “clues” in this passage?

References Gunning, Thomas (2010). A step by step program for developing higher level skills in struggling readers. International Reading Association Harmer, Jeremy (2004). Just. Marshall Cavendish Ltd Louis, St Rubena and Pereira, Silvia (2010). Focus on reading. Rubena St. Louis: Venezuela Mikulecky, Beatrice S (1996). More Reading Power. Longman William, E (1984). Reading in the language classroom. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

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