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subject, they will ‘just read’ and understand enough. On the other hand, when the material is complicated and new for the students, active strategies can help them
to get the meaning when ‘just reading’ is not enough.
B. Overview on Basic Reading I in English Education Study Program of
Sanata Dharma University KPE 110 Basic Reading I is designed to introduce students with the
reading strategies. In this course, the students are provided with the hands-on experience in applying the reading strategies when reading various types of
texts. Moreover, the course helps the students develop their English vocabulary and reading aloud ability. It also helps the students become independent and
effective readers. The topics of this course include: basic reading skills which consist of various reading strategies and exercises. This course is compulsory
and offered in Semester I. There is no prerequisite course for Basic Reading I Syllabus of Basic Reading I, 2011.
On completing this course, the students will be able to do the learning objectives. They are as follows.
a. read aloud with correct pronunciation
b. understand the types of the basic reading strategies
c. understand various types of texts.
d. apply the reading strategies when reading various types of texts.
Reading is one of the crucial skills besides listening, speaking, and writing. Basic skills in reading are important to be learnt, then. According to
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Mikulecky 1990, pp. 25-26, she states several basic reading skills such as skimming, scanning, previewing, predicting, etc. However, Basic Reading I
course used reading skills as mentioned in Table 2.1.
No Skills aimed
1. Previewing 2. Predicting
3. Skimming 4. Scanning
5. Finding
pronoun referents
6. Making inferences
7. Guessing word meanings from context
Table 2.1 Reading skills aimed in Basic Reading I course
Moreover, text is one of the crucial issues in reading which could motivate students. Therefore, there were different genres of text types used in Basic
Reading I course. In addition, the use of the genre of the text type was to give students another experience of different text types. Then, to learn each text types
better, the students were given different topics of reading material. The reading materials were taken from any sources and chosen by the lecturer. Moreover, the
reading materials were adjusted to the genre of the text types aimed. Table 2.2 shows the reading material used in Basic Reading I and the genre of the text types
used.
No. Reading Materials
Genre of the text types
1. Clothes to die
Analytical Exposition 2.
Why men don’t iron Analytical Exposition
3. - Reaping Rewards of learning English
- Bob Marley Biography Recount
4. - Appointment in Samarra and other folktales
- The Chaser - Nicole
Narrative 5.
Sulawesi Dive Quest Descriptive
6. Recipes Procedure
7. Humorous stories
Spoof
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No. Reading Materials
Genre of the text types
8. Dreams and it couldn’t be done
Poems 9. Old
ways new world News report
10. Piracy bites
Hortatory Exposition
Table 2.2 reading materials and the genre of the text used in Basic Reading I
Besides, the reading materials have correlation to the reading skills or strategies. The reading materials, used in Basic Reading I are employed to train
reading skills or strategies. Table 2.3 is presented the reading materials and reading skills used in Basic Reading I.
Reading materials Reading skills
Why men don’t iron Predicting, skimming, scanning, guessing word meanings
from contexts, reading aloud. Reaping rewards of
learning English Previewing, scanning, guessing word meanings from
context, reading aloud. Appointment in Samarra
and other folktales Skimming, making inferences, finding pronoun referents,
guessing word meanings from context, reading aloud. Recipes
Scanning, finding pronoun referents, guessing word meanings from context, reading aloud
Humorous stories Skimming, finding pronoun referents, guessing word
meanings from context, reading aloud. The Chaser
Predicting, making inferences, guessing word meanings from context, reading aloud.
Dreams and it couldn’t be done
Reading aloud, making inferences Nicole
Predicting, making inferences, guessing word meanings from context, reading aloud.
Old Ways, New World Previewing, making inferences, finding pronoun referents,
guessing word meanings from context, reading aloud.
Table 2.3 reading materials and the reading skills aimed
C. Theoretical Framework
