3. Purpose of Reading
The purpose of reading is to connect the ideas on the page to what you already know. There are the aims of the reading:
1. Reading for Pleasure If you read for pleasure you have enjoyment and you can prepare for read such as
you decide sit on your comportable chair or prop yourself up on bed ready to relax with your book and you can find out what happens.
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It means that when people read to enjoy they have to get comfortable place. They can read in
bedroom or wherever which makes relax. 2.Reading for Meaning.
Reading for meaning used to get something or message from the writer.
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It means reading use to get something from the text.
Reading is an activity to relate the ideas that has two aims. They are reading for pleasure and reading for meaning. Reading for pleasure means when people read
to enjoy they have to get comfortable place. Reading for meaning means reading use to get something from the text.
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Ibid,
p.99
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Ibid,
p.3
C. Concept of Teaching Reading
Teaching reading seems to have its own importance in language teaching. Teaching reading usually has at least two aspects. First, who are learning to read
for the very first time. Second, who already have reading skills in their first language.
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There are six basic reasons to teach reading: 1 Reading is not passive skill.
2 Students need to be engaged with what they are reading 3 Students should be encouraged to respond the content of reading text
4 Prediction is a major factor in reading. 5 Match the task to the topic.
6 Good teachers exploit reading texts to the full.
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It means in teaching reading there are two aspects that must be considered. The first who are the learner and the second who have reading skills. Also reading is
an active skill. So, the teacher should encourage the students to respond the content of reading text. And a good teacher should give appropriate task with
topic.
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David Nunan,
PracticalEnglish Language Teaching
New York:Hill Companies,2003,p. 68
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Jeremy Harmer. How
Teach English
Kuala Lumpur, Longman, 2003 ,p.70
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