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f. The Purpose of Reading
Reading is a variant skill in which there are different types of reading skills that correspond to the many different purposes
we have for reading. Rivers and Temperley in Nunan suggest that the second language learners will want to read for the
following purposes:
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a. To obtain information for some purpose or because we are
curious about some topic b.
To obtain instruction on how to perform some task for the work or daily life.
c. To act in a play, play a game, do a puzzle.
d. To keep in touch with friends by correspondence or to
understand business letter. e.
To know where on when something will take a place or what is available.
f. To know what is happening or has happened.
g. For enjoyment or excitement.
Students need to have an understanding of the purpose for reading and view particular texts before they read. Teachers
can assist students to clarify the purpose of reading by asking the question: 1 Why are you reading this text?; and
2 Are you reading for enjoyment, to retell, to answer questions, to gain information?
Once a purpose for reading is established, students can be
directed to which method of reading will best achieve that purpose. These methods for reading include:
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- Skimming: reading to gain an overall understanding of the
content of the text -
Scanning: reading to locate specific information -
Re-reading: reading
to confirm
meanings and
understandings, and to clarify details.
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Nunan, David, op. cit., p. 33.
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Lindeck, Jeremy, Reading and Writing Skills, 2nd edition, Oxford: MacMillan, 2011, pp. 29-33.
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From the statement of Rivers and Temperley, the researcher figures out that the readers have different purpose of reading.
Some readers do reading activity to look for the information they need and the others do reading activity to get new
information they have not known. To do that, as Lindect said, the researcher thinks that the readers can do skimming, scanning
or rereading to attain the information appropriates with their aims of reading from the text well.
g. Reading Models
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