scanning and reading for detail information are include in skill involving flexibility.
5. Purposes of Reading
Every reader has a different purpose when they are reading, because purpose
refers to reader’s aim or intention in reading a certain text. Harmer states that “in the first place, many of them want to be able to read texts in
English either for their career, for study purposes or simply for pleasure”
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it points out that the reason of reading is determined by reader’s purpose either
for career, study or pleasure. According to William in
McDonough and Christopher Shaw’s book usefully classifies reading into “a getting general information from the text,
b getting specific information from a text; and c for pleasure or for interest.
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In addition, Rivers and Temperley 1978:187 in McDonough and Christopher Shaw’s book suggest that second language learner will want to
read for the following purposes: 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 our work or
daily life c. To keep in touch by correspondence or to understand business letters
d. To know where or when something will take place or what is available e. To know what is happening or has happened as reported in
newspapers, magazines, report f. For enjoyment or excitement
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Based on the statements above, the writer concludes that the main purpose of reading is to find the information and to get pleasure or
enjoyment. Reading for information means that we do not stop to analyze the grammatical structure and we understand the meaning of the passage.
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Ibid ., P. 68.
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Jo McDonough and Christopher Shaw, Materials and Method in ELT A Teacher’s guide.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1993, P. 102.
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Ibid., P. 102-103.
Reading for information includes the materials which are classified as non- fiction, social studies, science, magazine, newspaper, article and news.
Reading for pleasure means that the reader may read the text either quickly or slowly based on what he likes to read. It associates largely with a
novel, short stories, biography, poem and plays. Reading for pleasure is different from reading to get the information, because in reading to get the
information the reader have to understand the meaning of passage in order the reader can get the information from the text.
6. Kinds of Reading
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