Reading for Academic Purposes.docx

PROGRAM STUDI: PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
FACULTAS PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS
UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA
Course
: Reading for Academic Purposes
Code
: IG 425
Credit
: 2 Credits
Lecturers :
1.
At
1.
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Objectives
the end of the semester, students are able to:
comprehend different types of texts (essay, opinion paper, journal articles, reviews)
get familiar with reading strategies to be independent readers

developing reading strategies (identifying authors’ point of view, purpose and tone, intended audience,
summarizing, paraphrasing and synthesizing)

2. Course Description:
This course covers comprehension of academic texts such as essays, opinion paper, journal articles, reviews. The
students are expected to get familiar with reading strategies that include summarizing, paraphrasing and synthesizing)
to be independent readers and apply those strategies.
3. Learning Activities:
Learning activities include discussions on topics
4. Evaluation:
Evaluation will be based on the following components:
1. Class participation
: 10%
2. Midterm Exam
: 20 %
3. Assignments
:30%
4. Final Exam
: 40 %
Grading Policy:

A = 85 – 100
B = 76 – 84
C = 60 -75

D = 50 – 59
E ≤ 49
5. Media: Handouts, Power Point
6. Course Outline:
Wee
ks
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Topics
Introduction to Course Outline

2

Part 1: Topic

3

Part 2: Main Idea

4

Part 3: Drawing Inferences

5

Exercises on Drawing Inferences

Source
Lecturer’s syllabus and
handout
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Part 4: Tone

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Exercises on the Purpose and Tone of Texts
MidTerm Exam
Part 5: Patterns of Organization
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Part 6: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
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Synthesizing
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Exercises on Synthesizing
FINAL EXAM

7. References:
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Hartman, Pamela and Laurie Blass. 2007. Quest 3: Reading and Writing. New York: McGraw Hill

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Sessi
on

Topics

1

Introduction to the course
outline

2

Topic

3

Main Idea

4

Drawing Inferences

5

Drawing Inferences

6

Tone

Specific Objectives

Learning
Activities

Students will be wellinformed about the
topics, materials and
course requirements
Students will be able to
identify the topic of
reading texts
Students will be able to
formulate the main idea
of paragraphs/texts and

distinguishing main
ideas from supporting
details
Students will be able to
draw inferences and
understand implied
message from the texts
Students will be able to
draw inferences and
understand implied
message from the texts
Students will be able to
identify the tone and
purpose of the author

Lecturing

Evaluatio
n and
Assignme

ts
QA session

Sources

Lecturer’s syllabus and
handout

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Tone

Students will be able to
Discussio
QA session
identify the tone and
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purpose of the author
MIDTERM EXAM

9

Patterns of organization

10

Patterns of organization

Students will be able to
identify and
differentiate patterns of
organizations of essays
Students will be able to
identify and
differentiate patterns of
organizations of essays

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Paraphrasi
ng and
Summarizi
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Paraphrasi
ng and
Summarizi
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13

Paraphrasi
ng and
Summarizi
ng

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Synthesizin
g

15

Synthesizin
g

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Students will
be able to
paraphrase and
summarize
paragraphs/
texts
Students will
be able to
paraphrase and
summarize
paragraphs/
texts
Students will
be able to
paraphrase and
summarize
paragraphs/
texts
Students will
be able to
synthesize
ideas from
different texts.
Students will
be able to
synthesize
ideas from
different texts.

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