Critical Reading

Tahun Akademik:
Gasal 2025/2026
Kelas-Offr:
A-A
Deskripsi:
This course develops the students’ ability to read and comprehend popular articles (about 2500- word long). The class activities focus on developing their reading strategies in distinguishing facts from non-facts and opinions, inferring meanings, making generalizations, interpreting an author’s tone, determining an author’s purpose, and deducing an author’s bias.
Capaian Pembelajaran

• Distinguish facts from non-facts and opinions
• Distinguish facts from non-facts and opinions
• Infer meanings
• Infer meanings
• Make generalizations
• Make generalizations
• Interpret a writer’s tone
• Interpret a writer’s tone
• Determine a writer’s purpose
• Determine a writer’s purpose
• Deduce a writer’s bias
• Deduce a writer’s bias

Daftar Pustaka:

• Badoin, E.M. 1980. Reader’s Choice: A Reading Skills Textbook for Students of English as a Second Language. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
• Flemming, V. and Loraine, E. 1987. Reading for Reesults. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Greenall, S. and Swan, M. 1986. Effective Reading. Reading Skills for Advanced Students. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Hamdani, M. Rusli, R.S., Timisela, C.M. 1985. Buku Materi Pokok Reading II, Modul 3. Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. Universitas Terbuka.
• Kohl, H.R. and Sheffer, S. 1973. Reading: How to. London: Bantam Publishers, Heinemann.
• McWhorter, T. 1992. Efficient and Flexible Reading. New York: Harper Collins Publishers.
• Neufeld, J. and Webb, W. 1984. 25 Strategies. New York: CBS College Publishing.
• Oka, M.D.D. 2001. Intermediate Reading Comprehension. Books 1 & 2. Unpublished Coursebook.
• Raphael, C.B. and Newman, E.G. 1983. A Rhetorical Reader for Writers. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.
• Ur, Penny. 1984. Discussions that Work. Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres.