STKIP HAMZANWADI SELONG STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION SYLLABUS READING FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION PBS/PBING Subject

Code/Credit Grade/Semester COURSE DESCRIPTION : Reading for Academic Communication : MKB4222 : II/4 : Revisi: Lecturer Contact Number Academic Year February 2014 : Muhammad Husnu : : 2013-2014

PRE-REQUISITE STANDARD COMPETENCY

This course is designed to develop students competence in critical reading (i.e. analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating) of various text types at advanced level, emphasizing the use of reading strategies to extract salient points from a text and convert the information to verbal/diagrammatic summaries; find the underlying theme/concept/ assumption; formulate hypotheses from underlying theme, concept, evidence; identify inductive and deductive reasoning; recognize the writer s motive, tone, and style of writing; evaluate facts, opinions, bias, evidence, implications, definitions, hypotheses, generalization; and review articles/books. : Reading for general Communication : At 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) Essential Material Introduction to the course outline Topic Main Idea Indicators Students are expected to be agree about the topic materials and course requirments Students are expected to be able to identify the topic of reading texts to be able to formulate the main idea of paragraphs/texts and distinguishing main ideas from supporting details to be able to draw inferences and understand implied message from the texts to be able to draw inferences and Teaching Method Lecturing Discussion Discussion Time Allocation 100 (1st week) 100 (2 week)
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Basic Competency Students will be well-informed 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

assessement

sources Lecturers syllabus and handout Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic

100 (3 week)
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Drawing Inferences Drawing Inferences

Discussion Discussion

100 (4th week) 100

inferences and understand implied message from the texts Students will be able to identify the tone and purpose of the author Students will be able to identify the tone and purpose of the author 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 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.

Tone Tone Patterns of organization Patterns of organization Paraphrasing and Summarizing Paraphrasing and Summarizing Paraphrasing and Summarizing Synthesizing Synthesizing

understand implied message from the texts to be able to identify the tone and purpose of the author to be able to identify the tone and purpose of the author to be able to identify and differentiate patterns of organizations of essays to be able to identify and differentiate patterns of organizations of essays to paraphrase and summarize paragraphs/ texts to paraphrase and summarize paragraphs/ texts to paraphrase and summarize paragraphs/ texts to synthesize ideas from different texts. to synthesize ideas from different texts. FINAL TEST

(5th week) Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion Discussion 100 (6th week) 100 (7 week) 8th week
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Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul

100 (9th week) 100 (10 week)

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Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul Reading for Academic Purposes Modul

100 (11th week) 100 th (12 week) 100 (13th week) 100 (14th week) 100 (15th week)

EVALUATION :

Kehadiran Tugas UTS UAS

10% 20% 30% 40%

REFERENCES:

1. Reading for Academic Purposes Modul 2. Hartman, Pamela and Laurie Blass. 2007. Quest 3: Reading and Writing.New York: McGraw Hill