WHAT

IS

SCANN
ING ??

Creche
Through January 10th
The Grand Tour: European and American Views
of italy
Through January 17th
Joel Stemfeld: Photographs of the Roman
Campagagna
Through January 17 th
Late 20th Century Print
Through January 31 th
*

On Kawara: Date Paintings in 89 Cities

Through February 7 th
Leonardo da Vinci: The Anatomy of Man
Drawings from the collection of her majesty
Queen Elizabeth II
Through February 21 th
Master European Paintings from the national
Gallery of Ireland: Mantagna to Goys
January 13th - March 28 th
Building a Collection: The Departement of
Contemporary Art,Part 1
January 28 th July 3 rd
*Photograph: Close-Up/Still Life
February 10 th May 23 rd
MUSEUM OF FINE ART 465 Huntington Avenue Boston,
Massachusetts 02115

Will you able to see the

exhibition of Leonardo da
Vincis drawing in
March ??
Did you read the whole list of exhibitions to find out ?
No! You knew what to look for. You can scanned the list
to find the information that you needed, Right ???

What is Scanning
method ???
Scanning is very high speed reading skill, used when you want
to find specific information. It means that, when you scan you
have a question in your mind. So, you dont need to read
every word, only the words that answer your question. You look
very quickly at a list or table to find some specific information.
You stop scanning and read the information. Whenever you look
up a word in the dictionary or look for a telephone number in
telephone directory, you are scanning for specific information.
Look at the list below. Tick the things you would use scanning for:
ACTIVITIES
Finding a telephone number
Reading instructions
Finding out who a letter is from
Reading a book
Finding a street on a map
Looking up the time of a bus
Finding a plumber in yellow pages
Finding a word in the dictionary
Studying an agreement
Checking that a cheque has been signed

YES

NO

Practice in Scanning
will help you learn to
skip over unimportant
words so that you can
read faster and save
your time
effectively !!

Steps
for
Scannin
g:
1. Think about what you are scanning for.
2. Write it down and try to get a picture of
it in your mind.
3. Keep thinking about what you are looking
for and let your eye run over the page.

You might need a lot of practice before you can scan well, but it
will save your time in the end. Its very useful for looking up all sorts
of things.
If you are not good at reading yet, you can still scan. Try finding
words you know well, like STAIN KEDIRI or your own name, in a page
of writing.
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Resources :
Jeffries,Linda.Reading Power.New York:Boston University press,2000
Ramsay. W. James.Basic Skills for Academic Reading.New York,1986
www.wikipedia.com

For ensuring your reading skill lets do the exercises

below!!

Scanning Exercise 1

Have a quick look through the advert below, then answer the questions on the next page.

Scan the Ads to answer the question below !

What does the ads tell about ?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

What can you save from shopping at this place?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

How many good reasons are there for shopping there?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

What is the telephone number?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

What can you earn with Argos?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

What are the names of the catering firm?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

How long does the offer last?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

Where does the firm located ?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

Where did the new customer register ?

Answer :...........................................................................................................................................................

10 Where is kings way park ?

Answer :...............................................................................................................................

Scanning Exercise 2
-POLITICSPolitical controversy about the public-land policy of the United States began with the American
Revolution. In fact, even before independence from Britain was won, it became clear that resolving the
dilemmas surrounding the public domain prove necessary to preserve the Union itself.
At the peace negotiations with Britain. Americans demanded, and got, a western boundary at the
Mississippi River. Thus the new nation secured for its birthright a vas internal empire rich in agricultural
and mineral resources. But under their colonial charters, seven states-Massachusetts. Connecticut. New
York. Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina, and Georgia-claimed portions of the western wilderness.
Virginia's claim was the largest, stretching north and west to encompass the later states of Kentucky.
Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michigan, and Wisconsin. The language of the charters was vague and their
validity questionable, but during the war Virginia reinforced its title by sponsoring colonel George
Rogers Clark's 1778 expedition to Vincennes and Kaskaskia, which strengthened America's transAppalachian pretensions at the peace table.
The six states holding no claim to the transmontane region doubted whether a confederacy in
which territory was so unevenly apportioned would truly prove what it claimed to be a union of equals.
Already New Jersey, Delaware. Rhode Island, and Maryland were among the smallest and least
populous of the states. While they levied heavy taxes to repay state war debts, their larger neighbors
might retire debts out of land sale proceeds. Drawn by fresh lands and low taxes, people would desert
the small states for the large, leaving the former to fall into bankruptcy and eventually into political
subjugation. All the states shared in the war effort, said the New Jersey legislature, how then could half
of them 'be left to sink under an enormous debt, whilst others are enabled, in a short period, to replace
all their expenditures from the hard earnings of the whole confederacy?' As the Revolution was a
common endeavor, so ought its fruits, including the western lands, to be a common property

1. With which of the following topics is the passage primarily concerned?

(A) A controversial public-land policy
(B) How independence from Britain was won
(C) The land holdings of Massachusetts
(D) How New Jersey developed its western land
2. According to the passage, the British granted the new American nation a western boundary at
(A) Ohio
(B) Illinois
(C) The Mississippi River
(D) The Appalachian Mountains
3. Which state laid claim to the largest land -holdings?
(A) North Carolina
(B) South Carolina

(C) Virginia

4. In line 8, the word "stretching" could best be replaced by which of the following?
(A) Lengthening
(B) Increasing
(C) Exaggerating

(D) Georgia
(D) Extending

5. Why does the author mention Colonel Clark' S expedition?

(A) To explain how one state strengthened its land claims
(B) To criticize an effort to acquire additional agricultural resources
(C) To show that many explorers searched for new lands
(D) To question the validity of Virginias claims
6. According to the passage, the smaller states tried to raise money to pay their war debts by
(A) collecting taxes
(B) exporting crops
(C) selling land
(D) raising cattle

Scanning Exercise 3

By :
Aditya Yoga Pratama
Desy Nofitasari
Maslama

C - Class