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READING STRATEGIES

( ENGLISH MKU)
UNIT 2
PREVIEWING AND PREDICTING

HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY 2020


Lesson Learning Outcomes:
Students are able to estimate the reading
content in general by using the strategy
"previewing“ and "predicting"
WHAT IS IN THE BOOK?

AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ALEX HALEY False
False

ROOTS
MALCOLM X
False
True
When you get information about a book
by examining its cover, it means you are
PREVIEWING.

The aim of previewing is to help you to


PREDICTING about what is in the book.

To get some ideas about what you will


read

To get information more quickly

To follow the writer’s ideas better


1. Title and author ?

2. Fiction or nonfiction?

3. What do you predict that this book is about?

4. List some adjectives which are found in the


reviews on the back cover of the book

5. Would you like to read this book? Why?


HOW ABOUT LONGER TEXTS?

1. Read the title, - what is the passage about?

2. What kind of text is? (essay, argument, story,


explanation?)

3. The organized of text

4. Read quickly the first line of each paragraph

5. Read quickly the last few sentences in the final


paragraph

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