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BASIC READING SKILL

SCANNING OF READING FOR PLEASURE

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Dr. Arwemi,M.Pd

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FAKULTAS TARBIYAH DAN KEGURUAN

JURUSAN TADRIS BAHASA INGGRIS
UNIVERSITAS ISLAM NEGERI IMAM BONJOL PADANG 1444 H/2022

PREFACE
 First of all, the writer wants to express his thanks to Allah SWT, because of His bless and grace,
the entitled ”Scanning of reading for pleasure” can be finished on time.

This paper is a requirement to fulfill the assignment from Dr. Arwemi,M.Pd.,the English lecturer of
UIN Imam Bonjol Padang.The writer also thanks to him for all the guidance to complete it.

In completing this paper, the writer faced many problems, but with the help of many people, all the
problems could be passed. May Allah SWT give the blessing for them. It provides the intrinsic elements in the
Happy Prince short story with detail explanation. Although this paper has many deficiencies in the
arrangement and explanation, the writer hope that it can be used as a reference for the reader to understand the
intrinsic elements of a short story.

Padang,19 September 2022

Writer
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE .........................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY........................................................................
1.1 Background .........................................................................................................
1.2 Formulation of the Problem .................................................................................
1.3 The Purpose of the Problem .................................................................................

CHAPTER II DISCUSSION ...........................................................................

2.1 How to scanning a text .........................................................................................
2.2 The example of the scanning ................................................................................
2.3 The useful reading strategies of scanning .............................................................
CHAPTER III CLOSING ..............................................................................
3.1 Conclusion..............................................................................................................

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...........................................................................................

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

A. Background
Scanning is very high-speed reading. When you scan, you have a question in mind. You do
not read every word, only words that answeryour question. Practice in scanning will help you
 to skip over unimportant words so that you can read faster. Remember that scanning is a high-
speed skill.
Scanning is a skill that you often use in daily life. For example, you might scan the list
of names in a telephone directory in order to find a phone number.
Scanning a text means looking through it quickly to find specific information. Scanning is
commonly used in everyday life. reading rapidly in order to find specific facts. While
skimming tells you what general information is within a section, scanning helps you locate a
particular fact.

CHAPTER II
DISCUSSION

A. How to scan a text

 Before you start scanning for information, you should try to understand how the text is
arranged. This will help you to locate the information more quickly. For example, when
scanning for a word in a dictionary or a friend's name in your contact list, you already know
that the information is arranged alphabetically. This means you can go more quickly to the part
you want, without having to look through everything

When scanning, you will be looking for key words or phrases. These will be especially easy to find if
they are names, because they will begin with a capital letter, or numbers/dates. Once you have decided on
the area of text to scan, you should run your eyes down the page, in a zigzag pattern, to take in as much of
the text as possible. This approach makes scanning seem much more random than other speed reading
skills. It is also a good idea to use your finger as you move down (or back up) the page, to focus your
attention and keep track of where you are.

B. The example of scanning

Picking Applew A New England Tradition

By Gennadi Preston
Throughout New England, people hnow that fall has arrived when the McIntosh apples begin to turn red in the orchards in early
September. After the “mac” come the Cortlands, the Empires, the McCoons and, finally, the Red and Golden Delicious. All
through September and October, the aroma of ripe apples fills the air on sunny days—an invitation to come picking.
A day of apple picking is, in fact, a popular way to spend a fall day in New England. From
Connecticut to Maine, it is generally possible to find an orchard within an hour's drive and the trip
is well worth the time. Not only will it pro- vide you with plenty of the freshest apples to be found,
but it also will give you a chance to take in some sunshine and autumn scenery and get some
exercise. And the picking is usually best done by adults. Children should not climb up into trees and
risk hurting themselves and damaging the trees—younger members of the family can
have fun just romping around the orchard.
The picking may not take long —two hours at most—but many of the orchard owners now offer other
kinds of entertainment. At some orchards, you can go for pony rides or ride on a hay-filled wagon. You may be
able to watch a horse-show or visit the cows or sheep in the pasture. Or you may decide to take a hike and have
a picnic along a country lane. Some or- chards have set up refreshment stands in their barns where you can
taste local products, such as apple cider and homemade baked goods.
A few hints:
I. Call J›efore you go. Check the local news- paper for the names and locations of orchards
which offer pick-your-own apples. Then phone to find out their hours, since they may vary from one
orchard to another.
You should also asf‹ about the rules regarding

bags and containers. Most orchards provide bags, but a few do not and some will allow only certain
types of containers.
2. Cfiech in wGen you arzive. Before you start picking, you should check with the orchard
owner about which varieties are ripe in that peri- od, and which parts of the orchard are open for picking. Respect the
owner's privacy and do not go where you are not allowed!
3. Pich carefully. When you pick the apples, treat them gently. Some orchard owners advise
pickers to treat the apples as though they were eggs. If they bruise, they will spoil more quickly. The
technique for picking is simple: hold the apple firmly but not too tightly and twist it off the branch,
taking care to leave the stem attached, since removal of the stem will also cause rot.
4. Don’t waste apples. Be careful to pick only the apples you need. You may be tempted to pick
 too many of the delicious looking fruit, and then find that the apples go bad before you can
eat them. Since the apple season lasts for almost two months, you can always return for
another load of apples later.
S. Jfeep 'hat you pickI Once you take an apple off the tree, you must keep it. It’s
not fair to the orchard owner to leave apples on the ground where they will quickly spoil.
6. Etoce your apples propeHy. Put your apples in the refrigerator as soon as you get
home. Studies by the Vermont Department of Agriculture have shown that apples last seven
times longer when kept under refrigeration.
If you do pick too many apples to eat in a week or two, you could try freezing them to use
later in pies and cakes. Simply peel, core and slice them, and then put them in airtight plastic
bags. They may be kept in the freezer for up to a year.
Write to the Department of Agriculture in the state that interests you and ask them to
send a list of orchards that offer pick-your-own.
For Further Information
Write to one of these departments of Agriculture to obtain a list of orchards in each New England
state.
• Connecticut Dept. of Agriculture, State Office Building, Hartford, CT 06106
• Maine Dept. of Agriculture, State House Station 28, Augusta, ME 04333
• Massachusetts Dept. of Agriculture, 100 Cambridge Street, 21st Floor, Boston, MA 02202
• New Hampshire Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Agricultural Development, 10 Ferry
Street, Concord, NH 03302
• Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management, Division of Agriculture, 22 Hayes Street,
Providence, RI 02908
• Vermont Dept. of Agriculture, 120 State Street, Montpelier, VT 05620
Active readers use reading strategies to help save time and cover a lot of
ground. Your purpose for reading should determine which strategy or
strategies to use.

1. Previewing the text to get an overview

What is it? Previewing a text means that you get an idea of what it is about
without reading the main body of the text.

When to use it: to help you decide whether a book or journal is useful for
your purpose; to get a general sense of the article structure, to help you
locate relevant information; to help you to identify the sections of the text
you may need to read and the sections you can omit.

To preview, start by reading:

 the title and author details

 the abstract (if there is one)
 then read only the parts that ‘jump out’; that is: main headings and
subheadings, chapter summaries, any highlighted text etc.
 examine any illustrations, graphs, tables or diagrams and their
captions, as these usually summarise the content of large slabs of text
 the first sentence in each paragraph