Reading Skill

Main Idea, Detail Information, Context Clue,

Preferences

engineers

By : Yudistira Azimat Pamungkas

0615 3010 0780 (2.SF)

C E
ivil

ngineering

Fact History

Jhon Smeaton,
Engineering.

Father of Civil

John Smeaton, FRS, (8

June 1724 28
October 1792) was an
English civil engineer
responsible for the
design of bridges,
canals, harbours and
lighthouses. He was
also a capable
mechanical engineer
and an eminent
physicist. Smeaton
was the first selfproclaimed civil
engineer, and often
regarded as the
"father of civil
engineering".

FORMULATION OF THE
PROBLEM
_____________________________________________________

What

a topic of passage ?
What is main idea of paragraft
one,two, three, four and five on the
passage ?

NGINEERING

Discussion
what is the topic of each paragraf?

What are the specific

information of the
reading passage?

What are the context clues of the

reading passage?

What are the references

of the reading passage?

what is the main idea of each parag

What is the topic of each paragraf?

Topicisa coreprincipal of the entire contents of thearticleto be

delivered, or better known as the topic ofconversation

of the
Civil Engineering
Topic

sentences is

M.I. (1)Definition
of civil engineering
and the part of
piece.
M.I.(2) Transportation
became increasingly
important leading to the
development of the
M.I.(5)
of directing
the
wheel The
andart
sailing
in the
great sources of power in nature
BC.
for the use and convenience of
man, as the means of production
and
of traffic
in statesbetween
with civilcivil
M.I.(3)The
distinction
engineering
profession
engineering and architecture, and
the term engineer and architect
were mainly geographical
variations referring to the same
occupation, and often used
interchangeably

M.I(4) How civil

engineering as a
profession.

What is the main idea of

each paragraf?

Main idea is the

underlying idea is the ide
/ notion that the subject o
paragraph development

What are the specific information of the reading passage?

5 W + 1 H It is a standard raw from all the writing then it could be said to

be good and true if they have qualified it
(specific information),

.` whats the oldest of ancient historic have ? (Par 1)

.` when the jetayanaramaya be build ?(Par 4)
.` where the institution receive a royal charter ? (Par 2)
.` who is the first president of civil engineers institution ? (par 4)
.` how many work example of the building civil engineering ?
(Par 3)

What
are the context clues of
Contextcluesare
words and
the
reading passage?
phrasesin a
sentencethathelp 1. CONSTRUCTION IN PARAGRAPH 3 MEANS BUILDING
: SYNONIM
syou to search for CLUE
2.CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS LIKE ROADS, BRIDGES, CANALS, DAMS, AND
BUILDINGS.
CLUE : EXAMPLE
ameaning of
3. ENGINEERING HAS BEEN AN ASPECT OF LIFE SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF
HUMAN EXISTENCE. THE EARLIEST PRACTICE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING MAY
aforeign
HAVE COMMENCED BETWEEN 4000 AND 2000 BC IN ANCIENT EGYPT, THE
word.Oftenyouca INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION, AND MESOPOTAMIA (ANCIENT IRAQ) WHEN
HUMANS STARTED TO ABANDON A NOMADIC EXISTENCECLUE : EXPLANATION
n find outthe
meaning
ofnewvocabulary
or
foreignlanguageb
y observing
thesurroundings.

What are the references of the

reading passage?

Reference is a reference to the

information that a person or a librarian to
help someone get the informatio

.., and it is defined to distinguish non-military engineering

from military engineering (par 1, line 5),
It in the paragraph 1 line 5 refers to Civil Engineering

, The Romans developed civil structures throughout their

empire (par 3, line 12),
Their in the paragraph 3 line 12 refers to The Romans Developed

Art Without Engineering is

Dreaming. Engineering Without
Art is Calculating.

Thanks For
Attention