EXPLORING

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO FIND?

 BRIEF INFORMATION OF READING ACTIVITY

 COMMON READING PROBLEMS
 THE ESSENCE OF MOTIVATION
 APPLICATED SKILL
A. BRIEF INFORMATION OF READING
ACTIVITY

 What is reading?
 People cannot avoid reading
 The difference of studying and reading
 What Is Reading???

 Day & Bamford (1998: 12)

 Reading is the construction of meaning from a printed or
written message.

“Reading is the process of understanding

meaning from a text”
People Cannot Avoid Reading
 Reading text and non-text
 Non-text: A language in the form of spoken, symbol or
images.

 Text Reading
 Book, novel, article from internet, social media, etc.

 Non-text reading
 To read a situation, to read someone`s facial expression,
etc.
 The Difference of Studying
and Reading
 Djamarah (2011: 41)

Studying is to get knowledge

Reading is a tool to get it
B. COMMON PROBLEMS IN READING

 Poor Vocabulary
 Unknown words meaning
 Poor Comprehension
 Lack of concentration
 Unfamiliar issue
 Speed
 Reading slowly
 Repeating over and over
C. THE ESSENCE OF MOTIVATION

 “Studying will be more succesful along with motivation,

interest, and goal” (Kofka & Kohler).
 Motivation is an energy to push ourselves to reach the
goal.
 Intrinsic motivation (stimulation from soul)
 A habit of enjoying reading
 Curiosity
 Extrinsic motivation (stimulation from social)
 High score
 Academic title
 High social status
 D. APPLICATED SKILL
 According to Mikulecky & Jeffries (2007):

 Extensive Reading
 Developing reading habit
 Vocabulary Building
 Expanding knowledge of words
 Comprehension Skills
 Building one`s understanding to a passage
 Reading Faster
 Saving time effectively
 Extensive Reading

 Choose the books that interest you

 You love science, read scientific book
 Make it as your daily routine
 Infiltrate a habit of reading
 Try something new
 From science, try to read another topic
 Share or discuss to the others
 When you discuss it, you read twice
 END OF MEETING

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