Reading For Information

READING FOR INFORMATION

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This paper set up to fulfill the assignment of

Subject: Basic Reading Comprehension

Lecturer: Mrs. Dliyaul Millah, M.Pd

By:

Danang Abdul Rachmansyah                  (1403046048)

EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING FACULTY

STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF WALISONGO

SEMARANG

2016

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. PREFACE

Alhamdulillah all praise belongs to Allah. Which has provided a healthy favor and have the grace and blessing that we can finish the paper with the title “Reading for Information"

I would like to thank Miss Millah, all my friends, and also to all those who have assisted in the completion of this paper.

For the perfection of this paper, we expect critic and suggestions from our readers. I hope this article will be useful for readers.

B. BACKGROUND

   Sometimes we are too lazy to search some information to us from book or a long article, but in order to search for the important information we must read the book. Information is one of the helpful things to solve these problems, especially in this era. So, maybe you not will leave of information in this world. But in here we will share to reader how to find the important information that you need from the text.

C. PROBLEM FORMULATION

1. What is the definition of Information?

2. What is the purpose of Reading of Information?

3. How to find some Specific Information quickly?

4. How to Make the Best Use of These Facts and Details?

5. How to find some facts?

6. What is the definition of Major and Minor Details?

7. How to find Major and Minor details?

CHAPTER II

DISCUSSION

A.     DEFINITION of INFORMATION

Information is a message (Utterance or Expression) or set of messages that consists of an order sequence of symbols, or meanings that can be interpreted from a message or set of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as signs, or as a signal based on the wave.

B. THE FUNCTION of READING FOR INFORMATION

1.    The first purpose is reading for specific information is to look for the Main Idea.

2.    But the main idea does not give you all the information you need. Then, some facts and details appear within the paragraphs you read and help develop the main ideas of the paragraphs these facts and details.

C.FINDING SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATIONS QUICKLY

If we want to find some specific information, we can be done by taking one of the important words or similar means in question, then find the word in the text and find the relevant information that may be an important word. Such as:

1.        Who [ Siapa ]

2.        What [ Apa ]

3.        Whose [ Milik Siapa ]

4.        Where [ Dimana ]

5.        When [ Kapan ]

6.        Why [ Mengapa ]

7.        Which [ Yang mana ]

8.        How [ Bagaimana ]

9.        How Much

10.    How Many

11.    How Long [ Berapa Lama / Berapa Panjang ]

12.    How Often [ Berapa Sering ]

13.    How Many Time [ Berapa Kali ]

14.    And Any Other....

Certain information can be found in texts such as:  The phone book, Advertising films, the index of a book reading, and various types of essays such as: Text descriptive, Text recount, Narrative, Report, and others.

D.MAKE THE BEST USE of THESE FACTS AND DETAILS

To make the best use of these facts and details, we have to be able to:

1.    Find important facts and remember them

2.    Separate major facts and details from minor facts and details

E.     FACT FINDING

If we want to find some Important Facts that used to make the best use of these facts and details we have to be able to:

1.    The Definite purpose for Reading.

2.    Learn to read for the main idea, if you recognize the main idea easily, the facts to support that idea will stand out.

3.    Know that all facts and details are not equal in importance. Look only for the facts that relate to the main idea.

4.    Look for information in groups or unit. Fact often appears together in clumps.

5.    Look for the ways the paragraph is put together. How is the information arranged? Has the writer organized the material in terms of a pattern that is easy to see?

6.    Learn to keep an Author’s  opinions apart from the facts offered in the writing

7.    Question yourself as you read. Stop to think and to let facts sink in before you rush on the other information.

8.    Use the 5 W’S when you read in order to ask yourself specific questions about the facts

9.    Think about the kinds of questions. Someone might ask you about the information you have read. Go back after you have finished rereading quickly and reviewing any facts you have learned. Try to summarize the important facts in your mind.

Then, after we found some important facts, we have to be able to remember some important facts and separate major facts and details from minor facts and details.

F.     MAJOR AND MINOR DETAILS

There are two types of supporting details in a text:

1.    Major Details

2.    Minor Details

NOTE: Not all texts have both major and minor details.

The Different of Minor and Major details:

Major Details	Minor Details
n  General ideas that support the main idea of the text. n  Reasons n  Points in an argument n  Points of a comparison n  Further elaboration of a main idea	n  Specifics that illustrate of support the major details of a text. n  Examples n  Specific Details n  Specific Instances n  Statistics

Signals Words of Major and Minor Details:

Major Details n  First, Second, Third ... n  One n  Another n  Furthermore n  Moreover n  Next n  Also n  Finally

Minor Details n  For example n  An example is n  For instance n  To be specific n  That is n  This means n  Case in point n  To illustrate

G.    HOW to FIND MAJOR AND MINOR DETAILS  

This is some steps to find Major and Minor Details:

1.    State the main idea in your own words

2.    Look only for information that supports the main idea

3.    Read quickly over the words or sentences that give information that is not important to the main idea

4.    Look for signal words

5.    Underline the major details when you locate them

6.    Separated the minor details from the major details

Minor details help round out the paragraph and often hold our attention to make the material we are reading more interesting still; we may ignore minor details if our goal is a clear and quick understanding of what we’ve read.

Minor details make the main idea more vivid, but we can find the man idea of a paragraph without a reading the minor details.

H.      EXERCISE TIME!!!

Direction: Read the following tour information about a trip to Rome, and then answer the 'True or False' questions.

Day 1

The flight leaves from Heathrow at 11 am (please be at the meeting point two hours before) and flies directly to Rome. From the airport a coach will take you to your 5-star hotel in Piazza Barberini. Welcome drinks and snacks will be served in the foyer on arrival. The rest of the evening is free for you to unpack and relax. Please make your own dinner arrangements.

Day 2

After breakfast an air-conditioned coach will leave from outside the hotel at 9am promptly. Our first stop will be at the Vatican where we will take a 3-hour guided tour. Please dress appropriately if you wish to enter. You will be given a further hour to explore or do some gift shopping before we get back on the coach.
Lunch will be taken at a traditional Italian restaurant (drinks not included). After lunch the coach will take us on a guided tour of the city stopping at the Coliseum, the Pantheon and the Spanish Steps. We will arrive back at the hotel at around 6. You will have to make your own dinner arrangements. At 8 you will be taken to a performance of ‘Tosca’ at the Royal Opera House.

Day 3

After breakfast an air-conditioned coach will leave from outside the hotel at 9am promptly. You will be taken on a half-day excursion of ‘Roman’ Rome including Piazza del Campidoglio, Piazza Venezia and The Trajan's Column. For lunch you will try authentic Roman food cooked in the historical way. This will be followed by a free evening.

Day 4

Departing at 8 am, you will be taken around the largest outdoor market in Rome. You will have to make your own lunch arrangements. The coach will take you from the meeting point to the National Museum of Rome at 2 pm. At 5 pm you will be taken back to the hotel for your free dinner and an evening of entertainment within the hotel.

Day 5

Free-day or optional excursion to Umbria wine region, this is a full-day excursion
( including lunch ) which departs at 7 am, arrives in Umbria at noon and returns to the hotel by 6pm. A farewell dinner including free champagne will be held at the hotel.

Day 6

Depart from the hotel at 7 am. The return flight departs at 10 am and arrives in Heathrow at 1 pm local time.

Answer:

           1.     You should be at the airport ready to depart at 11am...

False
True

           2.     You should be careful of what you wear on day two...

False
True

            3.     You will have free time in the afternoon on day 2...

False
True

            4.     On day 2 you must buy your own lunch.

False
True

5.     The trip on day 3 takes all day.\

True
False

6.     All dinners are included on this tour.

True
False

7.     You not have to go on the trip on day 5.

True
False

8.     The excursion on day 5 arrives in Umbria at midday.

True
False

CHAPTER III

CLOSING

A.   CONCLUSION

Definition of Information

Information is a message (Utterance or Expression) or set of messages that consists of an order sequence of symbols, or meanings that can be interpreted from a message or set of messages. Information can be recorded or transmitted. It can be recorded as signs, or as a signal based on the wave.

The Function of Reading for Information

1.    To Look for the Main Idea.

2.    Then. Some facts and details appear within the paragraphs you read and help develop the main ideas of the paragraphs these facts and details.

Find Some Specific Information Quickly

If we want to find some specific information, we can be done by taking one of the important words or similar means in question, then find the word in the text and find the relevant information that may be an important word.

Certain information can be found in texts such as:  The phone book, Advertising films, the index of a book reading, and various types of essays such as: Text descriptive, Text recount, Narrative, Report, and others.

Make the Best Use of These Facts and Details.

To make the best use of these facts and details, we have to be able to:

1.    Find important facts and remember them

2.    Separate major facts and details from minor facts and details

Fact Finding

If we want to find some Important Facts that used to make the best use of these facts and details, we can use some steps above.

Major and Minor Details

There are two types of supporting details in a text:

1.    Major Details

2.    Minor Details

NOTE: Not all texts have both major and minor details.

The Different of Minor and Major details:

Major Details	Minor Details
n  General ideas that support the main idea of the text. n  Reasons n  Points in an argument n  Points of a comparison n  Further elaboration of a main idea	n  Specifics that illustrate of support the major details of a text. n  Examples n  Specific Details n  Specific Instances n  Statistics

Signals Words of Major and Minor Details:

Major Details n  First, Second, Third ... n  One n  Another n  Furthermore n  Moreover n  Next n  Also n  Finally

Minor Details n  For example n  An example is n  For instance n  To be specific n  That is n  This means n  Case in point n  To illustrate

How to Find Major and Minor Details:

To Find Major and Minor Details, you can use some steps above.

B.  SUGESSTION

So this paper we make may be useful and add to the knowledge of the reader. We apologize if there are spelling errors in writing words and sentences that are less obvious and less understood. And we are also very receptive to suggestions and criticism from readers for the perfection of this paper. A few of our cover may be accepted in the hearts and we thank you.