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STKIP HAMZANWADI SELONG
STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION
SYLLABUSREADING FOR ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION
PBS/PBING Revisi: February 2014
Subject : Reading for Academic Communication Lecturer : Muhammad
Husnu
Code/Credit : MKB4222 Contact :
Grade/Semester : II/4 Academic Year : 2013-2014
COURSE DESCRIPTION : This course is designed to develop students
competence in critical reading (i.e. analyzing, synthesizing, and
evaluating) of various text
level, emphasizing the use of reading strategies to extract
salient points from a text and convert the information to
verbal/diagrammatic sunderlying theme/concept/ assumption;
formulate hypotheses from underlying theme, concept, evidence;
identify inductive and de
recognize the writer s motive, tone, and style of writing;
evaluate facts, opinions, bias, evidence, implications,
definitions, hypotheses, review articles/books.
PRE-REQUISITE : Reading for general Communication
STANDARD
COMPETENCY
: At the end of the semester, students are able to: comprehend
different types of texts (essay, opinion paper, journal articles,
review
reading strategies to be independent readers developing reading
strategies (identifying authors point of view, purpose and tone,
summarizing, paraphrasing and synthesizing)
Basic Competency Essential Material Indicators Teaching Method
Time Allocation assessement
Students will be well-informed about
the topics, materials and courserequirements
Introduction to the
course outline
Students are expected to be agree
about the topic materials and courserequirments
Lecturing100
(1stweek)
Le
an
Students will be able to identify the
topic of reading texts
Topic Students are expected to be able to
identify the topic of reading texts
Discussion 100
(2ndweek)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to formulatethe main idea of
paragraphs/textsand distinguishing main ideas from
supporting details
Main Idea to be able to formulate the main ideaof
paragraphs/texts and distinguishingmain ideas from supporting
details
Discussion100
(3rdweek)
RePu
Students will be able to draw
inferences and understand impliedmessage from the texts
Drawing Inferences to be able to draw inferences and
understand implied message from thetexts
Discussion
100(4th week)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to draw Drawing Inferences to be able to
draw inferences and Discussion 100 Re
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inferences and understand impliedmessage from the texts
understand implied message from thetexts
(5thweek) Pu
Students will be able to identify thetone and purpose of the
author
Tone to be able to identify the tone andpurpose of the
author
Discussion100
(6thweek)
RePu
Students will be able to identify thetone and purpose of the
author
Tone to be able to identify the tone andpurpose of the
author
Discussion 100(7thweek)
8thweek
Students will be able to identify and
differentiate patterns of
organizations of essays
Patterns of organization to be able to identify and
differentiate
patterns of organizations of essays
Discussion100
(9
th
week)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to identify anddifferentiate patterns
oforganizations of essays
Patterns of organization to be able to identify and
differentiatepatterns of organizations of essays
Discussion100
(10thweek)
RePu
Students will be able to paraphrase
and summarize paragraphs/ texts
Paraphrasing and
Summarizing
to paraphrase and summarize
paragraphs/ texts
Discussion 100
(11thweek)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to paraphrase
and summarize paragraphs/ texts
Paraphrasing and
Summarizing
to paraphrase and summarize
paragraphs/ texts
Discussion 100
(12th week)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to paraphrase
and summarize paragraphs/ texts
Paraphrasing and
Summarizing
to paraphrase and summarize
paragraphs/ texts
Discussion 100
(13thweek)
Re
Pu
Students will be able to synthesizeideas from different
texts.
Synthesizing to synthesize ideas from differenttexts.
Discussion 100(14thweek)
RePu
Students will be able to synthesize
ideas from different texts.
Synthesizing to synthesize ideas from different
texts.
Discussion 100
(15thweek)
Re
PuFINAL TEST
EVALUATION
:
Kehadiran 10%
Tugas 20%UTS 30%
UAS 40%
REFERENCES: 1. Reading for Academic Purposes Modul2. Hartman,
Pamela and Laurie Blass. 2007. Quest 3: Reading and Writing.New
York: McGraw Hill
