UFS 211 - ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING

ACADEMIC READING

SUMMARIZE TEXT

                                                   Househusband Synopsis

The househusband is very exciting story. Based on the text given by lecturer about househusband the word telling that husband is working in the house, meanwhile their wife are going to work. These situations always happen in American families. This househusband found out that not easy became are person doing a job in a house. It’s different between working outside of the house. Became househusband has to change many idea and their day they for instance day need to change their time work. Working outside of the house need a lot of time, but in a house they need to prepare their time. All they have to do is cannot be hurry every time. Househusband must know how to feel about something for example working outside in the house man usually do not show their feelings but in the home they need to show their feeling whether with their children and wife. Become househusband only need to change about the way they act with family.

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TECHNIQUES OF SKIMMING AND SCANNING AND SUMMARIZING TECHNIQUES

1.Skimming and scanning are especially valuable when there is only one item of information that you need to find from a particular passage.

2.Skimming and scanning are very rapid reading methods in which you glance at a passage to find specific information. These reading methods make it easier for you to grasp large amounts of material, especially when you're previewing. They are also useful when you don't need to know every word.

Scanning 

Scanning refers to reading a text quickly in order to locate specific pieces of information.

When scanning,

• don't start from the beginning and read to the end
• jump around in the text, trying to find the information you need
• cam't read every word/skip many words
• look for information as quickly as you can

You can scan,

• a table of contents in a book or magazine
• an index in a textbook
• a timetable
• the ads in a newspaper
• a list of movies in the newspaper
• a telephone book the page of a dictionary
• a passage/text/article to quickly find the information mentioned in the question

Skimming

Skimming refers to reading a paragraph quickly to get an idea of what it is about, without trying to understand its details.

• this is a technique used to identify the main ideas of a text

When skimming, 

• don't read every thing but try to skip the text
• read the first and last sentences of paragraphs
• read the introduction and the summary
• read a few examples until you understand the concepts they are meant to illustrate

When skimming a textbook,

• quickly note the title, subheadings, italicized words
• boldfaces prints and illustrations