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Disusun oleh:Pikir Wisnu Wijayanto, M.Hum

Fihrin Zuhrufillah, M.PdYuningsih, S.S

Prodi D3 Manajemen InformatikaFakultas Ilmu Terapan

Universitas Telkom

• Basic Competency : The students are able to develop their ability of understanding the reading skills in English text

• Topic : Reading Strategies

• Sub topic : Guessing Meaning from Context and Imperative Sentence

• Meeting : 9th

Competencies and Indicators

Basic Intermediate Advance

Able to makes some effective use of context clues to define the word ( inferring meaning reflects some connection to the context, but this connections is incomplete or entirely not clear)

Able to use most context clues to infer word meaning, but may miss some of the subtler clues

Able to use all context clues are utilized effectively in defining the word and use subtle clues from the text to infer word meaning

Guessing Meaning from Context

Most writers leave context clues as they write. It is our job as the reader to

hunt them down!

Context Clues

The 4 Types• Rewording the word.• Giving its Synonym.• Giving its Antonym.• Giving us Details about the word.

There are 4 main types of Context Clues

Context Clues - Rewording

Rewording is when the author says the word in another way,

that is typically easier to understand

Context Clues - Rewording

Let’s Look at an Example:

Resentment , a feeling of bitterness and anger, is often felt by people who are passed over for promotions.

What does the word resentment mean in this

sentence?

Context Clues - Synonym

A writer sometimes uses synonym context clues to help with hard words. A synonym context clue is one or two words that mean almost the same as the one that the author

does not expect us to know.

Context Clues - Synonym

Let’s Look at an Example:

The young girl was very aloof. She always seemed unsociable, unapproachable, and uninterested

What does the word aloof mean in this sentence?

Context Clues - Antonym

Antonym context clues often take a little more detective work to understand

Lets Go Find Those Clues!

Context Clues - Antonym

See this example:

Dianna appeared to be a very moral and upstanding young lady, those who knew her knew that she was iniquitous.

The word BUT tells us that the two parts of the sentence

represent opposite points of view about Dianna

Context Clues - Details

A writer is using details as context clues when they give us explanations or

examples as hints about the word that they don’t think we will know.

Context Clues - Details

There are several different kinds of

Context Clues that are Details.

• The Details that are examples of the unknown word.

• Details that tell why the unknown word has taken place.

• Details that explain how the word relates to other things the author has stated.

Context Clues - Details

What does the word ecstatic mean

in this sentence?Look at this example:

Father was ecstatic because Joshua decided to go to the college that he wanted him to.

Let’s practi ce…

At the beginning of a sentence•Check the pins•Open the ZIF sockets•Leave your hardware in these bags

In the middle of a sentence• After you lock CPU into place, take the retention clips on either side

of the CPU fan• If you really need to lean on it, though, check to be sure the chip is

installed correctl

Non Imperative SentenceTo build a house, you will need a lot of materialsTo start cooking, you have to prepare the ingredients first

Imperative Sentence

Imperative Sentence

IMPERATIVE SENTENCE STRUCTUREThe subject in this sentence is ‘You’ the verb is V-inf- (You) Open the door, please!- (You) Check the pins

Let’s practi ce…

References

Harmer, Jeremy (2004). Just. Marshall Cavendish Ltd

Louis, St Rubena and Pereira, Silvia (2010). Focus on reading. Rubena St. Louis: Venezuela

Mikulecky, Beatrice S (1996). More Reading Power. Longman

William, E (1984). Reading in the language classroom. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

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