1. TOPIC OF THE TEXT (Gambaran Umum)

1. Ciri khas pertanyaan:

a. What is the text about?

b. What does the text mostly tell you about?

c. What is the title of the text?

d. What is the best title for the text above?

2. Petunjuk menentukan jawaban soal:

Gambaran umum isi bacaan berbicara: tentang suatu teks itu membahas tentang apa atau topic teks.

Misal ada sebuah teks terdiri atas paragraph-paragraf dengan bahan pembicaraan sebagai berikut:

Contoh 1

Par 1 : knife

Par 2 : fork

Par 3 : spoon

Par 4 : plate

Par 5 : glass

Par 6 : chopsticks

Pertanyaan : What is the text about?

Jawaban : …….

Contoh 2

Par 1 :roof

Par 2 :house

Par 3 :wall

Par 4 :window

Par 5 :stairs

Par 6 :door

Pertanyaan : What is the text about?

Jawaban : ………….

Untuk menjawab pertanyaan model di atas adalah:

Skimming, yaitu membaca cepat teks secara keseluruhan. Jangan berhenti membaca bila menemui kata-kata sulit.
Baca setiap kalimat pertama dari tiap paragraf.
Amati kata-kata yang sering muncul.
Simpulkan topik teks

3. Cek pemahaman anda

Read the text and answer the question.

There are about 20,000 species, or kinds of bees. Bees live everywhere in the world except on high mountains, in the Arctic and Antarctic, and on some small islands in the ocean.Some bees are as small as 0.08 inch (2 millimeters). Some bees are as big as 1.6 inches (4 centimeters). Bees come in many colors—black, gray, yellow, red, green, or blue. Most bees live alone. They are called solitary bees. Some bees live in groups called colonies. They are social bees.

Question:

What does the text mostly tell you about?

Read the texts and answer the questions given.

1. Text 1

Question:

What is the text about?/ what is the best title of the text?

2. Text 2

Killer bees are across between African honey bees and European honey bees, the main kind of honey bee in the United States. Researchers brought African bees to South America. The bees escaped in the 1970s and mated with European honey bees. The killer bees they produced will attack in swarms. They will sting and kill large animals and people.Killer bees spread north into Central America and the southern United States. Beekeepers worry that the killer bees could harm their honey bees and threaten the important work that honey bees do.

This is Cassa. He is the male chimpanzee that tended quiet and loner. Cassa could be recognized by seeing the color of his silvery hair, slender body and non symmetrical mouth. This one is Campo, a female chimpanzee. She is the wife of Cassa and mother of Monica. Campo is friendly enough with humankind. Don’t extend the hands to Campo because she will extend her hands too. That means she is asking for food. Campo could be recognized from her thin arms hair, with the scar on left ears under the left eyes and nostrils.

As the day increases the two of them will not easily be found because they hide on the tamarind tree. Try to find them beyond the tree.

Question:

What does the text tell you about?

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