Definition of reading
Halo apa kabar? Semoga sehat selalu ya. Hmm…kali ini kita akan membahas tentang
reading, yang sudah tidak asing lagi dong di telinga kita. Heheh sudah jelas,
yuk simak penjelasan di bawah.
Reading
Reading
is a passive skill which requires interactive process in comprehending the
meaning in order to get information or ideas from written text. Understanding
the meaning of the reading skill including the ability in reading from many
experts who have different points of view is definitely important for the
teacher of reading. It will be a useful knowledge to conduct a reading lesson
in the classroom and a good reference to learn about how to deal with the
reading skill more importantly. There is some definition about reading:
1. Nunan
(1999) stated that reading is sometimes viewed as a passive skill. It involves
the processing of the
generated ideas by others that are transmitted through language.
2. Eskey
and Dubin (1986:12) stated that reading is a receptive language process. There
is a process in which readers try to get more information from what is encoded
by the author in the text in order to construct meaning from the text they
read. Then, it can be understood that there is an interaction between a reader
and a text in that reading process.
3. Alyousef
(2006:64) stated that reading can be seen as an “interactive” process between a
reader and a text which leads to automaticity or (reading fluency).
4. Harmer
(1983) stated that reading is not passive skill. Reading is an active
occuption. It involves many skill as guessing, predicting, checking, and asking
oneself question.
5. Lewin
(2003) stated that reading is understand the meaning of a text in reading
activity, the reader makes interaction among eyes and mind to gain what the
author extand.
6. Gebhard (2006) stated
that Reading includes discovering meaning in print and script, within social
context, through bottom-up (to comprehend written language, we rely on our
ability to recognize words, phrases and sentences) and top-down processing (as
well as on our background knowledge related to the content of what we are
reading), and use of strategies and skill.
Writer : Husnul Khatimah
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