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Thursday, March 13, 2008

1nd POSTING: READING FOR INFORMATION

Example of reading for information:

Personal:

Mahathir was born on December 20, 1925, in Alor Star, the capital of the northern state of Kedah. His father was a schoolteacher of Indian origin, having migrated from the state of Kerala, while his mother was a Malay; Mahathir generally associates himself with a Malay ethnic identity.[7] During World War II, he sold pisang goreng (banana fritters) and other snacks to supplement his family income in the Japanese occupation of Malaya.

Mahathir attended a Malay vernacular school before continuing his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Star. Mahathir then attended the King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore, where he edited a medical student magazine called The Cauldron; he also contributed to the The Straits Times newspaper anonymously under the nickname "Che Det". Mahathir was also President of the Muslim Society in the college.[8] Upon graduation in 1953, Mahathir joined the then Malayan government service as a medical officer. He married Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali—a fellow doctor and former classmate in college—on 5 August 1956, and left government service in 1957 to set up his own private practice in Alor Star. Mahathir thrived in private practice, and allowed him to own by 1959 a Pontiac Catalina and employ an ethnic Chinese chauffeur (at the time, almost all chauffeurs in Malaysia were Malays, owing to the economic dominance of the ethnic Chinese).[9] Some critics have suggested this foreshadowed a later hallmark of Mahathir's politics, which focused on the "cultivation of such emblems of power".[10]

He has five children through marriage with Siti Hasmah.[11] Both Mukhriz and Mokhzani Mahathir[12] are involved in business as well in politics while their eldest daughter Marina Mahathir is a prominent local writer and AIDS activist.[13]

For further information about Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahathir_bin_Mohamad


Introduction of reading for information:

Our group has chosen reading for information as the first blog post. The reasons that we have chosen reading for information is due to, we find that most of the knowledge comes from reading. Thus it is best to say that reading for information has become one or the reason for human to keeps on reading due to the source of information comes from reading.

Reading is a process of acquiring knowledge which consist of readers and any material that could be in a form of books, magazines, journal or online text. In real life, many people read in order to gain information and knowledge thus reading has become a way of life for people all around the world.

In today’s world, technologies are changing rapidly and most of the people use new ways of reading. Moreover, with the creation of the internet, reading could be done while you are on the virtual communication. Online text, story books, journal or any kind of reading material can easily be downloaded or extract from the web page in order to gain information from reading.


Reading for information, explanation:

This article is suitable for who wish to gain information on our former prime minister. Reading for information is important due to we can improve our language from intellectual, reading material. As for article chosen that is about Tun Dr Mahathir, the writer of the text uses information that consist of facts which relates to the correct usage of grammar and English words. This piece of text is written to the reader in order to enhance the knowledge on our former prime minister.

The writer of the text has chosen English language as a medium for the readers to gain information, thus this will allow readers to sharpen their skills on English as well as at the same time learn the history of the greatest leader of Malaysia.

As we go on further reading the text, we could find that the writer uses variety of words vocabulary to explain the writing. From the grammatical aspects, the writer portrays different grammar time frame in order to show the past, the present and the future of Tun Dr Mahathir. Moreover, the writer knows how to form the structure of the sentences and paragraph, so that the text written has unity and coherence.

In conclusion, reading for information should be practice for all people because reading for information not just only gives the reader knowledge, but at the same time, improve language due to the text is more intellectual and generates facts.

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