Freshman English: Reading

1. Course Introduction Freshman English: Reading

2. Training for Reading Strategies: • Key: fast reading

3. Purpose • To get a general understanding of English information within a short time, even without the help of a dictionary • How to read without being interrupted constantly by the confrontation of new words

4. 3 Major Sections • Vocabulary • Paragraph • Essay

5. Vocabulary • 1. Word Power • 2. Understanding the meaning of vocabulary in context

6. Word Power • Etymology (字源學) handouts

7. Vocabulary in Context: Possible Clues • Synonym 同義字 • Antonym 反義字 • Restatement 再次陳述 (換個說法) • Definition / Description) 定義/ 描述

8. Paragraph • 1. identifying topic; topic sentence • 2. spotting intra- and inter-paragraph transition

9. Essay • Understanding the central line of development or overall structure • To learn the writing skill of the author

10. Preliminary Demonstration: • Understanding the meaning of vocabulary in context

11. Our mother likes to keep things she doesn’t use, but even she had to admit that it was time to discard all those magazines and newspapers that had been sitting in the corner collecting dust all those years.

12. Young boys growing up often dream about playing sports for both college and professional teams. Yet the chances of actually playing for a major university are not very great, and the odds of playing professionally are even smaller.

13. When our family first moved to California, everything seemed strange and different. Gradually, however, as I became acquainted with my surroundings and made new friends, California began to feel familiar, like home.

14. The United States has some strange laws. For instance, the government permit cigarette companies to advertise their products in magazines and newspapers, yet it bans cigarette commercials on TV.

15. Before he died, he made one last request of his family. He asked that his valuable art collection be given to a local museum.

16. Thank You