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Spring 2014 ESL 078. Week 3: Vocabulary, Dictionary Use. Homework. Reading Power 2, pp, 112 - 116. Reading Strategy: Guess meaning from Context (p.50). Reading Strategies. Previewing -- Identify the type of text (i.e. - Advertisement, Email, Letter, news story, fiction…)
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Spring 2014 ESL 078 Week 3: Vocabulary, Dictionary Use
Homework • Reading Power 2, pp, 112 - 116
Reading Strategies • Previewing • -- Identify the type of text • (i.e. - Advertisement, Email, Letter, news story, fiction…) • --Identify the topic from the title • --Understand the general content from a summary (i.e. - back cover of a book).
Previewing Questions, p. 101 • What kind of text is it? • Who wrote it? …and for whom? • What is the topic? • How long is it? • How difficult/easy is it (for me)? • How interesting (useful) is it (for me)? • What pattern is used? (i.e. - time, order, comparison, cause-effect, description, definition…) Question words • Who • What • Where • When • Why • How
Scanning p. 117 • How do you scan? • What do you scan for? • How can scanning speed up your reading…? • How can scanning improve your understanding?
Key Vocabulary Pets • Health • The most common • Psychologists • Develop close relationships • Mental health • Physical health • Lower heart rates • Blood pressure • Live better • Live alone The Common Cold • Around the world • Dress warmly • Caused by • Viruses • Connection with the weather • In fact • Another reason • Spread • Catch a cold • Sneeze • cough
Quiz 1 - Taste Noun: Example Sentence Verb: Example Sentence (2) • (1)
Quiz –Part 2 (preposition is missing… or adjective. Write the one word answer only) • I’m taking a survey. Do you like the taste (1)___ garlic? • No I don’t, but I have a taste (2) ___ travel and I would like to travel to Italy where people use a lot of garlic. I have a strong sense (3)___ taste and garlic is too much for me. • Well, you have good taste (4)___ countries to travel to. • Yes, Italian food has a very (5)_________ taste.
Quiz – Part 3 • News story • On a recent snow day, several cars went (1) __ control on the Expressway. The traffic is now flowing again and (2) __ control. One truck driver did not have control (3) ___ his rig. The highway patrol quickly got the situation (4) __ control. During storms, drivers rely on the state official to control (5) ________ to keep driving safe and flowing.