week 12

Read Faster

Today, I studied about "Extensive Reading (Continue)"

Professor opened the Cambridge dictionary for teaching 

how to pronounce the words “accurate” and “accuracy.”

     meaning

accurate (adj.) /ˈæk.jə.rət/ = correct, exact, and without any mistakes.

accuracy (n.) /ˈæk.jə.rə.si/ = the fact of being exact or correct

        After that, she gave corrective the

 “Vocabulary focus 1” and “Vocabulary focus 2”

    And Professor told some abbreviations such as “PhD.” “B.Ed.”  and “M.B.A” etc.

PhD. = Doctor of Philosophy

B.Ed. = Bachelor of Education

M.B.A. = Master of Business Administration

I used skimming, scanning, and guessing the meaning for read in this lesson.

week 11

Extensive Reading

Professor asked us to discuss with my partner about 

“What is the extensive reading?” 

and

 “Do you often read in English for your private study?”

Professor let us thing the words relate to “Research” and wrote on the board.

and talk hard words meaning.

Hard Words.

Develop :  /dɪˈvel.əp/ meaning : to (cause something to) grow or change into a more advanced, larger, or stronger form

Development :  /dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/ meaning : the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced

Developing :  /dɪˈvel.ə.pɪŋ/ meaning : A developing country or area of the world is poorer and has less advanced industries, especially in Africa, Latin America, or Asia

Extensive :  /ɪkˈsten.sɪv/ meaning : covering a large area; having a great range.

week 10

Scanning

Today, I felt very hot because power off in the building

 I learned about Scanning.

"What is Scanning?"

Professor gave me a meaning of scanning and how do you scanning?

      

    When scanning you:

1. Need to have a question in mind-what the specific information you need;

2. Decide on a key word or expressions that will signal the needed information;

3. Do not read every word, i.e. you can skip over unimportant words or read only the words 

    that answer your questions; and

4. Need to read fast.

Reading Tips.

week 9

West meets East [Continue]

On 26 September, 

l studied continuous last week about West meets East.

professor let us checked answer with friends.

After that, professor let us continued reading and the exercise in handout.

she said that when you answer the question

you should read the text and guessing the words 

in part vocabulary focus 1 and 2

1.Part Grammar.

  2.Part Speaking.