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MEETING 7
REVIEW

A. GOALS OF STUDY
At the end of this lesson, students are expected to be able to
7.1 Measure and evaluate their ability in answer the questions.
7.2 Improve vocabulary by providing additional vocabulary exercises and
tests on words.

B. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Goals of study 7.1:

Measure and evaluate their ability in answer the questions

a. Skimming is one of the tools you can use to read more in less time.
Skimming refers to looking only for the general or main ideas, and works
best with non-fiction (or factual) material. With skimming, your overall
understanding is reduced because you don’t read everything. You read
only what is important to your purpose. Skimming takes place while
reading and allows you to look for details in addition to the main ideas.
b. Scanning is typically reading through quickly in search of specific key
terms or phrases. Scanning tends to cause you to skip over a larger amount
of material than skimming because when you are scanning anything that
isn't what you are looking for you bypass and don't even attempt to retain
most of it, normally.
c. When you look for the main idea of a selection, you look for the most
important idea. The examples, reasons, or details that further explain the
main idea are called supporting details. Some main ideas are clearly stated
within a passage—often in the first sentence of a paragraph, or sometimes
in the last sentence of a passage. Other times, an author doesn’t directly

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state the main idea but provides details that help readers figure out what
the main idea is.
d. A topic is the one thing the whole paragraph is about.
e. Inferring means using content in a text, together with existing knowledge,
to come to a personal conclusion about something that is not stated
explicitly in the text. When the author provides clues but not all the
information, we read “between the lines” to make predictions, revise these,
understand underlying themes, hypothesize, make critical judgments, and
draw conclusions. Inferring involves synthesizing information, sometimes
quite simply and sometimes at complex levels.

C. QUESTIONS FOR EXERCISE/ ASSIGNMENT

Pre-Reading 1: Answer the questions.
1. In which country do people eat with a fork in the left hand?
2. Are some American accents very different from British accents
3. Do you think that American Universities have a lot of clubs you can join?

Pre-Reading 2: Complete the paragraph about a student magazine with

the words or phrases in the box.

Advice culture shock magazine settling-in

social life

ABC is a student (1).............. .Every month there is news and

information to help students with both their (2) ............... and studies. The
magazine also gives help and (3)................. to new students to make (4)
.............. easier. This month there are suggestions on how to deal with
(5)..................

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Read about foreign students living and studying in the US.

Cultural Differences
Studying in a foreign country can be exciting. It can be difficult too, especially
if the culture is very different from your own. However, there are often
surprises even if the culture is very similar. When Megan, a British student,
first arrived here in United States she knew that Americans ate their food with
a knife and fork. “But they don’t use the knife and fork like we do”, says
Megan. “In Britain we eat with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the
right hand. Whereas Americans often just use a fork in the right hand.”

Megan is also surprised that Americans tip a lot more than the British do. “We
never tip a waiter just for a cup and coffee, but American tip 15 percent. The
acccents can be so different too! I’m slowly getting used to everything.”

For students who come here from more different backgrounds settling-in can
take longer. Kit-ken, a student who came from Taiwan only a few month ago,
told us “When I first arrived everything was new and exciting. I really liked
the differences between here and home. I was happy to be in a new country.
Now though, I miss my family and friends and feel a little lonely. Sometimes
I’m confused about what to do. There are still lots of things that I like, but
now there are more things I dislike. I feel really homesick!”

For advice we turned to some students who now have problems about being a
student here. Seydou arrived from Senegal two years ago. He told us “Kit-ken
shouldn’t worry, this is perfectly normal. I felt exactly same as she did. I
didn’t understand the culture and my English wasn’t improving either.”

Seydou realized this was because all his friends were from his own country.
“So I decided to get to know some North American students, and other
international students. I went to the student union where there are a lot of
different clubs. There are sports clubs, dance clubs, club for people who have
the same religion, clubs for people who want to find out more about
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something-there are loads! I saw there was a club for students interested in
music and so I joined that. It made all deference! I made friends quite quickly,
and I was able to understand the culture a bit better. The students were
interested in me too. We talked about differences, and I began to feel a lot
happier. We now get along well and often hang out together.”

Miguel from Mexico added, “My main problem was the food. I really missed
eating my favorite dishes! Cooking for myself was also strange and I ate too
much fast food, which was unhealthy for me. Then I found a Mexican
restaurant nearby and I go there quite a lot, taking other students with me for
them to try. Also my mom sends me care packages with Mexican food in and
that really helps too. Understanding a new culture is important but it’s good to
have things from home too.”

Seydou sums up the advice for us, “...”

Comprehension 1: How does Seydou sum up the advice? Choose the best
comment.
1. Thing we get better if you stop talking to people from your own country
and eat only North American food.
2. Culture shock is normal. Meeting from other cultured is Culture shock is
normal. Meeting from other cultures is a good idea, but having things that
you know and like also helps.
3. Culture shock is not normal. There are doctors at the student union who
can help.

Comprehension 2
1. Another way of saying I’m becoming more familiar with the difference is...
(p.2)
2. What does Kit-ken feel? (p.3)
3. What is another way of saying to go to someone for help? (p.3)
4. Which phrase means that changed things for the better? (p.5)
5. What is often inside a care package as well as food? (p.6)

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Comprehension 3: Friends are very important! Complete the sentences

with the verbs in the box. Use each verb only once.

miss turn to make get to know get along hang out

1. I think I................ Sam because we both like the same things.

2. It’s difficult for me to .................. new friends because I’m very shy.
3. Joining a club is a good way to.................... other students.
4. We mostly.................... with the other people in our music club.
5. When I’m away from home I really ................... my friends.
6. If I have a problem I know I can ... my friends; they’re always ready to
help.

Activating Vocabulary: Match the verbs 1-6 and nouns (a-f).

1. Walk a. a person
2. Blow b. in a pub
3. Give c. in colored ink
4. Drink d. in a park
5. Touch e. a present
6. Write f. a whistle

Six foreign students had cultural problems when they studied abroad.
Can you guess which countries the students were in?
a. I was a student in _________. One day I was walking in a park with a
local friend when it started to rain. My home was nearer so i said,
“Here, take my umbrella and give it back tomorrow.” She looked at me
in a very strange way. “Oh no,” she cried “I can’t do that!” and then
she ran away into the rain. I have no idea why!
b. Well, I was a student in ____________ and one day I crossed the road.
Just that! Suddenly I heard a whistle blowing and a police officer came
running after me. He said, “You must wait at a crosswalk and only
cross if the ‘walk ‘light is on.” He was very angry with me and I burst
into tears!

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c. I really like buying presents for my friends. However, when I was a

student in _________, this was a problem. When I gave the presents I
said, “Here, I got you a present just know you’ll love.” But they were
really shocked and thought I was rude. That upset me.
d. One sunny day, when I was a student in ___________, I went to a pub
with two local friends. We all had a drink but, because I was so thirsty,
I drank mine very quickly. My friends still had half full glasses so I
bought another drink, just for myself. My friends said, “Hey, you can’t
do that!” and then I felt cheap.
e. I really love children and the children in ___________ are really cute.
One day I was invited to a local student’s house. It was great and I was
really pleased because he had a lovely little sister. However, when I
touched his sister’s head my friend cried, “Don’t do that!” I was really
embarrassed.
f. I love making my own birthday cards. One day, when I was a student
in ____________, I decided to make a card for a local friend. It was
all different colors and I thought it looked lovely, but when I gave to
her she cried, “Oh no! My name is written in red ink!” when she
explained why I felt terrible.

General Understanding: Match the problems about to one of the

explanations below. Complete the text with the
correct country.
1. In Japan, when you give a present it’s better to say this is just a simple gift,
nothing special.
2. In Taiwan, the word for umbrella sounds the same as to break apart and
may mean that the friendship will end.
3. In Korea, a name written in red ink means that the person has died.
4. In America, crossing the road in the wrong place is called jaywalking and
in some cities it is illegal.
5. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred and should never be touched.

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6. In the UK, when you are in the pub, you buy drinks in rounds – for you
and your friends, not individually.

Reading for detail: Which student had one of following reactions?

1. Which student started to cry? (The student in the US.)
2. Which student was uncomfortable with what his friend thought?
3. Which student felt really bad?
4. Which student didn’t understand the problem?
5. Which student felt bad about not buying something?

D. REFERENCES

Abby Marks Beale. 2007. Strategies for Study and LifeLong Learning” 3rd
Edition.: Thomson/Cengage.
McAvoy, Jackie. 2009. Essential Reading Student Book 2. Series editor Scott
Miles. UK: Macmillan.
Gough, Chris. 2008. Essential Reading 2. Oxford: Macmillan.

Reading strategies, viewed 30 August 2016.

https://www.stmartin.edu/learningcenter/studyskills/hando.

Skimming, viewed 30 Agustus 2016.

http://pioneer.netserv.chula.ac.th/~pkanchan/html/skim.htm.

Skimming and Scanning, viewed, 30 Agustus 2016.

http://www.howtolearn.com/2013/02/skimming-and-scanning-two-
important-strategies-for-speeding-up-your-reading.

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