Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University



2202217  English Reading Skills

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 2  (BRK 311)

M 8:009:30, W 9:3011:00

 

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

Aug. 10

The Power of Books


1: The Power of Reading with a Pen 

Reading

In-class questionnaire: (download)
  • The first book I read by myself is _______. I was _______ years old.
  • The book I’ve read the most times is _______; _______ times.
  • This is a picture of my favorite place for reading: <draw picture>

Aug. 12

No class (Mother's Day)


Mother interview:

  • The first book I read by myself is _______. I was _______ years old.
  • The book I’ve read the most times is _______; _______ times.
  • This is a picture of my favorite place for reading: <draw picture>
  • The book I'd like to recommend to others is _______.

Week 2

Aug. 17

2: The Use and Misuse of Books  

Reading

Aug. 19

3: The Potential of Digitization  

Reading

Readers and reading survey: (2 minutes each) Students present mother interview results and introduce mother's recommended book.

Week 3

Aug. 24

4: Creating a Habitat for Biblio-diversity   

Reading

Aug. 26

5: Personal Impact of Books 

Reading

Glimpses into the Power of Books: (2 minutes each) Students share with class an instance they have found that illustrates the power of books.

Week 4

Aug. 31

The Gender Gap


6: Studies and Realities

Reading

Sep. 2

7: Words and Actions

Reading

Pop quiz 1: Big in Japan: Frozen's Feminist Rallying Cry

Week 5

Sep. 7

8: "Masculine" and "Feminine" Knowledge

Reading

Sep. 9

9: Nature vs. Nurture  

Reading

Week 6

Sep. 14

10: Gender Expressions  

Reading

*Assignment 1 (summary) due in class

Sep. 16

11: Gender Receptions  

Reading

Practice Vocabulary Quiz
  • Quiz (15 points; 10+ minutes; in the actual quiz, the fill-in-the-blanks sentences will be short and vocabulary choices will be given in a box) practice quiz
  • Answers practice quiz answers

Week 7

Sep. 21

Cultures in a Globalized World

12: Sports

Reading

Sep. 23

13: Economic Class

Reading

  • Rana Dasgupta, "Capital Gains," Granta 107 (2009; responses and discussion)
*Vocabulary quiz 1 (15 points, 10 minutes)
  • Quiz vocabuary quiz 1
  • Discussion
Practice Reading test 1
  • Test practice reading test 1
  • Discussion

Week 8

Sep. 28

(Midterm week: September 28–October 2, 2015)

Sep. 30

(Midterm week: September 28–October 2, 2015)
 
*Reading test 1

Week 9

Oct. 5

14: Competition

Reading

Oct. 7

15: National Identity

Reading

Week 10

Oct. 12

The Urban Environment

16: City Character

Reading


*Assignment 2 (summary) due in class
  • Download the article from Blackboard
    • A checklist for summary writing is available in the Assignment 2 folder
    • Guidelines for the course are available under the Course Documents menu (ex. how to summarize, how to paraphrase, glossary, and examples of summaries and textual analyses)

Oct. 14

18: Tourism

Reading

Week 11

Oct. 19

19: Urban Connections

Reading

Oct. 21

20: Nature in the Urban Consciousness

Reading

  • Oliver Morton, "End of Nature," Newsweek (2000; responses and discussion)
  • Eugene V. Weinstock, "Confessions of a Nature Hater" (responses and discussion)

Week 12

Oct. 26

21: Megacities

Reading

  • David Pilling, "The Rise of the Megacity," Financial Times (2011; responses and discussion)
  • Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) part 6 chapter 1–4 (study guide)

Oct. 28

We Are What We Eat

22: Food Cultures

Reading

  • Food: A Taste of the Road (1996)
    • Donald W. George, "The Way of Iced Coffee" (1989; responses and discussion)
    • Claudia J. Martin, "Give unto Others"
    • Mark Gruber, "Breaking Bread"
    • Susan Llewelyn Leach, "Table Etiquette for the Uninitiated"

*Vocabulary quiz 2
  • Review vocab quiz 2 review
  • Check your answers vocab review answers
*Final exam practice: Students draw lots to determine which mini final they will be taking.

Week 13

Nov. 2

23:

Reading

  • Jhumpa Lahiri, "Rice," The New Yorker (2009; responses and discussion)
  • Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) part 6 chapter 5–7 (end) (study guide)

Nov. 4

24: Eating Adventure

Reading

*Reading test 2

Week 14

Nov. 9

25:

Reading

Nov. 11

26: Conscientious Eating

Reading


*Assignment 3 (summary and analysis) due in class
  • Pairs
    • Article 1 (Somjit): Manaporn and Mevarath
    • Article 2 (Puckpan): Pichaya T. and Winatcha
    • Article 3 (Tapanat): Panittra and Werapat
    • Article 4 (Nipaporn): Sirimada and Pitchaya R.
    • Article 5 (Raksangob): Supatra and Naphasorn
    • Article 7 (Oltmann): Jirawan and Auttasit
  • Example assignment 3 example

Week 15

Nov. 16

No class (CU Open House)

Nov. 18

Review

Reading

  • Karen Joy Fowler, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2014; study guide)
*External reading test
  • Discussion of responses external reading test responses

Week 16

Nov. 23

Oral Presentations

Pairs of students lead class discussion on given prompts.

Nov. 25

Oral Presentations

Pairs of students lead class discussion on given prompts.

Week 17

Dec. 2

Final Exam (8:30–11:30 a.m.) You will be asked to read two articles and answer questions about them. One of the articles will have a summary component. 

 

 


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