COLLEGE READING

upper-intermediate level

LESSON ONE
 CHAPTER -1

Race and Ethnicity

 Race and Ethnicity
Academic focus: Sociology

• Reading Assignment 1
Reading Selection 1: Studying Sociology for Breadth and Depth

• Reading Assignment 2
Reading Selection 2: Understanding Race and Ethnicity

• Reading Assignment 3
Reading Selection 3: Life as an Alien
 READING ASSIGNMENT 1

Getting Ready to Read

• One job of sociologists is to observe how individuals
belong to various groups of people. Two of these groups
of people are racial and ethnic minorities.
• Race is based on “Physical differences among people”.
• Ethnicity is based on “cultural factors”
Look at the pictures on the page 2 of the
textbook and think and write about how you
would group these individuals.

• Group A

• Group B

• Group C
 Exercise 1 (page 3)
Write your opinion about the following questions related to
the pictures on page 2.

• 1. When you looked at the pictures, what kinds of differences did you notice?
• 2. What kinds of similarities did you find?
• 3. It is mentioned above that race is based on “physical differences among the
people” while ethnicity is based on “cultural factors.” How would you define the
terms race and ethnicity in your own words? How are they different from one
another?
• 4. Which groups of people shown in the pictures are of the same race, but from
different ethnic groups?
 Exercise 2 (page 4)
Here are some academic words which will appear over and over again in your
reading materials. So, they are important words to learn and remember. You may
already know some of these words, but others may be new. You have to have a little
notebook or flashcards for your new vocabulary and record the new words, their
definitions and example sentences from your reading selections.

Academic Word List (AWL)

1. Minority 7. Norms 13. Traits 19. Categories
2. Sociologist 8. Structure 14. Traditionally 20. Available
3. Aspect 9. Majority 15. Migration 21. Culture
4. Military 10. Discrimination 16. Accurately 22. Trends
5. Dominant 11. Identified 17. Data
6. Established 12. Ethnicity 18. Uniform
Academic Word List (AWL)
23. Comprise 36. Targeted
24. Diverse 37. Responded
25. Retain 38. Negative
26. Generation 39. Submission
29. Factors 40. Withdrawal
30. Participate 41. Status
31. Respond 42. Distinctive
32. Ranging 43. Process
33. Transferred 44. Acknowledges
34. Estate 45. Unique
35. Maintaining
Reading for a Purpose

Previewing
Becoming a good reader means acquiring the
skill that effective readers have.
- To read selections more than one time
- Every time you read a selection, read for a
different purposes
- Look for an overview of the topic, do not
read it line by line.
- Try to understand the general subject area
and main idea.
 Using a prereading strategy

Step 1: Read the headings and subheadings

Step 2: Read the first or last sentence of each of the three

paragraphs

Step 3: Use any knowledge you have about the subject to

help you make predictions about the main idea of the
paragraph
 READING SELECTION ONE

Studying Sociology for

Breadth and Depth
Read the Reading A Dictionary Definition
Selection 1
on page 6 of Sociology

The study of human social

behavior, specially the study of the
origins, organizations, institutions,
and development of human society.
Exercise 4 (page 8) Demonstrating Comprehension
1. What is academic major?
a. It is a subject area of concentration for students
b. It is one of the distribution requirements.
c. It is a requirement to be completed before entering
college.
Answer these
questions about d. It is all the distribution requirements together.
Reading Selection 2. How do students gain depth of study in college?
1 by circling or
e. By studying only subjects of personal interest.
choosing the
correct response. f. By taking a number of distribution requirements.
g. By studying academic major.
h. By meeting all the requirements for entry into college.
3. Which of the following is an example of a subject that sociologists
might study?
a. The stages of child development.
b. The political systems of Asian countries.
c. Irish immigration to the US in the 1800s
d. Relationships within groups.
4. What was the purpose of this selection?
e. To introduce students to the subject of sociology.
f. To introduce students to American colleges and universities.
g. To explain how sociology can be studied for breadth and depth.
h. To convince students to major in sociology if they attend college in the
United States.
 Writing short-answer responses
1. Use your own words to define depth and
Respond to these
breadth of academic study in colleges and
requests. Your universities.
answer should be
longer than a
sentence but no
2. Define distribution requirements, and give
longer than a examples of classes you might take from at least
paragraph. three areas of study. You may want to look at a
college catalog for ideas
 READING ASSIGNMENT 2
Exercise 6 (page 10)
Study these key sociology terms
to prepare for reading the
second selection and complete
the sentences on page 11.
Getting Ready to Read
sociologists n. People who study and research in the field of
sociology.
norm n. A standard, model, or pattern regarded as typical.
power n. A person, group, or nation having great influence
or control over others.
dominant group n. The group of people in a society that has
the power.
minority group n. The group of people in a society that
doesn’t have power.
characteristics n. A major feature of a culture or group that
is used to define or describe that culture or group.
repressed v. To hold back one group in order to favor
another group.
Reading for a Purpose

Scanning
Scanning is a skill that readers use to find specific
information quickly. When readers scan, they look for
the keywords or parts of the text that stand out.
Readers want to find out the key information for a
specific purpose. Sometimes readers just want to find
a telephone number, for example, and thus they look
in a telephone book for just one number.
 Exercise 7 (page 12) Scanning for supportive evidence
Practice scanning to find numbers, words, or phrases that support
the main ideas of the passage. Scan Reading Selection 2 to find
these indicators of supporting evidence. Write the paragraph
number where the indicators can be found.

Paragraph Number
1. In actual practice, the Census Bureau invites people……….... ………
2. Numbers - “… there were about 60 different racial …………….” ………

3. In the United States, about 30 percent of the population …... ………

4. Dates - “If current trends continue, by 2050 almost half of …..” ………
5. Example - “Asian Americans comprise a minority group that ..” ………
6. In fact, the term ethnic comes from the Greek word ethnos,… ………
 READING SELECTION TWO

Understanding
Race and Ethnicity
Subheadings
1. Racial and Ethnic Groups
2. Dominant Groups
Read the Reading 3. Minority Groups
Selection 2 4. Racial Groups
on page 14 5. Ethnic Groups
6. Characteristics of Minority Groups
7. Patterns of Repression and Response
8. Assimilation – Melting Pot or
Cultural Salad
 Homework
1. .Read the whole text again and make a note of new
vocabulary with definition.
2. .Mark the sentences or paragraphs which you can
not understand or translate accurately.
3. .Memorize all the new words and terms.
4. .Do the exercises 9, 11, 12 on pages 20-24 and 29-30
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