Fluency Development Assignment (10% of your final grade. Due date: 2022.10.

14)

Instructions:
For Weeks 4 – 6 (4 times a week) choose one of the following English-language news websites:

BBC News Popular Mechanics The Korea Times Reuters

Breaking News English Popular Science The Korea Herald CNN International

Voice Of America Kotaku Buzzfeed News National Geographic

The Times In Plain English Atlas Obscura All That’s Interesting The Guardian

Read one article from a website each day and complete the form below for each article that you read.

Answer the questions as best as you can. Focus on the main idea in each article, rather than the vocabulary. The aim is to increase the amount of English reading
that you do on a regular basis. Make sure to choose a different website every week to diversify your reading.

Pro-Tip: Time yourself! If you spend more than 10-15 minutes on an article, you are taking too long - either the language level is too difficult or you are reading too
intensely. Also, try to choose an article with a topic that you are interested in so you enjoy reading it more.

Please write answers in your own words where possible

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Week 4 Article 1:
Today’s Date 2022.9.21

Article Website Link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62982315

Article Headline Danish queen tests positive for Covid day after Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

Briefly, what is the article The Danish Royal Court confirmed that the queen of Denmark has tested positive for corona virus for the second time in 2022.
about?

One important detail or She is one of the 2,000 guests who attended Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and the third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
interesting piece of
information.

Week 4 Article 2:
Today’s Date 2022.9.22

Article Website Link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62873987

Article Headline North Korea denies supplying weapons to Russia

Briefly, what is the article North Korea denied that they never sold any weapons to Russia and had no plan to do so.
about?

One important detail or As North Korea was one of the few countries that officially recognized two Russian-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine
interesting piece of broke down all diplomatic ties with North Korea in retaliation.
information.

Week 4 Article 3:
Today’s Date 2022.9.23

Article Website Link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63004249

Article Headline Covid: Hong Kong to end controversial hotel quarantine policy

Briefly, what is the article Hong Kong's announced that from September 26th people arriving in Hong Kong will no longer have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine.
about?

One important detail or However, there is still a regulation that travelers cannot enter the common area for the first three days after arrival and must undergo PCR
interesting piece of tests on the 2,4,6 days.
information.
Week 4 Article 4:
Today’s Date 2022.9.24

Article Website Link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63016675

Article Headline Ukraine war: Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says

Briefly, what is the article The EU must take Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons in the conflict with Ukraine seriously.
about?

One important detail or In a rare address to the nation, Putin announced his country that they had various weapons of destruction and would use all the means
interesting piece of available to them.
information.

Week 5 Article 1:
Today’s Date 2022.9.26

Article Website Link https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2022/10/419_336743.html

Article Headline SK Telecom introduces virtual human Sua to promote AI assistance platform

Briefly, what is the article SK Telecom introduced a virtual human model to promote its artificial intelligence based assistance platform.
about?

One important detail or According to SK Telecom, Sua is the first-ever virtual human to be adopted as a product endorsement model in the country's telecom
interesting piece of industry.
information.

Week 5 Article 2:
Today’s Date 2022.9.28

Article Website Link https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2022/10/419_336899.html

Article Headline Korea aims to take up 12% of world's EV market by 2030

Briefly, what is the article The Ministry of Industry and Energy said that South Korea will increase its global share of domestic cars to 12 percent by more than double
about? by 2030 and increase production of electric cars to become the world's automobile industry powerhouse.

One important detail or According to the plan, Korean automakers plan to increase the number of electric vehicles produced worldwide from 254,000 last year to
interesting piece of 3.3 million by 2030, accounting for 12 percent of the global electric vehicle market.
information.
Week 5 Article 3:
Today’s Date 2022.9.29

Article Website Link https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2022/10/600_336939.html

Article Headline All depends on Son in Qatar

Briefly, what is the article There is an overreliance on Son in an attacking sense that coach Paulo Bento has been unable or unwilling to alleviate. It is likely to be too
about? late for anything to change now and it is very difficult indeed to see the 2002 World Cup semi-finalist finishing in the top two of Group H if
the English Premier League Golden Boot winner from last season does not shine. Rightly or wrongly, a lot depends on Son.

One important detail or Lee Kang-in is another Korean who is showing high-level performance in Europe as midfielder. But he eventually played two games after
interesting piece of being called by Bento, so fans and the media constantly asked why only he played two games.
information.

Week 5 Article 4:
Today’s Date 2022.9.30

Article Website Link https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2022/10/419_337072.html

Article Headline Hotel booking app ordered to compensate 300 customers for data breach

Briefly, what is the article Leading accommodation booking app Good Choice “여기어때” has been ordered by a court to pay up to 400,000 won per person to 300
about? customers who suffered personal information leakage.

One important detail or In March 2017, 970,000 GCC users’ reservation details and personal information were leaked online by hackers. The hackers then sent
interesting piece of threatening texts to the GCC users based on the stolen information and posted personal information on social media.
information.

Week 6 Article 1:
Today’s Date 2022.10.3

Article Website Link http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221003000130&np=4&mp=1

Article Headline 4 in 10 households projected to be single-person by 2040

Briefly, what is the article Four out of 10 households in South Korea are expected to become single-person households by 2040, and the proportion of families with
about? more than four members, once the most common form of family, will drop to 10 percent, according to a report.

One important detail or According to the report, "As of 2021, the number of single-person households in South Korea exceeded 7 million for the first time in history
interesting piece of with 7.2 million, which is twice as large as that of traditional four-person households in South Korea.
information.
Week 6 Article 2:
Today’s Date 2022.10.4

Article Website Link http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221004000253&np=4&mp=1

Article Headline Stock market stabilization fund to be launched to ease downswings

Briefly, what is the article Financial authorities plan to launch a stock market stabilization fund as part of efforts to cope with the downward trend amid growing
about? concerns about global monetary tightening and slowing economic growth.

One important detail or The move came as the domestic stock market plunged this year due to concerns over aggressive monetary tightening and global economic
interesting piece of slowdown in major countries, including the U.S. The KOSPI has fallen about 27 percent so far this year.
information.

Week 6 Article 3:
Today’s Date 2022.10.5

Article Website Link http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221005000105&np=4&mp=1

Article Headline Consumer prices grow at slower pace for 2nd month in Sept.

Briefly, what is the article South Korea's consumer prices rose moderately for the second consecutive month on a year-on-year basis, supported by slower oil and
about? agricultural prices in September, in another sign that inflation had reached its peak.

One important detail or In August, the Bank of Korea revised its 2022 inflation forecast to 5.2 percent from 4.6 percent, the highest since the introduction of the
interesting piece of 1998 inflation target system.
information.

Week 6 Article 4:
Today’s Date 2022.10.7

Article Website Link http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221007000583&np=3&mp=1

Article Headline Apple Pay likely to start Korean services next month

Briefly, what is the article According to the recently leaked Hyundai Card Terms and Conditions document, Apple Pay plans to start its service in Korea next month or
about? at least early December.

One important detail or Apple's digital payment service, which was launched in 2014, has since expanded to include China, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.
interesting piece of
information.