Module of Technical English:

Reading for a Purpose and Cognates

English 2
Unit 2 – Lesson D

P O N T I F I C I A U N I V E R S I D A D J AV E R I A N A , C A L I
 READING WORKSHOP
 Read the slides carefully .
 Work on the 8 diferrent
task.
 Present your work in
couples o individually.
 This must be well
organized and complete.
 Remember to include
team members
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Thursday february 15th,
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- Course material
- Unit 2
-Lesson D (upload)
 Methodology

Workshop: Emphasis on reading comprehension in which

we identify 4 stages:
 Contextualization
 Reflexion
 Practice.
 Assessment.

 Evaluation
 Reading comprehension exercises by disciplines
 Goals

 To recognize the different types of texts: descriptive,

narrative, persuasive and expository.

 To recognize the importance and the use of the different

sources of information.

 To practice identifying types of texts and sources of

information.

 To define true and false cognates.

 To practice for identifying true and false cognates in

context.
Do you read? What do you read? Why
do you read?
READING FOR A PURPOSE:
Types of Texts

 The narrative text

 tells a story

 The persuasive text.

 tries to convince the audience

 The descriptive text

 describes something

 The expository or explanatory text

 gives information or explains
something
 READING FOR A PURPOSE 1
 Sources of information

Encyplopedia

Magazines

Newspaper

Dictionary

Handbook

1. Adapted from: Reading Academic Texts. Cadavid, A. Universidad del Valle

  Sources of information

Text book Short story

Book
Comics
 TASK 1

Using the table below, read the

following texts and identify the possible
source and its goal.

TEXT SOURCE GOAL

1.
http://us.cnn.com/2017/08/03/politics/arab-youth-survey/index.html
 (1)The human circulatory system consists of

Entrance of right
lymphatic duct Entrance of left
the heart, the blood vessels and blood. Blood is
a thick red fluid. There are three types of blood
lymphatic duct



Lymphatics
Lymph gland
vessels: arteries, veins and capillaries

 Arteries are large tubes. They carry blood to all
 parts of the body. Arterial blood is bright red and
 contains oxygen. Capillaries are tiny vessels. Veins
 are narrow tubes. They have thin walls and are
 LY MPHATIC SY STEM
inelastic.

(2) The heart is a cone-shaped organ. It is located in the center
of the chest. It is a thick, muscular organ and has four chambers.
The average heart is about 13 cm. long, 9 cm. wide and 6 cm. thick.
It weighs about 300 g.
Texto tomado de: Reading and Thinking in English. Concepts in Use.
Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1980
Task 2: Think of other types of texts used in your programs. Translate them
into Spanish, and write their goals or purpose

TERMS TRANSLATION PURPOSE

Essay
Summary
Review
Paper
Case study
Laboratory
 When you are
reading, what is a
problem you find to
understand a text?
 More
vocabulary

Increaded
capacity to Better
adquire comprehen-
new sion
vocavulary
 Helpful Strategies

1. IDENTIFY
DIFFERENT 2. I D E N T I F Y
TYPES OF COGNATES IN
VOCABULARY THE TEXT
 Types of vocabulary

 Structural vocabulary

 Prepositions: to , with, at

 Determiners: this, these, those

 Connectors: also, however, but

 Quantifiers : much, many, some

 Types of vocabulary

General Vocabulary:

It refers to:
 verbs: use, advertise,approve, reply, estimate,
purchase, dispatch, lend, borrow, plan

 nouns: sales, marketing, invoice, goods, imports,

exports, expenditures

 adjectives: good, high, low, commercial, large,

competitive, accredited, incorporated
 Types of vocabulary

 Specific vocabulary
It refers to a field of work or study.

Example: LOGISTICS

Management inventory Container

Warehousing Goods supply chain
Resources transport
Task 3: Make a list of words related to your field of study you
can think of.

(Field of
studies)
 Cognates
 Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar
meaning, spelling, but with different pronunciation.

English Spanish
Symbol Símbolo
Administration Administración
Respiratory Respiratorio
Benefits beneficios
Capital Capital
Commerce Comercio
Mechanism Mecanismo
Task 4: Identify the True Cognates in each sentence; there are more
than one in some sentences

 The doctor told me that she is ok. _____________________________


 This is an important hospital ________________________________

 The Imperial Hotel is good. __________________________________

 The travel was perfect. _____________________________________

 My mother is very popular.__________________________________

 Music is the best invention of the world._________________________

 Jupiter is the biggest planet of the Universe.______________________

 Venezuela is a great nation. _________________________________
 False Cognates
 Have a similar sound in two languages but their meaning is
different

To advertise To assist
To attend Argument
To attain Commodity
To realize Success
Actual Assessor
Actually Facility
Attempt Large
Task 5: Choose the correct cognate to each sentence

 1. Did you know that Chrissie got ________________ (embarrassed/pregnant) on

holiday in Ibiza? I laughed too much.
 2. The ________________ (signature/subject) I hate most is math.

 3. Begonia is a very ________________ (kind /sympathetic) person.

 4. Keep ________________ (removing/stirring) the soup the whole time.

 5. I couldn't agree more. That's a very ________________ (sensible/sensitive) idea.

 6. The film The Quiet American was a box-office ________________ (exit/success).

 7. How many ________________ (idioms/languages) can you speak?

 8. ________________ (Actually/Nowadays) I'm living with my parents again.

 9. The poor live in the ________________ (slums/suburbs).

 10. The police came to my ________________ (assistance/attendance).

Task 6:
Task 7: Cognates, specific vocabulary

Identify and circle cognates you find in the text.

FedEx, or Federal Express, is an international logistics company. It began operations

in 1973 and has grown to serve and reach every corner of the world. The company
website gives an overview: “FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with
a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services…Consistently
ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its
more than 275,000 employees and contractors to remain absolutely, positively focused
on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their
customers and communities.” Therefore, FedEx is regularly honored as a top company
to work for and is often on ‘Fortune’ magazine’s list of the most admired global
companies.

Taken from: Read more: FeddEx (Federal Express): Business English

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Task 8: Who is Muhammad Yunus?

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atch?v=YxpTFwQx-A8
English version
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atch?v=UxDkm2QQBmo

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atch?v=0C3XQ3BTd4o
 The Banker to the Poor

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker and economist. The

third of nine children, Prof Yunus was born in the village of
Bathua, Chittagong. During his school years, he was an active
Boy Scout, and travelled to West Pakistan and India in 1952, to
Europe, the USA, and Canada in 1955 and to the Philippines and
Japan in 1959, to attend Jamborees. In 1957, he enrolled in the
Department of Economics at Dhaka University and completed
his BA in 1960 and MA in 1961.He obtained his PhD in
economics from Vanderbilt University in the US in 1969. From
1969 to 1972, he was an assistant professor of economics at
Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN.
Before a professor of economics, he is most famous for his
successful application of the concept of microcredit, the
extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to
qualify for traditional bank loans. He is the founder of
Grameen Bank in 1983, and he and the bank were bi-
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts o create
economic and social development among the poor.
 In 1976 during visits to the poorest households in the village
of Jobra near Chittagong University, Yunus discovered that very
small loans could make a difference to a poor person. Jobra
women who made bamboo furniture had to take out usurious
loans to buy the bamboo. He made a loan of USD 27.00 from his
own pocket to 42 women in the village, who made a net profit
of USD 0.02 each on the loan. Yunus believed that if given the
chance the poor would repay the borrowed money and hence
microcredit could be a viable business model. He eventually
managed to secure a loan from the Janata Bank to lend it to the
poor in Jobra in December 1976.
 By July 2007, one year after receiving the Peace Nobel
Price, the Grameen Bank had issued USD 6.38 billion to
7.4 million borrowers. To ensure repayment, the bank
uses a system of solidarity groups. These small informal
groups apply together for loans and its members act as
co-guarantors of repayment and support each other's
efforts at economic advancement.
 The success of the Grameen model of microfinancing has
inspired similar efforts in many countries throughout the
developing world, and even in industrialized nations, including
the USA. Many, but not all, microcredit projects also retain his
emphasis on lending specifically to women. More than 94% of
Grameen loans have gone to women, who suffer
disproportionately from poverty and who are more likely than
men to devote their earnings to their families.
 What is the text
about?

 How did
Muhammad Yunus
become involved
with poverty?
“Give a man a fish, [and]
he’ll eat for a day. Give a
woman microcredit, [and]
she, her husband, her
children, and her extended
family will eat for a
lifetime.”
—Bono Lead singer for the
band U2 and humanitarian
advocate