U1_Workshop on previewing

Camila Pérez Alarcón

Sergio Luis Ayazo Santos

Analisis de textos ingleses

Licenciatura en inglés.

Modalidad Virtual.

Montelíbano - Córdoba.

Col

2023
 Dear student,

The following is a set of short exercises to keep developing previewing skills. Please take your time and carry

out each point consciously.

EXERCISE 1

Check out the following tables of contents. Next to one of them, make a set of predictions of the possible topics of

the books.

Book 1

Your predictions

MAIN TOPIC

Analysis, writing, planning and creation of

theatrical production.

TYPE OF TEXT (fiction or nonfiction //

scientific – academic – textbook –

entertainment- etc)

Instructive-Academicals

POSSIBLE – IDEAL AUDIENCE

School teachers, parents, amateur directors,

students.
Book 2

Your predictions

MAIN TOPIC

Christmas time, the story of Jesus, religious

principles and culture.

TYPE OF TEXT (fiction or nonfiction //

scientific – academic – textbook –

entertainment- etc)

History, culture, religion.

POSSIBLE – IDEAL AUDIENCE

Christian people, Catholic people, historians,

researchers.
Book 3

Your predictions

MAIN TOPIC

How NOT to manage your own

business.

TYPE OF TEXT (fiction or

nonfiction // scientific – academic –

textbook – entertainment- etc)

Entertainment, academic, business

POSSIBLE – IDEAL AUDIENCE

Innovators, entrepreneurs, business

managers.
Book 4

Your predictions

MAIN TOPIC

The extraterrestrial little princess journey

on earth.

TYPE OF TEXT (fiction or nonfiction //

scientific – academic – textbook –

entertainment- etc)

Entertainment, fiction.

POSSIBLE – IDEAL AUDIENCE

All edges, fiction lovers, children,

teenagers.
 EXERCISE 2

Check out the following “headlines”. What are the articles about? Next to each one of them make your

predictions about the contents of the text.

What is the topic? What is the topic?

This headline may be about The unexpected success and

the expectation of the great euphoria of a new

response of a country that is English rock band in the

facing a situation of conflict US.

or economic crisis.

What is the topic? What is the topic?

The withdrawal in Paris of Comments and analysis of a

French troops in World War team coach in a season in

II. which the teams do not give

positive results to the team.

What is the topic? What is the topic?

The mysterious sighting of Inconclusive accusations,

an unidentified flying the failures of the justice

object. system.
 EXERCISE 3

Right now you are going to see the first sentence of three or four paragraphs of different texts. Make predictions

about the contents of the texts based on those sentences.

Text A

First sentence - paragraph 1 Your deductions:

Charles Ives, who is now What type of text is it?

acclaimed as the first great American

composer of the twentieth century, had to Descriptive- Biographical.

wait many years for the public recognition

he deserved.

What’s the author’s intention?

First sentence - paragraph 2

Describes the success and rise of an American celebrity.

Ives turned his attention to

business; he became a successful insurance What’s the main topic of the text?

executive, building his company into the

largest agency in the country in only two The Achievements of and American compositor and businessman.

decades.

First sentence – paragraph 3

In 1939, when Ives was 65,

American pianist John Kirkpatrick played

Concord Sonata in Town Hall. The

reviews were laudatory.

 Text B

First sentence - paragraph 1 Your deductions:

According to the sunspot theory, great storms on the What type of text is it?

surface of the Sun hurl streams of solar particles into space

and eventually into the atmosphere of our planet. Explanatory, scientific.

First sentence - paragraph 2

What’s the author’s intention?

A typical sunspot consists of a dark central umbra, a

word derived from the Latin word “shadow”, which is Explain the observations and theories of sunspots.

surrounded by a lighter penumbra of light and dark threads

extending out from the center like the spokes of a wheel. What’s the main topic of the text?

Sunspots theory about its nature and function.

First sentence – paragraph 3

Sunspots have also been observed to occur in cycles,

over a period of eleven years.

First sentence – paragraph 4

Although there is no theory that completely explains

the nature and function of sunspots, several models show

scientists’ attempts to relate the phenomenon to magnetic

fields.
Text C
 First sentence - paragraph 1 Your deductions:

Oscar shines, but Chelsea's defense breaks in draw with What type of text is it?

Juventus. Sooner or later people are going to start believing in

Oscar's genius; last year, in extra time in the final of the Under- Newspaper article, narrative.

20 World Cup in Bogota, he floated a chip from wide on the

right over Portugal goalkeeper Mika to complete his hat trick What’s the author’s intention?

and give Brazil-a-3-2-victory.

Narrate the facts of how Oscar´s performance made

First sentence - paragraph 2 him a good player.

It was a similar story at Stamford Bridge on What’s the main topic of the text?

Wednesday, a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Juventus. His first

goal was fortuitous, but his second one was jaw dropping. Oscar´s career.

First sentence – paragraph 3

What made his performance all the more remarkable

was that this was Oscar’s first start.

First sentence – paragraph 4

This is the new Chelsea, the attacking, vibrant team that

has emerged this season from the muscular organization that

characterized it last. It's more aesthetically pleasing and it

scores goals -- but the problem is that it concedes them as well.

Text D
 First sentence - paragraph 1 Your deductions:

Medellin is a city in continuing progress. Thus, it is What type of text is it?

not unusual for those who visit the city with some frequency,

to encounter new places to visit; new things to do Expository- argumentative.

First sentence - paragraph 2

What’s the author’s intention?

In our city the old and the new combine in just the

right proportions to create unique surroundings contributing Give arguments of why Medellin is a good place to

to unforgettable experiences. visit.

First sentence – paragraph 3 What’s the main topic of the text?

In addition to the list of traditional tourist attractions Medellin´s tourism qualities.

like The Planetarium, the Botanical Garden, the

Metropolitana Cathedral, the Museum of Antioquia, the

Explora Park, and the Parque Norte Amusement Park, there`s

no wonder why Medellin is called “the city of eternal spring”.

EXERCISE 4
 Right now you will check some books and magazines covers. You must now predict the main topic of the books

and the type of articles the magazines contain.

BOOK A BOOK B BOOK C BOOK D

Prediction: Prediction: symptoms of Prediction: Prediction:

Global warming, weather children behaviors. Methods and techniques for The catcher´s adventures.

changing. improving teaching and

encouraging learning.

Scientific, argumentative. Psychology, academic. Explanatory, academic. Narrative, novel

MAG A MAG B MAG C MAG D

Prediction: Prediction: Prediction: Prediction:

Race theories. Healthcare tips. Fashion news. Economic news, articles.

Argumentative, scientific. Entertainment. Entertainment. Economy.