FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

READING 3
(Selected and compiled)

For internal use only

2023
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UNIT 1: SOCIOLOGY 1-10

(UNIT QUESTION: What makes someone admirable?)
Reading 1: We All Need a Role Model 3

Reading skill: Previewing and predicting 3

UNIT 2: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 11-20

(UNIT QUESTION: How do marketers get our attention?)
Reading 1: Your Guide to Generation Z: The Frugal, Brand-Wary, 13
Determined Anti-Millennials
Reading skill: Highlighting and annotating 19

UNIT 3: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 21-31

(UNIT QUESTION: What important lessons do we learn as young
people?)
Reading 1: The Difference Between Fitting in and Belonging and Why 23
It Matters
Reading skill: Making inferences 30

UNIT 4: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 34-41

(UNIT QUESTION: How can science improve lives?)
Reading 1: Five Innovative Technologies That Bring Energy to the 29
Developing World
Reading skill: Understanding comparisons and contrasts 34

UNIT 5: EDUCATION 42-53

(UNIT QUESTION: What is the value of learning a new language?)
Reading 1: How Learning a New Language Improves Tolerance 44

Reading skill: Distinguishing main ideas from details 51

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UNIT 6: BUSINESS 54-63
(UNIT QUESTION: How is work changing)
Reading 1: Who Wins in the Gig Economy, and Who Loses? 56

Reading skill: Identifying contrasting ideas 62

UNIT 7: MEDIA STUDIES 64-74

(UNIT QUESTION: How well does a picture illustrate the truth?)
Reading 1: Infographics Lie: Here’s How 66

Reading skill: Previewing a text (cont) 66

UNIT 8: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 75-85

(UNIT QUESTION: Why is global cooperation important?)
Reading 1: In Norway, Global Seed Vault Guards Genetic Resources 77

Reading skill: Making inferences (cont) 84

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SOCIOLOGY

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BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

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DEVELOPMENTAL
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The Difference between Fitting in and
Belonging, and Why It Matters

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SCIENCE
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EDUCATION

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UNIT QUESTION
What is the value of learning
a new language?

Discuss these questions with your classmates.

1. Which languages can you speak? How and why did
you learn them?
2. Do you think that learning languages has changed
any of your ideas or opinions?

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How Learning a New Language
Improves Tolerance

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BUSINESS

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Who Wins in the Gig Economy,
and Who Loses?

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4. Retail and service workers have more control over their work in the gig economy than in
traditional jobs.
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5. People who live on the margins of society benefit from the gig economy.
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6. Corporate workers have less job security today.

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F. INTERPRET Answer the questions. Use examples from the reading.

1. The author uses the words work and job with different meanings. What is the difference between a
good job and good work?
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2. "Winners and losers are determined by the type of worker you are-or can become." What is the
author implying in the words "or can become"?
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3. Does the author suggest that the gig economy will provide workers who now have "bad jobs" with
"good jobs"? Explain your answer."
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MEDIA STUDIES

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INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS

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 REFERENCES

Caplan, N.& Douglas, S.(2019).Q: Skills for success level 5: Reading

and writing with iQ online practice, (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

Daise, D. & Norloff, C.(2019). Q: Skills for success level 4: Reading and
writing with iQ online practice, (3rd, ed.). Oxford University Press.

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