Handout 1
Task 1: Contextual Clues
Match the headlines provided
below to the correct excerpts taken from The
Straits Times and write them down in the spaces provided. Explain your answer with support of the relevant textual evidence in
the given excerpts.
· Michael Jackson Wanted To
Marry Me.
· APPLE Still Dominates
World’s Top Brands
· What Makes Someone
Singaporean?
· Singapore ASIA’s Top
Convention City for 10th Straight Year
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But another homegrown institution threw up a stark
difference between the two groups: national service (NS).
When the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) asked 2,000
citizens - half local-born, half foreign-born - if having a male child who
has completed NS is an important characteristic of being 'Singaporean', 69
per cent of locals said yes. Only 43 per cent of foreign-born citizens did so.
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Maria da Graca Meneghel, better known as Xuxa, made the surprise
disclosure in a television interview that shocked the country late on Sunday.
'The entourage of Michael Jackson wanted him to marry, have
children. They were looking for someone. I was working in Spain, they invited
me to see his show several times,' she told TV Globo's Sunday program
Fantastico.
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The iPhone and iPad
maker has boosted its brand value by 19 per cent in the past year to US$183
billion (S$233 billion), or 37 per cent of its market capitalisation,
according to the annual BrandZ study by leading brands and market-research
agency Millward Brown.
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It is also the only Asian city in an international ranking
of the top five cities to host conventions.
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Task 2: Applied Learning Based On Active
Listening
Identify some traits of the HEADLINE
as mentioned in the previous slide.
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Answers:
ReplyDelete1. What makes someone a Singaporean
2. Michael Jackson wanted to marry me
3. Apple still dominates World's Top Brands
4. Singapore ASIA's Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
Some of the words are repeated in both the headlines and the text. There are also some contextual clues.
Delete1. What makes someone singaporean
ReplyDelete2. Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me
3. APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
4. Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
5.They are phrases but not sentence. They are also attention catching. They also convey the main points of the article. They are all capitalised.
Bennett Neoh, Samuel Ng ,Michael Chia
1) 1.What Makes Someone Singaporean?
ReplyDelete2. Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me
3. APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
4.Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
2)Short sentences , usually have capital letters
1. Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me
ReplyDeleteMaria da Graca Meneghel, better known as Xuxa, made the surprise disclosure in a television interview that shocked the country late on Sunday.
'The entourage of Michael Jackson wanted him to marry, have children. They were looking for someone. I was working in Spain, they invited me to see his show several times,' she told TV Globo's Sunday program Fantastico.
2. APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
The iPhone and iPad maker has boosted its brand value by 19 per cent in the past year to US$183 billion (S$233 billion), or 37 per cent of its market capitalisation, according to the annual BrandZ study by leading brands and market-research agency Millward Brown.
3. What Makes Someone Singaporean?
But another homegrown institution threw up a stark difference between the two groups: national service (NS).
When the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) asked 2,000 citizens - half local-born, half foreign-born - if having a male child who has completed NS is an important characteristic of being 'Singaporean', 69 per cent of locals said yes. Only 43 per cent of foreign-born citizens did so.
4. Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
It is also the only Asian city in an international ranking of the top five cities to host conventions.
They all have the same topic and short and esay to understand at first glance.
DeleteHeadlines play a huge part of what happened. Those few words are next to equal a paragraph. You will be confused if you miss the headlines, and the headlines attract the attention, so you would read the small text.
ReplyDeleteWAIT WAIT WAIT
Delete1. What makes someone a Singaporean
2. Michael Jackson wanted to marry me
3. Apple still dominates World's Top Brands
4. Singapore ASIA's Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
are ma answers.
Task 1:
ReplyDelete- What Makes Someone Singaporean?
- Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me.
- APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
- Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
Task 1:
ReplyDeleteWhat makes Singapore Singaporean?
Michael Jackson wanted to marry me
APPLE still dominates world's top brands
Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
Task 2:
The headlines are always capitalised, are in short sentences and summarizes the entire article.
Task 1:
ReplyDelete1. What Makes Someone Singaporean?
2. Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me.
3. APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
4. Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
Task 2:
Delete1. They are phrases.
2. All words in the headlines have the first word as a capital word.
3. They are short.
4. Little detail and capture's people attention
1.What Makes Someone Singaporean?
ReplyDelete2.Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me.
3. APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
4.Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
Task 2.
The headlines are short and sweet, and straight to the point
What Makes Someone Singaporean?
ReplyDeleteBut another homegrown institution threw up a stark difference between the two groups: national service (NS).
When the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) asked 2,000 citizens - half local-born, half foreign-born - if having a male child who has completed NS is an important characteristic of being 'Singaporean', 69 per cent of locals said yes. Only 43 per cent of foreign-born citizens did so.
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Michael Jackson Wanted To Marry Me.
Maria da Graca Meneghel, better known as Xuxa, made the surprise disclosure in a television interview that shocked the country late on Sunday.
'The entourage of Michael Jackson wanted him to marry, have children. They were looking for someone. I was working in Spain, they invited me to see his show several times,' she told TV Globo's Sunday program Fantastico.
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APPLE Still Dominates World’s Top Brands
The iPhone and iPad maker has boosted its brand value by 19 per cent in the past year to US$183 billion (S$233 billion), or 37 per cent of its market capitalisation, according to the annual BrandZ study by leading brands and market-research agency Millward Brown.
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Singapore ASIA’s Top Convention City for 10th Straight Year
It is also the only Asian city in an international ranking of the top five cities to host conventions.
Headline 3 is for article 1
ReplyDeleteHeadline 1 is for article 2
Headline 2 is for article 3
Headline 4 is for article 4
1. What makes someone singaporean.
ReplyDelete2. Micheal Jackson wanted to marry me
3. APPLE still dominates world's top brands
4. Singapore Asia's top convention city for 10th year straight.
Task 2.
- First letter of each word are caps
- Related to their own article.