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Guessing the meaningfrom context
By
Porntip Bodeepongse
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Read and guess the meaning.
• The people in the neighbourhood
called Tom a loafer because he
always wasted his time by not
working when he should.
a loafer = a lazy person
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Unfamiliar word +signal word + meaning
Meaning+ signal word + unfamiliar word
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How to guess:
• Read the sentence carefully.
• Try using the context to help you
guess.• Look for a signal word and guessthe meaning.
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Make sure that the meaning is thesame part of speech as the word.
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1. Definition
• Inflation is a rise in the generallevel of prices you pay for things
you buy.• Someone who explores and studies
caves is known as a spelunker.
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Scoring rubrics are descriptive
scoring schemes that are developed byteachers or other evaluators to guide
the analysis of the products or
processes of students' efforts
(Brookhart, 1999).
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2. Restatement• Spontaneously, that is, without
planning, the students lifted the
teacher onto their shoulders.
• Mrs Miller loved the tranquillity —
the peace and quietness—
aftereverybody had gone to work.
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• Naturalist intelligence involves the
human ability to discriminate among
living things (plants, animals) as
well as sensitivity to, orunderstanding, other features of
the natural world (clouds, rockformation)
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A thinking curriculum does not strive
to produce "walking-encyclopedias,"
or learners who are stuffed with facts,figures, definitions, and formulas.
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3. Example
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Some people in the North of Thailanddo wickerwork, for example, theymake elephants, turtles, plates, bedsand chairs from teak trees forearning money.
• That trainee is very touchy. Forexample, she usually gets angry when
the trainer makes comments on herwork
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4. Comparison and contrast
• Although Dara and Wipa are veryclose friends,they are very different.
Dara spends a lot of money to buythings while Wipa loves to economize.
• The moans of the winds on a winter
evening seem like the sounds of a sadgirl crying.
• Although Dara and Wipa are veryclose friends,they are very different.
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• Educational researchers andpractitioners hold different views
regarding ways that school principalsimprove educational outcomes.Whereas some researchers found
that school principals matter tostudent achievement, others foundno effects of leadership on studentoutcomes. Which factors cause suchcontradictory results?
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5. Cause and effect
• Suda got drenched during the rainstorm
because she left her umbrella at her
office.• The little boy had wanted a bicycle very
much. Therefore, he was ecstatic when
he got it on his birthday.
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Some questionnaires give the impression
that their authors tried to think of every
conceivable question that might be asked
with respect to the general topic of concern.
The result is a very long questionnaire
causing annoyance and frustration on the
part of the respondents resulting in non-
return of mailed questionnaires and
incomplete or inaccurate responses.
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6. Modifier Individual learning is an instruction
method in which students work
individually at their own level andrate toward an academic goal.
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