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Reading Journal By Jiratsuda Kachai 6031006039 Section 1 This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements forEnglish reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

K-Pop band BTS tells world youth to 'speak yourself' at UN Korean boy band BTS became the first ever K-Pop group to address the UnitedNations this week when it told young people to believe in their own convictions andvoices.The group of seven made history by delivering a three-minute speech during thelaunch ceremony of UNICEF's global partnership Generation Unlimited at the 73rdsession of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday.Formed in 2013, BTS is one of the most popular Korean bands in the world, withmore than 13.3 million followers on Instagram.The group previously worked with the UN on awareness and fundraising campaigns.In 2017, BTS joined with the Korean Committee for UNICEF to establish Love Myself,which works with UNICEF's global #ENDviolence to advocate against against youthviolence.\"Last November, BTS launched the 'Love Myself' campaign with UNICEF, building onour belief that 'true love first begins with loving myself',\" said Kim Nam Jun, theband's leader, according to a UN press statement.\"After releasing the \"Love Yourself\" albums and launching the \"Love Myself\"campaign,\" Kim continued, \"we started to hear remarkable stories from our fans allover the world, how our message helped them overcome their hardships in life andstart loving themselves. These stories constantly remind us of our responsibility.\"\"So, let's all take one more step. We have learned to love ourselves, so now I urgeyou to \"speak yourself,\" he added.According to the UN statement, Generation Unlimited will tackle \"the globaleducation and training crisis currently holding back millions of young people andthreatening progress and stability.\"It will do so by focusing on secondary-age education; skills for learning, employabilityand decent work, and empowerment, the statement added. Page 2 of 6

Among those attending the speech were UN Secretary-General António Guterres,World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UNICEF Executive Director HenriettaFore.In August, the group broke Taylor Swift's YouTube record for biggest music videodebut, with more than 45 million views of \"Idol\" in its first 24 hours.In May, the album \"Love Yourself: Tear\" became the first from a K-Pop group to topthe US Billboard 200 chart, earning BTS the congratulations of South Korea'sPresident Moon Jae-in.Sales from the band's album \"Love Myself\" go toward the eponymous campaign,which has raised more than $1 million, according to its website.During his UN address, Kim Nam Jun discussed his life, saying that he was born inIlsan, a city near Seoul, and had a happy childhood, but then when he was about nineor ten years old, he started to worry about what other people thought of him.\"I had one sanctuary, and that was music,\" he said. \"There was a small voice in methat said, 'Wake up, man, and listen to yourself!\" But it took me a long time to hearmusic calling my name.\"\"Tell me your story. I want to hear your voice, and I want to hear your conviction,\" headded. \"No matter who you are, where you're from, your skin color, gender identity:speak yourself.\"He concluded: \"I have many faults and I have many fears, but I am going to embracemyself as hard as I can, and I'm starting to love myself, little by little.\"CNN's Cat Wang contributed to this report.https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/24/asia/bts-un-korea-intl/index.html Page 3 of 6

Week 5 Title: K-Pop band BTS tells world youth to 'speak yourself' at UN Author: Bard Wilkinson, Cat Wang Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/24/asia/bts-un-korea- intl/index.html Summary BTS was worked with the UN on awareness and fundraising campaigns. And In2017, they joined with the Korean Committee for UNICEF to establish 'Love Myself'campaign, which works to advocate against youth violence. After they had launchedthe campaign with UNICEF, they had a three-minute speech during the launchceremony of UNICEF's global partnership Generation Unlimited at the 73rd session ofthe UN General Assembly in New York. My reaction/reflection This article is quite difficult for me it has a lot of difficult words so I have totranslate it and it take a long time to understand all of this article. Since BTS were debut, I’m one of their fans. They are good role models fortheir fan club. They try hard and hard until they’re success but they still workhard to give a hope, a love, a motivation to their fans. I am very proud of them. Page 4 of 6

New words learned New Words Definitions1. conviction (N) the fact of officially being found to be guilty of2. awareness (N) a particular crime, or the act officially finding someone guilty3. fundraising (N) He has a long record of previous convictions for4. advocate (V) similar offences. knowledge that something exists, or understanding of a situation or subject at the present time based on information or experience Environmental awareness has increased dramatically over the past decade. the act of collecting or producing money for a particular purpose, especially for a charity The dinner is a fundraising event for the museum. to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something He advocates the return of capital punishment.5. constantly (Adv) all the time or often The world is constantly changing.6. urge (N) a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or7. tackle (V) impossible to control8. sanctuary (N) She felt an overwhelming urge to tell someone about what had happened. to try to deal with something or someone The president is clearly in a dilemma about how to tackle the crisis. protection or a safe place The chapel became a sanctuary for the refugees. Page 5 of 6

Articles Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%) 5 12341. Summary (4 %)2. Reflection (3%)3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) Scores Total scores _______ ÷ 5 = _____ marksCriteria for the above categories1. Rubric for Article SummaryCategory 5-4 3 2 1-0Summarizing Provides a very Provides a clear Provides a clear but Provides a somewhatthe content thorough and clear and concise shallow summary of muddled, unclear and and concise summary of the the article; may be rambling summary of summary of the article context and excessively brief or the article. article context and content. may include some content. extraneous information.Identifying Student recalls Student recalls Student is not able to Student cannot locateDetails several details for details for most locate most of the details with accuracy. each main point. main point. details of the main point. Is characterized by theParaphrasing Is characterized by Is characterized Is characterized by substantial copying of paraphrasing of the by paraphrasing the substantial indiscriminately main idea and of the main idea copying of key selected phrases or significant details and significant phrases and minimal sentences. details paraphrasingSpelling & There are few or no There are some There are serious Serious errors inGrammar errors in usage, errors in usage, errors in usage, mechanics, usage, grammar, grammar, grammar, grammar, or spelling punctuation, punctuation, punctuation, sentence that make the sentence fragments, sentence fragments, or summary difficult to or spelling. fragments, or spelling. understand. spelling.Total ________/20 ÷ 5 = 4 %2. Reflection on the Articles (3%) Students who have completely and clearly responded to the guided questions stated in the readingjournal form will get 3 marks.3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≤ 70% = 1 mark All correct = 3 marks Page 6 of 6