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Reading Journal By Sawanya Keeree 6031006213 Section 5This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor English reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

Week 1 Title: New terminal design 'must prove merit' Author: Bangkok Post Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/tourism-and-transport/1548634/new-terminal-design-must-prove-merit Summary According to the news, The Council of Engineers (CoE) has urged Airports ofThailand Plc (AoT) to prove the merit of a favored design for a new passengerterminal at Suvarnabhumi airport. The master plan is the original blueprint ofSuvarnabhumi airport, created 25 years ago, which has two separate passengerterminals while the new one has a northeast terminal built adjacent to thecurrent terminal. The new passenger terminal will be annexed to the currentterminal. Suvarnabhumi airport is already overcrowded with 60 millionpassengers visiting annually despite it only having enough capacity to serve 45million. The new northeast terminal will boost capacity by 30 million. Mr.Kamol,president of CoE, said it is hard to see how the approved new terminal will beable to accommodate that many people. He said the design lacks space foraircraft parking spots. The Architect Council of Thailand (ACT) also announcedthis week that it will submit a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-chadetailing the irregularities it has found regarding the new terminal, and alsoquestioned the transparency of the design competition because the consortiumthat won it is now facing claims of plagiarism. My reaction/reflection: As I have been to Suvarnabhumi airport before, I would say that thecurrent design isn’t very well. It has a huge luggage area for arrivals and thenspits passengers out into a narrow corridor where they are supposed to figureout that they have to walk to the other side of the building to find a meetingarea. I have seen countless people wandering aimlessly trying to figure out howto get out on arrival. Page 2 of 4

New words learned: (At least five new words that you have learned) New Words Definitions1. Congestion (n.) The state of being congested:2. Annex (v.)3. Petition (n.)  Despite a huge emigration of Jews from4. Consortium (n.) Russia, the congestion within the pale is the cause of terrible destitution and5. Irregularity (n.) misery. To take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission:  The UK annexed this small island west of Scotland in 1955. A document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or another authority:  I signed a petition against the proposed closure of the local hospital today. An organization of several businesses or banks joining together as a group for a shared purpose:  Google Android comes from a consortium of companies who are collectively called the Open Handset Alliance. The quality of not being regular in shape or form, or an example of this:  The pictures showed cracks and other irregularities in otherwise perfectly regular crystals. Page 3 of 4

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 excessively brief or the article. article context and 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 summary sentence fragments, sentence fragments, or difficult to understand. or spelling. fragments, or spelling. 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 reading journalform will get 3 marks.3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≤ 70% = 1 mark All correct = 3 marks Page 4 of 4