Reading Journal week1

Reading Journal By Raksanalee Pajjusanon 6031006183 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: Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19 billion Author: Adrian Covert Source: https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/19/technology/social/facebook-whatsapp/index.html Summary Facebook has bought smartphone messaging app WhatsApp in a deal worth a total of $19 billion in cash and shares. It is the social networking giant's largest acquisition to date. WhatsApp has more than 450 million monthly users, and the company claims it is signing up about 1 million new users a day. In a press release announcing the deal, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg described WhatsApp's services as \"incredibly valuable\". Analysts say that Facebook made the acquisition because WhatsApp appealed to younger users, and because WhatsApp actually had greater penetration in some international markets than Facebook. Some industry experts also said that the price Facebook paid was not reflective of WhatsApp’s true value. My reaction/reflection: In my opinion, I think this news has a lot of vocabularies that I already know. At the same time, they are some sentences that I don’t understand because I don’t know all of the vocabularies in that sentences. So, it makes me a little bit confused. Page 2 of 4

New words learned: New Words Definitions1. Aggressively In a manner resulting from or betraying aggression. (Adverb) Zuckerberg said he doesn't anticipate trying to aggressively grow WhatsApp's revenue until the service reaches \"billions\" of users.2. Conference An event, sometimes lasting a few days, at which there (Noun) is a group of talks on a particular subject, or a meeting in which especially business matters are discussed formally. WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum said on the conference call that WhatsApp's business model is already successful.3. Bolster To support or improve something or make it stronger. (verb) Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already4. Crowded strong position in the crowded messaging world. (adjective) Filled with many or too many people or things.5. Revenue (noun) Buying WhatsApp will only bolster Facebook's already strong position in the crowded messaging world. The income that a government or company receives regularly. Zuckerberg said he doesn't anticipate trying to aggressively grow WhatsApp's revenue until the service reaches \"billions\" of users. 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, that make the summary sentence fragments, sentence sentence fragments, difficult to understand. or spelling. fragments, or 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