Independent Reading Journal week5

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 5 Title : Thailand is buying record numbers of smartphones Author : Jake Maxwell Watts Source: https://qz.com/98395/thailand-is-buying-record-numbers-of-smartphones-but-its-facebook-that-people-really-want/ Summary Demand for smartphones in Thailand is soaring, according to a new report by market research firm GfK Asia. Almost 3 million smartphones were sold in just the first four months of this year. Demand is particularly strong in Isaan, where sales have more than tripled in the last year. Thailand is now the second largest Southeast Asian market for smartphones after Indonesia, and GfK expects the country to experience at least 70% sales growth in 2014. However, the report states that despite the growth in smartphone usage, there has not been much of an increase in e-commerce or in online news. Rather, social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are rapidly gaining in popularity. My reaction/reflection: After I read the news, I think it is quite difficult to understand because there are many business vocabularies, it is so hard to understand. There are a lot of vocabularies that I am interested. Page 2 of 4

New words learned: New Words Definitions1. Soaring Rising very quickly to a high level. (Adjective) Demand for smartphones in Thailand is soaring, according to new research by GfK.2. Penetration A movement into or through something or someone. (Noun) Thailand already has 120% mobile phone penetration—more than one phone per person.3. Respectively (Of two or more items) with each relating to (adverb) something previously mentioned, in the same order as first mentioned.4. Attraction (Noun) Google just reported that Thais now spend more time online than they do watching TV—16 hours per week compared to 10 hours, respectively—and half the time spent online was via mobile phones. Something that makes people want to go to a place or do a particular thing. Social media is the big attraction.5. Activism The use of direct and noticeable action to achieve a (noun) result, usually a political or social one. Even political activism, fueled by social networks, is now taking place online. Page 3 of 4

Articles Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%) 4 5 1231. 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 and Provides a clear but Provides a somewhatthe content thorough and clear and concise summary of shallow summary of the muddled, unclear and concise summary of the article context article; may be rambling summary of the the article context and and content. excessively brief or may article. content. include some extraneous information.Identifying Student recalls several Student recalls Student is not able to Student cannot locateDetails details for each main details for most main locate most of the details details with accuracy. point. point. of the main point.Paraphrasing Is characterized by Is characterized by Is characterized by the Is characterized by the paraphrasing of the paraphrasing of the substantial copying of substantial copying of main idea and main idea and key phrases and minimal indiscriminately selected significant details significant details paraphrasing phrases or sentences.Spelling & There are few or no There are some There are serious errors Serious errors inGrammar errors in usage, errors in usage, in usage, grammar, mechanics, usage, grammar, punctuation, grammar, punctuation, sentence grammar, or spelling that sentence fragments, or punctuation, fragments, or spelling. make the summary spelling. sentence fragments, difficult to understand. or 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 journal form will get 3 marks.3 Vocabulary Learned (3%) ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≤ 70% = 1 mark All correct = 3 marks Page 4 of 4