* Reading for a Purpose. *Cognates.

English For Academic Purposes -EAP –Lesson 1-

UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA-CALI FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE ENGLISH LEVEL II

2012-1

• Methodology Workshop: Emphasis on reading comprehension in which

we identify 4 stages:• Contextualization• Reflexion • Practice. • Assessment.

• Evaluation• Reading comprehension exercises by disciplines

WHY DO YOU READ?

READING MATTERS

TYPES OF TEXT

A descriptive text is a text which lists the characteristics of something.

Types of information

Magazines

Handbook

Encyplopedia

NewspaperDictionary

1. Adapted from: Reading Academic Texts. Cadavid, A. Universidad del Valle

Book

Short storyText book

Type of information

Comics

Cognates….

Cognates are…. In a technical sense, two words that have a common origin

are cognates. cognates are words in two languages that have a common

etymology and thus are similar or identical. For example, the English "kiosk" and the Spanish quiosco are cognates because they both come from the Turkish kosk.

Cognates often have a similar meaning, but in some cases the meaning has changed over the centuries in one language or another. An example of such a change is the English word "arena," which usually refers to a sports facility, and the Spanish arena, which usually means "sand."

• Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, but with different pronunciation.

Remember…..Cognates

objectivo = objective norteamericana = North American

actor = actor difícil = difficult

explorar = explore profesor = professor

carácter = character música = music

literatura = literature inteligente = intelligent

FALSE COGNATES…

Spanish Word

English Translation

Confused With

Spanish Translation

abandonar to quit to remove quitar

absoluto absolute absolutely absolutamente, completamente

en absoluto not at all absolutely totalmente

A false cognate is a Spanish word that looks or sounds similar to an English word but has a totally different meaning. Some examples are shown below.