3.1: Preview

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Preview means to get a look at everything to activate your background knowledge. If you are previewing a website, look at headings and titles. Look at pictures, tables, graphs, etc. Look at captions. Click on different links around the site to see what is there.

In this chapter, you will look at a website and find information to help you understand international students in the United States. By searching for and answering questions, you will be practicing scanning for information. You will then use this information and your personal experiences to write a pros and cons list about studying abroad with your classmates.

Since this chapter is a little different than the previous chapters, and your reading is mostly on a website, the AWL vocabulary words selected from your exercises. Below are the words you need to have productive knowledge of. The bolded words are new vocabulary words for chapter 3. The italicized words are from chapters 1 and 2.

category	chapter	create	culture
economy	evaluation	focus	institute
items	majority	percentage	previous
regional	research	section	site
specific

Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\):

Flashcards

Make flashcards with the vocabulary words above. On one side of the card, write the word. On the other side, write the part of speech, a short definition, and an example sentence. Use the flashcards to quiz yourself whenever you have 5-10 minutes of free time.

Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\):

Preview

Preview the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) website (http://www.iie.org/).

Write a few notes while you are looking at the website. Your notes can include:
- Unfamiliar vocabulary
- Important or new information
- Interesting facts
- Information that applies to you
- Descriptions of the pictures, tables or graphs you find
After you preview the site, write your main impressions or current knowledge of the Institute of International Education.
Share your knowledge with a partner in class. Do you both have the same information? If your information is different, why do you think it is different?