 Jesse English 2nd Language Program 2 In today's program, there will be a group of students attending a tutorial group working out the meanings of unfamiliar words using contextual clues. The objectives of today's lesson are to understand the literal meaning of a text, to work out the meaning of unfamiliar words using contextual clues. Enjoy the program. It's the best. I thought we could see a movie to celebrate my results. But today we're going for tutoring. Maybe she can explain to us what we can do when we get difficult passages and what is hopefully what it's all about. Run, what do you do when you come across difficult or unfamiliar words in a passage? Here's so much. Both are also good for increasing your vocabulary. But what do you do in situations where you can't use it? Yeah, like in today's lesson. Now if you don't know the meaning of a word, you can often use the context to yard your kiss. What do you mean by the word context? The context of a word refers to the other words around. It's in a sentence or passage. I'm going to pen a paper and let's look at this passage. The first sentence says, Most children look forward, eager to their school days, having watched their older brothers and sisters leave home proudly in their uniforms, carrying trunks of books. The word trunks is not a word we come across often and can be seen by many as being unfamiliar. From this sentence we can guess that a trunk of books must mean some sort of container of books. We can guess by the fact that it is a number of books which are being carried by learners. We know that learners normally carry their books in school bags. Yes, Angelini. I see carrying trunks of books. The older brothers and sisters carry their books in the school bags. Yes, now scan through the second paragraph and see if you can spot more unfamiliar words. We need to follow him through the infant school. It would make a full story in itself. But it was no different from the story of other children. In the primary school, however, his individual character began to show. He developed a strong hatred for arithmetic, but he loves stories and songs. And he liked particularly the sound of English words even when they conveyed no meaning at all. Some of them simply fold him with joy. Periwinkel was such a word. He had now forgotten how he learned it or exactly what it was. He had a vague private meaning for it and it was something to do with fairy land. Yes, Angelini. The second paragraph, the word conveyed in the middle of the paragraph and he liked particularly the sound of English words even when they conveyed no meaning at all. Conveyed. Yes, the word conveyed. Yes, Thomas. Is he going to tell someone something? Yes, could be. How did you think of that? Well, the sound of words comes to us as a message of some sort or a meaning. So I guess that we were supposed to tell each other something. That is very good. Conveyed was used for words meaning that the words carry a message or a meaning across from speaker to listener. Yes, Jessica. And Nick, Miss, in the last sentence of the paragraph, he had a vague private meaning for it and it was something to do with fairy land. Well, let's look at the sentence just before that one. He had now forgotten how he learned it or exactly what it was. They put that together with the sentence that vague is in. Any idea what it could mean? I think it means he doesn't remember what the word means but he has an idea. That's correct, Jessica, to cross this. Let us see if we can guess the meaning of the following words in the next paragraph. Chaik's teacher was fond of using long words in the classroom. He was said to be a very learned man who liked to share this knowledge with his learners. He used to say to Chaik that if he continued to be more and more arrogant, then others would dislike him. Yes, Kevin. I think the word fond means to like something. In this case, Chaik's teacher liked to use long words because if you fond of something, you enjoy it and therefore you love it. Absolutely correct, Kevin. Tobas? Learn to use Chaik's teacher learned a lot. Not just learned a lot. He is well educated. I want to try the next word. Erigan means you, full of yourself. What do you mean by full of yourself? The teacher means you, full of yourself. Yes. So when you say someone is arrogant, then that person is full of themselves. Now I want you to do the next exercise. Can you match these words for the meanings in the right hand side column and write them down? The first one has been completed as an example. So means treating every green plant with light blue flowers. But what is the meaning of mechanism? In the name? Structure of arrangement of parts that work together and the parts of the machine do. That's right. And constellation? In the name, we will fix thus. Correct. And dispersal, Kevin? Zadun and valent person? No. Sorry, that's the meaning for explosive. The process of scattering or going into a different page. Well done, Kave. You gave us over two ounces at the same time. Thank you. Now, Jessica, the word throw crystallation. That's a actual delay in putting of what can be done now. It seems you guys do understand now how to guess the meaning of words in the context. There is something you can easily practice on your own by guessing meanings of words from text and then double checking with the dictionary. It will also help you build up your vocabulary. I wish you could have done this exercise before our test but at least I don't know how to take an unfamiliar words in attack. Now the next time you are writing a test or exam don't panic when you come across unfamiliar words which you can't seem to understand. Relax and just look at the context of the words. The other information containing a sentence or passage you can make a good case about the meaning of a word. Remember this. Till next time, bye bye. Thank you.