College Reading Upper-Intermediate Level: Lesson Three

COLLEGE READING
upper-intermediate level
LESSON THREE
Instructor Nyamjav B.
CHAPTER -1
Race and Ethnicity
Reading Assignment 3
Reading Selection 3: Life as an Alien

Check your previous classwork
Exercise 10 (page 25-28)
Example 2, Step 3:
• The concept of race relies on dividing all people into racial groups.
• Those groups are based on skin color.
• The groups are also based on ancestral origin.
Example 3, Step 3:
• Assimilation occurs in two main but different ways.
• The first is called “a melting pot.”
• The second is called “a salad bowl.”
Exercise 14 (page 32)
Step 3:
The four aspects of minority groups are shared physical or cultural characteristics, ascribed status, group solidarity,
and endogamy.
Step 4:
c. Members of minority groups stick together and help each other, especially when they are being attacked by
others.
d. Because members of dominant groups do not want to join minorities and because minorities want keep their
groups together, minorities often marry members of the same groupage
Step 5: In this step, you should write and submit summaries which include the points given in steps 3 and 4. You
should also report the number of words in your summaries to compare with the 197 words in the original. Your
summaries should be less than half the length (98 words) of the original.
Exercise 15 (page 34) Possible answers for you
1.
• Sociology is the study of the social behavior of humans.
• According to Compte, sociologists look for patterns in group behavior.
• Sociology is similar to history, anthropology, psychology, economics, geography and political science because they all look at
aspects of society.
2.
• A dominant group is one that has the power in a society.
• Minority groups are groups which are controlled by dominant groups.
• In America, descendants of white Europeans have been the dominant group while American Indians, Blacks, Hispanics, and
others have been in the minority groupage
3.
• Sociologists look beyond the biology of race and see race as it relates to social structure.
• Sociologists rely on data gathered through the census bureau to define a person’s race.
• These categories depend on cultural factors rather than relying on a physical description a person might have.
• The concept of race becomes more complicated to a sociologist than it does to those who look only at inherited physical traits.
4.
• Cultural factors might be language, national origin, religion, norms, and values.
• Mexican people might be identified because most speak Spanish, belong to the Catholic Church, and strongly
value family relationships.
5.
• To retain their identities, ethnic groups must pass on their cultural beliefs from one generation to the next.
• Marry within the ethnic groupage
• Form friendships within the groupage
• Share the same religion.
• Eat the same kind of food.
• Enjoy the same art and entertainment.
• Examples: Italian food, Greek dancing, sharing the same Jewish faith
6.
• Minority group members share physical and cultural similarities. They may look alike and they also share similar
customs, religion, language, and ancestry.
• Minority group members have ascribed status. This means they are born into the groupage
• Minority group members form solidarity with other members of their groupage This means they support each
other and face the world together.
• Members of a minority generally marry other members of the same groupage This is called endogamy.
1. Meri Nana-Ama Danquah
2. The story is about the challenges faced by a mother and her daughter in assimilating into
American society.
3. The story was written in the 1990’s
4. The story takes place in Los Angeles.
5. The author wrote the story to explain what it is like to live as an “alien” in American society.
1. Ghana
2. She is an African-American
3. African-Americans are often defined by their skin color, yet they come from many differing
cultures.
4. She may have experienced some prejudice from the dominant culture and even from black
Americans who did not share her immigrant situation.
5. She may have been dominated, withdrawn, or she may have fought back against
discrimination.
Checking your team’s comprehension

Mari Nana-Ama Danquah
Keeping a Reading Journal
One of the best way to become more aware of

your own learning is to keep a reading journal.
As you work with this book, write the date
every time in the journal.
Keep the following information in your reading

journal:
• Notes on learning preferences you
• New words you have to learn, specially may have, such as the right time
Academic Word List (AWL) and place to read.
• Notes on organizational patterns that • Take notes on your reading speed
authors use. and what kind information you
• Reading strategies that work for you. ( types should and can read faster versus
of questions, what techniques have you which material you need to read
developed to learn and remember) more carefully
Homework
1. Memorize new words and phrases from this

assignment.
2. Answer the questions on page 49
3. Do the exercise 23 on page 50.

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COLLEGE READING

Race and Ethnicity

Reading Selection 3: Life as an Alien

3. The story was written in the 1990’s

4. The story takes place in Los Angeles.

Exercise 18 (page 43)

Exercise 19 (page 44)

Exercise 20 (page 45)

Exercise 21 (page 46)

One of the best way to become more aware of

Keep the following information in your reading

1. Memorize new words and phrases from this

2. Answer the questions on page 49

3. Do the exercise 23 on page 50.

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