Vocabulary Development- Printing and Mass-media. Structure: ‘can and could’. Words Commonly Misspelt, the Use of Dictionary

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Vocabulary Development- Printing and Mass-media.

Structure: ‘can and could’.

Words Commonly Misspelt.

The Use of Dictionary

• Comprehension-YVONNE AND YVETTE

COMPREHENSION-YVONNE AND YVETTE– UNIT 8- Pages 139-145

This passage is centred on Yvonne and Yvette who were born connected head to head and the doctor’s prediction on their future/chance of survival. The passage also focuses on the lifestyle of each of the twin sisters and how they both managed to live above their challenges in life.

ACTIVITY- Read the passage carefully and answer all the questions on it.

• Vocabulary development- Printing/mass media

Relevant words

1. Editorial: This is an article giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current.
2. Book pirate: This is a person who reproduces another person’s work without permission.
3. Copyright: This is the exclusive right to sell or control a book.
4. Royalty: This is the percentage of money paid to an owner of a copyright or book.
5. Imprint: The printer or publisher’s name, with the date and place of publication.
6. Cartoon:  This is a sketch or drawing that shows events or people in an amusing way.
7. Column: This is an arrow division of a page reading from top to bottom, kept separate by lines or blank spaces. This is also a recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece by an author.
8. Obituary: A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in the newspaper
9. Corrigendum: This is an error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication. It is a list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrected, known as an errata page. The plural form of corrigendum is corrigenda

Marketing department:

• Broadcast:

  This is a transmission of a radio or television programme aired to be received by anyone with a receiver. This is the transmission of message or signal via radio waves or electronic means

• Signal:

[Of radio, TV, telephone, internet etc.] an electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time that conveys the information of the radio or of the communication with another party.

• Broadcasters:

This is a person whose job is to broadcast

• Freelance journalist/broadcaster:

This is a broadcaster or journalist who sells his services to employer without a long term contract.

• Reportage:

This is reported of news. This is also news or information of general interest which has been reported.

• Slander:

  This is a false, malicious statement [spoken or published], especially one which is injurious to a person’s reputation. This is synonymous to defamation of character.

• Libel:

This is a pictorial or a written statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone’s reputation. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is written while slander is spoken. However, both have are the same meaning.

• Masthead:

The title which is [normally in a large and distinctive font] of a newspaper at the top of the front page

• Dateline:

This is a line at the beginning of a newspaper stating the date and place of origin.

• Manuscript:

  This is a book, composition or any other document written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for [copy-editing and] reproductive publication.

• Editor:

This is a person who edits or makes changes to documents. An editor edits stories and news items and he decides which stories/articles/news to publish.

• Correspondent:

This is a journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

• Caricature:

This a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are distorted or exaggerated for comic effects. This is to represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

• Cartoonist:

This is a person who creates cartoon or strip cartoons.

• Advertorial:

This is an advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news/article.

• Plagiarism:

This is an act of copying another person’s work, ideas, text or other creative work, and presenting it as one’s own, especially without permission.

• Proofread:

This is to check a written text for errors in spelling and grammar.

• Offset:

A printing method in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

Evaluation

• Look up the meanings of the following words– piracy, vendor, royalty, sub-editor, column, byline, articles, headlines, parody, printing plate, headlines, censorship, NUJ, editor-in-chief, mass communication, print media, electronic media, periodicals, communiqué, journalism, press release, news recap.

 

• Structure: Auxiliary ‘can’ /’could’

Aux ‘can’:

‘Can’ is used to:

Express permission: e.g. Awa can go if he likes. (Permission in the present and future)

Express possibility: e.g. That River can be bridged.

Express ability or capacity: John can lift that weight easily.

Aux. ‘could’:

‘Could’- Awa could go if he likes. (Polite in the present and future)

Awa could go out whenever he liked, (permission in the past)

‘Could’ can be used to express ability or capacity: John could run fast when he was young.

Evaluation

Use ‘can’ and could in SIX sentences specifying their usage.

 

• Spelling: words commonly misspelt

Our focus would be on the following:

1. Words with Silent Letters.
2. Words with Silent First and last Letters
3. Homophones
4. Words of foreign origin
5. Some British and American spelling

Analysis of sixty-eight (68) words commonly misspelt.

• Words with silent letters

Scene, scissors, debt, doubt, bridge, budget, handkerchief, solemn, castle,

• Words with silent first letters.

Psychology, knight, knee, kneel, knickers, gnash, wrestle, write, psychiatric, psyche, psalm.

Word ending: lamb, bomb, tomb, chalet, ballet, beret, comb, womb,

Homophones:

Words that have exactly the same sound but different spelling and different meanings.

Maze	Maize
Mare	Mayor
Boy	Buoy
Flare	Flair
Pause	Paws
Pail	Pale

British and American spelling

British	American
Defense(verb)	Defence (verb)
Programme	Program
Kilogramme	Kilogram
Colour	Color
Cancelled	Canceled
Labelled	Labeled
Enrolment	Enrollment
Manoeuvre	Maneuver
Encylopaedia	Encyclopedia

Analysis of words commonly misspelt

Correct	Misspell
Accommodation	Accomadation
Acquiant	acquaint
A lot	A lot
Anoint	Annoint
Athletics	Atheletics
Enmity	Enimity
Grateful	Greatful
Fulfil	Fulfill
Maintenance	Maintainance

Evaluation

1. Write two examples for each of the following words where ‘c’, ‘b’, ‘d’, ‘t’ is silent.
2. Write five pairs of homophones

 

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