Sample Answer Choices

This author's main purpose in writing is to ... .

The passage mainly concerns ... .

The main idea of this passage is that ... .

The primary purpose of this passage is to ... .

The passage primarily deals with ... .

The passage mainly discusses ... .

The main topic of this passage is ... .

The passage primarily deals with ... .

The tone of the passage could best be described as

(A) objective;

(B) optimistic;

(D) humorous.

Point out samples of contrast in the first pragraph. How do they predetermine the ongoing narration?

Unit 2-10. CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD

Guidelines for extensive reading of ESP texts

Professor Saint-Jacques critiques pre–globalization era theoretical concepts of culture and proposes a new approach. He contends that events over the past several decades have changed the way we should consider culture because globalization has created a “mixture of cultures and people within each culture.” As a result, earlier cultural concepts, such as Hofstede’s model of individualism–collectivism, are outdated and no longer reflect the contemporary societal setting.

Professor Saint-Jacques believes that any theory of culture in the globalized society must address “three basic facts: (1) Cultural Predestination!, (2) Individual Values, and (3) A Set of Dynamic Processes of Generation and Transformation.” These three considerations are then integrated to form the basis for Saint-Jacques’s proposed new theoretical approach to culture.

Text 2-10. CULTURAL IDENTITY IN THE GLOBALIZED WORLD

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