English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Grade 11

Name: Vince Allen Feranco Grade and Section: 11-Forecastle

Instruction: Read and understand the paragraph below.

Globalization

Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world into a
more connected and interdependent place. Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and
social changes that have come about as a result. It may be pictured as the threads of an immense spider
web formed over millennia, with the number and reach of these threads increasing over time. People,
money, material goods, ideas, and even disease and devastation have traveled these silken strands, and
have done so in greater numbers and with greater speed than ever in the present age.
When did globalization begin? Many scholars say it started with Columbus’s voyage to the New
World in 1492. People traveled to nearby and faraway places well before Columbus’s voyage, however,
exchanging their ideas, products, and customs along the way. The Silk Road, an ancient network of trade
routes across China, Central Asia, and the Mediterranean used between 50 B.C.E. and 250 C.E. is perhaps
the most well-known early example. As with future globalizing booms, new technologies played a key
role in the Silk Road trade. Advances in metallurgy led to the creation of coins; advances in transportation
led to the building of roads connecting the major empires of the day; and increased agricultural
production meant more food could be trafficked between locales. Along with Chinese silk, Roman glass,
and Arabian spices, ideas such as Buddhist beliefs and the secrets of paper-making also spread via these
tendrils of trade.
Unquestionably, these types of exchanges were accelerated in the Age of
Exploration, when European explorers seeking new sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia bumped into
the Americas instead. Again, technology played an important role in the maritime trade routes that
flourished between old and newly discovered continents. New ship designs and the creation of the
magnetic compass were key to the explorers’ successes. Trade and idea exchange now extended to a
previously unconnected part of the world, where ships carrying plants, animals, and Spanish silver
between the Old World and the New also carried Christian missionaries.
The web of globalization continued to spin out through the Age of Revolution, when ideas about
liberty, equality, and fraternity spread like fire from America to France to Latin America and beyond. It
rode the waves of industrialization, colonization, and war through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and
twentieth centuries, powered by the invention of factories, railways, steamboats, cars, and planes.

With the Information Age, globalization went into overdrive. Advances in computer and
communications technology launched a new global era and redefined what it meant to be “connected.”
Modern communications satellites meant the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo could be watched in the
United States for the first time. The World Wide Web and the Internet allowed someone in Germany to
read about a breaking news story in Bolivia in real time. Someone wishing to travel from Boston,
Massachusetts, to London, England, could do so in hours rather than the week or more it would have
taken a hundred years ago. This digital revolution massively impacted economies across the world as
well: they became more information-based and more interdependent. In the modern era, economic success
or failure at one focal point of the global web can be felt in every major world economy.
The benefits and disadvantages of globalization are the subject of ongoing debate. The downside
to globalization can be seen in the increased risk for the transmission of diseases like ebola or severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), or in the kind of environmental harm that scientist Paul R. Furumo
has studied in microcosm in palm oil plantations in the tropics. Globalization has of course led to great
good, too. Richer nations now can—and do—come to the aid of poorer nations in crisis. Increasing
diversity in many countries has meant more opportunity to learn about and celebrate other cultures. The
sense that there is a global village, a worldwide “us,” has emerged.
Source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/globalization

1. Summarize the paragraph above.

Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world a more
connected and interdependent place. It also captures in its scope the economic and social changes that
have come about as a result. It may be pictured as the threads of an immense spider web formed over
millennia, with the number and reach of these threads increasing over time.

The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes across China, Central Asia, and the
Mediterranean used between 50 B.C. and 250 C.E. Advances in metallurgy led to the creation of coins;
transportation led to roads connecting the major empires. Along with Chinese silk, Roman glass, and
Arabian spices also spread via these tendrils of trade.

Technology played an important role in the maritime trade routes that flourished between old and
newly discovered continents. European explorers seeking new sea routes to the spices and silks of Asia
bumped into the Americas instead. New ship designs and the creation of the magnetic compass were key
to their successes.

It was the beginning of what is now called the Age of Enlightenment - when ideas about liberty,
equality, and fraternity spread across the globe.

Advances in computer and communications technology launched a new global era. Modern
communications satellites meant the 1964 Olympics could be watched in the U.S. for the first time. The
World Wide Web and the Internet allowed someone in Germany to read about a breaking news story in
Bolivia in real time.

The benefits and disadvantages of globalization are the subject of ongoing debate. The downside can
be seen in the increased risk for the transmission of diseases like ebola or severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS). Globalization has led to great good, too, as richer nations can now come to the aid of
poorer nations in crisis. Increasing diversity in many countries has meant more opportunity to learn about
and celebrate other cultures.

2. Paraphrase the given paragraph below according to the following:

 “Globalization is a term used to describe how trade and technology have made the world
into a more connected and interdependent place.
Globalization also captures in its scope the economic and social changes that have come about
as a result. It may be pictured as the threads of an immense spider web formed over millennia,
with the number and reach of these threads increasing over time. People, money, material goods,
ideas, and even disease and devastation have traveled these silken strands, and have done so in
greater numbers and with greater speed than ever in the present age.”

a. Literal Paraphrasing
“Globalization is used to define how trade and technology made the world to have more connections
and interdependence. Globalization also got the economic and social changes that becomes a result. It
may be pictured because the threads of an immense spider web formed over millennia, with the quantity
and reach of those threads increasing over time. People, money, material goods, ideas, and even disease
and devastation have traveled these silken strands, and have done so in greater numbers and with greater
speed than ever within the present age.”

b. Structural Paraphrasing
The term "globalization" refers to how trade and technology have made the world a more
interdependent and connected place. The resulting economic and societal developments are also included
in the scope of globalization. It can be visualized as the strands of a massive spider web that has grown in
size and reach over the course of millennia. In the modern era, more people and more things have traveled
these silky strands than ever before, and they have done so more quickly and in greater quantities.
c. Alternative Paraphrasing

Globalization is a phrase used to describe how trade and technology have connected
and interdependent the world. Globalization encompasses the economic and societal
developments that have resulted as well. It can be compared to the threads of a massive
spider web, with the quantity and reach of these strands increasing over time. People,
money, material products, ideas, and even sickness and disaster have crossed these silken
links in greater numbers and at a faster rate than ever before in history.”