unit 4 Education Unit aims Listening sil Speaking sills Identifying campus contexts Describing people Information in utiple-choie questions Making notes Summary completion Pronunciation: stress shit Topic talk 1 Look at the photo and answer the questions below. 2 Would you describe the situation in the photo asa tutorial, a seminar, ora lecture? What isthe difference? 1b Which of the three modes of teaching de you think is the best way of learning? © What are the dilferences or similarities between teaching in universities in your home country and other parts of the world like the UK? 2 Listening Section 3 often relates to academic courses. Complete the sentences below about courses with nouns from the requirements analysis criteria dissertation essay evaluation module paper portfolio programme 2 Inorder to study photography, you have to fulfil the course which include a foundation qualification in art. ‘Many people fail at medicine due to the difficulty of meeting the assessment € Most mature students enrol on a part-time. At the start of each academic year, students choose which core they will ake. € Aspart of their jobs, many lecturers are expected to submit at least one academic per year. {Students on the fine art programme are required to present a their work After collecting your data, you will need to carry out an in-depth oft hi Toget a good mark, students should show they are capable of making a critical of the literature 1 Atthe end of the course, each student must submit a 4,000-word long j After you have submitted Your MA ssnusmoe» YOU Will have to Wait about four months for your final grade _—utr 4 Education Look at the sentences in 2 again. Which verb introduces the noun in each case? ‘The steps below give details of how to prepare a piece of written work as part of a course, Work with another student. Put the stages a-g in a logical order. present an analysis of the data b_ includea bibliography ¢ describe the methods used for collecting data d__ set out your hypothesis and explain your terms of rete ‘e draw conclusions based on your analysis, { providea survey of existing literature § State your aims and objectives ‘The statements a-j below were made by students about courses they are taking. Complete each sentence with a feature from the list. research project deadlines easy-going tutors. ‘end-of-year examination background reading list extensions: weekly seminars individual tuition ongoing assessment practical work vocational content a The tutors provide you With ann before the course b-_Aspartof our assessment, we have to plan and carry out a ¢_Wsa very flexible programme: we have very . _Thean get very stressful: we are assessed by € Coursework has really fixed sn You can't get. [Everyone gets mmnmnnnif they are experiencing difficulties. The course is marked by .of written work, in a laboratory. hh Ispenda lot of time doing 1 Wsmostly snow! it Will all be useful for my career, ilar. vw in which people take turns to make j There are re presentations, ‘With a partner, discuss these questions about the statements in 5. a Which statements would attract you to take a course? Which would put you olf? b Have you what happened to you ad experiences similar to these? Ifso, tell your partner aboutListening skills Identifying campus contexts ly set in a place of academic study. Complete ing Section 3 is normall 1 Listening Section 3 i m te with them. The first cach list below with nouns that you normally associat ones have been done for you. a library Journals, student flat —_‘suudy bedroom, d_ lecture theatre aisles, € laboratory experiment, 2 Look at multiple-choice questions 1 and 2 in 3 below. What words do you think might indicate the correct answer? Information in multiple-choice questions 3 The questions below are taken from a multiple-choice task. The questions and options can give you a lot of information about what you will hear. Read multiple-choice questions 14 and answer questions ad. How many speakers do you think you will hear? Who has to do assignments? Which academic subjects is someone studying? ‘What area of that subject are they focusing on? 1 Wher A alibrary are the speakers having this discussion? B astudent flat © alecture theatre 2 How has Chloe spent the morning? A drinking coffee B training studying 3 According to Bill, what does the experiment show? A Quantities of water are hard to measure. B_ Children under five make many mistakes. Clear thinking is dificult for small children, 4 Bill's assignment is about the stages in a child's A emotional development B mental developm 1 social developmen Se aren geet 4 1.19 risten to the frst part ofthis answer Questions Int above, choosing Listening Section 3 recording and the correct answer A, B, or C.Technique Use the reading time to think about ‘the overal topic of the summary, The (general topic of each answer may beclear fom the context wir & Education Summary completion 5. The list below gives eight popular degree subjects. Number each subject 1-10 according to how easy or difficult you think each subject is (1 = easiest: 10 = most difficult). psychology medicine engineering law languages business management physics sportsscience sociology fine art 6 compare your answers with another student. Then answer the questions below. 2 Which of these subjects would you prefer to study? Why? How far would you agree that the most popular subjects also tend to be the easiest? ‘€ Which subjects have you enjoyed studying most in the past? Why? 7 The paragraph below is taken from a summary completion task. a Which speaker does it concentrate on? b What aspect of her studies does it discuss? Chloe started the psychology course in the 5 year. Previously she studied law. She enjoyed studying the 6 ......-...branch of that subject. ‘The worst thing was having to remember lots Of 7 sevsmone She found 8 ssoonsnmnee specially technical. She did not enjoy spending her time reading about 9.. in the library. The part of the psychology course she likes best is experimental psychology, because it involves 10. activities 8 match each of the predictions below with a gap in the paragraph in 7. Think of any other predictions you can add. 4 Ws anarea of law, but its technical, so maybe i's something like property aw b san area of law, and its interesting, so maybe it’s something like family law ¢ _I’ssomething that goes with activities, like useful or difficult, 4 Thisis something like fast, or an ordinal number like second, Something you have to remember, like names or dates. {Is something lawyers read about, like judgements 9) 1.20 Listen to the second recording and complete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. weno 3Speaking skills Describing people 1 answerthe questions below abou the eachers you had at sto 2 How well do you remember your teachers? 3 Mostherea teacher you esecaly ke? Why? + a gener can aches make lessons more intresting and ff Horan to dhs? sit aways posible wo do his? 2. the tar below gives some quale that teachers might posess. Deideit ‘each quality is Important (1), Useful (U), or Not important (). Qualities of good teachers ‘They speak many foreign languages. They have alot of hobbies. They set high standards. They are able to explain dificult things. They tll ots of jokes. They maintain discipline They avoid negative criticism. They speak loudly. They give alot of praise. ‘They are very athletic. They mark and return students’ work quickly They are good-looking. They know the subject well, They are polite to the students, 3 which other qualities would you add to thelist? 4 1.21 the taskeard below is taken from Speaking Part 2. Listen toa They ar answering the question, Make a brief note on the card of the answets they give to each prompt. ote on the card Peseribe teacher you can remember from your schooldays. You should say What this teacher looked like what subjects they taught what 'd of person they were and explain how this person has influenced you. aTechnique In Speaking Part 2.use phrases to structure yourtak and help you move ‘on to the next point. une 4 Educa 5) Match each phrase in the list o one ofthe functions a- shot iat amusing teloxed looked out of the window while speaking. rolled tie up and down made boring subjects interesting made difficult subjects easy ‘cheerful personality 22353 aans 9 Tcntesin and on ee queon below hich list relates tothe technique in 8? : 3 ntiinsstnote aking dos the ober st describe? © Which method of making notes would work best for you List B Cncouragesceaive thinking __—_encoUrages logical thinking Stany ayethroughtheideas one way through the ideas takes litle time to write can take a long time to write uses very few words uses more words oy very tidy 10 using a note-taking technique you prefer, make notes on the Speaking Part 2 taskcard below, using your own experience. Then practise speaking fortwo minutes using your notes. Describe a person you know who has helped you in some way. You should say how you know this person ‘what abilities this person has hhow this person helped you and explain how this help has influenced your life. Pronunciation: stress 11. Purine words in brackets in the right Place in the sentences. a Sarah has lots of our office without her, imagin D- Billis able to... «other people and he has a high level of wn.0-himselt (motivate, motivation) Jack has an outlook, whereas Te i + whereas Tom is one of life's. (pessimists, optimistic) oe 4 Jack isan nw and deals with o nee deals with our publicity. But Tom is very » 100. 12, 1.22 una \) 1.22 Underline the stress on ea i 00d qualifications "85 communication skills, motivation, imagination, Who is: artistic optimistic dptomaticeuur 4 Bducation sueeeeeoeneoeee seceeeenneeeneeeenuenenneene Exam listening Section 4 1.23 Questions 31-35, Choose the correct letter A, B, or C. 31 How long would terms be under the six-term system? A. six weeks B_ seven weeks © thirteen weeks 32 What would happen to the summer holiday? A. Itwould disappear. B_ Itwould be shortened. C would be lengthened, 33. How much was the average learning loss in the summer? A. two weeks B_ three weeks © seven weeks 34. Inwhich subject was learning loss greatest among disadvantaged children? A. maths B reading writing 35 According to Marchmont’s research, inthe six-term system pupils performed A. better than under the existing system. B_ worse than under the existing system. © the same as under the existing system, Questions 36-40 Complete the swnmary below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer “The school terms that we use originated when many people worked in. it was difficult to teach children A different 36 sinuses Also, because of the he in July and August before the invention of 37, approach can be provided by the 38 the success of these isthe small 39 40 sonmoonenis usually present, which contributes greatly. ‘An important factor in Also, the element of aunue 37