OxfordOxford EAP A course in English for Academic Purposes _/ ELEMENTARY / AzContents 1 EDUCATION pe 000 ‘Academic Focus: Present fom zZ INFORMATION pope 027 Academic Focus: Descrng fetes J LOCATION risecae ‘Academic Focus: (Cormpanng and comrasting G4. PRODUCTION riecso ‘Academic Focus: Descrbing nares ands DESIGN rexeoes ‘Academic Focus: Detnewandexplanne 02 contents LISTENING & SPEAKING Presentations (2) ‘Understanding a short presentation ‘and faking notes Giving a short presentation about ‘yourseit ana your plans ‘resent simple: Taba about now Present single + toinfinitive: Taking about future plans Presentations (2) Uneerstanding the introduction 3 presentation Noticing the argusge of pesentations Giving a stext presentatcn abou ‘website inking argage 2} Sequences and ‘ing information Lectures (1) Making notes on the main content of a were Presenting and comparing tes ‘Comparison (1: Comparative adjectives Comparison (2: Supevatve adectives Presentations (3) Understanding charts and data Presenting data with charts Dara (2} Saying numbers exactly and _approximaely Lectures (2) Identifying the main points ofa facture ‘Taking notes with 2 mind may Defining and explaining terms Defining (Definitions. exglanations ard ‘examples READING ‘Textbooks (1) Fecogrizing text types Understanding information ina textbook “Taking notes fom a text Present simple and imperative: Giving {infornation and instixctons or advice ‘Textbooks (2) Understanding the purpose ofa text Recognizing important information in @ ‘ext and taking tas Noun phrases (2 Understanding ¢ aoun phrase ‘Textbooks (3) Understanding the parts ofa text Reading tor srvarities ana atererces in atent Unig argue (4): Comparing and contrasting eas (wed fons: slr? ferent Textbooks (4) Using a graph to uncerstand a text Using numbers to focus on meaning Understanding the history of a company Past simple: Taking about evens in the past “Textbooks (5) ‘Wentifyng the main purpose ofa text Understanding academic terms ‘Taking notes on definitions ina text Defining (2) identiying definitions. ‘explanations, and examples‘Sapityingrariers and eperting at9 ‘ata (2 Spying numetcal information (2) Aescrition af 2 chart ‘lysing a descriston of achart Planing end witingacessiptin ofa chart VOCABULARY \ocatry balding Verbs and nouns Cahocaton: Verb +r ‘webstes on suas Vocanutry balding Antanyne Lecatlon and bios Compourd neurs deriving mar ers Navona sutiees anayngesboranors Presentations ith chris Wor rte: cectves ora: bulng Verbs ond nous Preposiions ACROEMIC LANGUAGE CHECK Talking about now and future plans Sig inrration and nsttions oradece and but becouse Sequencng and aedre norman Uncerstandng 2 nour phrase Aajetives in noun pases fragfien aa, s0. 0° Comparative and superstve adective Sint ane deren Data rer. tracts ane ‘anus Taking abut evens the past Definions explanations anf examsCHANGE poge a7 ‘Academic Focus: Deserang dianges and tends RESOURCES ope 0se ‘Academic Focus: Understancrg fact andniaicn IMPACT age 205 Academic Focus: Understanding cause and ffact INVENTION Pope 120 Academic Fos: ‘acogniere perspective Glossary of grammatical and academic terms so 07 USTENING & SPEAKING Lectures (3) Reading to propare far alacture Lstening forthe language of trends Talking ebout your countiy’s economy [Changes and trends (1) Prasent Diogressive, present simple Seminars (1) Roading to pregare for a seminar Understanding facts and opinions in a Discussing an issue Expressing opinions: Ging and supporting opinions. agieeing/ asagreaing Seminars (2) Reacing to prepare fora seminar Taking notes.in a seminar Discussing couse andeffect in a seminar (use and effect (2) verbs Expressing posstitity: Modats could might, ane may ‘Seminars (3) Understanding evidence in a presertation Giving evidence ina discussion, Using evidence in a discussion Fast events: Past simple ard present perfect Referiig toevisence Reporting vets Questions “Taking notes on a topic Recognizing the purpase of questions (Questions (L: Open and closed questions Language reference 19 READING Textbooks (6) Understanding the main rena in a graph Understanding changes and trends. ‘described na text Time. place. end quantity: Prepositonal phrases Changes and trends (2) Past and present tenses, ll Textbooks (7) Understanding factual Information ina text Noticing features of text types Distinguishing between fact and opinion Present simple passive (L} Deserbing acts and pccesses Textbooks (6) ‘dentitying the purpose ot a paragraph “Tekng notes on cause and effect ine text Organizing information with a flowchart Cause and erect (2}: ntmaueng cause With prepesitions Cause ang effec (3): Active and passive ‘Textbooks (9) Evaluating text types for academic study Evaluating different texts on one topic Noticing perspective in toxts Past sknple passive: Desciing discoveries and ioventione Perspective: Expressions and wocabilary ‘Textbooks (210) ‘dentitying relevant information ina text “Taking nates about reasons ‘Applying information from a text (Collecation: ve + noun Writing: Sample answers oor 195WRITING (1) Sentences about trends. Writing sentences about trends using adverts Descrisng tronde (1): Revers (2) A description of a graph “hralysing 2 deserston of a graph Des ing trends in a graph using adverts andagjectves Describing trends (2: Adjectives and adverbs (1) Sentences about processes lwiting passive sentences about steps ina process Waiting an evaluative sentence resent simple passive (2): Describing a process (2) A description of a process Analysing a descrotion of a process Describing 2 tage using inking anguage Linking language 6} Describing steps a process {1) Sentences about invention Using active and passive sentence patterns “Sentences (4) Changhgempnass wth ‘ctv pasene ty {2) A description ofan inventor Aralysingparagiagh stuctre ‘ning ecchesive paragraph about an Inventor {ing language (7) Usine pronouns ond determines for cohesion ‘Additional material from units oo vocasutary Vocabulary biting: Word forms Trends Economic terms Resources Vocabulary buling: Actives Noun phases Prepositions Vocabulary buliding: Adiectves and Vocabulary ulsing: Verbs and nouns Prepositona pases esearch {Cotacation: Vero + noun Answer key joe ACADEMIC LANGUAGE CHECK Present progressive, present simp, past simple ill Prepositonal chases Adverts re adjectives Giving and supporting options, agreeing disageeing Deserbng fate ane processor Describing steps ina process Cause and effect: Verbs and prepositions | Modal: could, might, and my Pst simple and present perfect Describing discoveries and inventions Using pronouns and determiners for ccneson (Open and closed questions ‘Questions: Form and tense The language of eports Video and audio transcripts sop: 10 Ust of sourees for texts pos >= contents 005Woleoms to Oxford Enelich for Academic Purposes ‘complete course foraayane preparing ostudyia [English at university level. What is Oxford EAP? Oxford EAPIs designed 1» improve your ability 9 siudy effectively in English, whether you ace planning, ‘o study on an undergraduate or postgraduate prograrime, Whatever your academe backgroud, ‘nl whatever your chosen subject, Quford EAP wil help you develop your knowledge and skis all of "he following areas: reading and understanding authentic academic texts Listening to lectures and presentations writing sentences, paragraphs, and different essay types participating in seminar and group discussions + preparingand giving simple presentations + improving your sty skills such as note-whing, critical thinking, and working independently recognizing and using scadleric grammarandl vocabulary. What is in a unit? Oxford EAP Az bas ten units Bach unk starts with a preview page wich shavrs the learning objectives for that unit plus short diseussian task to get you thinkingabour the wnt there ‘The academe focus ofeach unt: covers an important aspect of acadomie stad rlevant o all subject areas — fox esumple, presenting information, comparing ad contrasting, and understanding cause and effect. this focusis maintained thoughout the unit. “The units ere divided ino three main modules Listening & Speaking, Reading, and Weiting- plas ‘one page Vocabulary and Academie Language ‘Check modules. Each module stars witha short listo learning objectives and includes a imber of ‘arcfully sequenced tasks whieh help you to meer the ‘objectues for that module Listening & Speaking ‘ocusesan the aural and ‘oral skills needed to communicate siccessully in ‘an academic environment. The ial par ofthe ‘module focuses matnly on steing to lecures and presentations uses short video extracts ta help you. ‘understand hey information and language, as weil as hhow the lecture or presentation materials organized. [Novestaking va key feature and the module often Ancludes a ertcal thinking task. ‘he Speaking foeus ofthe madule inchades participating in seminars an discussions anc! giving [presentations iteoners communication srateples for these situations and presents and practises sel language. Usually you will do a shor listening task 10 trode the context znd learn examples of useful language. Reading uses adapted exacts from authentic academic wecbooks usually sats with a short task o get you thinkingabert the wpie oro predict the content ofthe vet. Further task will help you to denny mportantfeaureserthetert such the main leas or specifi luge, and demonstrate how you ‘can ead ind ubdersiand an aac text even you dont understand every woe Wirting focuses onthebasis of academic writing, ‘he wen, modules are i vo pats. he fst part focuses on sentence eve work, building confidence ‘wth appropiate structuresand language. The second ‘art focuses on simple paragraphs. Ineluding workon paraygeph setare and Waking language, ond ends ‘witha paragraph writing cask Fach fal ask inches ‘voheckyour writing ety Vocabulary consolidates sof areas of acaderte soeabulary om the unitund includes regular ‘ocabulary-bullding activites and woeabulary- Fearing staepies Academic Language Check provides the ‘opportaniiy to furter practise the academe language cevorod inte main modules. What else is included? Fach unit includes: ‘Academie language (grammar vocabulary and wseful phrases) related 1 the eadernic focus ofthe ‘unit with examples tae from the txts or video / (Critical dining sks whieh encourage you to think about the content of a module ane! about your own performance ta writing and speaking tasks, ‘What fs. boxes introducing key academleterms wAzlearners, Independent study tps suggesting how to transier the sills tom the course o your own studies. _Avthe ontofthe book: ‘Glossary of grammatical and academic terms used in thisbook Aithe back ofthe book: + Language reference with more detailed ‘information on che language covered inthe units 4 Sample answers ortho tas fron Writing (2) “+ Answer key for Vocabulary and Academic Language Check sections Video and audio transeriptsWords and phrases used to refer to grammar and other aspects of language in this book. Active voice the form ofthe vorb which indicates what the subject does to the abject, eg. The wind din the turbines, “Adjective a word which describes anoun, e.g. @ 1sefidl website, oF gives more information, eg. This website is twsefl _Adverb a word which describes a verb, e.¢ is rising oily, or funetions as linker ina sentence, e.g. Fst, However _Agent who oF wit does the ction in a passive sentence, ‘04 Water (heated by the Sun. Article (1) the most frequent determiners: definite article the; indefinite arile a / an Article (2) type of xt, gn amagzine, newspaper, oF ‘online Aundliary vert a verb which combines with another verb ‘tw show the tense, e.g, / us changing the passive voice, ei used: ora modal verb, e.g. ca / will produce ‘Gause and effeet he relationship heaween ane acti ‘andanother ‘Closed question 2 question with alimited answer, usually Yes! No.eg. Do/ Is) Can..? "Cohesion how a testis connected in terms of meaning andlanguage “Collocation two words hich commonly go together. do research, give a presontation ‘Compound noun two nouns put together to creste one meaning, eg. public transport CComeluston the final par of a written or spoken text which sums up the whale oer Content word a word whieh has eal meaning rather than ‘grammatical meaning; nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs ane content words Contraction the short form ofa verb form, often used in spoken English eg they're don't ‘ata factul and numerical information such as Hyures chart, and graphs Definite article the determiner ihe, which specifies definite meaning Determiner a word before a head noun which gives: {information about it, eg. de, some, this “Evaluation an opinion or comment on an idea from a tent, presentation, or diseussion, et hiss an ffctve ‘way to deliver data ‘ead noun the main noun in a noun phrase. eg. a large lobal orgentzation Imperative a form of the verb (the same as the infinitive form) used togive instructions oradviees ee, Make notes Indefinite article the determiner a («an before vowels), ‘which specifies indefinite meaning Infinitive the base form of the verb, with or without fo, ‘eg rite, write Introduction the firs partof a writen or spokes text which introduces the topic and aims of a text Irregular verb a verb hat daest’t follow regular patterns ‘ex go-wen-gone [inking language words / phrases which help make text cohesive: which join sentences, ean, hu, However ‘which a tio ction: which a explanation. fecause, so: 0 which signpost order, eg Fistefall, nally Modal verb an auxiliary verb such as can, could, might. may these are oten sed vo express possibility [Noam x wor! which can refertoanything concret, e.g: tniversty, or abstract, rcuth Object he part of asentence, often «oun parse, which tsaflected by the acton ofthe verband which normally comes after the main verb; an object can become the: subjoctin the passive form ofthe sentence, eg. Tourism retes we jo; New jos are created by turism Open question a quesion withany answer eg, Wy are You studying Portuguese Participlethe for ofthe verb which ends ining oe used (o form the progressive (ng) the perfec (ed, and the passive (cd) Passive voce the form ofthe verb which is used wo indicate somethingbeirg done tothe subject cg. The rurbnes ado bythe wind. Perspective how atopic is ied tits academniceantent, from a rol perspec Phrase a siete bultround a noun, ver, adjective, and/or adverb, ea similar problems Jossessive determiner word before ahead noun which ‘specifies possesion, eg my, your ther ‘Prefix the first part of some words, which expresses a particular meaning or grammatical function, e.g. un-, dis- Prepositon a wort or group of words before a noun or pronoun, eg, in, from, by, due to, as a result of Prepasitional phrase a structure built round a teposition, eo he ieernet Pronouna-word which takes the place of nother noun or oun phrase, ee, it ‘uantiieraeterniner oF pronoun that expresses quantity, ¢.g. some, « few, all Regular verb a verb that follows normal past tense / past partcpleendings eg. wore-worked-worked Reporting verb yerb used to refer information or evidence ftom another source, esa, beter, suggest Sequencing language wor / phrases which pat information it order eg. First Net, Then Source the original txt fom which information is taken Subject the part ofa sentence whieh performs the action ‘ofthe main verse, Oni ahr uses new technology Sut the fst part of some words, which expresses a particular meaningor grammatical function, eg ton, ‘meat ‘Tense the form ofthe verb which oltos to ime: English has two tenses: presen, ee works, and pas eg he ‘works Future time is referred ta with modal verbs, e.g. ‘wil, and time expressions ‘Verb the part of @ sentence whic typically comes between the subject and the object and ean be in the present or past tense, e.g, Millions af people mone to cites every year.LEARNING OBJECTIVES Ths unl covers LUstening and Speaking + Unsorsancing 3 ere precontaion ae aking + Gvivea stort resenmatin about oust ae your plans Rescing + Recognizing text types + Unveistanchg information na tetbeoe Ting rotes rom text weting + Flancng and with sentences with pessonat Intrmatir + Arayging2pecanal statement ing a pessoal statment use eer language Vocabulary + Necabulay-tultsng Ves and nos * atocaton ve + noun ‘academic Language Chock + Tahing about row ae future pars + Ging infomation and nstuctorsc sie * one but because Discussion 1 Workin pairs Laok atthe picture. Who are the people? Wich subjectis tt design exgineering English geography history Information technology matiematies media stdles physical eduention science 21 Listen and repeat te subjecesin 1. 53 Match the lecturers’ wordsa-J withthe subjeetsin I. Egampler ‘Wes plastcin os of prt’ design 1 sie pinot tote prociets bb "Young people watch move videwseuine than on TV « 'Nexs ve heat the chemicals "Ue eet mein space wasn 1952 “The population of Re 32 lion” "Multiply this rurber by five "The verb comes ater the subject ofthe sentence ‘ick the bal se your parte The Bur Kala san ecamplefa skyscraper Today, cur top is FITML forthe web 4 Workin pairs, Wha subjects do you study? What ssubjectsd youtihe? Why? samples Jotul English, geography and history. iy Jvcauite subject sgeograpy because Ike Iearaing abou other countiesListening & Speaking Presentations (1) This module covers: ‘Understanding a short presentation and taking notes * Giving short presentation about yourself and your plans | TASK 1 Talking about how you learn. 1 Look at activities 1-6, When you study, whieh activities do you do? Tick (/) the ‘ones youtike. 1 reading academic textbooks 2 listening to lectures 3. watching videos online 4 making notes 5 doingexercises ooo000 6 discussing information in groups 2 Thinkabor don't like doing, earning English. What activities work for you? Say what you tike / Example; Ue watching videos online. Ilan’ tike working in groups. TASK2 Understanding key information in a presentation ‘What is an 1 GIL.2 Wateh astudent presentation, Girele the correct wards / phrases, academic Name: Steve Pocher / Shaun Pallet KSI canes Country: Inciane / India / Indonesia sheets onetime ge, Favourite school subjects: mathematics /seienee | subject: mathematics / biology / ma (ve sar tas sot i Sect nase nd Likes: doing exercises / reading wcademic textbooks / working in groups Le saae 2 DIL2 Watch again and match 1-6 with at Examples Fm from India 1 (mfrom ¢ 2 Westudy 3 Youneed 41 Maths and setence are 5 (like 6 (don’tlike hard at school 1b reading academic textbooks, 4 management because the course is very practical igh grades w enter the best usiversities £ my favourite subjects, 9 Look at thesentences in 2, Are they about the pres ior the future?Present simple Talking about now ‘To alk about noe. use verbsin te present simple + Positive _ Negative 2 Question be Ya student at university, Fmnot at university ‘are you studerw? Is oftheut, Ietsn' atic Asse alectrer? Maths and sclence army Theyaren't my tovourte favoute subecs subjects other verbs |1ke nstoy. | don't ike working in groups. Bo you suxdy science? ‘They like watching vdecs. They don't ike history. Do they lke English? ‘She studies maths Sedeesn'tstudy Engish oes he lke veadng? 5413 LUsten and repeat the sentences and questions, TASK3 Practising the present simple 1 Underline the correct verb forms. 1 Lin /istrom Mexico 2 In China, students study / studies for many hours. day 3 Heneed needs a good grade in his English exam, 4 Design and geography (s/ aremy favourite subjects. 5 Maths and sefence aren’ sn'tdificul 6 She lke | likes working with other students, but she don't Fike | doesn't like reading textbooks. 2 Make questions with Are or Do. 1 you /a university student? 2 you /study maths? 3 you /like / read / textbooks? 4 you /like / work /in groups or on yourown? 4 Work in pairs, Ack and answer the questions 2, Example: A Areyou auniverséy sudemi? B Yes, Lam. No, fm not TASK 4 Noting down key information 1 DIA Watch another student presentation. € Name: Leta Wong mnplete the notes. Future plans: become a 2 G14 Watch again and complete the sentences with the correct verb. 11 todo a Master's degree, 1 tostudy business, 1 tobecomea project manager: I to work with people on international projects"Present simple + to infinitive Talking about ‘utue plans I plan to study business. [hope to become 9 project manager ‘9 plons to worn ngs {don't want to study maths at university. | want ta study management, canals use would e+ to infritve keto study problens en fir solitons Toast about hopes and plans, use Oo / does own question: “Do you plan ta suxiyengreerng? “Dees she wont t9 workin Aerie? What do you want to stucly? nore €9%5 he hope to work? 1.5 stan ane repeat the sentences and quests. TASKS Practising the present simple for future plans 1.6 Complete the conversation. Use the words in brackets. Listen and check. Teacher ‘Do you plat to study (you! plan / study) history at university? Student No, I don’t. 1! (ike) history, burl? (llike / work) in business, so! (want / do)a business degree. Teacher OK. Where* (you / hope / study)? Student Well, my brother (plan / go) toan American university next year {* ((alke / go) there too, ‘Make sentences about your future plans. Use plan 10, want fo, hope to, would like to. ‘Work in pairs. Ask each other questions about your plans in 2, Example: A What do you plan to dor BIplanto... TASK6 Preparing and giving a short presentation 1 Read Stefan’s presentation. Complete the same information about yourself. “Tm Stefan and Im from Germany. plan to study engineering at university because | ke ‘solving problems and coing experiments. | dort ie ectuzes, but ike studying with ‘other students. nthe future hope to nor abroad, | wart tobe a project manager, [6 ke to wor for an international cormpary: Your name: From: Future subject: Likes: Future plans: 2 Work in pairsand practise your presentations. Give feedback. 3 Take tums to give your presentations, Watch the presenter and make short notes. “To iekcabout future hopes end plans, se the veibs plan, hope, want i the present tense * to infiniive: Iberenoent stony eet spncie Shes merone oe se ono eh Se ur Sonne | SaneReading Textbooks (1) This module covers: ‘© Recognizing text types ‘¢ Understanding information in a textbook ‘= Taking notes from a text TASK 1 Recognizing text types typo? 1 Look atthe words inthe list. Label text types 1-5. Awa pete awniten or spoken tox wetter ext ‘yore anescay an ate, 2 ropa ot Sper ex ‘ypoe-apreconton 3 gcassion ater examination essay lecture slides magazinearticle seport textbook L report 2 Workin pairs. Which texts in I do you read? Example: Jread magazine articles in ry language. tread in my language, Tread in English Teed to read in English in the future, TASK 2 Understanding information in a textbook 1 Lookat the book cover: Are the sentences true (I) or false (E}¢ 1 The textbook is about physical education. 2 The textbook is only about swimming, 3 The textbook is for sixteen-year-old stuslents, 2 Read Text f, from the textbook PE 10 16 What is 1 howto learn new skills 2 howto ran faster 3 how to study a2 unt 18 BEADINGLearning new skills You loan new skis in PEin dierent ways, Copying You often leam anew skill by copying. For example, in PE lesson, the teacher shows you what te do anc then you copy it Four things are impertant he Watch careful, + Remember what you se. * Prectise and repeat the activity * Develop your physical ability (2g torun fasten) Learning trom your mistakes You als lean fiom your mistakes. For example, if you practise something and it doesnt work, then your PE teachers help you: they watch you and then they give you feedback. Hf youmake a mistake, yout teacher tels youn this way. you ear from you! mistakes, 3 Match the pairs of words with definitions aor b, 1 skill / subject a anability b anarea of knowledge (at schoo! / university) copy /repeat a todo the same thin b to dosomething in the same way learn / practise a to do an activity and improve yourskills, b to gainaskill orknowledge of a subject, 4 remember /develop 4 tohave something in your memory b to become berteror strnnger 5 mistake / feedback anincorrect action b information about correct or incorrect actions 4 Read Text 1 again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (E)® | There is ane way to learn a new skill 2 InPE, watch the teacher carefully 3 Copy the activity and repeat it J. Mistakes ate bad for learning, 5 APE teacher says what you do correctly and incorrectly.TASK 3 Taking notes from a text 1 Complete the notes with words / phrases from Text 1. Copying atin carefully > | “+ practise and repeat + {Learning trom your mistakes practise someting +! + your PE teacher teis you» * Present simple and imperative Giving information a instructions or advice Tove infomation thats generally true use the present simple, ‘You loam fram your mistakes. The teocher shows you what todo. To ge instructors of advice, use the Imperative. The impersive form isthe same asthe infinitive form without te: ‘Watch carefull, Remember whot you sea TASK 4 Practising giving information and instructions 1 Read Test | again. Underline verbs in the present snaple and eiecle verbs in the imperative. 2 Underline the cortect fran ofthe verbs, Copying be / és a good way to learn anew skill, ‘teacher give / gives you feedback oa your English. Please wrtlt/ 10 watch the other students carefully Remember / To remember what you see and then copy / captes it. First your teacher show / shows you what to dan then yo da / oes When you learn / learns something new, ty/tresto remember it 3. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correet form. 1 Watching my teacher the best way forme to lear. (be) 2 Always to the instructions carefully, (ister) 3 A good roacher always: ‘hotptul feedback: (give) 4 Thestudents all good at watching and copying, (be) 5 from your mistakes. (learn) TASK5 Understanding the main information and taking notes 1 Read Text2, the next part ofthe text rom PE to 16. Doesit: 1 give instructions to teachers? 2 ive information and adviee about learning mew skis? 3 explain how to learn new footall skills? ous untae meningThere are two more ways fleaming@ new ski =n Role models You aso leer sls from role mode's. cole model is en important person in our tives thea goed frend, parent, teacher, er even someone famous. Fr exale, when young ootbole kes a famaus player from thek favourite team they wath this cle model play and hen try t copy hi or he. ‘Ghanging learned skis Sometimes yu ear a naw stil andi is vary acu wo change t Tiss probit you eam the sl ncoctectly the fst te. Here is some use‘ul sevice: * Goback tthe beginning and learn the ski again, + Don'tmake the seme mistakes, + Bepatient and do os of practice. ‘ne apd tan Fain SB Goodwin 2008, 126 PE te 28 2 0d Oxia Otord Univesity Press Read Text? again. Take notes on ‘Role models’ and ‘Changing learned skal: Write your notesas flowcharts, Role models Youlikea role model +* ” ‘Changing learned skis a #1 as Workin pairs and compare your notes in 2. Did you write the same notes? ‘SK 6 Critical thinking - summarizing information Work in pairs. Match the sentence halves to summarize Texts 1 and2. Fxample: Texts! and 2 are about how to learn new sill 1 Tests Vand 2are about... ¢ 2 Copyingis when you 4 Learning from your mistakes is when you 4 Learning from role models is when you . 5 Changing learned skillsis when you 4 wy something, listen to feedback, and try it again. bb start learning a skill again from the beginning, choretoicarn newshils dd wateh, remember, and lea choose an important person in your life and learn from them. ‘Think about learning English. Which advice from Texts 1 and is true for you? Example: Jeopy my tccherwhen eam new ond neemcmair Work in groups. Talk about learning English. Write five sentences for anew dati wag ot student, Use the ideas below or your own ideas. Give advice or instructions using "8" "°° the present simple and imperative forms. Steere eds Imakingmistakes working with ctherstudents using dictionaries ese. Aa oe cgcomené aetreuhies miagyarteertchok Sc ne eben Foample: When you make « mistake in English, write the sentence again correctly. - MF 2B READING 035This module covers: ‘+ Planning and writing sentences with personal information TASK 1 Understanding a personal statement | whatis a personal \ | statement? 1 Read the student's personal statement, What is itor? | Aperenl satement atten is ‘Sescttonot a persons cancion, 6 eeiy emer Bes Pea geae cone fvpeieree andathes gee Heres b auniversity application to study business You wrt tar an apes erm for ‘nest ceuse ara new et © an application fora job at a university Personal statement Nur Sadik {am 18 years old and tm from Turkey. study mathematics, science, and geography atthe Brtsh international School in Istanbul in my free time ke sport and volunteering. lama member of the local basketball team ard fm good at tennis, Every Saturday I work ata special centre for chilcren with disabilities want to study business at university. | hope to ‘develop my academic and persona) skis: ke to work as 2 project manager in construction 2 Read the statement again and tick (/) the information Nur gives. Ageand country []) Address g Dateotbinn — J Interests and hobbies. ] schoo subjects E] Future plans a 3 Answer the questions about Nur. 1 Where does Nurgo to school? 2 What subjects does she study? 3 What does she do in her free time? 4 What areher future plans? TE: ‘Sentences (1) Writing personat information \We often give personal information in the present simple Use /m + information about you: 18 years old 1am good at maths and science ‘o member ofthe local hanabal tec, Use vetbs ite, enjoy, wont, aed etc to give Information about your interests ane future plans Use a subject-verb-abject (svo) sentence pattern: supject_verb object ‘ke spot | study mothematis, science, nd geography. want 0 study business at university. tis common to start with a sentence with be and write the next sentence with another vert: Jam 19 years ol. want to study ergineeving at university2 Practising present simple sentences ‘the personal statement with verbs. Personal statement ‘Mohammed Al abr [am 17 years oidand im from Oman. Engi, physical ecucaton, and economics atthe Entsh ‘Shoo! n Muscat. in my free time | wetching ‘ims and writing stcries|* a rember ot ‘the locl film club and 1° ‘353 journalist for ‘ur schoo! newspaper. rostuay €rgish sturwersity. 147 to decom professional Journalist in the future. the sentences, Tan engineering student. Jam an engineering student. 120 years old. Ym Yemen. Am astudent at Birmingham University [studies mathematics. ike read books, Timamember local football team, plan go 10 university In the futue, [like 1 study economics. 3 Planning and writing personal information down your personal information for potnts 1-5. Age: Nationally: Secondary school Interests University /Job plans: ‘one sentence for each point in 1. sm 19 years old, Um from Duda. your sentences in Task 3.2 gain, Use this checklist to check your writing, o ‘use the present simple? Ty five interesting information? {in pairs, Read your partner's sentences. Use the checklist in Land give K wTic wring) 037This module covers: ‘© Analysing a personal statement '» Writing a personal statement using linking language TASK1 Analysing a personal statement 1 Read 1wo personal statements, Aand B. Answer questions a-c. a Which statement has more sentences? b Which words are different in 8? ‘© Which statement do you prefer? Why? ‘Statement A {am 19. | am from Malaysia. | nave an international baccalaureate fromthe Kuala Lumpur International School Schoo! exams are very cifcult in Malaysia | have grode Ain all my subjects. Inmy free time | like sport | often go running. | always play football on Saturdays, | ama ‘member of my local fontbal team, We play apast ather teams ‘My favourite subjects are history and geography, n the future, Lope to study ‘management at university. m interested in business. Statement 8 {am 19 and | am from Malaysia, have an international baccalaureate from the Kuala, Lumpur international School Scnool exams ace very cifficuit in Malaysia but have rade A in all my subjects In my free time | ite sport and | often go running. | always play football on Saturdays because | ama mamber of my local football team and we play against other teams, Hy favourite subjects are history and geceraphy, but inthe future, I hope to study management at university because Fm inexested in business, shen ogy) oh tee Ran Ente crease css Soe Join two sentences with and and but. (laments Ties ar one dale ar, Te ecclcct ren green eo Fee cr ‘study English. | don't study mathematics. ‘study English, but | don't study mathematics, Use because to give @ reason: ‘study English. | want to work in the USA J study English because | wont to work in the USA. Veeco ac 2) ntsceona os nica tna pa es eae male aie: ‘A study Engiish, but | don't study mathematics. Mathematics is difficult, fore uur 2c wR INE)TASK 2 Practising joining sentences 1 Read personal statement B again and circle the linking language. 2 Choose the correct word in brackets and join the nwo sentences. Example: 1am good st maths and selene, 1 have A grades in these subjects {and / but) Tara good at maths and seience and] have A grades in these subjects 1 Lenjoy most sports. don’t ike football (and /but) 2 like studying languages. {have aC grade in English, (because / but) 3 Lam interested in travel. [enjoy meeting people Fram different countries (but /beesuse) 41 Tam in the athletes eam at school Lam a meraber of a local aletcs club. (because /and) 5 [study music at school. earn the piano at heme. (but /and) 6 [plan to study engineering at university hope to be a project manages (and / but) 7 Unope to become a journalist. like writing and meeting new people. (because /and) Complete the sentences with personal information, im Tm from 2 Tike Tdon’tike 3 Lsudy ike it 4 Inmy fee time I play I play 5 My favourite subjects, I don't tke 6 [plan co study at university. I wantto become inthe fae. Write each pair of sentences in3 as one sentence. Use and, but, or because, Check your sentences ind. 1 Does each sentence siartwih a capital ewer 2 Does each sentence end wis Full stop? 4 Istherea comma beiore burt TASK 3 Writing a personal statement Note down answers io the questions. iow old are yout? Where ate you fromt Where ca you go to school? What subjects do you study? Why? INDEPENDENT stuoy At yeu wire ington {Teimpetart tachect Whar do you like doing in your foe time? Why? What are your Future plans? What job do you hope to do? Write a paragraph using your notes in 1. Use personal statement iin Task Las a ‘model. Reanember to use linking language. Read your paragraph again. Check the capital letters and punctuation in each sentence, tr xe warns x8TASK 1 Vocabulary-building: Verbs and nouns 1 Lookat the words in bold in the pairs of sentences, Write verb (V) or noun (N).- Example: A After the lecture. we diseuss the topic. B Tinediscussion ajter the lecture was interesting, N 1A Twant to teach geography sehen {leave university. B We have two teachers for mathematics, 2 A Most people study English nowadays. B Onesrea of media studies is how we communicate online. 3A Thope to manage my own department ome day. B like to study management at university. 4.8 Whar are your pkans forthe furure? 1B What subjects do you plan wo swdy? 5A Iworkat Oxford University and Ieeture in history. B Aly father isa lecturer at Oxford University. 6 A My presentation is about my plans forte furane B Ti tike to present some information about me 2 Rewrite the sentences so they are true foryou. Examples J study engineering at university. 1 Tstudy English at university. 2 Thave two teachers for my English lessons. 9 Inthe future Thope to study management 4 Talo plan wopen my own business, TASK 2 Collocation: Verb + noun |. Underline the verb in each sentence, Write the noun that collocates with each verb. ‘exercises lectures notes solutions subjects textbooks videos Example: Which subjects: do you studs? 1 Formy course, Tread alot of different 2 Please make con the lecture, 8. How often da.you do ihe nthe book? 4 Doyouwatch ‘on your 5 Inengineering, we find tothe problem. 6 Atuniversiy, students listen to ourse? 2 Choose the correct verbs in italics. 1 Listen to theteacher and repeat / do the sentence, 2 Lwantto de / becamea Master's degree, 3 You can develop / copy your physical abllity with lots of practice. 4 Your teachersgive / make you feedback. 5 Learn / practise the piano twice a week. {6 How many words can you study / remember from the last lesson? INDEPENDENT sTuoy Ink mgeraor ear the to dares naw werd 2 vray. corn | ageciveae > Wee down new worse ‘om ths unt and | ste the ort ass Siondanie foreman roy u stocent(n1. Write the veri in brackets in the present simple. at (be) from Oman, 2 tix (Grant / no) to become a project manages: 9 History and geography (Coe / nov) dificult subjects 4 They (plan) to stad science at university: 5 He (be) interested in information technology. (hope) to workin the USA next year (study economics ata business school (ike / noe) doing examinations, Which sentences in 1 are about now (N)* Which are about the future (E)® een iss 6 7 Write # question for each sentence in. Are vousrom Oman? 2 Does Aziz want ta became a project manager? 2. Giving information and instructions or advice a paragraph from a university guide. Choose the correct verb form in italles. “When ‘start / you siarra new course at university, need / you need to ga w every Before the lecture ‘iry/ you try'to read about the subject inthe textbooks. wring the lecture, ‘make / you make notes and “iste / you lisien care‘ully. Aer the rake you talk other students about the subject. 1€°s/ bea good way to ‘and think about the main points 2 and, but, because ch the sentence halves. Ym Spanish end... a theteacheris good. 2 I'm good at history, but. b I'mfiom Madrid. plan to do media studies because. © Tplay footiall and tennis, enjoy sport and. 4 Hmnot goo at mathematics, | Geography is my favourite subject because... f ike filmy amd TV, Tm atschoolat the moment, but. £ [plan to start university in September. 4 Istudy English becauseA Pe i ee Per Tu TL bebetet ry 1 Lock at the phrases. At school or university, where do eae ses ekg find information for your stuiect LUnderstancng the induction ta presentation from my teacher arlecturer in a textbook Noticing the language of presentations nalibrary onthe TV and radio on websites ‘Giving ashort presentation about a website from friends ommy mobile phone other Reading mandamake six each verb ance. : of ate« 2 Work in pairs. Look atthe di zing hrocrtnt information na text ar on, taking notes: snp: We find information on websites, Wilting sen wwitedawn Writing descriptive paragraph using linking eat Information ese Vocabulary ft listen to utes 3 Workin pairs. Which is your favourite website fr 7 * Yocebetany-buloing Antonyms entation ‘Academic Language Check sport rave infor 5 Work in groups. Discuss websites you often use. Jdacty is my favourite webstve for say. You ar listen to pordeas of lecturesListening & Speaking Presentations (2) This module covers: Understanding the introduction to a presentation | Noticing the language of presentations Giving a short presentation about a website K1 Understanding the introduction to a presentation What is 7 . authori aac cara ws aba cy er wre ocachidcwstiee, | eae teeming atch students’ comments 1-6 about different academic websites to the correct ‘textbook ora website) a = oto cae conn pina eass | Sera peace, or a ee sie eo “All the texts have useful facts! | “Tike the coloursand ir uses great photos? “Allthe writers are qualified lecturers and researchers’ ee crate teeestnel 2 Understanding the features of a web page the words / phrases in the list with the parts of the web page 1-8. | — ee, a 2 | et) News Events Scholarships Funding Contact BCU" ADMISSIONS. DIVISIONS: COLLEGES visitors +————— 5 Bownidad the new prospectus imeGeine) REGO ———a UNT 2k USTENING SPEAKING 232 22 Watch the main part of he student's presentation, Complete the notes. Authority On an acadersic website, ok for: sa ‘ending with the fottrs. edt vat ‘or the university . for diferent subject aveas Design ook athe desi: - The! ‘is simple. tt uses one> and one or twa cours, + Youcan use the tw find inforrnation quickly. +The? are easy Yoreed, Information Check the information on the site + acon the" toopen anartcie * lookat the tite + quickly read about the author 3 Work in pairs, Do you agree with the student's advice? Which things do you think are most important? TASK 3 Noticing the language of presentations 1 ©21, 22 Watch the presentation again. Number the expressions 1-8 im the ‘order you hear them, Fins, In going to alk about My talks in three parts: ‘Today Ti like 10 talk about. ‘Tosump.. Hello, My name's. 1 Are there any questions? Finally, ial about Secondly, we'll ookat... 2. Which expressions in 1 do you use fo ‘introducing the presentation? > sequeneing information? © ending the presentation? 8 Look at the transcript on page 168. Find three expressions for adding, information. ‘inking language (2) Sequencing and zacing information ake a presontaton clear fr your audience with inking Wores zn phrases. Sequence information wih Fist... Secondly... Fay. Fiesty Im goig 1o tele abou the cuthonty ofa website. Secondly, veV ook atthe desion ‘Finally 20% about the information ona subject page, -Aidinformation with it eho fos... adn, and ABO. The domoin nae ends in. edu. tats has 0 university go. Imaddition. it as subject heasings. Asa, the inks oe eosy fo read 1€)2.9 Usten end repeat the inking language and sentences. (24 UNTER UsTeING USPeARINGTASK 4 Practising sequencing and adding information 1-4/2. Complete another ntroduction with words from Academic Language, “Thentlisten and check. I'm going to talk abour the library’sonline resource. Fistfy we'll look at how youu register on our website + Tlltalk about using the home page. And : + talk about the information on the site. tn * «Tishow you thou to ind specific information for your courses, Well ave tine for questions atthe end, 2 Look atthe features of anacademic website, Foreach seetion, decide en phrases ‘youcan use to sequence and add information. Authority sign Information 7 ‘domainname ending with te + ene mainimagecn the ome sage + Includes articles as POFs letters edu + only two colours + there information on many + university ogo + searchbox find information diferent subjects + theauthos ae qualified lecturers quickly + the articles re very useful + Mens ate easy 10 end ‘Work in pairs, Take turns to talk about features ofthe website, How confident do you fee about using presenting langusge? FASKS Preparing and giving a short presentation Prepares short presentation about a website you often use for studying. You can show the website during the presentation, Mako notes about: + the authority ofthe website | iNoePeNoenr + the design stupy cbs tntormatin. | eau ipcee surgapesonstente Work in pairs and practise your presentations. When you listen to your partner, another person. to check Be ey io angus Sa sass introdulng the presentation? Prepac astact = sequencing and adding information? eer + ending the presentation? ‘euwah an ire ede tha tporant “Take tums to give your presentations. Watch the presenter. Do they: + talk about the authority, design, and information? Gecwrect agen . expressions | luce, sequence, and add information, and end the: —— use expressions to introduce, sequence, and add information, and end presentation? WF 2a UsTeN SPenNG 025Textbooks (2) ‘This module covers: Understanding the purpose of a text '» Recognizing important information in a text and taking notes TASK 1 Thinking about the purpose of reading 1 Think about what you read. What texts do you often rea + in your free time? = foryour studies? 2 Tick (/) the purposes) of each text type in the table. twintorm toentertain toive an opinion 3 Work in pairs. Compare your answers in 2 and give reasons. Example: A textbook informs students because it gives information about their subject. TASK 2 Understanding the purpose of a text 1 Read Text 1 and choose the correct option a-cto complete sentences | and 2. 1 The eeacding text is from a a magazine about new technology b atextbook about media studies, ¢ anews website. The purpose of the text isto... 4 inform you about different types of websites. b entertain yo © givean opinion about good and bad websites. ‘The reasons for a website = Son ark thsvucn aps errs entire eal Ware Rese nepueento aoctaner co norte ke Seen meric ne nes eee exes Kesticemreseiaven Ts a are ole a kr sl akan ee Cee oaniaccnmscneneeenee| SE Beane Sou paren pacer moat (sting {Reed om Mai a 2008 9 76: CSE a So hen Ne aes Sector betnen he copa be te erryPhrases (1) Uncerstanding 2 roun phrase Phrases give the main information n a sentence. When you rake netes from 3 ee ict me Mason ee se alvays has ahead moun (=the main noun). e website! feotures! etree gtr ery for cach ge Meod noun: website ‘rows website (noun + het noun) “a website. the features, some information (cetzmner + haat ncun) important information acective * head noun) "personal website, the interactive features (determines + ajective * heae noun) ‘noun phrase can be the subject oF object of a sentence object “Wetsies ‘provide ‘oformation. ‘News wetsites prove ‘gertont formation. 3 Practising using noun phrases to make notes | Read Text | again and underline nouns and noun phrases. plete the notes about Text with noun phrases, Four types ot websites: = informaaion (Some websites do both eg a resents news stories 2s Information ard entertainment) + itor rset “logs and home pages on retworking ‘the notesin 2. Tella partner about different types of websites,TASK 4. Recognizing important information in a text 1 Read Text 2, Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? ‘Most websites have completely different features, Headings on a website can make the text more difficult to understn Many websites include videos, 1 2 3 4 Banners often have advertisements for products. 5 ‘The design of the home page should interest the user. 6 Designers usually put website features in different positions on every home page. 7 Users of a now website look at headings and links first. & ‘The search box is the last feature they look at. Features of websites ma Different websites have different information, but the main features of websites and ‘their home pages ae often the sarne, Most weusites have these features: + Headings These divide the information ino easy-to-read sections, + Text The main body of the text is often presented in abox 5 = Links These can be words or images. When you click them. you go to another page, * Video Nowadays, many wabsites also include moving images and video. Janners These are usually acoss the top of the websites nome page, They often have adverts for products and services. + Searen bex You can type a word or words to find important information 10 Design features are very important an a hame page. Web designers use different colours, ‘images, video, and interactive features, so users findt more intaresting. The position of the different features is often the same on a website, so it's easier ta read. AS a result, ‘when auser looks at ahemepage forthe frst tine, their eyes usually follow the pattern below. 15 According to research. users fist ook rear the top left-hand comer on a website. Usually, ths is where you find 2 logo or name, Next, the eyes look atthe headings and line buttons to other pages, The final place isthe top right hand corner, where you find the search box. i a a ae ‘in apd em Mor Rta 2008 p77. CLSE Nes Site Chaantare Naka TRS pattern (n) te usu way ‘sh hapoens 2 Read Text2 again, Make short notes about the features, design, and layout of websites. ‘Types of features: headings text Design: Layout: 028 UNT2e READINGi News Events COURSE HIGHLIGHTS 2 New course. Satelite Crmmascations Devtoset a te Read more Language Teaching Essent Techniques > New one & tance laering courses NEWS > Gracution Auards Ceremony swactsinthe toe > New stot courte Urtan Paring 1¢. Make notes about these questions. What kind of information is on the website? Do you like the design? Why? / Why not? website? points in 1. Agree answers to these questions. + What other features would you add? Scholarships 5 Critical thinking - discussing a website ‘in pairs. Look at the university web page above, or find another example > Summer schools What features are on the home page? Are they in the normal position fora ‘Compare your answers with another pair. Then work in a group and discuss the + Do you think this website is useful and easy 1o use? Why? / Why nor? Funding Contact EVENTS Open evsinge anaistraters arm about he mugramme doe ask quediore Jonas! soporte pane To] wets bate becca mrt Aout tet uesty tcveaton feta atone ery Ditatevers Peathenmon seth thecal one bre What is critical thinking? Ctl mincing asking {questions about what you read andlisten te 1s the naw information ‘usojul to me? Is Wt rable? ‘ove can use the Jnfomation in ay stucies? INDEPENDENT STUDY Use noun pases tind {he ain eration ters at you ead > Read an arte in English ftom a textbook, newspaper of website. Fingal the noun phrases in the text.Ae en. OPO BE Writing (1) Descriptive sentences This module covers: ‘+ Writing descriptive sentences using noun phases ASK 1 Understanding a description 1 Work in palts. Ask and answer the questions. || Which TV and radio stations are famous in your country? What TV programmes do you often watch, e.g sport, films, news, ete? 3 Doyou watch TV programmes from other counties, eg. TV programmes from the USA or the UK? 2 Read a description of the BBC and anywer the questions. 1 Way is the BBC famous? How many users visit its news website? 3 What information is on its website? ‘The BOC (Gritish Broadcasting Corporation) isa large organization. ts famaus because people waich BEC television programmes and listen to BEC radio stations around the world It also has a popular news website with 40 milion users per day. Inadditin, other ‘BEC websites povide fiee information about weather, sport. culture, and entertainment SSS Cogan eg ies sa ope ‘Sometimes. the adjective is pert of ¢ noun phrase, eg, The BBC o lage ogonieation You can use one or more adjectives in a noun phrase With two adjectives use therm in this order 19.0 large British cxgonizction. NOT is 0-BHtree organization ‘Thete ae some common groups for ordering advectves.Tyoe A acfectives came belore Type Badjectves, examples r. Type A adjectives describe tha qualties faq smal iowge, made, expensive omous, ‘ofa noun, eg, colour, size or age. free pooutot ‘Type Bacjectives often endin-af ric educational, globo international local ‘ardiefer to area. subject. orrationality. medical politica, social histori orn, British (080. unr 2 weveTASK 2 Practising adjectives in noun phrases 1 Underline the two adjectives ‘CNN js apopular American’TV news channel, Ir also bas a large international audience. ich sentence, 2 Putthe words in the noun phrase in the correct order. Example: CNNisa .. American / news channel / popula: CNNisa popular American news channel. | AUJazcera isa... news channel / large / international. 2 The Huffington Post isa... online / modem / news biog 3 Handmade lmsis a. lm company / small / British, 4 Facebookisa... global / free / social networking site, 5 Oxforc University isa... university / famous / histori, Underline the adjectivesin the description of the BBC in Task 1. Which adjectives _are part of a noun phrase? Which adjective is not part of anoun phrase? The BBC isa large organization. ymplete the text with an adjective or adjective + noun in the list. sive famous. free international broadcaster local office in headquarters Nisan! ‘with audiences in over 200 counutes ts forits 24-hour-a-day news. tis” for overs, but TV advertising on the channels" Ihasits . in Adana, but italso has. tnevery major “capital city in the world, 3k 3 Describing an organization ‘of a company or organization in your country. Write three sentences about itusingan adjective or an adjeetive-+ noun. Ws Wsa thas {in pairs. Compare your sentences in 1. INDEPENDENT stuby Use neu prases to mate yur rtnginteestng ach ata piece of yout ering, € yout wetng Ianir can you na sy adjectives te the ‘oun pisos? or2c wean) a8This module covers: ‘ Analysing a descriptive paragraph « Writing a descriptive paragraph using inking language TASK1 Analysing a descriptive paragraph 1 Read a paragraph about a media company. Are sentences 1-110 1 News Corporation is2 small American company. thas TV channels and newspapers. 3 also makes TV shows. ens Corporation i args media axgantzaton ts headquarters isin New York. but ‘also has ofices all over the world, so it's a global compary. “very day, people ia lilevent countries watch its international TY news charne's, or they ead one ofits ‘many nowspapers. in addition, the company is famous becauss it produces popular TV ‘Shows such as House and The Simpsons 2 Read the paragraph again. Which sentence (1-4) gives information about: @ the company’s locations? sentence Db the company'sname and business’ sentence € the company’s other activities? senience the company’s main business aetivities? sentence Sing Saas Se fc Tice aati tot em lng ng Fl captor ae Join sentences with and and but and give a reason with because (see Unit 1. page 18). een oain nd ae salen ee be ocr soe sama eps reais Le ‘Milions of people watch the TV show, se it's very famous. ee paaois ase etn eres tT winnie 2 wT ac warn 2)TASK 2 Practising adding information and joining sentences 1 Read the paragraph about News Corporation again, Cirele the linking language. 2 Join sentences 1-5 toa~e with the word / phrase in brackets. xample: Al Jazeera's headquarters isin Quiar fnaddition, tt as 70 oftes nm six continents. 1 AlTazeera’s headquarters is in Qatar. (In addition) b 2 Alazeera broadcasts news in the Middle East, Europe, sia, and the USA. (so) 43 You can watch the Al Jazeera news in Arabie. (or) 4 Alliazcerahhas awebsite. (also) 5 Al azeerai popular in the United Siates (hetause) a Itsaglobal TV news network bag Hilfe essen € Ithasa special channel called ‘Al fazeera America! ‘e Youcanwatch itin English, Underline the correct linking words. ‘Spite FIs small radio station ‘and / so t's based in the English ely of Salisbury: Its popular with local people ‘alo / because you can listen to music, the news. and traffic information, You can receive Spire FM on your radio or / so you can listen ‘online oo the Spire FM website, Its commercial radio station, bud j soit advertises local shops and businesses. “Because / In addition, there ae advertisements on the ‘website, fur or this only prevides about.+% af the station's income. Use the notes to write a similar paragraph about the Walt Disney company. Join thesentences with Hnking language. ‘the Wale Disney company large media conglomesate famous for cider’ fis (Snow White The Lion King) other media Disney TV channel Racio Disney theme parks (Dsrevand) ‘SK 3 Researching and writing about a company what is. research? ‘Choose a company. Find information about: eatelcesearch ‘ypeofcompany size ofcompany location productsar services Saeco taper on cece epistucers tha Write 2 paragraph ofthree or four sentences about the company; Use the ‘Merton on avebsts, paragraph In Task 1 as a model Seamartene Read your paragraph again and use this checklist to check your writing, id yous + describe the company with adjectives and noun phrases? a + Join sentences and add more information with inking language? C] + use capital eters and punctuation correctly ia ‘Work in pairs. Read your partner's paragraph. Usethe checklist in 3andghe ——Syynpieanswers feedback. page s8 our 2¢ winner) 038TASK 1 Websites 1 Complete the text about an academic website with the words home links names PDFS search website th The! www educause.edu is for managers and users of IT at colleges and universities. At the top ofthe © page, there are headings for the main pages. Then, below this, there is a range of todiflerentropies including, research and publications, conferences and events and career development. Under ‘research and publications’ there are book references and * of articles. You can typea subject in the? box in the top right-hand comer and it provides resus, The site also lists the damain of other useful sites, TASK 2 Noun suffixes 1 Write the verbs in the table as nouns. Use the sulfixes-téon, -aidon, or -meut. Verbs uns Verbs uns ‘inform information present 3 organize advertse 3 entertain 2 educate x 2 Write six sentences with the nous forms in the table. TASK 3 Vocabulary-building: Antonyms 1 Anantonym ts word that means the opposite of another word. Match adjectives 1-8 with their antonymsa-h. 1 interesting a unimportant 2 reliable bold 3 useful © boring 4 easy small 5 expensive e difficult 6 important F useless 7 large unreliable 8 modern, bh cheap 2 Choose the correet adjective in italics, 1 Design features are important / unimportant on a home page. 2 This texthook is reelly use / useless. It has lots of factual information. 2 Its easy / difficult to find the information with the search box. Just type the word ‘and it gives you useful links, 4 “This university was builtin 2014, soit’s very old / modern. 5 ‘This journals very cheap / expensive, butthe articles are very good, so it's worth the money. © ‘Thelinks on this website are reliable / unreliable. They often don twork, INDEPENDENT stupy Prestny tsa | thane the ppesite (fancier od Yeucan ‘emerberadetves tevanym pal 62) rice Pune gown ane lective rr ts unt, the anonym tere tne) Uses dionny he you.TASK 1 Sequencing and adding information 1 Read the introduction ‘oa presentation. Complete the linking language. Good morning everyone. Todky I'm yong w present dhe changes o our new university website, F tall about the new design and layouts , welllook at the new fearures show you how io logon tthe resources section. you'll have the chanee to use this part of the site - there'll he time for questions. TASK 2 Understanding a noun phrase LUnuorline he nouns / noun phrates in each sentence. ‘Example: Design és (mportant on home page. 2 Asearch boxts an important feature, 2 Anews website has information, 4 Awobsitehasdiforont inks, 4 Amodern university has good resources. ‘the underlined nouns / noun phrases in 1 with a-e. headnoun: design, determiners noun +head noun: @home nage» » adjective + head noun: ‘ determiner + head noun: determiner + adjective + head noun: . 3 Adjectives in noun phrases the two sentences as one sentence with a noun phrase. «The BBC a media organization. Kis large. ‘The BBC is. large media organization, “Apple isan I?-company. Itis global. Al azeera fsa TV news channel tis international. ‘Hacvardis a famous university. Itis American, ‘Google ia search engine, Its free. “The Economists a weekly magazine. Itis popular 4 in addition, also, so, or about a company. Choose the correct linking word in brackets. 1 Warmer isan American media corporation, people watch ts TY programmes and ims ll ver the word but / so) can watch its programmesin English in other languages or / lo) ove 26,000 employees, its very big (or / 80) headquarters is in Nev Yorks + thas offices in many other countries. sadition / because) cornpany has divisions called Warner Brothers Films and Turner easing Systems, It hasa division called 1180. (and / also}Location ACADEMIC FOCUS: COMPARING AND CONTRASTING LEARNING OBJECTIVES ‘This wnitevers: LUstening and Spesking + Mating notes nthe man comer of aiectine + Presenting anc comparng cies Rescing ‘+ Uneerstandng he parsct a toxt + Feaiog fr sintariesand diferecesina txt writing + ting smtences about smarty andctiternce + Analysing s compan pragiaph * nosyeng.conpsing and conuastrg 306 enrhaine Vocabulary + eeaton and baness * Compoursrouns = donttyng were terme ‘Academic Language Check Compas and superiaveajecives Snir aiterence Discussion 1 Work in pair. Look at the picture ofa building. Choose adjectives to describe! bad bosutiul big” boring busy cheap clean dirty expensive good high interesting love modem eld quiet small” ugly 2 Find pate of opposite adjectives in thelist in I Example: bad + good Think about your town or iy, or your country’s capital city Deseribe the tome in thelist Use adjectives rom 1 oryour own adjectives, example: Public transport ieloan and modern, but its also expensive. publictansport dhecity centre the university housing shopping hotels ane restaurants the airport sports felts 45 swinuming pool gyms) Uhecoulsemeciainment and nigh‘Listening & Speaking Lectures (1) This module covers: | # Making notes on the main content of a lecture Presenting and comparing cities TASK 1 Focusing on a topic to prepare for a lecture What isa fecture? 1 Work in pairs and discuss questions 1 and 2 Ate shart 1 Where is the next Olympic Games! pie ase | 2 Isthe Olympic Games good foracity? Why? ! Why not? Sheet nisasher tak | eceaslasofpentevtthecy, | messes ert Example: The Olyinpie Games is good fora cit 2 “Think about the next Olympic Games, Number factors a-g in order of importance 1-7 (1=more important, 7= less important). hotels and restaurants 1b location (orcity) © local people entertainment and nightlite f & ‘wansport links cost Planning the Olympic Games sports facilities i Work n groups. Compare your answers and give reasons. Example: {thine faction sa ipiortant fac. importan for an = the Oyrpke Games tobe in a large cto intresting Jor visitors, For example, London and Tokyo are very Popular lootons 4 3)8.1 Looket the slide and watch the introduction to alecture, Which three factors in 2 does the lecturer talk about? = = = TASK 2 Making notes on the main content of a lecture 1 9.2 Watch the main part of the lecture. Complete the notes with adjectives. Location » Loxationis* because you need space fo the spor facies, e.g the stadium. ‘The tation has to baa? city, eg. London, Heling Ria de jane, ete ‘Transport links = The bcation needs * ak, oi and road irks. eg Atlentahas avery ‘ ‘intarational aeport cost + The Olympic Games are very= so acity needsa let of money from its government are sponsors. «+ The cost ofthe 201.4 winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi was very at acund $50 billon, Wur2A Usteninca sPeaninG 637AD) Comparison (1) Comparative adjectives \We use compsrative structures to compare people places. and ideas. ‘To compare two things, use adjective +-er* thor ‘London solder than Arta The cost of anspor s higher then the cost of many facies. Some acjectves nave citerent splines. e.g Busy buster. 9 bigger. ee. (For rules for ‘orming comparative acjctves, se p150) Foracjecves with two oF more sylables (2g. Important iterating). use more/ less + adjective + tare “The locmion Is more important thon the se of we cy Fors fess expensive than Loncon ‘Some agecives ae rogue good. boty, bod worse: “This location is better because It hes yood tensor Hk ead ond rail transport are werse i this ity ()8.8. Listen and repeat the sentences with comparatne adjectives TASK 3 Practising comparative adjectives 1 Underline the comparative structures, 2 Beijing is smaller than Sharghat 2 Sao Paulos bigger than Rio. 8 Transport inks are more important than the size ofthe cy. 2 Complete the sentences with the adjectivesin brackets in the comparative form, arlsis Pager (big) than Frankiurt 1 2 Duiba has (new) bailéings han London 3 ‘Traffic into theetys (sy) this summer because of he Olymples 4 he city eenteis (quiet) athe weekend than during the week. 5 The cos ofpolice and secur s (4mpoctant) shan people dink 6 Uhinkthe new Olympic villages (beautfl dan te od city 7 Arwansport inks fon Adana ace (ood) tha from other US tos. 8 Housing local peapeis (bad) than before the Olympic Games 3 Workin pairs. Compare different cites in your county or around the world. Example: Suanbuf ts bigger than Ankara, du Ira (ssmaller dan Ankara Een Tay Comparison (2) Superlative adjectives To compare thee or more things, use the + adlectve +-est Basis the biggest ciiy in Germany. Shinjuku station Tekyo ls the busiest tain station inthe word {Fetrules for forming uperiatve adjectives, sea p 150) Fo adjectives with two or mow syle (eg, ren intresting) use the mast least > adjective “ik location fs the most important for People say thot Bucharest isthe least expensive ly hi Europe Some acjectives fe regu. eg, good- best od- narst ‘6 Rore, Sydney, o Deh the best city forthe next lvagic Games? 43.4. Usten and repeat the semencas with saperatveaejectvesTASK 4 Practising superlative adjectives 1 Read three sentences from the lecsure. Which chy did they describet 1 teste biggest ty inthe UK. 2's probably the busiest airport in the world. 45 Ttywas the most expensive Olympic Games in istry. 2 Three cities want to be Olympic cities, Look at the table and read sentences 1-6, Are the sentences true (T) oF false (F)? Example: Madrid is theoldest ey. Madrid (Spain) Doha (Qatar) ‘stanbul(Turhey) Founded Stheentury 1825 ‘Byzantium in 669 OCE Constantinople in th century [stanbalin 1930 Population 65 milton mtion 14 mon August 31 aoe 38 temperature Transport Arporthas 43 milion Now aitport with ‘iparthas St rition Jinks usenges per year. capatty for 28 milion passengers pe year Metro system with 300 patsengersperyear. Mato system with 65 stations Mette system under stations construction 1 Doha isthe newest city. 2 Istanbul bigger than Doha but smaller than Madrid. 3 In August, Doha is the hottest city 4 Madrid is hotter than Istanbul in August. 5 Doha has the biggest airport {6 The Madrid metro has the highest numberof stations 4 Rewrite the false sentences in 2 usingcomparative and superlative Forms. ‘Example: Madeidis the okiest city. F ‘stat Madrid is older than Doha, but Istanbul isthe oldest tty. 4 Work in groups. Use the information in the table in 2 and dliscuss the three cities, ‘Choose the best city for the Olympic Games. Give reasons. sample: [think Istanbul is the most interesting city, but Madrid has a better Metro TASK 5 Presenting your city 1 Choose a big city in your country to have the next Olympic Games. Prepare a ‘two-minute presentation about the ety. Note down the following information: + Age + Population Aeneas —_— + Transport inks (air a, and ead) sTuy +Other information? Peep goe teint + Reasons why isa good ety fr the Olympics cero rexoneel 2 Work in groups. Present your city and give reasons, Meke notesabout othercities, fh. cFopinios 8 Look at your notes fram the presentatans. Write sentences tocamparethe cities. "i's "Wars ino Example: Jeddah hasa bigger population than Damar, butt’ssmaller than | ve reaven reach Ryan, a | UNA USTENMNES SPEAKING @99Reading Textbooks (3) ‘This madule covers: ‘© Understanding the parts of a text ‘© Reading for similarities and differences in a text 5k Comparing locations Work ingroups. Read about wo bu: ss locations. Compare these factors: + location (nearer to / further from a cry cent / railway station) + cost (cheaper / more expensive) + transport inks (better / worse) ole: The igh sree shop rent is more expensive than the business park rent. High street shop Businass park Location: central London Location: 25 kn fem Birmingham Rent £50,000 per north Rent £10000 per month Transport lInks:neae 3 always ane 5 “Trangpor res 5 km fem two motorways) underground stations 15km from alway Which location is better for the following businesses? Give reasons. aboakshop acai ac gym a high-class clot dealer acompany selling products over the internet esshop alaboraory auniversity Example: A business park is better for acar dealer because its cheaper. TASK2 Understanding the parts of a text 1 Match each ofthe business words with definitions a orb. 1 cost /price 8 the amount of money you need to pay for a produet orservieo (eg the of a bag) 1 the amount of money you need to buy, make, or do something (eg, labour) pront / income 2 the money a person gets from doing work, etc the money a business gets from sallinga product or servica, alter itpays for its costs 20 pay money every week / month, eve so you can use something b to have something because you patd fori 4 suppliers / customers 4. the people who sel things to business ( bb the people who buy dhings fran business of office equipment) 5 employees / labour «the people who work (e.g. —feres) bb the people who work for a business (eg, compan (040 unit 6 Renin2 Look at the title of Text 1 and read the text, Match sub-heaclings a-e with Whatisatitier paragraphs 1-5, Tretia! stertisat fa Labour costs Individual needs © Building costs hoes, b Transport costs d Income ‘subineading és atitie for > section paragiaph of he ‘ec Ts els the reads HEE] teditornatin, Business location ee ee Location js very important for a business. There are @ rumber of factors in choosing location: This is the cost of buying the building. such as a shop of 3 factory, or the cost of renting it, For exemple. a company selling procucts over the Internet can use a cheap buliing because customers do rot see the location. However, 4 Shop inthe high street or in a shopping centre is move expensive 2 Employee salaries are higher in some regions than others. For ‘example. in the UK, a business nea’ Loncon wil have high labour costs, but salaries other regions are lower. o Some businesses need high-income customers, far example, 4 shop selling expensive food or clothes High-tlass shops ave usually located in the centre of major cites. Similarly, some businesses, like a gym and fitness centre, need to benear tothe city centre, 4 Some businesses pay higher transport costs than others, for ‘example, businesses making large or heavy products, In contrast, 8 business which is ‘near to its suppliers ane customers can keep the costs lowe. Some businesses also choose 2 location for other reasons, for ‘example the Jocation is more beautitl oF the travel time to work is shorter. addition, ‘maybe the area has better schools and i's easier to find qual fied employees, “Gin pinot Simpson We a 2008, 205 7. CESE Business Sues Chelona: Nes Thea Linking language (4) Comparing and contrasting ideas Linking words and comparative adjectives are common in texts which compare and contrast two ideas Similarities Use Similarly o add simiar ideas: The high streets a Better locotion for seling lurury brands than o business park ‘Simiory exports re a good location fer seting luxury items such os perfume, {dea 1; the high stret is good for cury items (a positive idea) {ea 2: airports are good for luxury brands a similar positive kee) ‘You can ade a similar idea wlth in ation ox oso: In edition, cirports are .. J Alrperts are also Differences Use However, On the othe hand, contrast or But to contrast different eas: You want a cheep business location with low rent However, cheaper location can be ‘more expensive because of high transport costs {doa 1: ow rent (apositve cea) dea 2: high transport costs (a negative idea) Butcan start anew sentence: “= ith low cent. But © cheaper location. \We use a comma before but when it continues the same sentence: with ow rent, but 0 cheoper location UniTe RecN 048TASK 3 Noticing comparison and contrast | 1 Read Text 1 again, Complete the able about the ideas in each paragraph. Find the linking word(s) and comparatives in each paragraph to support your answers. Paragraph Addssimilarideas Contests diftetentideas Linking word(s) and comparative adjectives =i _ | However, more expensive : | : : : | 1 Read Text 2, What is the main idea of the text? | 48 10 compare land costs and labour costs in the UK | b to compare locating the UK and not locating in the UK | | TASK4 Reading for similarities and differences in a text © to compare transport costs to and from the UK Locating in the UK and in another country om / Many UK companies think about relocating their businesses to other countries inorder to lower thoit costs and increase their profits. However, thore are some points to consider ‘est before moving overseas: 3 « Land costs UK cities such as London are expensive for office space, so locating to other counties can often cost lass. However, itis not easier for working with UK customers or suppliers. «+ Labour costs Some businesses use alotof labour for example telephone answering services, clothing manufacturers, and other similar businesses have high labour costs. 10 For these businesses the cost of staffin the UK is often higher than the cost overseas, (On the other hand, sometimes the quaity of manufacturing in anotier country Is worse. + Tariffs Thore are dfferent tariffs on products coming into 3 country of area like the European Union [EU)-So even if manufacturing costs ae cheaper, with taifs ican b= 415 Mote expensive to produce items in another country, f «= Language in another country language differences sometimes make communication \with workers ifficult. Similarly, there are sometimes problemswithcultwal differences. <

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