Read the rubric below and do the assignment

The following useful language may come handy.

Comment on the following statements taken from the article.

Complete the sentences referring to the article.

B) surface-level learners.

v Text Comprehension

1) The initial euphoria of finding that you’ve got only 12 lectures a week…

2) Suddenly it’s up to you to decide…

3) You should ask yourself am…

4) Note-taking may also reinforce…

5) …obtaining books is likely…

6) …in which she grouped students as…

7) You need to find the most relevant books; …

8) Researchers at Lancaster University…

v Critical Reading

1. Lecturers will toss around conflicting ideas and a bewildering array of interpretations, where school teachers would lead you comfortingly through the syllabus.

2. Ms Crookes says: “You need to ask yourself why you are taking notes. They should be a complement to listening to the lecture, recording the most important points, not a substitute for listening.”

3. Tutorials and seminars provide the opportunity to get to grips with fundamental ideas, question and try out ideas that you could use in essays.

4. Presentations are a very good way of reinforcing what you have learnt.

5. Effective reading is the key to success to both essay writing and exam performance and it starts with identifying clearly the question you are trying to answer.

6. You need to recognize there are 168 hours in a week and that you can work hard, play hard and relax in that time. It’s a question of how to balance your use of time to get the full potential out of it.

v Talking Points

6. You want to know your friend’s opinion on the question: How to become a good learner? Work in pairs and make notes on the issue. Compare your notes with another pair, comment on them and make sure you have only noted down the relevant information.

Asking for Clarification

ü I don’t quite follow you. Do you mean…?

ü I’m not quite with you. Are you saying …?

ü What do you mean by that exactly?

ü I don’t get it. Can you run me through it once again?

ü You’ve lost me. Can we go back a little?

ü Care to explain?

ü What are you driving at?

ü Would you like to elaborate?

Offering Clarification

ü OK, there’s the thinking behind it…

ü What I’m actually saying is…

ü Here’s what I mean: …

ü My point is…

Acknowledging Clarification

ü I see (what you mean).

ü Ah. Right.

ü Fair enough.

ü I see what you are getting at.

ü I see where you are coming from.

v Creative Writing

You recently passed examination after a great deal of hard work and were unpleasantly surprised to read in the national newspaper that learning standards are failing. Passing an exam has become an easy thing: students need neither the hard work nor the luck – they just have to turn up and they will pass.

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