Unit: 2 (Cambridge Unlock)
Education
Reading: University Courses: Business vs.
Engineering (Education and Sociology)
Distance Learning vs.
Face-to-Face Learning (Education)
Video: Disadvantaged children take part in
trial of private tutor app
Key Reading Skills: Making Inferences
Additional Skills: Understanding Key
Vocabularies, Using Your Knowledge, Reading for Main Ideas, Reading for
Details, Synthesizing.
Vocabularies: Academic Vocabularies,
Academic Words
During the process of writing essay, students are
requested to use the formal words and sentences. They are also asked to use
single word rather than using the phrasal verb. Introductory paragraph in the
essay draws audience’s attention so that use the Hook-an interesting fact or
statement, a surprising statistic, a quotation or question. For instance, a
statistical based on a survey taken in New road and Balaju (83% of people said…..)
grabs the readers’ attention. Then provide the background information using
main idea in regard to your essay title. Then, body is the developing the main
ideas outlined in the introduction and include relevant evidence and supporting
information. Restate the thesis of the essay and ends with the conclusions,
recommendations, prediction and suggestions of the writer.
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Main Idea/Topic Sentence One |
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Supportive sentence one |
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Supportive sentence two |
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Supportive sentence three |
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Supportive sentence four |
Two or more than two words that play the role of noun are
called Noun Phrase. For examples the
usages of Relative clause ‘A boy who is reckless considerably’, Other
nouns ‘Word class’ Prepositional Phrase ‘Writing in Nepali’ and adjective ‘a
handsome boy.’
Rearrange the words to make noun
phrase.
1.
Specializes/Local= Local specializes
2.
Range/a export/of
3.
Change/standard/in/ environment/a
4.
Of/ exchange idea/technology/the
5.
Impact/the multinational/of/chain/the
6.
a/of/international/group/business people
7.
different/the/cultures/mixture/of
8.
consumption/worldwide/an/in/increase
Note that time phrase helps your
academic writing because it helps something happens like five years ago, after
the surgery, at present, now, formerly, aboriginally, in 2019, in the seventeen
century, etc. They denote present, specific past time and general past time.
Vocabularies
Tutor (n): someone who
teaches one person or a very small group of people.
Catch up on/with (Phr
v): do something you did not have time for earlier.
Private tuition
(n): a class for a single person,
usually for fee.
Haves and haves-nots
(idiom): the rich and the poor
Try out (phr v): use
something for the first time to see if it works or if you like it.
Pilot (v): test a new product with a new group or in a
small area.
Level the playing field
(idiom): create a situation that is fair for everyone.
Fall behind (Phr v): fail to
keep up with one's competitors
Concrete (adj):
existing
in a material or physical form; not abstract.
Disciplines (n): the branch
of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education.
Pursue/pəˈsjuː/ (v): follow or chase (someone or something)
Oriented (adj.):
If
someone is oriented towards or oriented to a particular thing or person/set/put/situated/positioned.
Gender gap (n): difference
between women and men as reflected in social, political, intellectual,
cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes.
Under-represented (v): provide
with insufficient or inadequate representation
Evolves (V):
develop
gradually
Core principles (n
phr): key values
Credible alternatives
(n phr): reliable substitute
Distance learning (n
phr): general education from online education.
Modern phenomenon ( n
phr): recent trend
Online degree (n
phr): an academic degree obtained
from online instructions.
What’s your view of tuition
outside of the class? Is it necessary? Should students be able to learn
everything in the classroom?
Have you ever tried to
learning something using the app? If so, describe the experience. If not, would
you like to try it? Why? Why not?
Private tuition may
increase the gap between rich and poor? Do you think technology can close it?
Why? Why not? How?
Transitional Words (Compare- in the
same way, likewise, similarly, and
contrast- however, but, etc). Run-on-sentences are incorrect because they have
2 independent clauses which have not been connected in the right way. Comma
splices 2 independent clauses connected only with a comma like Business is the
more popular subject than Engineering, it also has a smaller gender gap (and is
left after comma/ or use semi-colon).