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WHEN THE INSTRUCTIONS SPECIFY NO MORE
6 "EFORE STUDENTS ANSWER THE QUESTIONS DRAW THEIR

ATTENTION TO THE %XAM ADVICE 4ELL THEM THAT IT IS OFTEN THAN TWO
DIFFICULT TO DECIDE IF A QUESTION IS &ALSE OR .OT 'IVEN s 7HEN STUDENTS HAVE FINISHED THE TASK THEY CAN
3TUDENTS SHOULD CHOOSE &ALSE WHEN THE INFORMATION COMPARE THEIR ANSWERS WITH A PARTNER
IN THE PASSAGE contradicts THE STATEMENT 4HEY SHOULD Answers
CHOOSE .OT 'IVEN WHEN THERE IS no information ABOUT 6 COMPUTER SCIENCE 7 PROGRAM
THE STATEMENT IN THE PASSAGE
8 ADAPTABILITY 9 CONTACT LENS
Extension idea Ask students to work in pairs and
compare their answers. Ask them to quote the actual
8 3HORT ANSWER QUESTIONS TEST STUDENTS ABILITY TO SCAN
words from the passage which gave them their answers.
A PASSAGE FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION OR DETAILS
Answers
1 &!,3% x there’s precious little going on that you !S WITH 4&.' QUESTIONS STUDENTS SHOULD IDENTIFY
would normally see on a university campus. WORDS IN THE QUESTIONS WHICH WILL HELP THEM TO
2 &!,3% While Harvard stuck to the English QUICKLY SCAN THE PASSAGE TO FIND THE PART CONTAINING
model of a classical education, with its emphasis THE ANSWER 0ROPER NAMES WHICH CANNOT BE
on Latin and Greek, MIT looked to the German PARAPHRASED ARE OFTEN AN OBVIOUS CHOICE
system of learning based on research and hands- s 4ELL STUDENTS THAT TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
on experimentation THEY SHOULD COPY WORDS THEY FIND IN THE PASSAGE
3 ./4 ')6%. 4HE MOTTO IS MENTIONED BUT WE EXACTLY
ARE NOT TOLD WHO SUGGESTED IT
4 425% x its logo, which shows a gowned scholar 2 Suggested underlining
11 PROBLEM %NERGY INITIATIVE
standing beside an ironmonger bearing a hammer
and anvil. That symbiosis of intellect and 12 @GREEN INNOVATION VIRUSES
13 PART OF THE UNIVERSITY 4IM "ERNERS ,EE
craftsmanship x
5 ./4 ')6%. 4HERE IS NOTHING IN THE TEXT ABOUT 3 10 A ONE QUARTER 11 GLOBAL WARMING
12 ELECTRIC CARS 13 THE CORRIDORS
HOW MUCH -)4 GRADUATES ARE PAID IN 3ILICON
6ALLEY
9 !SK STUDENTS TO CHECK THEIR ANSWERS IN PAIRS

s $RAW THEIR ATTENTION TO THE BULLET POINTS IN THE
7 .OTE COMPLETION TASKS TEST STUDENTS ABILITIES TO BOOK 4O HELP STUDENTS CONCENTRATE ON PRODUCING
SCAN THE PASSAGE FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION 4HEY ACCURATE ANSWERS YOU CAN REMIND THEM THAT
REFLECT THE TYPE OF READING ACTIVITY THAT MIGHT BE n ANSWERS MUST BE SPELLED CORRECTLY INCLUDING
REQUIRED ON AN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY 4HE DOUBLE LETTERS AND FINAL @E S OTHERWISE THEY WILL
INSTRUCTIONS WILL TELL STUDENTS HOW MANY WORDS THEY LOSE THE MARK ALTHOUGH WRITING A !MERICAN
CAN USE FOR EACH GAP %NGLISH VARIANT INSTEAD OF A "RITISH %NGLISH
TERM AND VICE VERSA IS ACCEPTABLE
"EFORE STUDENTS DO THE TASK DRAW THEIR ATTENTION TO n WRITING ONE WORD WHEN TWO GIVES THE EXACT
THE %XAM ADVICE BOX ANSWER WILL LOSE THE MARK %QUALLY WRITING
s 0OINT OUT THAT BY READING THE TITLE AND SCANNING TO THREE WORDS WHEN THEY ARE ASKED FOR TWO WILL
FIND THE RIGHT PART OF THE PASSAGE THEY CAN SAVE ALSO LOSE MARKS
TIME n THEY DO NEED TO READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY
s 4ELL THEM THAT AS THEY READ THE NOTES THEY SHOULD 4O CLARIFY 1UESTION YOU CAN ASK THEM WHAT
UNDERLINE KEY IDEAS 4HIS WILL HELP THEM TO IDENTIFY THE NUMBERS AND THREE MILLION REFER
WHAT INFORMATION AND WHAT TYPE OF WORD S THEY TO THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES FORMED BY -)4
NEED STUDENTS AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THESE
s 7HEN STUDENTS HAVE FINISHED TELL THEM TO READ COMPANIES
THROUGH THEIR NOTES TO CHECK THAT THEY MAKE SENSE

THAT THEY REFLECT THE IDEAS EXPRESSED IN THE PASSAGE 10 !SK STUDENTS TO WORK IN GROUPS OF FOUR OR THREE IF
AND THAT THEIR ANSWERS ARE SPELLED CORRECTLY -ANY YOUR CLASS DOESN T CONTAIN A MULTIPLE OF FOUR
CANDIDATES LOSE MARKS BY MISSPELLING WORDS s 'IVE EACH STUDENT A PAPER WITH A NUMBER n
WHEN THEY COPY THEM 4HIS INCLUDES THE USE OF ON IT AND TELL THEM THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE A SHORT
A SINGULAR FORM WHEN THE WORD IN THE PASSAGE IS PRESENTATION OF ABOUT TWO MINUTES TO ANSWER THE
PLURAL E G size sizes 4HEY SHOULD ALSO CHECK THAT QUESTION WITH THE NUMBER THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN
THEY HAVE USED THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF WORDS n s 'IVE THEM A MINUTE OR TWO TO PREPARE
STUDENTS WILL LOSE A MARK IF THEY WRITE THREE WORDS s 4HEY THEN TAKE TURNS TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATIONS TO
THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THEIR GROUP
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