Focus on Language
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 552.
1. Read the sentences below and study the models in the box. Translate them into your native language.
§ Aboutone-thirdof the first year is based on course work.
§ A number of our graduateshave taken up PhD studies.
Subject and verb agreement
1) Singular expression (a lot of)+plural noun/pronoun+ plural verb
2)  + plural noun + singular verb
3) Some of + singular noun+ singular verb
4) Some of + plural noun+ plural verb
5) Plural expressions:  + singular verb
6) a number of + plural noun + plural verb
7) the number of + plural noun + singular verb
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2. Choose the correct verb in brackets.
a) Surveys show that the majority of school-leavers (consider/considers) a
university degree a good starting point for their future career.
b) Each of the students (has/have) a notebook.
c) Of our recent graduates about half (is/are) continuing their studies for a higher degree.
d) Why (was/were) some of the students absent from classes?
e) My teenage brother thinks there (is/are) a number of good reasons for staying up late and having a good time.
f) More than one computer in this lab (has/have) broken down.
g) Statistics (is/are) a branch of mathematics.
| Speaking |
Work in groups. Use the scheme of the degree course in Combined Science offered in Lancaster University as a model. Discuss it and design a modular degree course that suits your particular needs and interests.
| Get Real |
Visit a website of any European or American university to learn more about modular courses in your subject area. How would you structure a degree course in Combined Science? Prepare a short talk.
| Study help Preparing and giving a short talk · Find some information on the topic you are going to talk about · Check that the information is all correct · Make notes on the subject of your talk and organize the information · Have a strong opening and close · Make it interesting · Keep your sentences short and simple · Make sure you pause in the right places · Speak for your audience, not for yourself · Do not read! It's really boring. · Point to the relevant parts of the visual as you speak · Say Thank you and welcome questions from your audience · Handle questions positively |
| Writing | 
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1. Write two or three paragraphs of about 150 words to describe a Modular Course in Combined Science you would like to take. Use the guidelines to organize your ideas.
§ describe the course you would like to take
§ give reasons for your choice
§ specify the advantages of the course for your future career
2. In pairs exchange and check the paragraphs you have written. Which science is most popular with your academic group?
| In the Realm of Science |
1. Read the expressions for fractions, decimals and percentages.
one half, a half
one third
two thirds
four sevenths
3 
three and a quarter
0.2 nought point two
(zero) point two
0.75 nought point seven five
25.34 twenty-five point three four
1% one percent
78% seventy eight percent
90% ninety percent
2. Read aloud the following numbers.
13 30 307 69 145 90 850 615 1,520 5,000 100,000 5,000,000
When do we say and?
3. Practise the following dates:
| nineteen ninety-five | ||
| (the year) two thousand | ||
| (BrE) two thousand and seven (twenty hundred and seven) (NAmE) two thousand seven | ||
| twenty twenty-five | ||
| Use ordinal numbers for dates | ||
| 15th December 2010 December 5th, 2010 | (BrE) the fifth of May 2010 or 15/12/10 (NAmE) May the fifth 2010 or 12/15/10 | |
How do you say these dates?
December 12, 1987 26th August 2001 11/23/11 (USA)
9th February 1900 31st September 2000 June 14, 1846 March 3, 1966 11/09/06 (UK) 01/01/01
4. There are different ways of saying the time.
Words past (or in American English after) and to (or in American English of) are used in spoken English:
| 7:05 | - | five past seven | 7:15 | - | quarter past seven |
| 7:30 | - | half past seven | 7:45 | - | quarter to eight |
| 7:55 | - | five to eight | 8:00 | - | eight o'clock |
Sometimes you can use the figures in order you see them:
| 7:05 | - | seven oh five | 7:15 | - | seven fifteen |
| 7:30 | - | seven thirty | 7:45 | - | seven forty-five |
| 7:55 | - | seven fifty-five | 8:00 | - | eight a.m./p.m. |
To talk about travel timetables the 24-hour clock is used:
| 19:15 | - | nineteen fifteen | 22:35 | - | twenty-two thirty-five |
How do you say the time?
14:45 8:15 23:10 12:30 18:55 21:00
Unit 2. Progress Monitoring
In this unit you have worked on the vocabulary related to the topic “Higher education”:
Tick (V) the words and phrases you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise. |
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