C Understanding meanings

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 632.

B Understanding details

A Understanding main points

Reading tasks

1. Which of these statements gives the best summary of the text?

a. Multinational companies should try to standardise their approach to training and development.

b. The way people learn should be considered when planning international training courses.

c. The US approach to training is the most effective.

2. Which approach to training in international organisations do you think the authors prefer?

a. standardised training methods

b. a mixed pedagogical approach

Mark these statements T (true) or F (false) according to the information in the text Find the part of the text that gives the correct information.

1. German and Swiss managers like training courses to be clear and well-structured. T

2. British managers dislike training courses and prefer to learn by doing things on the job.

3. Asian managers want to learn from the teacher, not from each other.

4. Courses attended by British and US participants often lead to conflict and arguments.

5. British trainers are often concerned about the status of participants in their seminars.

6. British and American trainers like using role plays and simulations.

7. European managers consider American training courses to be badly organised.

1. Choose the best explanation for the phrase “loss of face” (line 14).

a. when someone is embarrassed in front of others

b. when someone has a different opinion from others in a discussion

2. Choose the best explanation for the phrase “wisdom resides in the hierarchy”

(line 16).

a. older and more senior people have more knowledge than younger people

b. you should never disagree with a teacher in public

3. Match the approaches to teaching and learning from the box with their definitions.

cognitive experiential inductive deductive

a. learning which involves reading, thinking about and understanding the main ideas of an issue cognitive

b. studying the general rule in a theoretical way and then applying this to particular cases; in other words, going From the general to the particular

c. learning which involves taking part in activities and then discussing the results of the activity

d. looking at particular examples or cases and working out the general rule or principle which they demonstrate; in other words, going from the particular to the general