UE Section E Practical Skills For Work & Study

1. UE Section EPractical Skills For Work & Study The Syllabus Examining Time for Section E : 1 Hour 45 Minutes ; Weighting : 28%

2. Content • Syllabus • Test materials • Test items • Skills • Examination skills • Study & reasoning skills • Reading skills • Writing skills • Taskcontrol • Situation • Mark Vs Time Allocation • Task instruction

3. Section EPractical Skills for Work and Study In general terms, the set tasks involve: • Locatingand processing information • Identifying and solving communication problems • Carrying out communication tasks TestMaterials - in the form of a booklet includes • Transcription of a dialogue • Leaflet • Letter • Memo • Notices etc…

4. Section EPractical Skills for work and Study Information may also be presented graphically ForInstance: • In tables • Histograms • Flow charts • Graphs • Pictures etc… Testitems • Todetermine the ability of candidates to process information • To compare and contrast information from a variety of sources • To integrate and categorize information • To use this information in dealing with a variety of communication tasks and problems

5. SkillsExamination Skills • Task Control • The requirements of the tasks must be assessed accurately. • Students must read instructions, questions and examples very carefully and make sure they are doing what they are asked to do. • Steps& Strategies • Students should have adequate practice in analyzing the tasks and determining what steps are necessary in order to carry the tasks out as required. • Speed &Timing • The importance of time management must be stressed. • Candidates should organize their time so that each task is attempted.

6. SkillsStudy &Reasoning Skills • To exercise judgment • To demonstrate the ability to organize information • To determine what is important or relevant. The candidate may be required to : • Differentiate between fact and opinion, • Provide evidence for a particular conclusion, • Draw conclusions from given evidence, • Categorize and classify information, • Determine cause or effect, • Define terms, • Formulate hypotheses for investigation, and • Determine the nature of communication problems to be solved.

7. SkillsReading Skills • To match the reading technique to the task. Itemsmay require : • Rapidscanning to locate information • Skimming so that the gist of a passage is understood • Reading for detailed information. • The information sought will relate not only facts presented and their implications Butmay include identifying: • The purposes, feelings and attitudes of the writer, • The assumptions made by the writer, and • Inferences or predictions which might be made be made on the basis of what is written.

8. SkillsReading Skills-basic control Basic Control • Beforereading, you should look at the title of the text, and ask yourself: • What am I going to read about? • What do I expect to find out from it? • As well as thinking ahead to what you are going to read, you should try to get clues about the content of the text by looking quickly at: • Any sub-titles • Any illustrations or diagrams • The first line of each paragraph

9. SkillsReading Skills-Skimming Basic Skills Skimming involves running your eyes over a text to see • What it covers • How it is planned (how the information is arranged) • If it contains information that interests you or that you are looking for.

10. SkillsReading Skills-Scanning Basic Skills • Scanning involves going through a text for ‘KEY WORDS’ connected with the information you are trying to obtain. Vertical Reading + Word shape Recognition • Scanningmay lead you to • The LOCATION of an Answer. • WHERE ‘Selecting Relevant Information’ should begin. Application • Go through All the Questions Once • Check Titles // Sub-titles • Circle the Key Word(s) • Apply Full Sentence Checking

11. SkillsWriting skills • All the information needed for completing the task will be provided and the communicative purpose will be stated. Types of writing will include: • Reports, • Minutes of meetings, • Memoranda, and • Formal letters on a variety of topics.

12. Situation Role ( who am I ?) Name Position Relationship with all other components. Task Instruction Function Give suggestion Give evidence Reader Senior > junior Junior > senior Same level Presented Format Letter Report Memo Proposal MarkVS Time Allocation e.g. 54marks for 50 - 55 mins 33 marks for 30 - 34 mins 15 marks for 10 - 15 mins Task Control

13. Procedure Manual • 1. Understand the task – Question, Instruction, situation • 2. Look at the content page of Data file to find out relevant materials • – F & O • -function of the articles • 3. Locate the right material and extract the right information: • Drop notes – skimming and scanning – content + language • (taking notes) - discourse markers • – conclusion, inference • 4. use the notes: categorizing, summarizing, paraphrasing – text, change order, • interpretation of non-linear text: find out basic components, what’s common, what’s different, highest and lowest information • 5. put them in proper format and write the whole task: different format of writing text, find out the right language to address the function of the task. • Reason: …because • - Effects:…will • - Argument: It is without doubt…CA: Someone may say… • Refutation: But…