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EAP 2 Listening Practice Note Taking. Listen to the recording and make notes on what you hear.
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Now compare your notes with another student and answer the following questions: 1. What similarities and differences can you find in your notes?2. Did either of you use abbreviations or symbols?3. What did you find most difficult about the task?
EAP 2 ‘Introduction to a course’ Listening practice Thinking before listening When you go to the first class on a new course in a university, what practical information do you think the teacher or lecturer will give you? Make a list of the main points you think will be dealt with. Main topics covered Listen to the extract and check the topics that were mentioned by the lecturer against your list. Which of the topics below did he cover? Put them in the order that you heard them, that is 1, 2, 3, etc.
COURSE INFORMATION Course number and title: ___________________________________________ Absent students will receive a _________________ . This will be sent by _________ Topics to be discussed: 1 ______________________________________________ 2 ______________________________________________ No. of TMAs: _________________ . TMAs must not be _________________ . Word length: ________________________________________________________ If possible, TMAs should be _____________ . Leave a margin for ______________ Later, students receive a ___________________ and a ____________________ . At the end of the TMA students should add a _______________________ .
Vocabulary Listen to the tape and fill in the missing words below, then explain their meaning. Try to find as many other words as you can in the extract connected with course work and studying. 1 My first _______ this morning, and it's a very happy one for me to __________, is to welcome… 2 … so that you'll get the _______________ information in some form or other, if not necessarily __________________________. 3 Now there are two ___________________ that I intend to _________________ today. 4 Each of these Tutor Marked Assignments or TMAs as we call them must be ________________ by the date _________________ in your course details, and it's absolutely necessary to _________________________. 5 Remember that it is important to consider the question carefully and __________________________ to the ___________________________________. 6 … a bibliography including information about the __________________ and ______________ should appear at the end of the assignment, and don't forget to __________________________.