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Forever learning 1

• Remind students that often exact word matches are a trap – if a key word in the text is exactly the same as the word in the question, students should be careful. It’s almost certainly not the answer. They should also be careful of partial matches and find a sentence in the text that matches all the key words. • Highlight that in this type of exam task, the questions and texts are not necessarily in the same order. Exam Exam task 5 1.01 pXX Students complete the exercise. Elicit answers. Answers 1 A 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 C 6 A 7 C 8 D 9 B 10 A EXTRA SUPPORT Elicit the synonyms and paraphrases that helped the students complete the exercise. Suggested answers 1 training schedule - daily workout 2 wasn’t confident - a little unsure 3 made them believe in themselves - encourage him to be self-confident 4 praised by their university - University of the Arts...said Ella’s work was the best they’d seen that year 5 decide to continue studying after university - After achieving a degree...he was motivated to work towards a PhD. 6 never expected popularity on social media - his lack of reading limited his career options 7 teach in a way their students can understand - using song lyrics to make the message clearer 8 dreamt of becoming an educator - I wanted to become a teacher 9 has her family to thank for moving school - Ella McEwan’s parents decided she should change schools 10 problems behaving appropriately - learning and behaviour difficulties 6 Students complete the exercise. Answers 1 c 2 f 3 g 4 a 5 d 6 b 7 e ESDC Focus on the Sustainable Development Goal. Pairwork. Each pair answers the questions. Then elicit opinions in open class. Homework Workbook Unit 1: Reading, pages 4-5

READING Multiple matching | An article Student’s Book, pages 10–11 Lesson aims • Focus on multiple matching • Practise a multiple matching exam task LEAD-IN

Elicit the meaning of the unit title Forever learning ( Learning is an activity that we do throughout our lives, not just when we are children .) Ask students what they think the lesson will be about ( education and learning ). 1 In pairs or as a group, students discuss the questions. Elicit answers from around the class. Answers Students’ own answers Video 2 Pause the video at the beginning. Students predict what the video will be about. Students read the exercise and check their predictions about the video. Students read the text again and predict the words for each gap. Students watch the video and check their answers. Answers 1 windmill 2 2000 3 food 4 learning 5 water 6 famine 7 book 8 comfortable 9 film 3 Students complete the exercise. Ask them to compare their answers in pairs. Elicit answers. Answers A 3 B 4 C 1 D 2 4 Students complete the exercise. Answers 1 eight million 2 2021 3 University of Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts 4 Gavin Horgan 5 11 6 Cambridge University

OPTIMISE your exam Multiple matching Students read the tips.

• Scanning is a strategy for speed reading in order to find specific information in the text. Students practised this technique in Exercise 4. Elicit situations where students need to find a particular piece of information quickly within a large amount of text (e.g. when they look up words in a dictionary, scroll an online text for a sports score, look for information in a textbook, etc.).

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