Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

1c Group discussion1dSuggested answersPassage 1 contains more advanced vocabulary, which goes unexplained, andis linguistically more complex. It is likely that Passage 1 is aimed at an expertaudience, or a non-expert one with assumed background knowledge on the topic.Passage 2 repeats the basic idea of Passage 1, but with more explanation ofkey terms. It may be aimed at non-experts either with or without backgroundknowledge on the topic.1e Students underline any words or phrases in 1d that they don’t understand.1f Student discussion1g This is an independent study activity.2 Skim reading a report to decide if it suits your purposeNote: Suggested introductory activityIn pairs, students think of the parts of a report that a busy reader could look atquickly to get an idea of whether the report was relevant.Suggested answersabstract; introduction; headings; sub-headings; captions; graphics; tables;conclusion; list of key words.2a Note: Give a fairly short time limit for this, e.g. 5 minutes, as students should relyon skimming only, rather than reading the whole report carefully.Suggested answersQuestionsWhat is the mainidea of this text?What aspectsof the topicdoes the authorconsider?What supportingevidence doesthe author give?What recommendationsdoes theauthor make?NotesThe text outlines the situation of access to cleandomestic water supplies around the world and dealswith the consequences of poor access to safe domesticwater supplies. The author argues that it has seriouseffects on health, economic status and education.State of domestic water supplies around the worldAccess differences (e.g. by region / urban vs. rural)Relationship of water to diseaseCosts of collecting waterTime lost for economic activitiesTime lost for schoolingStatistics about numbers of people without ‘improvedwater supplies’ around the world.Provision of a clean water supply for all should bemade a priority, not only because it helps to preventdisease, but because it can help to support economicdevelopment.Unit 2 Part B ∙ Understanding written information 46