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

Unit 1Gender issuesPart AUnderstanding spoken informationThe aim of this lesson is for students to improve their listening skills in lecturesthrough:• understanding descriptions of data in spoken language• understanding references to graphic data• understanding and evaluating a speaker’s interpretation of data.1 Understanding descriptions of data in spoken languageGeneral note on Unit 1Teachers should be aware that the topic of this unit has the potential to becontroversial, especially in classes which contain students from countries withdiffering levels of – and opinions towards – gender equality.1a Group discussion1.11bAnswersHealthEducation1cAnswersIssue Claim EvidenceHealthEducationWomen often livelonger than men.Men often have betteraccess to healthcare.More women thanmen are enrolled onuniversity coursesin Europe and NorthAmerica.At postgraduate level,as well as amongacademic staff, menvastly outnumberwomen.No evidence givenNo evidence givenOECD (2005) – 57%all university studentsin the UK are female,rising to 70% over thenext 20 years.54% of all studentsacross OECD nationsare female.No evidence givenUnit 1 Part A ∙ Understanding spoken information 8