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

Part DReporting in speechThe aim of this lesson is for students to improve their speaking skills through:• explaining the possible implications of events• giving an oral progress report.Note: Until this point, most of Unit 3 has dealt with medicine of one sort or another.In this part, the focus shifts to other questions of progress. In order to preparestudents for this shift, it might be good to do a warm-up exercise in which studentsdiscuss technical / social progress and the state of human development in the world(for instance, the percentage of people that have access to clean water, or essentialmedicines).1 Explaining the possible implications of events1aSuggested answersProject AThis finding possibly implies that illness and disease, and possibly mortality, willincrease in many developing countries.Project BThe possible implications of this include improvements in health, longevity,education, and social change as secondary consequences. It may also lead toincreasing resource consumption and environmental damage.Project CA possible implication of this is increased life and health expectancy in malariaproneareas of the world.1b Student discussion1c Group discussion3.91dAnswersThe researcher claims that:• There will be increasing cultural diversity in European cities as a consequenceof increasing immigration.• Europe is increasingly seen as a safe and attractive destination for migrants.• Increasing poverty in many developing nations is pushing even more peopleto try to migrate to Europe.• Numbers of migrants will continue to rise, and European governments willbecome even stricter about immigration.1eAnswersSo I think there are some serious implications of this. Firstly, I think it’s likelythat we will see increasing cultural diversity in our cities, …Also, I think that the rising numbers of migrants suggests two things: firstly, …And the implication of that is that the numbers will continue to rise, but also ...Unit 3 Part D ∙ Reporting in speech 96