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- Main idea questions can be about content or purpose
- Content:
- - What do the speakers mainly discuss?
- - What is the lecture mainly about?
- Purpose:
- - Why does the student go to meet his professor?
- - Why is the professor discussing this topic?
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- exercise L9 - Predict what the topic will be, based on the first sentence.
- 1 the UK / countries in the UK / geography of the UK
- 2 the award for architecture
- 3 Irish linen
- 4 human and animal-shaped figures in hillsides
- 5 geology of Mars
- L10 - Choose the correct topic
- 1 C
- 2 B
- 3 C or A
- 4 D
- 5 A (or influenza in general)
- 6 D
- L11 - Identify the main topic. Is it stated in the first sentence?
- 1 magic squares - yes
- 2 public zoos - no
- 3 pony express - no
- 4 butterfly farm - yes
- 5 gargoyles - no
- L12 - All of these introduce the main topic after the first sentence. Identify the main topic.
- 1 recording dance movements
- 2 reasons Europeans came to America
- 3 the lack of historical value in modern photographs
- 4 official language policy in the US
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- BREAK
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- First half tomorrow: in-class independent writing (timed for 30 minutes) and peer feedback
- Second half tomorrow: reading and listening practice (20 and 25 minutes timed, submit answers on a google form afterwards)
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- Exercise 9.1 - Listen to the conversations and answer the main idea questions about each one
- 1 C
- 2 B
- 3 C
- 4 A
- 5 A
- Exercise 9.2 - Do the same for lectures and discussions
- 1 D
- 2 B
- 4 D
- 5 C
- (We stopped the 9.2 audio at 18:50.)
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