Daily Archives July 11, 2015

BUILDING BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE ON THE TOPIC

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1 What Are Children Made Of?

2 Jack Be Nimble

3 Polly, Put the Kettle On

4 Little Miss Muffet

5 Georgie Porgie

Work in a small group. Look at the pictures below...

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READING AND THINKING ABOUT THE TOPIC

1 Read the following passage.

Biology – detemiines what sex we are at birth – that is, whether we are male or female. However, society and culture determine our gender roles – that is, the socially learned patterns of behavior that distinguish boys from girls and men from women...

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Gender Roles

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n this unit you will hear people talk about gender roles. Chapter 3 deals with the issues that boys and girls face as they grow up...

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NOTE TAKING: COPYING A LECTURER’S DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS

Whenever a lecturer draws a diagram or puts a chart on the board during a lecture, you should always copy it into your notes. You can add extra information from the lecture to the diagram or chart as the lecturer speaks.

1 Look at the diagram that Professor Zalz put on the board during the second part of the ...

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LECTURE, PART TWO: Stages of Culture Shock

GUESSING VOCABULARY FROM CONTEXT

1 The following items contain important vocabulary from Part Two of the lecture. Work with a partner. Using the context and your knowledge of related words, take turns trying to guess the meanings of the words in bold.

1 If you were to depict it on paper, you might draw a "wav...

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