Tw10

that calls for all skills previously learned.

The Final Boss

not this kind of table ...

On page ...

And of course

Example

On page 51, 52 of the guidebook

You can see an example task

You have three minutes to get a feeling of it.

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

This type of task calls for all the skills we've practices in the past 9 weeks.

How much do you still remember?

Among all the skills

These are most relevant in table filling:

1. Working out the meaning of vocabulary

2. Understanding reference

3. Rhetorical purposes

4. Inserting text

5. Summary

Of course, skills first. And some tips as well along the way

Skills and drills

with something only understandable to scientists.

If you don't, it's only because you are not a scientist.

Forget about your Chinese, it wouldn't help even it'd been translated. Try to make sense of it in English.

And we start

Open Ended

What do you see in the pictures?

Open Ended

W

Poll

• I finished and I'm confident with my understanding

• I finished but also feel puzzled with some concepts

• I finished but I don't think i understand much

• I rushed through but having more time would mean better understanding

Multiple Choice

Think about the content and look at the headings of the table (Structural emergence/Cultural Emergence, which can always be helpful), this passage is structured based on the ______ of emergence.

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

cause & effect

compare & contrast

problem & solution

Draw

How many different sections can this passage be best organised into?

some helping words

or maybe grammar

read the text carefully

For paragraph 1 and 2

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

This is a constantly changing process

the constantly is closest in meaning to

• never

• rarely

• always

• instantly

Multiple Choice

Emergence occurs on disparate-size scales.

As the picture shows how neurons interact in your brain to enable you to think, disparate is closest in meaning to ... ?

• interactive

• disappearing

• very much similar

• completely different

Multiple Choice

Read the passage, how many major types of emergence are being compared?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• n

Multiple Choice

These properties are not exhibited by individual birds.

properties is closest in meaning to what we talked about last time, but these properties refers to ...?

• flock of birds

• bird shapes

• behavioral characteristics

• individual birds

Multiple Choice

No single ant, including the queen, could organise such an effective colony of workers. Yet collectively, the colony structure arises.

The opposite to collectively is ...

• emergent

• single ant

• the queen

• colony of workers

Multiple Choice

They combine to form a violent storm

Combine is closest in meaning to ...

• come together

• fight with each other

• go one after another

• work exclusively

Draw

Find a pair of opposites that highlight different sources where emergence in nature comes from.

Multiple Select

What are the examples used to illustrate organic emergent structures?

• global warming

• ant colony

• bird flock

• hurricane

Multiple Select

What could be the example of inorganic emergent structure?

• global warming

• ant colony

• bird flock

• hurricane

Multiple Choice

From the beginning of paragraph 4 we now that it is no longer about

• emergence and economics

• emergence in human culture

• emergence in nature

• emergence and human interaction

Multiple Choice

Emergence also occurs in human culture

occurs is closest in meaning to ...

• absent

• is stronger

• escapes from

• exists

Open Ended

Agents only know of a limited number of companies and must follow strict rules of the market.

Read relevant sentence and take a wild guess, agents are ... ?

Multiple Select

Examples used to explain emergence in human culture are

• the human body

• world wide web

• stock market

• market

studying the options

Before we move on

Multiple Choice

A flock of birds exhibits a shape and certain behavior

exhibits is closest in meaning to ... ?

• shows

• plays

• looks

• avoids

Multiple Choice

The human brain is composed of numerous thinking neurons.

composed of is closest in meaning to ... ?

• written with, like a song

• made of

• full of

• because of

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

Open Ended

1 is wrong because ...

Open Ended

4 is wrong because ...

Open Ended

other examples of emergence?

we go on TV

On the topic of TV

Next stop

Open Ended

What kind of TV programmes do you watch,

including things you watch on your phone or tablet,

or things you wish you had time or chance to watch?

Open Ended

Is watching TV good, according to your parents?

What do they normally say?

Open Ended

Now, objectively, what are the pros and cons of watch TV?

Poll

• I finished and I'm confident with my understanding

• I finished but also feel puzzled with some concepts

• I finished but I don't think i understand much

• I rushed through but having more time would mean better understanding

Multiple Choice

Think about the content and look at the headings of the table (Structural emergence/Cultural Emergence, which can always be helpful), this passage is structured based on the ______ of watching TV.

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

Draw

How many parts can this paragraph be organised into?

Multiple Choice

Some scholars feel that daily exposure to television programming heavily affects the communication patterns within the family.

scholars is closest in meaning to ... ?

• experts

• professors

• students

• parents

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

others believe that children's thinking capacity is improved.

Capacity is closest in meaning to ... ?

• difficulty

• ability

• activities

• method

Multiple Choice

Exposure to different types of television shows can make it more difficult for parents and children to communicate because of differing perspectives

Differing perspectives is closest in meaning to ... ?

• different interests

• age gap

• different viewpoints

• new lifestyles

Draw

Underline words or phrases that you think highlight positive effects.

Draw

Underline words or phrases that you think highlight negative effects.

studying the options

Before we move on

Multiple Choice

Television may improve children's cognitive abilities.

cognitive abilities does NOT include ...?

• logic and reasoning

• perception

• thinking or processing

• speaking

Open Ended

How can you improve your cognitive abilities?

Multiple Choice

The moral reasoning of children may be impaired by violence.

impaired is closest in meaning to

• damaged

• improved

• repaired

• taught

Draw

Underline any words or phrases that has a positive or negative meaning.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

This passage is structured based on the ______ of emergence.

• compare/contrast

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

Open Ended

In 30 years form today, how would you convince your teenage kid, who can't stop watching electronics, TV or phones and stuff, to go and work on their unfinished studies?