Review and assessment EALT UNIT 1

Review and Assessment

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents the process of effective listening?

• Preparation; listening; making notes

• Making notes; Reviewing your notes; studying

• Prediction of content; listening to content: discussion of content

• predicting & making notes; Listening & making notes; Reviewing Notes

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of summarizing?

• To add additional information to a text

• To condense the main ideas of a text

• To provide a detailed analysis of a text

• To critique the author's writing style

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Reflect on your personal experience preparing for lectures. Write down a part of your thoughts by completing the following sentence:

One of the biggest challenges I face when I try to prepare for lectures is that ___________

Multiple Choice

If you prepare for a lecture by attempting to predict the content, what are three ways in which we can try to predict?

• 
  read, make notes, listen

• Review, reflect, evaluate

• think; search; read

• reflect, prepare, review

Multiple Choice

During a lecture it's important to write down information that you think is important.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a step in summarizing a text?

• Identify the main ideas

• Omit irrelevant details

• Include personal opinions

• Paraphrase the information in your own words

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an accurate definition for a 'lecture'? In other words, what is a lecture?

• In a lecture, it is easy to miss information if the presenter/lecturer speaks too fast.

• During lectures, it is important to take note of important information.

• A lecture is an oral presentation based on information related to a specific subject of study

• A lecture is like a presentation, but it is only verbal/oral and there are no additional materials such as slides or videos included. 

Multiple Choice

One of the reasons why lectures are important is because it can fill in knowledge gaps that you may have. 

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Choose two reasons why lectures are important.

• lectures can provide new understanding

• Information/content can be clarified during lectures. 

• It's important to take notes during lectures. 

• Lectures are important because if you miss the information being communicated, you can not retrieve it again. 

• Lectures are time-saving because you can multitask by learning the information being presented while completing other tasks. 

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Multiple Choice

What is a characteristic of academic writing?

• Informal language and colloquial expressions

• Formal language and objective tone

• Personal opinions and anecdotes

• Ambiguous and vague statements

Multiple Choice

What is the three part process for listening

• predict, listen and take notes

• Take notes, Review, predict,

• Predict, Listen review notes

• Review, Listen and Predict

Multiple Choice

How should you approach summarizing a lengthy text?

• Include every detail to ensure accuracy

• Focus only on the introduction and conclusion

• Identify the main ideas and key points

• Copy verbatim passages from the text

Multiple Choice

What is a recommended strategy for effectively preparing for a lecture?

• Reviewing the lecture material ahead of time and taking notes

• Ignoring the lecture material and relying solely on personal knowledge

• Skimming through the lecture slides without taking notes

• Waiting until the last minute to review the lecture material