WEEK 3 TEACHER NOTES & ANSWERS

READING
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Exercise 2; Skimming for main ideas

Paragraph 1 c Paragraph 2 g Paragraph 3 b Paragraph 4 h

Paragraph 5 d Paragraph 6 a Paragraph 7 f Paragraph 8 i

Exercise 3: Reading and mind mapping

from within
from without

willing to spend
money
Why? -
competition
People long wanted
better education

Need for Education willing to do

courses

Gatsby refuted by most

educationists
A good thing?

problems can occur poor lose out

(Gatsby)

stress lower academic skills overlooked

standards if no quals.

Exercise 4: Inferring meaning from context

1. plum job (1) 2. driving force (2)

a. job working with fruit a. reason for something happening
b. desirable job b. impact of a car in an accident
3. perceived educational edge (3) 4. appreciable nosedive (4)
a. educational advantage you think is there a. large decrease
b. educational advantage you know is there b. appreciated (wanted) decrease

5. sought-after job (6) 6. spoils of working life (7)

a. job that many people are looking for a. the rubbish from working
b. job that many people want b. the rewards from working
7. roundly criticised (8)
a. many people against something
b. some people against something

Exercise 6: Text-referring words

Line Text-referring Refers to

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3 one’s people’s
11 their wealthy parents
18 they employees
18 these cases when employees are not engaged in part-time study
21 the situation getting more qualifications
25 he Gatsby
38 our Australia’s
41 who the poor
44 who educationists

Exercise 7: Reading for specific details

1. It is impossible these days to get a good job without a qualification from respected N
institution. change impossible for less likely
2. Most people who upgrade their qualifications do so for the joy of learning. no longer N
do so for the joy of learning
3. In some jobs, the position you hold must be reapplied for. Y
4. Some parents spend extra on their children's education because of the prestige Y
attached to certain schools.
5. According to the text, students who performed badly at school used to be accepted by NG
their classmates.
6. Employees who do not undertake extra study may find their salary decreased by NG
employers.
7. Citizens appear to have responded to the call by politicians to become better NG
qualified.
8. Australia's education system is equal to any in the world in the opinion of most Y
educationists.

Exercise 8 Summary
The following is a summary of part of the text. Choose words from the table below and refer to the text to fill the gaps. There
are more words than you need.
Dr. Gatsby, an (1) educational psychologist, has suggested that there are problems affecting the (2) individual and society
when the workplace is biased towards hiring personnel only on the basis of their qualifications on (3) paper. He claims that an
over-emphasis placed on academic success is causing (4) __stress______in students at school and in working adults studying
(5) part-time. Also, more practical skills might be (6) overlooked by employers hiring applicants for jobs. However, the most
(7) undesirable consequence of this preference for ever more highly qualified (8) applicants, apart from a possible drop in
university (9) standards is that those who are unable to afford a (10) higher level of education are disadvantaged. Gatsby's
views have not met with universal acceptance.

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