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Unit 3
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The Distance Delta

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Paper 1 Task 1 & 2 and Paper 2 Task 2

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 Paper 1 Task 1 & 2 and Paper 2 Task 2
Adapted from Cambridge English Examination Report June 2011 (updated to current specifications)

Paper 1
Task 1 (6 marks)

Provide the term for each definition.

Write your answers in your answer booklet. Provide only one answer per question.

a. a noun that is created by adding –ing to the verb-stem (e.g. Parking is not permitted)

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b. a database of real language samples (either spoken or written texts) stored on a computer
and which can be used for investigating language use and structure

c. using the medium of English to teach a subject such as geography, natural science or history,
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d. a consonant sound in which the air flow is initially stopped, but then is released slowly with
friction, e.g. /tʃ/

e. the morphological process of adding a bound morpheme to the stem of a word, either at the
end or at the beginning. This can be to fulfil grammatical functions, e.g. to form the third
person by adding s to the verb use or to modify the word’s meaning and / or change its word
class, e.g. adding ful to use or un to tidy.
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f. a type of test which is designed to show what language skills or knowledge a learner already
has. It is often used by a teacher to find out how much a learner knows before beginning a
language course

Task 2 (12 marks)

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Provide a definition and an appropriate brief example or illustration for each of the terms below.

Write your answers in your answer booklet.

a. a jigsaw reading

b. de-lexicalised verb

c. top-down processing

d. intrusive /w/

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Task 2 (a 12 marks, b 12 marks, c 18 marks)

The text for this task is reproduced on pages 4 and 5.

The purpose of the extract as a whole is to enable learners to give opinions on the topic of family
roles using should / shouldn’t.

a. Identify six purposes of the exercises listed in the box below in relation to the purpose of the
extract as a whole.
Lead in 1

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Lead in 2
Grammar 1
Grammar 3
Read on 1
Read on 2
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b. Comment on six ways in which the exercises listed in the box below combine with the
exercises discussed in a. Do not refer to language reference and practice exercises p. 167.

Grammar 2
Grammar 4
Writing 1
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Writing 2

c. Identify a total of six key assumptions about language learning that are evident in the
exercises listed in the box below. Explain why these assumptions might be considered to be
important for language learning. State which exercise or exercises each assumption refers to.
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Grammar 1

Read on 2

Write your answers in your answer booklet.

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