留學英文 (Academic Study)


　
Exercise 34
I. Pre-Listening Exercise
II. Listening Exercise
III. Post-Listening Exercise


Purpose:

Recommending a student for study (Part A): Introduction and qualification to make recommendation / 撰寫推薦信函 ( A部份 ) 推薦信函開始及推薦人的資格

　

I. Pre-Listening Exercise [Top]

Check the meanings of the following words and expressions:

  • frequent reader
  • report contents
  • overall quality
  • criticized
  • gradually progressed
  • valuable insight into
  • increasingly adopted
  • as documented in
  • fulfill course requirements
  • play an instrumental role
  • orally presenting
  • assigning work

Consult page 139 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy for some of these definitions.

II. Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Listen to the conversation by pressing the "Play" button and then answering the following questions. Press the "Final score" button to check your quiz results.


1. What must Professor Su often do?
A. read management reports
B. point out errors in the report contents of undergraduate work and their overall quality
C. carefully grade student’s homework

2. What course did Jerry Chang belong to that Professor Su taught?
A. Total Quality Management
B. Quality Control
C. Factory Automation

3. What did Professor Su often do at the beginning of the semester?
A. Praise the work of the team that Jerry belonged to
B. Give suggestions to the team that Jerry belonged to
C. Criticize the work of the team that Jerry belonged to

4. What is increasingly adopted in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry?
A. Quality Control
B. Total Quality Management
C. Product Quality Control

5. How did Jerry play an instrumental role in his team?
A. He organized the report contents
B. He arranged the schedules of all classmates
C. He orally presented group findings

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2. Listen to the story again as you read the audiotranscript on page 216 of Writing Effective Study Plans by Ted Knoy.

III. Post-Listening Exercise [Top]
1. Read the audiotranscript with a partner or change some of the information to adapt it to your situation.

2. Write the first part of a recommendation letter for advanced study, which includes an: Introduction and your (or your teacher's) qualification for making such a recommendation. View the accompanying Power Point presentation on details of how to write this paragraph.

3. Write four questions beginning with "What" when recommending someone for advanced study, and then answer them. The question does not have to come directly from the listening exercise.
Example: What progress did Jerry Chang's team gradually make in Professor Chang's class?
Answer: Its preparation and overall quality of work
Example: What contribution did you make to Professor Lin's Accounting Course?
Answer: I often asked questions during class and orally presented my report findings.

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