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Unit 3 Revise & Practise1. Explain the difference between these pairs. journal - magazine encyclopedia - WWW biography - autobiography author - publisher contents page - index paper - article abstract blurb
2. Divide into 5 teams. Each team completes word webs for the words information (adjectives), information (verbs), book (adjectives), knowledge (adjectives), knowledge (verbs) using its own colour marker. Mind maps are rotated every 1 minute, then the results are checked in class. The team that works out the more phrases is the winner.
3. Read these sayings. Comment on the one you like most. Ø ?Know where to find the information and how to use it ? That?s the secret of success.? Albert Einstain Ø ?The most technologically efficient machine that man has ever invented is the book.? Northrup Frye Ø ?We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge.? Kofy Annan Ø A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.? Shelby Foote
4. Complete this questionnaire for yourself. Then divide into groups and take turns to explain how to perform each of these actions.
5. Work with a partner. Hold a competition and brainstorm about 10 terms to do with the library search. Compare the lists. Cross out the terms that are on the both lists. Explain the meaning of the rest of the terms.
Progress Test
1. Put these instructions for truncating back a URL in the correct sequence. a) Stop when you reach the first single / which is preceded by the domain name portion. b) This is the page's server or "publisher." c) In the top Location Box, delete the end characters of the URL stopping just before each/. d) Press enter to see if you can see more about the author or the origins/nature of the site providing the page. e) Continue this process, one slash (/) at a time.
2. Rewrite the sentences passive. a) Wilhelm Schickard made the first known adding machine. b) MIT?s laboratories carry out a great deal of research. c) The fact that biological sciences are more popular with school leavers than computer science surprised me. d) You should know the procedure of the experiment before you start doing it. e) The NASA specialists are planning to launch a space platform to Jupiter. f) The BBC Company has released a new documentary series about space research.
3. Spot the odd one out.
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