Module Test 1

Vocabulary 3 Describing trends, verb + adverb and adjective +

noun collocations
1 The language of learning
Choose the correct options in italics to complete
Choose the correct options in italics to complete
the text.
the text.

Identify your learner type Graduate applications and employment

Learning how to study and 1 acquire/focus/research Despite university admissions 1 plummeting/climbing/
the information we’re being taught is something soaring nationwide in the past two years, our university
we’re rarely shown how to do. We’re expected figures are still very positive, helped by the 2 reduction/
to have an innate 2 reaction/method/capacity for range/width in number of courses we offer. In the last
learning, as well as the ability to 3 focus/retain/study year, there has been no change in the number of students
knowledge without too much trouble. However, we applying for our accountancy courses. That’s the third
all know that while one 4 reaction/method/capacity
year running that the figures have remained 3 stable/
of teaching and learning works well for some, it
sharp/slightly. On the other hand, there has been a 4 slow/
doesn’t suit everyone. For example, the ability to
stable/slight decrease in the number of people interested
5 focus/research/retain on one thing for a period
in doing an MBA which, until now, has been extremely
of time without the mind wandering off is a rare
skill in people, however intelligent they are. While popular. Although interest has 5 soared/climbed/lessened
6 process/research/capacity is constantly being in the MBA courses, there has been a 6 sharp/slower/
carried out into ways of improving our learning wide rise in applications for science degrees, which is
skills, there is still no ‘one size fits all’ solution and very encouraging. The number of science courses taken
the 7 capacity/process/reaction people have to by students has 7 dropped/climbed/plummeted to its
different stimuli can vary widely. The 8 research/ highest level this year as a result of the 8 drop/decline/
process/capacity of learning is complex and growth in the number of job vacancies in scientific
different for all of us. It is therefore important for industries. The percentage of students who have found
students to identify which kind of learner they are jobs immediately after their degree has 9 fluctuated/
and recognise what their 9 capacity/focus/process declined/soared slightly over the past five years, reaching
needs to be on in order to achieve the best results. 84 percent five years ago, 79 percent two years ago and
83 percent last year. Despite unemployment rates
/9 10 stabilising/soaring/widening over this period, our
2 Collocations figures for graduate employment are very good indeed.
Complete the text with the words in the box.
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achieved conducted demonstrated focused
processed triggered

Digital learning research

The university has just 1 research into digital
learning in the workplace. Questionnaires were sent to course
producers, companies and employees and, not unsurprisingly,
these questionnaires 2 differing reactions
from the participants. Course producers and academic experts
believe that digital learning is as good as or better than classroom
training, while companies sing the praises of its cost-effectiveness.
However, user feedback is not so favourable. Employees do not
believe that information is 3 any more easily
in the digital environment than in a classroom situation and they
question the relevance of the courses to their particular work.
Another factor is whether the training indicates if the staff have
4 the level of intellectual skill expected of
them or whether the tests results 5 their
intelligence appropriately. In another section of the questionnaire,
participants 6 their attention on whether they
thought that retention of knowledge was longer-lasting in the digital
environment. Once again opinion was divided.
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 Module Test 1

Language development 6 Tense review

Complete the text with the correct form of the
4 Synonyms
verbs in brackets.
Complete the second sentence using a phrase
in the box so that it means the same as the first Last year a friend of mine 1
sentence. You may need to change some of the (be) worried about losing his memory as he felt he
phrases in the box. 2 (forget) quite a lot of
things. As a result, he 3
get something in talk someone through something (start) to research everything he
top something up up-to-date 4 (can) about improving
one’s memory and he 5
1 They’ve promised to order the reference book for
(discover) that there are numerous methods to do
me by the end of the week.
just that. His research also 6
They promised to for me
(reveal) something called the World Memory Sports
by the end of the week.
Council (WMSC), which 7
2 Don’t forget to refill the car with fuel before you
(found) in 1991. The Council 8
bring it back to us.
(oversee) the World Memory Championships,
Don’t forget to with fuel
which 9 (take) place in
before you bring it back to us.
several countries around the world. After he
3 Someone will explain how to use all the
10 (watch) video talks
equipment before you start working here.
by experts and the stories of previous winners
Someone will how to use
of the championship who, by the way,
all the equipment before you start working here.
11 (know) as memory
4 You’ll find the most recent information about
athletes, he 12 (decide)
dates and times on this webpage.
to have a go himself. In fact, he
You’ll find the most
13 (already/apply) to take
information about dates and times on this
part next year in the UK championships and says he
webpage.
14 (train) every day from
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now until the competition, just like any other athlete.
5 Word formation, prefixes and paraphrase He 15 (adopt) several
sentences different memory techniques over the past year to
Complete the sentences with the correct form of help him remember and recall information. Experts
the word in capitals. say that everyone is capable of having an amazing
1 research has been carried out memory.
on this subject for scientists to make any serious /15
claims about the results. SUFFICIENT TOTAL /50
2 This study on memory loss is extremely
well-researched and . It should
be included in our essay. INFORM
3 Everyone’s knows that it is to
copy other people’s academic work without
acknowledgement and yet some people still do it.
LEGAL
4 The of being able to improve
your memory is pretty good if you learn some
simple techniques. LIKELY
5 The guidance we received from our tutor was
. We wouldn’t have been able to
complete the research without him. VALUABLE
6 Experts propose theories about
the best ways to learn and remember information
but each of us needs to find a system which works
for us. VARY
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