Task: Analyse the results of a quiz

Active vocabulary on module 4

STUDENT'S BOOK

Reading and speaking: Gender gaps on the brain

To do better in intelligence tests

To score similarly on intelligence tests

To do a lot of things at once

To be adept at multi-tasking

To tackle one job at a time

To keep an eye on sb

To absorb all sorts of information from different sources

Spatial abilities in men/ women

To be the key to special tasks

To ask for directions

To know where things are in relation to other things

Skills needed by men in prehistoric times

To come up with

To come out on top

To transfer information

To be an exception to some stereotype{s)

To attract help from another person

To show distress

To go back to our ancestors

Gender differences/gaps

Differences in testosterone levels

To be born a certain way

To close down possibilities

To point out

Vocabulary: Qualities of mind

Aggressive

Co-operative

Practical

Sympathetic

Articulate

Emotional

Self-confident

Bossy

Intuitive

Stubborn

Task: Analyse the results of a quiz

Left/right hemisphere

To process information in different ways

To be dominant in most people

To be mostly right- or left-brained/handed

To get to the main point

To think carefully before you speak

To say what you think immediately

Linear-thinking

Logical thinking

Verbal skills

Intuition

Interest in the 'big picture'

Artistic creativity

The ability to visualize

Learning by explanation

Learning by doing

To change the kind of brain you have

To add up the number of 'a's/'b's

You got mainly 'a's/'b's

Your answers were q mixture of 'a's and 'b's

According to the experts

A revealing question

To encourage one side more than the other

To start using a new piece of equipment straightaway

To read the manual carefully first

To start at page one and read your way through

To jump around to what looks interesting

To make a list of things you have to do

To tick things off as you do them

To think carefully about each option before you decide

To follow your intuition

To visualize smth in your head

Language focus 1:

The passive

A non-profit organization

To operate on the principle that...

To be used for the benefit of humanity

to enjoy the company of one's intellectual equals

the (real) significance of IQ tests

the IQs of the well-known geniuses

to have an IQ of... eighty/five points above/below genius level

to drop out

to start a career in finance and investment

to begin one's career as a full-time writer

to claim

to be given clear goals from an e; life

to succeed in later life messages in the brain travel at o\ 250 km/h

in ancient times/ since prehistoric time

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