Unit 3 Review

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.

a) library internet www database

b) journal magazine periodicals newspaper

4. Explain the difference between these pairs.

journal - magazine

biography - autobiography

author - publisher

paper - article

5. 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.

6. 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 “Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used” Dr. Carl Sagan quotes

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

7.

Do you know …	yes	no
how to use Brainboost search engine?
how to conduct field search?
what can save you time when you are searching for necessary sources?
where to look for information on popular science topics?
how to quickly check the authority of the site?
how to check the reliability/accuracy of the page?
what kind of information you need to find a particular book in a library catalogue?
how to differentiate information Web page from an advocacy one?

Complete this questionnaire for yourself. Then divide into groups and take turns to explain how to perform each of these actions.

Each one teach one

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.

“The most remarkable discovery ever made by scientists was science itself”

Jacob Bronowsky

Learning Objectives

The objectives of this module are:

· to express opinions in arguments and discussions

· to use special linking words and expressions for coherency in writing and speaking

· to use different speech patterns and collocations to avoid repetition

· to talk about scientific discoveries and inventions

· to distinguish international words from ‘false friends’ words

· to revisit the Past Tenses

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