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2
Ask students who work what kind of reports they read in 
their working lives. Do they ever have to write reports? 
When, and why?
3
Ask students to underline any words in Alejandro’s report 
which are useful for describing courses and lessons. Then 
ask them to describe the course they are taking with you, 
using Headings 2–6 in the report.
Real Reading 4 by Liz Driscoll
 Teacher’s 
notes

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Unit
12 
The course is in English
Elicit some of the diffi culties students face when studying at a 
foreign university in a foreign language. Ask students about any 
personal experiences they, or people they know, have had.
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Get students to put the countries in order and then ask a 
couple of students to read out the countries in the order in 
which they have ranked them. Find out if other students have 
ranked the countries in a similar order. If you are teaching a 
multi-lingual group in an English-speaking environment, ask 
students if they would rather go on to university studies in the 
same country – or would they prefer to go to another one. 
Ask them to give reasons for their choice.
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Get students to tick the comments which correspond most 
closely with their own thoughts. Ask students if they can think 
of any other reasons why people might go abroad to an 
English-language university.
A
 Pre-departure decisions
Elicit that 
pre-departure
means ‘before you depart’. Elicit or 
explain that 
post-arrival
means ‘after you arrive’.
1
You could write the three options on the board and do this 
exercise as a whole class.