English for

English for Academics Book 2 Teacher’s Guide
© Cambridge University Press and British Council Russia 2015
www.cambridge.org/elt/english-for-academics
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Lesson 3
Module 3
Reading 
7 
Learners’ own answers.
8 
Answers
Research topic: arguments for and against providing students 
with handouts before a lecture. Major results: students benefit 
from having the handouts during the lecture.
9 
Answers
1 therefore 2 by contrast 3 rather than 4 however 
5 Even when 6 still
These phrases help to show the relationship between parts of the 
sentences and sentences in the text.
10 
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1 the percentage of students who preferred to be given slide 
handouts prior to the lecture
2 the percentage of lecturers who preferred to provide 
handouts prior to the lecture
3 the percentage of lecturers who never gave out handouts 
4 the percentage of lecturers who preferred to distribute 
handouts afterwards
5 the duration of the video of real-life PowerPoint science 
lectures; and the time lapse between the lecture and the test
11 
Answers 
D, A, C, B
The phrases that help to order the paragraphs are: began 
their investigation (paragraph D); to find out what really works 
better, in both cases, the key finding (paragraph A); a follow-up 
study, identical to the first (paragraph C); the findings provide 
preliminary evidence (paragraph B).
12 
Learners’ own answers.
Language focus
13 
Answers 
provide (with), have, withhold, give, hold back, receive, give out, 
distribute, retain
14 
Learners’ own answers.
15 
Answers 
to start something with: to begin something by 
before: prior to 
after: subsequently, later, afterwards 
all through a particular period: during