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5 Encourage learners to explain why they write or have 
written articles of a certain type.
Learners’ own answers.
Reading
6 This activity is aimed at reading for gist. Encourage 
learners to identify what type of academic publication it is 
and ask to justify their point of view.
Suggested answers
Title 3 is the most appropriate title because it mentions media 
representation, depression and young people. (Title 1 focuses on 
newspapers as a source to identify depression which is not the 
research problem. Title 2 focuses only on one of the themes of 
research.)
This is an abstract of a research article. It cannot be a full article 
because it is too short.

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English for Academics Book 2 Teacher’s Guide
© Cambridge University Press and British Council Russia 2015
www.cambridge.org/elt/english-for-academics
PHOTOCOPIABLE 
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Lesson 3
Module 2
Answers
Text 1 in Lesson 3 Text 1 in Lesson 2
1 The abstract is not longer than 200 
words.
✓
≈170
✓
≈250
2 The abstract contains background 
information.
3 The abstract includes conclusions.
4 Present tenses are used more 
than past tenses.
5 Passive forms are frequently used.
4 After learners have finished the activity, ask them 
which elements (a–e) they always or never include in their 
abstracts. You could also discuss why some abstracts 
might include different elements from those listed here. 
Answers
a sentences 1, 2
b sentence 3
c sentences 4, 5
d sentences 6, 7, 8
e is not included in Text 1
Language focus
5 Tell learners that Text 2 is also an abstract. Focus on 
the first word in Text 1 and the definition that follows, and 
make sure everyone understands the meaning of ‘grazing’. 
Later in Module 2 learners will analyse other parts of 
these articles. Ask learners to choose the correct verbs 
and check their answers. Then ask learners to put the 
verbs in the correct tense.