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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
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Lesson 3
Module 2
Speaking
8 You can first ask learners how they choose a title for 
their articles. Ask them to make a list of the criteria of 
a good title. After your learners have read the titles, you 
can elicit that many titles in English-medium academic 
journals include a colon and a subtitle.
Answers
1 a 2 d 3 b 4 c 5 e
9 Focus on the Language Support box. Encourage 
learners to say what they might be able to predict about 
the content of an article from only the title. Remind 
learners that if they are not sure about the content of an 
article, it is better to use hedging language (modal verbs; 
words such as probably, maybe; sentences with seem, etc.). 
You can tell learners that they will practise hedging more 
in Unit 2. Start with practising a model given in italics. 
Monitor the pair work.
Learners’ own answers.
Writing
10, 11 Refer learners to the criteria for conference titles 
in Module 1. They can use the same criteria for article 
titles as well.
Learners’ own answers.
12 Encourage learners to summarise what they have 
studied in this unit and produce a draft of their abstract. 
Tell learners to keep their drafts till the end of Module 2.
If you are short of time, you can set this activity as 
homework.
Learners’ own answers.
Follow-up
13 Encourage learners to find more articles if they can. 
Ask them to compare titles and analyse them. Ask learners 
to be ready to report on their findings next class.
Learners’ own answers.

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