English for

Audioscript 
7
1
Female speaker 1: Sorry, I probably missed this, but could you 
repeat what the abbreviation BYOD stands for?
2
Male speaker 1: Well, I work in the public sector, which doesn’t 
get sufficient financing. In recent years we’ve been trying 
to introduce technology into our classrooms but it’s quite 
hard to do. Firstly, neither students nor learners have access 
to modern devices, and secondly, training for teachers is an 
issue. Another problem is timing … 

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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 
10
Lesson 2
Module 1
Lead-in
1 
Suggested answers
The original topic of the presentation was ‘Networking in a 
globalised world’. Learners do not have to reproduce the exact 
title. It is enough if they say that the topic might be how to 
establish contacts throughout the world and have international 
presence. Topics like ‘Online networking’ or ‘Face-to-face vs 
online contacts’ are acceptable suggestions.
Listening
2 
8 You may want to remind your learners that the 
most important words are usually stressed. Answers are 
underlined in the audioscript below.
Audioscript 
8
1 In the course of discussion, one thing came out which I 
thought we should put on the table immediately. 
2 This was something that most people didn’t do, which I know 
many of my colleagues do. 
3 I’ve got a website, Twitter and Facebook presence. 
4 And what we noticed is that most teachers don’t have this. 
5 And what we also realised is that because they don’t have 
it, they are losing
their international presence and in the 
globalised world you can’t do that.