English for

Lesson 2 Responding to questions and comments
Time: 90 minutes
By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to
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identify key words in speech
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identify strategies to respond to comments and questions
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respond to questions using appropriate strategies

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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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Module 1
Lesson 2
Language focus
8 
Answers
a 5 b 7 c 4 d 6 e 2 f 1 g 3
9 
Answers
1 ask, question
2 really good 
3 huge 
4 answers, question
5 Excellent 
6 webpage
7 sure, understood 
8 asking, progress
9 come, later, break, running out 
10 
Answers 
1 Strategy 1
2 Strategy 1
3 Strategy 4
4 Strategy 3
5 Strategy 1
6 Strategy 6
7 Strategy 2
8 Strategy 7
9 Strategy 4
Listening
11 
Suggested answers
Presentation 1 was about online education. The questioner 
wants to know the speaker’s opinion about its future.
Presentation 2 was about a programme/course (perhaps for 
academics or researchers) and the materials used for it. The 
questioner wants to know about the process of preparing these 
teaching materials.
Presentation 3 was about professional development 
programmes for teachers. The questioner is asking about the 
test to measure teachers’ performance/competences.
Presentation 4 was about organising training programmes 
with government departments and businesses. The questioner 
wonders how this will work.
Presentation 5 was about organising interaction in the 
classroom. The questioner wants the speaker to share his/her 
experience on dealing with student attendance.