Main Task 2: listening to the experiences of university students and staff
Pupils listen to short excerpts from university students and staff, and decide if they want to change any of their true / false answers (pupils discuss this briefly). Listen to the following excerpts where staff and students talk about what’s typical at university – the answers to all the true / false statements are here, so listen carefully!
Emily
Emily Nordmann, psychology lecturer, talks about lecture attendance (01:56)
Layla
Layla, undergraduate student, talks about different kinds of learning (00:36)
Andrew
Andrew Struan, head of the Student Learning Development team, talks about how staff and students interact (01:08)
Pearl
Pearl, undergraduate student, discusses the differences between seminars and lectures (00:42)
Andrew
Andrew Struan again, talking about a typical day's schedule at university (00:56)
Pearl
Pearl again, this time talking about organising her time (00:49)