At first I was kind of afraid. I was thinking about my pronunciation. You think that it all should be perfect. Now I've discovered a lot of cultural things. People on the streets speak very differently. - Jean-Claude
Congratulations! You have almost reached the end of Prepare for Success. Now that you have worked through the learning activities you should have a clear idea of what university study in the UK will be like and how you can get ready for it. The next step will be when you arrive in the UK.
In these final two activities, there is a short quiz for you to do to find out how much you have learnt from Prepare for Success. You can also help us by giving us your feedback to let us know what you think about Prepare for Success.
What did you learn?
This short quiz will help you test yourself about some of the learning material in Prepare for Success. At the end of the quiz you can see how you did.
Instruction
Choose an answer to these questions about Prepare for Success. When you have finished, read the feedback to check your answers.
1. Which of these is the best presentation technique?
2. What is the value of working collaboratively in groups with other students?
3. If you had been given a week to write a 2000-word essay, which of these would be the best approach?
4. Which of these is the best way to approach dealing with a course reading list?
5. What approach should you use while listening to lectures on your course?
6. What purpose is timetabled independent study intended to serve?
7. Which of these is an unacceptable way to use what you read (source material) in your academic writing?
8. What is online study likely to involve on a university taught course?
Here are the answers to the activity questions:
1. Using key information on slides to help structure and guide your oral presentation is the best presentation technique. 2. The value of working collaboratively in groups with other students is sharing and benefiting from others' skills and viewpoints. 3. The best approach to writing a 2000-word essay in a week is to analyse, plan, research, and write more than one draft of the essay. 4. The best way to approach dealing with a course reading list is to skim the list to get an overview, and then select items to read that are particularly relevant to your essay question. 5. While listening to lectures on your course, you should make notes but only of main points and useful examples, and use a reduced note-taking style. 6. Timetabled independent study is time for self-directed study or learning concerning different aspects of your course. 7. Plagiarism is an unacceptable way to use what you read (source material) in your academic writing. 8. Online study on a university taught course is likely to involve using the internet and online tools such as a VLE to support learning on your course.
This short quiz is only able to test a small part of what you could have learnt through using Prepare for Success. Now that you have completed the course, you will have learnt a lot more about academic study and culture in the UK and this will help you when you arrive and begin your studies at a university or college in the UK.
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Finally, here is one last task for you to do. Please spend a few minutes giving us you feedback on Prepare for Success. This will help us to improve the toolkit in the future.
Instruction
Open this link to send us your views. We look forward to hearing from you!
Everyone who has helped to make Prepare for Success wishes you a great stay in the UK and lots of success with your future studies here. Goodbye and Good Luck!
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