Work with your partner and try to put these events into the chronological order (= arranged by time) in the UK:
The first university in the UK
The first university in your country
You have an interview
You send an application form
You receive the marks you need to enter the university (e.g. IELTS score)
You are accepted
You receive a provisional letter of acceptance
You move away from home
You move into a shared student house off campus
You move into student halls on campus
“Redbrick” universities were founded
Oxbridge universities (Oxford and Cambridge Universities) were founded
Polytechnics were given the chance to become universities
Polytechnics were founded
You take an undergraduate degree
You take a graduate degree
You graduate
You become an assistant lecturer
You become a lecturer
You become a teaching assistant
You become a professor
You attend fresher’s week
You join the alumni association
You have mid-term exams
You attend your graduation ceremony
You have your finals
You take an undergraduate degree (= a first degree= a bachelor’s degree= a BA or BSc)
You take a doctorate (= a PhD)
You take a master’s degree (= an MBA, MA or MSc)
Paragraph sequencing
The following list of headings comes from an IELTS reading about “Universities in Britain”. Try and predict what order they will be in in the text (they might not be in time order):
i. Campus types
ii. Old universities
iii. Universities during the industrial revolution
iv. University colleges
v. Rising standards in higher education
vi. The second expansion
vii. Former polytechnics
If possible, read the text from Achieve IELTS Unit 2 Page 17 to check the order of the text. Otherwise, just check the answers with your teacher.
Try the same method with another IELTS reading task with the same kind of matching headings and paragraphs task- put the paragraph headings in order first and then read and check. (Although it is not recommended you actually use the method in the exam, it is good practice for prediction skills for faster reading).
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