Unit 12-Reading Practice
Unit 12 Reading P r actice (9)
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What Do Volunteers Do?
The Tutorial handles all sorts of questions and needs. Volunteers in the Tutorial most often have conversations with the students, thereby helping them with grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and general listening/speaking skills. ESL students are often assigned interviews for homework by their classroom teachers, and go to the Tutorial to interview volunteers for their opinions on such things as marriage, dating, taxes, Canadian attitudes, examples of slang or idiom use, etc.
The Wallace Lounge is ideal for conversations, as it is big and has an outside patio next to the grass. We encourage our ESL students to come with food or drinks and relax in this comfortable environment.
Volunteers also help run the small lending library by helping students choose abridged books or helping them choose from a variety of magazines, listening or pronunciation tapes.
Volunteers sometimes help students make 20-minute appointments at the Pronunciation Clinic, which is a sub-part of the Tutorial. Students can listen to tapes on individual recorders in the Tutorial Clinic, or borrow some of them from the CALL Facility; volunteers help explain how to do this. There is a TV with an 8-headphone listening station in the Tutorial, so a volunteer can work with up to 7 students to help them understand the CBC TV daily news. ESL students also arrive at the Tutorial wanting help with grammar, writing or questionnaires which they've been asked to complete by their classroom teachers. The Tutorial has grammar worksheets, writing information and general resource books which volunteers can use to help students.
Volunteers may also work directly with the students' classroom textbooks. There are also vo- cabulary games such as Scrabble. Sherri is always in the Tutorial to help if a volunteer has any questions.
What's the Commitment and Benefits?
Ideally, Sherri likes volunteers to commit themselves to at least an hour a week on a regular basis for the term, which ends December 6. However, ANY time a volunteer can help is always appreciated. So if you have not signed up, please call, whether you are able to commit for part of the term, or just drop in once in a while. Every volunteer who has worked in our clinic has com- mented how much fun they have had working there, and how much it has helped them deepen their understanding of intercultural differences, their studies and/or teaching work they may be struggling to master.
How Do Volunteers Sign Up?
Please leave a message for Sherri at the English Language Centre, 721-8469, or come by and talk to her in the Wallace Lounge any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 11:00 a.m.
and 3:00 p.m.
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Exercise 1 Word Use
Decide which of the following choices is closest in meaning to the underlined word in the sentence and write down the corresponding letter.
1. Uvic ESL teacher Sherri Williams needs volunteers to help in her Tutorial Room, which is a self-access, drop-in clinic located at the Wallace Lounge.
A. people who offer services without payment B. people who are willing to help
C. people who work in spare time
2. ESL students are often assigned interviews for homework by their classroom teachers.
A. asked to finish
B. given as a share or for use C. persuaded to prepare for
3. We encourage our ESL students to come with food or drinks and relax in this comfortable environment.
A. become less active and stop worrying B. make friends with the others
C. become more sociable and active
4. Volunteers also help run the small lending library by helping students choose abridged books or helping them choose from a variety of magazines, listening or pronunciation tapes.
A. cut short B. made longer C. easily understood
5. Volunteers sometimes help students make 20-minute appointments at the Pronunciation Clinic, which is a sub-part of the Tutorial.
A. part that is equally important B. part that is more important C. part that is less important
6. Every volunteer who has worked in our clinic has commented how much fun they have had working there, and how much it has helped them deepen their understanding of inter- cultural differences, their studies and/or teaching work they may be struggling to master.
A. between countries B. within one culture C. between cultures
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There are four choices for each question. Refer to the passage Help! Volunteers Wanted and choose the correct answer by writing down the corresponding letter.
7. The Tutorial Room is at the A. Cadboro Commons Cafeteria.
B. Wallace Lounge.
C. English Language Centre.
D. end of Parking Lot 5.
8. How often is the Tutorial offered a week?
A. Twice C. Four times
B. Once D. Three times
9. The ESL students
A. are required to come to the Tutorial after the regular classes.
B. can come freely to the clinic and stay as long as they wish.
C. must sign up for the Tutorial before they come to the room.
D. need to contact the volunteers before they come.
10. How many people including the volunteer can watch TV in the Tutorial at the same time?
A. 6 B. 7
c.
8 D. 911. What is suggested to do in the passage when the volunteers have any questions?
A. Ask Sherri for help B. Call the Wallace Lounge C. Ask the other volunteers D. Leave a message on the phone
Exercise 3
Refer to the passage Help! Volunteers Wanted and look at the following statements. Write
TRUE if the statement is true;
FALSE if the statement is false;
NOT GIVEN if the infonnation is not given in the passage.
12. Volunteers are often being interviewed about their opinions on certain topics.
13. The size of the Wallace Lounge helps to make it an ideal place for conversations.
14. The Tutorial will provide the students with all the food and drinks.
15. Students can bring home the books borrowed from the small lending library.
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16. The CALL Facility can lend students some tapes.
17. Students enjoy playing vocabulary games with the volunteers.
18. The volunteers are encouraged to work an hour a week or more for the term.
19. If people sign up as volunteers, they will have to work until December 6.
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