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IELTS Practice Listening: Matching Features
ID: #57295
Easy
Forth college
Instructions
Tick the correct answer from the following.
What are the services provided at different colleges?
Transcript:
You will hear a conversation between a student and a tutor discussing options for postgraduate study at two different colleges. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. Right. Well, David, I think it's a good idea to talk a little about your plans for going on to do an MA. Now, I understand you're thinking in terms of either Forth College or Haines College. That's right. Well, so far, anyway. No, I think that's a good choice to have narrowed it down to. I'm interested to know how the services to support students work in both places. Yes, I know you've needed to make use of those here in the last year. I have to say I'm not absolutely sure about the situation at Haines. I expect they're all right, but certainly Forth has a good reputation in that regard. They have a large number of students from abroad and they have to make sure they're OK. That's reassuring. And then I'll be moving city again, obviously, whichever college I go to, and I hope that the room or flat I could expect would be nice. Very important, yes. These days, actually, all colleges tend to have decent quality rooms or flats for their students, and Forth and Haines are no exception. Right. what about comparisons on the academic side of things? Well, I know you're an avid user of the limited online provision we have here. I think you'll find Haynes is about as developed, or not, as we are here, and that Forth has developed some pretty impressive stuff, which I'm sure you'd make the most of. Well, I'd certainly try. But that doesn't mean that the more traditional information sources, such as the good old-fashioned library, should be forgotten. No, of course not. While Forth has recently had a very splendid law library open, that isn't particularly relevant for you, and I think you'd find Haines' general university and faculty collections better suited to your needs. But that's something you could check for yourself if you visit both places. Which I'm planning to do next month. Good. Now, there's the question of the lecturing staff, which is clearly going to be key to your progress. I think you'd find them adequate at Forth. There are some solid people working there, while Haynes have recently taken on some inspirational people very cutting-edge. It's a little hard to judge, though, because as a research student, it's not as if you have teaching all day every day. No, I guess not, but I'll need to consult. Yes, and on the subject of research, in terms of the college's reputation for results, again, Neither place is bad in any way, but I think you'll find, and you can check this on the Research Council's website, that Haynes has consistently scored very well. There's perhaps a little bit of an issue with non-completing doctorate students at Forth. Well, I'll certainly look at the website as you suggest. Fine.
| A | B | C | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | student support services | |||
| 2 | residential accommodation | |||
| 3 | on-line resources | |||
| 4 | libraries | |||
| 5 | reaching staff | |||
| 6 | research record |
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