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IELTS Practice Listening: Match Headings ID: #57394 Hard Anthropology
Instructions

What is said about each of these subjects studied on a social studies course?

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Anthropology -  1

Economics -  2

Education -  3

Geography -  4

Law -  5

Sociology and social work -  6


You will hear a conversation between two students discussing the subjects included in an anthropology course and related areas of study. Now listen carefully and answer the questions. He also kept mentioning all the other subjects we will need to study as part of the course. I didn't write them all down, did you? Some of them. I think I can make sense of my notes. The first one was anthropology, which he said would cover prehistory and archaeology as well. Okay. Then there's economics. I wrote down that this was not meant to mean that we will spend all our time looking at economic theory, but more that we need to see how humans behave. That's good. I don't think I could handle economic theory. He said something about education too, didn't he? Yeah. He said we'll be looking at how cultural information is handed down from one generation to the next through teaching children. He said we'd be focusing on geography, too, but I can't really remember which aspects. Can you? I noted it down, I think. Here we are, yes, particularly in relation to urban planning. It's law that I got confused about. I didn't understand why he linked that to economics. I think he meant that laws affect the way wealth is distributed. That makes sense. Now, what are the science wars? Okay, I did get that. The science wars are about how social science collects information. In sociology and social work, and in social science generally, they can only study patterns of behavior and observe. If you compare that to the way scientists work in physics or chemistry, it's very different because they use specific experiments that can be tested and which give concrete answers. Social studies is often accused of being unscientific. That's all. Okay. But it still looks like a good course, doesn't it? You don't have any regrets, do you? Not at all. I'm looking forward to it.
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This will focus on how each generation learns about its own culture.
This necessarily includes a study of physics and chemistry.
This is studied from the point of view of human behaviour.
This will only be covered in terms of its theory.
This also covers the distribution of wealth.
This includes the study of archaeology.
This has received criticism for not being scientific enough.
This includes some work on urban planning.

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