English 3

Linguaskill familiarization session

Reading | session 3

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Learn about the content and format of Linguaskill Module II: Reading
TASK TYPES: All types (Read and select, Gapped sentences, Multiple-choice gap-fill, Open gap-
fill and Extended reading)
 Linguaskill familiarization session
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: learn about the content and format of
Linguaskill Module II: Reading

Session overview

1. REVIEW
2. PRACTICE: Read and select
3. PRACTICE: Gapped sentences
4. PRACTICE: Multiple-choice gap-fill
5. PRACTICE: Open gap-fill
6. PRACTICE: Extended reading
7. PAIR WORK: REFLECT
8. READING TIPS
9. PROGRESS CHECK
10. QUIZ
 GET STARTED: Getting to know the test format

Module Length Number of Types of questions – Speaking tasks

questions
I SPEAKING About 15 minutes 5 • Part 1: Interview
(5 parts) • Part 2: Reading aloud
• Part 3: Long turn 1
• Part 4: Long turn 2
Today you’ll • Part 5: Communication activity
get familiar II LISTENING Variable Listening tasks
with: & About 60–85 • Listen and select
READING minutes • Extended listening
Reading tasks
• Read and select
• Gapped sentences
• Multiple-choice gap-fill
• Open gap-fill
• Extended reading
REVIEW
• Match the task with what you have to do in each of them.
• Then, share some tips you remember for each type of task.

Read a sentence with a missing word (gap) and choose the

correct word to fill the gap.

Read a short text with missing words (gaps). Complete each gap
with one word.

Read a longer text. Answer a series of multiple-choice questions.

Read notices, labels, memos or letters containing a short text.

Choose the sentence or phrase which gives the best meaning of
the text.

Read a short text with gaps. Choose the correct word or phrase
to complete the gaps.
 GET STARTED (Optional task)
• Module II: Reading has short and longer texts. You need to understand the texts to answer the
questions. There are also some texts to complete with missing words, which tests you on language
structures in a text.
• This is an adaptive test so the computer will give you easier or harder questions based on how you
have answered a previous question. This also means that the tasks don’t come in a specifc order and
the length of the test varies.
Read and Gapped Multiple- Extended
Open gap-fill
select sentences choice gap-fill reading

Read notices, labels,

memos or letters Read a sentence Read a short text Read a short text
Read a longer text.
containing a short with a missing word with gaps. Choose with missing words
Answer a series of
text . Choose the (gap) and choose the correct word or (gaps) . Complete
multiple-choice
sentence or phrase the correct word to phrase to complete each gap with one
questions.
which gives the best fill the gap. the gaps. word.
meaning of the text.

There are three to There are four There are three

There is one question
four different options different options to different options to
with three possible No options are given.
to choose from for choose from for each choose from for each
answers.
each question. question. question.

Number of questions Number of questions Number of questions Number of questions Number of questions
varies. varies. varies. varies. varies.
PRACTICE: Read and select
For this question, choose the correct answer.

1.

A. The Careers Centre will give you a copy of any advertisement on this board.
B. This board is used to advertise the work done by the Careers Centre.
C. If you ask the Careers Centre, you can advertise for free on this board.
PRACTICE: Read and select
For this question, choose the correct answer.

2.

A. Carol can provide transport for the babysitter if necessary.

B. Carol requires the babysitter on the same two evenings every week.
C. Carol wants a babysitter who has looked after children before.
Answer key: Read and select

A. The Careers Centre will give you a copy of any advertisement on this board.
B. This board is used to advertise the work done by the Careers Centre.
C. If you ask the Careers Centre, you can advertise for free on this board.

A. Carol can provide transport for the babysitter if necessary.

B. Carol requires the babysitter on the same two evenings every week.
C. Carol wants a babysitter who has looked after children before.

✅What tips did you employ to complete this task?

✅Were there any challenges?

✍Take notes of your answers.

PRACTICE: Gapped sentences
For this question, choose the correct answer.

1. People’s sleeping habits have changed over the ________ 500 years..

A last B earlier C following D late

2. Before electric lights ________ invented, most people went to bed soon after it got dark.

A have B had C were D are

Answer key: Gapped sentences

1. People’s sleeping habits have changed over the ________ 500 years..

A last B earlier C following D late

2. Before electric lights ________ invented, most people went to bed soon after it got dark.

A have B had C were D are

✅What tips did you employ to complete this task?

✅Were there any challenges?

✍Take notes of your answers.

PRACTICE: Multiple-choice gap-fill
Look at each gap. Then choose the correct answer from the chart.

Most of us probably feel that our sense of smell is less important than our senses of (1) ____________ ,
hearing, touch or taste. Yet a sudden perfume - the sweet smell of freshly cut grass, newly baked bread
or even the odour of petrol - can (2) __________ carry us off to distant places in our memories. Smells
create a powerful emotional (3) ____________.
Marketing departments around the world (4) _____________ this whenever they can in order to help us
part with our hard-earned cash. A recent study by an Indian hotel, for example, found that its guests
agreed that scent was a (5) ___________ factor in the enjoyment of their hotel stay, along with the
quality of the hotel’s food and the behaviour of its staff.

1. A seeing B view C sight D vision

2. A instantly B presently C accurately D correctly

3. A conclusion B response C consequence D reply

4. A profit B operate C benefit D exploit

5. A key B first C top D high

Answer key: Multiple-choice gap-fill

Most of us probably feel that our sense of smell is less important than our senses of (1) ____________ ,
hearing, touch or taste. Yet a sudden perfume - the sweet smell of freshly cut grass, newly baked bread
or even the odour of petrol - can (2) __________ carry us off to distant places in our memories. Smells
create a powerful emotional (3) ____________.
Marketing departments around the world (4) _____________ this whenever they can in order to help us
part with our hard-earned cash. A recent study by an Indian hotel, for example, found that its guests
agreed that scent was a (5) ___________ factor in the enjoyment of their hotel stay, along with the
quality of the hotel’s food and the behaviour of its staff.

1. A seeing B view C sight D vision

2. A instantly B presently C accurately D correctly

✅What tips did you employ
3. A conclusion B response C consequence D reply
to complete this task?
4. A profit B operate C benefit D exploit ✅Were there any
challenges?
5. A key B first C top D high
✍Take notes of your answers.
PRACTICE: Open-gap fill
For this question, type the correct answer in each gap. Type only one word in each gap.

5
Answer key: Open gap fill

1. ago

2. Although/ Though/ While/ Whilst

3. a

4. been ✅What tips did you employ to complete this task?

5. in ✅Were there any challenges?

✍Take notes of your answers.

 PRACTICE: Extended reading 21 What do recruitment companies say
For these questions, choose the correct answer. about potential clients?
They make basic mistakes.
Curricula Vitae: Tips that can Help
Six out of ten CVs which are prepared by Information Technology professionals fail They only get 60% of CVs.
to meet the basic standards and are turned down without even being read fully, They reject CVs with mistakes.
according to a recruitment company. As a consequence, thousands of candidates
are excluding themselves from attractive job opportunities.
Although the company handles over 60,000 CVs per year, it estimates that at least
What did the Marketing Director say
60% would not be admitted if they were sent directly to potential clients due to basic 22
about the best candidates?
errors.
The company’s Marketing Director said, “Sadly it’s often the most highly qualified
They were the most affected.
candidates whose CVs are so poorly constructed that they are literally dead on
arrival. Attractive job opportunities in the IT industry often generate intense They did not send CVs.
competition and there is often little to choose between the candidates”.
They wrote the best CVs.
“Advice on the presentation format of CVs in relation to the requirements that they
are being submitted for should be an Industry standard so as to add real value to
the candidates that you are representing and indeed to fulfill your professional The Marketing Director suggests that
obligations to your clients”. 23 candidates ought to pay attention to
“Writing a CV can be extremely difficult and too often a CV turns out to be a generic
overview including a lot of information that is irrelevant. People should remember
CVs presentation.
that an employer typically spends between 15 and 30 seconds scanning each CV
and you have that one chance to make an impression”. other companies.
“A good CV is more than just documentation of your career path; it is a marketing
other competitors.
tool designed to present your professional career experience according to the new
job specification. It should also include details of past professional successes that
effectively demonstrate your ability to undertake the job responsibilities outlined”.
 PRACTICE: Extended reading 24 The Marketing Director says that very
For these questions, choose the correct answer. often CVs include
necessary details.
Curricula Vitae: Tips that can Help
Six out of ten CVs which are prepared by Information Technology professionals fail unimportant information.
to meet the basic standards and are turned down without even being read fully,
very little information.
according to a recruitment company. As a consequence, thousands of candidates
are excluding themselves from attractive job opportunities.
Although the company handles over 60,000 CVs per year, it estimates that at least
60% would not be admitted if they were sent directly to potential clients due to basic What should candidates remember
25
errors. about employers?
The company’s Marketing Director said, “Sadly it’s often the most highly qualified
They are typical people.
candidates whose CVs are so poorly constructed that they are literally dead on
arrival. Attractive job opportunities in the IT industry often generate intense They are very busy people.
competition and there is often little to choose between the candidates”.
They make an impression on people.
“Advice on the presentation format of CVs in relation to the requirements that they
are being submitted for should be an Industry standard so as to add real value to
the candidates that you are representing and indeed to fulfill your professional
obligations to your clients”. 26 What should a good curriculum show?
“Writing a CV can be extremely difficult and too often a CV turns out to be a generic
overview including a lot of information that is irrelevant. People should remember The new job specifications
that an employer typically spends between 15 and 30 seconds scanning each CV
and you have that one chance to make an impression”. Your marketing tools
“A good CV is more than just documentation of your career path; it is a marketing Your overall skills
tool designed to present your professional career experience according to the new
job specification. It should also include details of past professional successes that
effectively demonstrate your ability to undertake the job responsibilities outlined”.
Answer key: Extended reading

✅What tips did you

employ to complete
this task?
✅Were there any
challenges?

✍Take notes of your answers.

 PAIR WORK: REFLECT

• Discuss the notes you took of your answers to the following questions for each of the reading tasks.

• What tips did you employ to complete each task?

• Were there any challenges? Which ones?

• What can you do to improve your reading skills?

• Be ready to share a summary of your answers with the class.

Read and Gapped Multiple-choice Extended

Open gap-fill
select sentences gap-fill reading
READING TIPS
• Remember to always skim the text first to get an overview, then you
can read it more carefully.
Read and select • Look for words or phrases in the answer options that connect to parts
of the text. Find similar or different meanings.

Gapped Gapped sentences, Multiple-choice gap-fill and Open gap-fill:

sentences • Read the whole text quickly first to understand the main idea and
don’t worry about the gaps.
• Before you look at the options, decide what part of speech is missing
• from the gap (a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, etc.).
Multiple-choice • Then, pay special attention to the words before and after the gap.
gap-fill
Gapped sentences and Multiple-choice gap-fill:
• Try putting each option in the gap. Eliminate any options you think
Open gap-fill are definitely wrong.

• Read the whole text quickly to get a general idea first.

Extended • Look at the questions and try to identify the answer before you look at
reading the options.
• See which options you can eliminate first.
PROGRESS CHECK
Now I know . . .

 the content and format of Linguaskill Module

II: Reading - All types (Read and select,
Gapped sentences, Multiple-choice gap-fill,
Open gap-fill and Extended reading).
QUIZ TIME
Go to Aula virtual Blackboard.

Go to quizzes.

PA Quiz score is your

5 questions
session PA grade (*).
(*) El puntaje del quiz es válido como
10 minutes califcación PA solo si el alumno está presente
durante toda la sesión de familiarización
Linguaskill.
2 attempts
SOURCES
 Linguaskill Reading and Listening: Reading and Listening test
advice for the candidate
https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/es/exams-and-tests/linguaskill/inf
ormation-about-the-test/test-formats-and-task-types/

 Official Quick Guide to Linguaskill PDF pages 7-8-9

 Linguaskill Reading and Listening: Reading and Listening test
advice for the candidate
 Linguaskill_Reading and listening_(General)_Tutorial_vid_FINAL
 Cambridge Assessment English - Official QuickGuide to Linguaskill
English 3
Thank you!