Taller 3.

Individual: Lectura 2 “Vida cotidiana y universitaria”

Realice la lectura del texto “Are grades at postgraduate level irrelevant?”

1. Lea de nuevo las siguientes oraciones provistas en la anticipación de la lectura e indique si
son verdaderas o falsas.

2. Después de indicar si es falso o verdadero para cada una de las oraciones, identifique y copie
la parte del texto que sustenta su respuesta.

Punto 1 True False Punto 2

At undergraduate level, a lot of X A undergraduate level, a lot of emphasis is put on the grades
emphasis is put on the grades. required to carry on to the next level, whether that be a job, a
further course or a graduate programme.

At postgraduate level, a lot of
emphasis is put on the grades.
Postgraduates grades are
important for employers in order
to give you a job.
Chanrai thinks that what matters is
where your master's is from and
what subject it's in.
X Chanrai, who is searching for roles in human resources, says:
"With most jobs I've been looking at a master's is a bonus,
regardless of what you grade you get.
X Warwick graduate Jonathan Higgs works in information systems
for EDF Trading, and says that his dissertation and skills were
more important than his overall grade, which he hadn't even
received when he applied for the job.
X
I think that what matters more is where your master's is
from and what subject it's in."

Jamie Pett believes that to get a
job it doesn’t matter the
reputation of the university and
the experience you have.
Rob Fryer considers that doing a
master's shows a good motivation
to work, and candidates holding
one tend to have more life skills.
To have a master is mandatory to
get a job.
X he says. "I imagine it also depends on the reputation of the
university and the experience you have."
X "An undergraduate degree is usually a better measure of this, but
doing a master's shows a good motivation to work, and
candidates holding one tend to have more life skills."
X Rob Fryer, head of student recruitment at Deloitte, says: "We
don't usually look for a master's or a postgraduate degree. There
are areas of our business that do have a particular requisite, but
we don't look for a grade.”
3. Encuentra la información específica en el texto, respondiendo las siguientes preguntas:

What is Kaammini Chanrai studying?

a. A master program
b. A Ph.D. program
c. A specialization

Where does Jamie Pett work?

d. At London School of Economics

e. At a humanitarian think tank in Zanzibar, Tanzania
f. At EDF Trading

Who is Rhys Griffiths?

g. The head of student recruitment

h. A Ph.D. student
i. An employer

What is Deloitte?

j. An enterprise
k. A university
l. A student

Who said “my dissertation gave me the most to talk about, not my grade”?

m. Jonathan Higgs
n. Rhys Griffiths
o. Rob Fryer

4. ¿Qué otra información específica aparte de las preguntas anteriores provee el texto?

That it is important to study but also work experience and motivation.

5. Escriba acerca de lo que usted está estudiando actualmente, dónde lo está haciendo y en qué
institución trabaja o desea trabajar. Utilice el artículo como guía para su escritura. Realícelo en
inglés.

I am studying the specialization of quality management and health audit in the cooperative
university of Colombia. I work at La Maria Hospital in the quality area.