PRUEBAS PARA LA OBTENCIÓN DEL TÍTULO DE BACHILLER PARA

PERSONAS MAYORES DE 20 AÑOS. Convocatoria 2011

Apellidos: ........................................................................................ Nombre:..........................................................

D.N.I./ N.I.E.: ........................................

PRIMERA LENGUA EXTRANJERA: INGLÉS (1er y 2º CURSO)

Instrucciones:
 Lee atentamente las preguntas antes de contestar y responde en los folios que se te
proporcionarán excepto en las preguntas tipo test.
 La puntuación máxima de cada pregunta está indicada en su enunciado.
 Revisa detenidamente la prueba antes de entregarla.
 Al finalizar, se entregarán las pruebas y todas las hojas utilizadas para las respuestas.

A. Ejercicios de comprensión sobre un texto. (25 puntos)

The future of distance learning is calling

Research carried out recently among a group of students enrolled on a distance MA Tesol course at Leicester University
offers a glimpse into a not-too-distant future when learners distributed around the world but linked via the internet will be
able to enhance their learning experience with the use of some simple and low-cost digital tools.
Leicester university's psychology department project on the "Duckling"(Delivering University Curricula: Knowledge,
Learning and Innovation Gains) is focused on how a relatively small group of their distance- learning postgraduate
students would respond to using audio tools, the virtual world and e-readers to share and develop their learning.
The results have been positive, with e-readers in particular, allowing students to open "little windows of time" to access
course content.
Online distance MA Tesol courses use a virtual learning environment – a closed website via which students can access
course content and keep in touch using a text-based message board. But with a simple voice recording program and
headphone-and-mic sets it is possible for students to add audio clips to these message board postings.
The research also revealed that students appeared more willing to listen to feedback via audio than to commit time to
reading written comments.
The "voice board" also allow students to interact among each other in new ways. "Students said they really enjoyed
listening to one another and that they read more widely because they could hear their peers express enthusiasm for
texts. They also said that they put more effort into their audio submissions because they knew fellow students would be
listening and they didn't want to appear stupid."
The web-based service Skype has offered synchronous voice communication via the internet for some time and many
MA Tesol tutors use it to speak directly to distance students. One other interesting result of the research was how
communication could still be effective when it was asynchronous, particularly for study groups spread across different
times zones.
The demands of combining distance study with full- or part-time teaching add to the demands on their time, which is
why they found the ability to access reading content on a simple, portable device a real boon.
So next time you sit next to an MA Tesol student at a bus stop, don't be surprised to find them engrossed in a lot more
than just a game on their mobile phone.
Max de Lotbinière (www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/08/online-voice-messages-tesol-delotbiniere)

Primera lengua extranjera: Inglés, 1/4

1. Choose the correct answer. (10 puntos, 2 por apartado)
a. Scientific research has offered a glimpse
 into the value of virtual learning
 into the use of expensive virtual tools in distance learning
 all above answers are true
b. Duckling project focuses on postgraduate students’ reaction to
 traditional learning methods
 web-based audio tools only
 the use of virtual and audio tools.
c. Communication has proved to be
 more effective when students interact in different times zones
 effective in a virtual environment
 a failure when students interact in the same times zones
d. Skype has been used in virtual learning
 to speak face-to-face.
 to record audio messages
 as a means of text-board
e. In conclusion, virtual tools
 are likely to become the future of distance learning.
 are a real help to distance students
 all above answers are correct

2. Answer the following questions in your own words, using information from the text. (15 puntos, 3 por cada apartado)
a. What is the research based on?
The research is based on the study of the influence of virtual environments on distance students and
how it enhances learning.
b. What has the research revealed?
The research revealed that the use of digital tools in distance learning has been positive.
c. How can students communicate to each other?
Students can communicate by means of the “voice board”, which allows students to talk to each
other in an asynchronous way, and the web-based service Skype, whereby students can communicate
synchronically.
d. Why has this learning method proved to be a success?
Because students can access to contents in a simple way and they can share and develop their
learning.
e. How do students feel in relation to their audio submissions?
In order not to appear stupid in front of their classmates, students make greater efforts when
recording their audio contributions.

Primera lengua extranjera: Inglés, 2/4

 B. Conocimiento de la lengua. (50 puntos)

3. Find in the text a word or expression that corresponds with each definition. (12 puntos, 3 por cada apartado)

To see something or someone for a very To glimpse

short time or only partly

To communicate with someone regularly To keep in touch

Physical or mental activity needed to achieve

Effort
something

An object or a machine which has been

Device, tool
invented for a particular purpose

4. Find in the text a synonym of the following words. (9 puntos, 3 por cada apartado)
a. Improve (adjective) To enhance
b. Graded text (noun) Reader
c. Eager (adjective) Willing

5. Find in the text an antonym of the following words. (9 puntos, 3 por cada apartado)
a. Cover (verb) To reveal
b. Inefficient(adjective) Effective
c. Generally (adverb) Particularly

6. Rewrite the following sentences as proposed in brackets. (15 puntos, 3 por apartado)
a. Students said they really enjoyed talking to each other. (Turn into direct speech)
Students said, ‘We really enjoy talking to each other’.
b. Tesol courses are using a virtual learning environment. (Turn into the passive)
A virtual learning environment is being used by Tesol courses.
c. Leicester University is carrying out a project. The project focuses on a relatively small group of
students. (Join these sentences using a relative pronoun)
Leicester University is carrying out a project which focuses on a relatively small group of students.
d. Skype has offered synchronous voice communication via the internet for some time. MA Tesol tutors
use it to speak directly to distance students. (Join the sentences using so that)
Skype has offered a synchronous voice communication via the internet for some time so that tutors
can use it to speak directly to distance students.
e. If I had submitted the essay on time. (Complete using the third conditional type)
If I had submitted the essay on time, I would have had a better mark.

Primera lengua extranjera: Inglés, 3/4

7. Make a question for the underlined words (3 puntos, 1 por apartado)
a. In a non-too-distant future, distance learners will use digital tools.
When will distance learners use digital tools?
b. The voice board allows students to interact in a different way.
What allows students to interact in a different way?
c. The results have been positive.
How have the results been?

8. Fill in the gaps with the correct modal verbs. (2 puntos, 1 por apartado)
a. I'm not completely sure but he may be in his office.
b. They should share their experience in distance learning with other students. It's advisable.

C. Composición escrita guiada. (25 puntos)

9. Write a summary of the text (30-50 words) (10 puntos) and write a composition of about 100-120
words on one of the following topics. (15 puntos).
a. Advantages and disadvantages of web based learning.
b. The importance of the Internet in our lives.

Primera lengua extranjera: Inglés, 4/4