Taller número dos de ingles 29-10-2020

Ivan Camilo Mendoza Cuervo

Grado-Noveno

Do the reading: “Are grades at postgraduate level irrelevant?”

1. Read again and mark true or false according what you read in the text. (1 point)

True False

1-At undergraduate level, a lot of emphasis is put on the 1. (F)

grades.

2-At postgraduate level, a lot of emphasis is put on the grades. 2. (T)

3-Postgraduates grades are important for employers in order to 3. (F)

give you a job.

4-Chanrai thinks that what matters is where your master's is 4. (T)

from and what subject it's in.

5-Jamie Pett believes that to get a job it doesn’t matter the 5. (F)

reputation of the university and the experience you have.

6-Rob Fryer considers that doing a master's shows a good 6. (T)

motivation to work, and candidates holding one tend to have

more life skills.

7-To have a master is mandatory to get a job. 7. (F)

2. For those answer that are false, write the true information taking into account

the text. (1 point)

- At undergraduate level, a lot of emphasis is put on the grades.

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.

They are not important since in some jobs they are more interested in skills and experience
- Jamie Pett believes that to get a job it doesn’t matter the reputation of the university and the
experience you have.

He imagines that it depends on the reputation of the university, but does not say that it does not
matter.

- To have a master is mandatory to get a job.

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. Find the exact information in the text and answer the following questions: (1 point)

-What is Kaammini Chanrai studying?

a) A master program

b) A Ph.D. program

c) A specialization

-Where does Jamie Pett work?

a) At London School of Economics

b) At a humanitarian think tank in Zanzibar, Tanzania

c) At EDF Trading

-Who is Rhys Griffiths?

a) The head of student recruitment

b) A Ph.D. student

c) An employer

-What is Deloitte?

a) An enterprise

b) A university

c) A student
-Who said “my dissertation gave me the most to talk about, not my grade”?

a) Jonathan Higgs

b) Rhys Griffiths

c) Rob Fryer

4. Write about what you are currently studying, where you are studying and in what institution or
Company you would like to work. Use the article as a guide for your writing. (80 word minimum).
(2 points)

- I am finishing my high school (grade-ninth) at the Domingo Savio College on foot. I would like to
work in the Penagos company since it is like one of my personal goals since I have known about
that company for a long time, relatives work in that company and I always get a lot of attention
since it is a company that has many offices. in Colombia and it is something that attracts me and I
like it and it can be beneficial for me in the long term, but it is not something I want to dedicate
myself to.