校園生活場景下有很多典型的西方教育的學(xué)習(xí)及相關(guān)場景?？忌粝胍诖祟悎鼍胺€(wěn)操勝券就必須對西方的高等教育體制、教學(xué)方式和留學(xué)生在西方的學(xué)習(xí)概況等有一些了解。那么通過對歷年雅思考試真題的不斷總結(jié)和研究，探出該場景的出題思路，發(fā)現(xiàn)其主要集中了以下三大考點特征：

考點之一： 學(xué)術(shù)主題討論

關(guān)鍵詞匯：Lecture, tutorial, seminar, presentation etc.

在很多西方教學(xué)理念中，培養(yǎng)學(xué)生獨立學(xué)習(xí)的意識和能力是最重要的理念之一，這種理念滲透到了學(xué)校教學(xué)的方方面面。學(xué)校鼓勵學(xué)生主動學(xué)習(xí)，而不是被動聽課和死記硬背。要求學(xué)生獨立地進(jìn)行研究，收集和分析自己或團隊獲取的數(shù)據(jù)，勇于提出問題，勇于向老師和同學(xué)進(jìn)行符合邏輯性的爭辯。

課堂上，教師除講解外，更多的是給予學(xué)生啟迪，讓學(xué)生思考和發(fā)表觀點。有什么疑問，學(xué)生課后可以直接去找老師預(yù)約時間見面。此外，教師還會要求學(xué)生安排相當(dāng)時間在圖書館或?qū)嶒炇易鲎晕已芯抗ぷ?，鼓勵學(xué)生主動地進(jìn)行學(xué)習(xí)和科研，從而激發(fā)學(xué)生的創(chuàng)新意識。

以上的種種均是去往西方海外留學(xué)必將經(jīng)歷的。因此，在考試中，考生經(jīng)常能聽到學(xué)生和學(xué)生之間或老師和學(xué)生之間的討論，有對學(xué)習(xí)方法的討論，也有對某一學(xué)術(shù)主題展開討論。

而一般來講，這些討論會以lecture/report, tutorial、seminar、presentation等形式展開。

Lecture

lecture一般以老師講，學(xué)生聽為主，可能當(dāng)中提出一些問題。

【典型范例】:

Instruction: Dr. Linda Graycar who is from the City Institute for the Blind is talking about the system of writing for the blind known as Braille.

1. What can the combined dots represent?

A both letters and words

B only individual words

C only letters of the alphabet

2. What is unusual about the way Braille is written?

A It can only be written using a machine.

B The texts have to be read backwards.

C Handwritten Braille is created in reverse.

【范例原文】:

Dr. Graycar: Well, it's a system of touch reading which uses an arrangement of raised dots called a cell. Braille numbered the dot positions 1-2-3 downward on the left and 4-5-6 downward on the right, The letters of the alphabet are then formed by using different combinations of these dots.

Student: So is the writing system based on the alphabet with each word being individually spelt out?

Dr. Graycar: Well ... it's not quite that simple, I'm afraid! For instance, the first 10 letters of the alphabet are Formed using dots 1, 2, 4 and 5. But Braille also has its own short forms for common words. For example, 'b' for the word 'but' and 'h' for 'have' – there are many other contractions like this.

Student: Can it be written by hand or do you need a machine to produce Braille?

Dr. Graycar: Well, you can write it by hand on to paper with a device called a slate and stylus but the trick is that you have to write backwards . . . e.g. from right to left so that then when you turn your sheet over, the dots face upwards and can be read like English from left to right.

【范例分析】: 范例是一位教授介紹一種盲文體。在教授的演講中，會有學(xué)生不間斷的提出一些問題，很多時候，在講座中穿插的一些問題即考點所在。提醒考生，在lecture或report過程中，有提問就會有考點！

【范例答案】: 1.? A

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Tutorial

Tutorial指小班授課，一般是在導(dǎo)師的指導(dǎo)下，學(xué)生就某個學(xué)術(shù)主題展開討論或者研究探討學(xué)習(xí)策略、論文或者對別人的文章進(jìn)行評論。也可能是對導(dǎo)師Lecture中涉及的某些知識內(nèi)容或者案例進(jìn)行討論。