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Science is another broad-based field that you must be conversant with.

This is because the entire word is going more and more scientifically and technologically-oriented. No matter your area of specialisation, a rudimentary knowledge of science is demanded of you. In the next exercise you will be introduced to some scientific terms.

SELF-ASSESSMENT EXERCISE

Read the passage titled ‘The Importance of Mathematics’ and fill in the gaps 1-20.

The Importance of Mathematics

(a) Not only physics but every 1___________ depends on the 2.

___________of mathematics. For every science required the exact 3___________and the ability to work out 4___________and find 5___________whether you are interested in 6___________, discovering the structure of 7___________learning what causes 8___________ and prosperity in 9___________, finding new 10___________ for disease, 11___________swifter airplanes or learning the 12___________of the stars, you will need the language of mathematics.

(b) The process of 13___________ consists of a series of steps:

14___________ water to a boiling point 15___________it and collecting the 16___________in a container for 17___________.

(c) Civil engineering deals with the design and 18___________of 19___________that are intended to be 20___________.

Lists of words to choose from

distillation, fermenting, condensing, purification, hydraulic, environmental, construction, fluids, stationary, objects structure, system, science, measurement, rules, problems, molecules, cunes, splitting, atoms depressions, designing business life story, heating product, modification, conclusion.

Now that you have completed the exercise, I can share my experience of working with the passage with you. Like you, I found words like distillation, depressions, environmental, fluids, fermenting, etc., scientific, but they can also assume other meanings in some fields.

Words like conclusion, business, heating, condensing and so on, can have scientific and non-scientific meanings, depending on the contexts in which they are used.

4.0 CONCLUSION

The attempt in this unit and the previous one is to introduce you to words of different academic fields. The exercise is aimed at achieving three objectives. First, it is to expose you to many other fields other than your own. Secondly, it is to build in you the need to read extensively.

Thirdly, the exercise is aimed at making it clear to you that words can change their academic contexts to the other.

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5.0 SUMMARY

You will agree with me that this unit is a continuation of the previous unit. It has exposed you to different vocabulary items associated with some academic fields. More specifically, this unit has taught general vocabulary items associated with:

 arts

 accounting

 natural sciences.

I hope you will cultivate the habit of reading extensively, and you will read even materials that are not in your field. This is the only way you can truly increase your vocabulary power and be regarded as truly educated.

6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT

Complete the following passage with words from the list provided at the beginning of the passage. Use each word only once.

prestige erratic dehumanising inadequate anxieties susceptible appreciation intangible displayed superstructure opportunity renders

uncongenial terms growth conditions

menial dead-end voluntarily enriching

degrading expectations amelioration adapt promotion specialised alienates running

routine equip resentment contribute

appreciation

Can one impose an occupation upon oneself or one's partner when no positive interest in this occupation is 1___________? Can one come to 2_________ with work that seems 3_____________ or even 4 ______________.

Some people argue that women are drawn into housework in spite of their 5____________ of such work. Sociologists have been pointing out that even though the housewife's effort support the entire 6____________ of the economy, her job is status 7____________

because of its impaired nature. It is also a 8____________ since it provides no chance of 9____________ some psychologists claim that housework has a negative effect on the woman's personality. It is 10____________ her from her husband, who develops and acquires 11____________ while the wife feels 12____________ . Her isolation, moreover, leads to 13____________ judgments and 14____________

her 15____________ to psychoses.

But it can also be argued that being a mother and a home-builder is an 16____________ experience which provides the woman with 17____________ rewards such as the 18____________ of the family, protection from 19____________ over promotions of bad working 20____________ and freedom in planning her own daily 21____________ . It should also be remembered that many men or women do not choose their occupation outside the home either. Social conventions force them to provide a home, 22____________ it and even 23____________ towards the labour or 24____________ it and raising the children. Many workers might find their work non- 25____________ with little 26____________ for promotion and personal 27____________. Yet they have to 28____________

themselves to the 29____________ of their society, including their own family.

Source: Sim, D. D. et al. Vocabulary Development. London:

Collins ELT.

7.0 REFERENCES/FURTHER READING

Olaofe, I. A. (1991). English and Communication Skill for Academic Purposes. Zaria: Tamaza Publishing Co.

Olaofe, I. A. (1993). Communicate English Skill. Zaria: Tamaza Publishing Co.

Sim, D. D. & Laufer-Dvorkin, B. (1987). Vocabulary Development.

London: Collins ELT.

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MODULE 4

Unit 1 Reading Diverse Texts: Narratives

Unit 2 Reading Diverse Texts: Expository Texts

Unit 3 Reading and Comprehending Passages with Tables Unit 4 Reading Scientific Texts

Unit 5 Reading for Interpretation and Critical Evaluation

UNIT 1 READING DIVERSE TEXTS: NARRATIVES