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Glossary

participate If you participate in an activity, you take part in it.

collaborate When one person or group collaborates with another, they work together, especially on a book or on some research.

Understanding the purpose of working in groups will motivate you to participate. This is important as a high percentage of your marks at university will come from group work. If you do not understand the reasons for working with others, it is unlikely you will participate well. University lecturers generally believe that:

 you can learn more about a topic when working in a group than when working alone

 teamwork skills are very important and can only be learned through group participation

 the most important part of learning happens while you are working with other students, not when working alone

 group work is an important preparation for the world of work as you will need to collaborate with colleagues in your professional life after university.

Exercise 1

Compare what happens in group work assignments in an English-speaking university with what happens in your own country. Read the statements and tick the columns that are true for you.

University assignments	English-speaking universities	My country
	True	False	True	False
1 Group work is a popular way of setting work for students.
2 Lecturers expect students to spend time working together outside class.
3 Lecturers encourage students to discuss ideas in groups and to learn from each other.
4 Students listen to each other and appreciate each other’s points of view.
5 Students take responsibility for finding out what they need to learn and learning it on their own.

Now check the key for answers and comments on this exercise.