INSTRUCTION

EC_ 2 Activity 1 Colombia’s goal

Week 2 From April 23th until May 6th

1
Time hour

MICEA Strategy Individual work

Part I
Check the vocabulary in the text and then be ready to choose the word closest in
meaning to each of the following words in the context.

1. Huge
a. Long
b. Outsize
c. Great
d. High

2. Hurdles
a. Issues
b. Topics
c. Difficulties
d. Ideas

3. Regardless
a. Carless
b. Considering
c. Concerning
d. Notwithstanding

4. Notable
a. remarkable
b. Easy to see
c. Well-known
d. Famous
 5. Struggle
a. Condition
b. Difficulty
c. Registration
d. Benefit

6. Dire
a. Terrible
b. Awesome
c. Lime
d. Weird

7. Aims
a. Topics
b. Ideas
c. Purposes
d. Issues

8. Path
a. Sidewalk
b. Way
c. Road
d. Railway

9. Background
a. Context
b. Scene
c. Framework
d. Experience

10. What do you understand by the term ““college-readiness”?

Part II
What do these figures represent according to the reading:
- 37,2 % :

- 39 % :

- 17 % :

- 3.5 :
 - 15:

Why are these figures important in the text?

Part III
Look for the information in the text and then be ready to provide the information
required to complete the chart.

Supporting detail 1

Main idea of the text Supporting detail 2

Supporting de tail 3

Part IV
Read the information and then be ready to provide answers to the following
questions.

1. What kind of text is

this? Argumentative
Descriptive
Narrative
Expository

2. What is the purpose of this text?

3. What kind of audience would be interested in this text?

Part V
Based on the information from the text decide whether these statements are
TRUE or FALSE.
a. Potential employers prefer to hire people well educated rather than people
well trained. ( )

b. The new report on Colombia’s Tertiary Education indicates can be people can
access universities no matter their social condition. ( )

c. Colombian Universities are doing great efforts for improving their quality
according to international criteria. ( )
d. Colombian students in tertiary education have low levels of achievement
basically because of the quality of education y primary and secondary school.
( )

e. Although students have low academic level, they will not have problems
adapting to tertiary education. ( )