Lesson XXIV: Phrasal Actions with ABOUT

2.2. RECITATION CLASS, etc. Situation: Ali has picked up his time schedule and is talking with his adviser. Ali: Would you please explain these abbreviations in the time schedule to me? Prof. Jones: Of course. REC means RECITATION CLASS. The teacher talks informally and calls on students to answer questions. The students can also raise questions and bring up problems. Ali: What does LAB mean? Prof. Jones: It means LABORATORY CLASS. The student may work with machines, or he may do experiments and write reports about them. Ali: What about LEC? Prof. Jones: That stands for LECTURE CLASS. A professor gives lectures and the students take notes. Ali: The last abbreviation is SEM. Prof. Jones: It stands for SEMINAR. The professor and the class, usually graduate students, discuss problems related to a specific subject. The students frequently prepare reports and sometimes read them to the rest of the class. Exercise: 2.2.1. Practice RECITATION CLASS, etc. Answer the following questions. 1. What kind of class is this? 2. What other kinds of classes are there? 3. In what kind of class does the professor speak and all the students take notes? 4. In what kind of class do the students and the professor sit around the table and discuss the special problems of a subject? 5. What do students do in laboratory class? 6. What does a professor do in a lecture class? 7. What do the students frequently do in a seminar class? 8. What does an instructor do in a recitation class? 9. What can the students do in a recitation class?