Module 8: Healthcare in the ASEAN Community
Table of Contents
Activities
SECTION 8.1.1
Activity 1
Read the title or topic of the following piece of information (news article).
- Before you read for further details do the following:
| Pre-reading | Click Answer Key |
Think of main idea questions |
What is the article about? |
Sum up the main idea of this news article |
| Detailed questions | Click Answer Key |
Who gave consent to this new scheme? |
His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam |
What is now being discussed and promoted? |
New salary scale for Brunei's nurses |
What does the nursing profession contribute to? |
The strengthening and upgrading of the nation's healthcare services |
When did the new scheme come into effect? |
May 22, 2013 |
Where was the special talk on the nursing profession? |
Manggis |
Why would the new scheme be useful, according to the minister? |
Local nurses would be accredited with the position of 'nurse practitioner' |
How much is the salary for the position of ‘nurse practitioners’ as anticipated in the text? |
$8,000 |
How much was the salary for the comparable position of ‘nurse practitioners’ in the past? |
$4,220 |
Highlight the answers in the text.
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Read for more details.
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Highlight the vocabulary you don’t fully understand (purple), study them in the dictionary and make a note or a collection of the vocabulary concerning NURSING.
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Group your vocabulary for better understanding and more efficient reference later.
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Give the meaning of the referents highlighted in blue.
Pronoun referent |
Click here for the answer. |
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which (line ) |
refers to |
The nursing profession |
this (line ) |
refers to |
The new nursing scheme implementation |
who (line ) |
refers to |
local nurses |
which (line ) |
refers to |
the highest attainable level |
those (line ) |
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People who attended ‘yesterday’s event’ or the special talk |
READING TEXT 1: New salary scale for Brunei's nurses