Sample Task 4
Occasionally, in your academic program, you will need to read aloud, for example, to quote from sources or to refer to part of a reading. In this task you will be asked to read an excerpt from an academic text.
Excerpt from Academic Text: The Sub Disciplines Of Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Cultural anthropologists study society and culture, describing and explaining social and cultural similarities and differences. In considering diversity in time and space, anthropologists must distinguish between the universal, the generalized, and the particular. Certain biological, psychological, social, and cultural features are universal – shared by all human populations. Others are merely generalized – common to several but not all human groups. Still others are particular – not shared at all.