Q: Skills for Success Level 2: Reading and Writing (Unit #4)

This page provides a complete Q Skills Level 2 Unit 4 lesson plan for the Reading & Writing strand of the Q: Skills for Success series, widely used in ESL and EFL classrooms. The unit gives students a short video followed by comprehension and vocabulary activities, offering a natural context for practising listening and critical thinking skills. Teachers preparing a Q Skills Level 2 Unit 4 class for the first time can use the materials below exactly as they appear, or adapt them to fit a shorter class period. For more ready-to-use materials like this one, browse the full lesson plans library.

How can technology improve performance?

Watch the video and answer the questions that follow.

https://youtu.be/h3JDUOTU5No
  1. What is the above video about?
  1. How can technology help team members?
  1. How does technology improve workflow?
  1. How does technology help in academic performance? 
  1. Summarize the video and write a paragraph in your own words.

Unit 4 – R & W – Vocabulary 1 – ENG 002

Unit 4 – Reading 1 – Comprehension Questions – Quiz

Read the article in your book, pages 77 and 78. The title of the reading passage is “ Virtual Reality for Medical Students”. Complete the following quiz after reading the article.

Unit 4 – Reading 1 – Finding The Main Idea- Quiz

Read the article in your book, pages 77 and 78. The title of the reading passage is “ Virtual Reality for Medical Students”. Complete the following quiz after reading the article.

Unit 4 – R & W – Vocabulary 2 – ENG 002

Unit 4 – Reading 2 – Comprehension Questions – Quiz

Read the article in your book, pages 84 and 85. The title of the reading passage is “The Technology Advantage”. Complete the following quiz after reading the article.

Unit 4 – Reading 2 – Finding the Main Idea – Quiz

Read the article in your book, pages 84 and 85. The title of the reading passage is “The Technology Advantage”. Complete the following quiz after reading the article.

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Teaching Notes for Q Skills Level 2 Unit 4

When running this Q Skills Level 2 Unit 4 activity, allow about 15 minutes for the video and roughly 10 minutes for each follow-up task, since the exercises benefit from a brief class discussion afterward. Encourage students to justify their answers using details from the video rather than guessing, and pause partway through to ask a quick prediction question – this keeps engagement high in a Q Skills Level 2 Unit 4 session and reinforces the reading-and-writing skills the unit targets. For background on the pedagogy behind the series, see Oxford University Press’s official Q: Skills for Success course overview.