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Practice Reading: Re-order Paragraphs ID: #321 Competence stage
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The text boxes in the left panel have been placed in a random order Restore the original order by dragging the text boxes from the left panel to the right panel.
* Move & order all paragraphs in the right field

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Because each level of responsibility has its own requirements, competence can occur in any period of a person’s life or at any stage of his or her career.
When you first learn how to drive a stick shift, you very quickly learn that you don’t know how to do it is known as conscious incompetence.
As you practice, you can start to think your way through the conscious competence stage. As driving the stick shift becomes a habit for you. Eventually you can drive without thinking, shifting gears effortlessly while you think about other things is known as unconscious competence.
Competence is a cluster of related abilities, commitments, knowledge, and skills that enable a person or an organisation to act effectively in a job or situation.
Competence indicates sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations.

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As driving the stick shift becomes a habit for you. Eventually you can drive without thinking, shifting gears effortlessly while you think about other things is known as unconscious competence.","correct_position":5}],"first_sentence":{"paragraph_label":"Paragraph 1","paragraph_text":"Competence is a cluster of related abilities, commitments, knowledge, and skills that enable a person or an organisation to act effectively in a job or situation.","correct_position":1,"explanation":" Why this is the first line? This paragraph is the first sentence because it introduces the main topic of competence. It gives a broad overview of what competence means. It does not use any specific examples or details, which makes it a good starting point. Why other lines are not chosen? The other paragraphs are not chosen because they do not meet the criteria for being independent. For example, Paragraph 2 starts with 'When', which is a conjunction. Paragraph 3 starts with 'Because', which also is a conjunction. Paragraph 4 uses 'the' to refer to a specific subject, which assumes prior knowledge. Paragraph 5 starts with 'As', which is another conjunction. Therefore, they cannot be the first sentence."},"sentence_pairs":[{"pair_label":"Pair 1 (Paragraph 1 → Paragraph 2)","pair_text":"Competence is a cluster of related abilities, commitments, knowledge, and skills that enable a person or an organisation to act effectively in a job or situation. → Competence indicates sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations.","explanation":"Paragraph 2 connects to Paragraph 1 because it continues to explain what competence means. It uses the same topic and gives more detail about competence. This shows a logical order."},{"pair_label":"Pair 2 (Paragraph 2 → Paragraph 3)","pair_text":"Competence indicates sufficiency of knowledge and skills that enable someone to act in a wide variety of situations. → Because each level of responsibility has its own requirements, competence can occur in any period of a person’s life or at any stage of his or her career.","explanation":"Paragraph 3 connects to Paragraph 2 because it explains when and how competence can happen. It uses the word 'because' to show a reason for the information in Paragraph 2. This shows a cause and effect relationship."},{"pair_label":"Pair 3 (Paragraph 3 → Paragraph 4)","pair_text":"Because each level of responsibility has its own requirements, competence can occur in any period of a person’s life or at any stage of his or her career. → When you first learn how to drive a stick shift, you very quickly learn that you don’t know how to do it is known as conscious incompetence.","explanation":"Paragraph 4 connects to Paragraph 3 because it gives an example of competence. It shows a specific situation where someone learns about competence. This is a broader to specific strategy."},{"pair_label":"Pair 4 (Paragraph 4 → Paragraph 5)","pair_text":"When you first learn how to drive a stick shift, you very quickly learn that you don’t know how to do it is known as conscious incompetence. → As you practice, you can start to think your way through the conscious competence stage. As driving the stick shift becomes a habit for you. Eventually you can drive without thinking, shifting gears effortlessly while you think about other things is known as unconscious competence.","explanation":"Paragraph 5 connects to Paragraph 4 because it continues the example of learning to drive. It explains the next steps in the learning process. This shows a logical order of ideas."}},{"last_sentence":{"paragraph_label":"Paragraph 5","paragraph_text":"As you practice, you can start to think your way through the conscious competence stage. As driving the stick shift becomes a habit for you. Eventually you can drive without thinking, shifting gears effortlessly while you think about other things is known as unconscious competence.","correct_position":5,"explanation":" Why this is the last line? This paragraph is the last sentence because it wraps up the discussion about competence. It shows the final stage of learning and connects back to the main topic. It gives a complete view of the process of becoming competent."}}]}

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