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Education


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Listen to the following school phone message


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This is the message that the MaroochydoreHigh School, Queensland, Australia, staffvoted unanimously to record on their school

telephone answering machine. This is theactual answering machine message for theirschool.


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This came about because they implemented apolicy requiring students and parents to beresponsible for their children's absences andhomework.


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The school and teachers were being sued byparents who wanted their children's failinggrades changed to passing grades - eventhough those children were absent 15-30times during the semester and did notcomplete enough school work to pass theirclasses.


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Look at the different types of educational establishments below. Matchthem to the sort of person who might attend them:

Educational establishments A co-educational secondary school A primary school for infants and

juniors A sixth-form college A nursery school

A further education collegeoffering evening classes A university A public school

Type of person A five-year-old and a nine-year-

old A thirty-six-year old office

worker who wants to get better at computer skills

A seventeen-year-old whohopes to go on to highereducation

A twenty-year-old who wants tobe a doctor

A thirteen-year-old girl and afourteen-year-old boy

A fifteen-year-old whoseparents want to pay for his/hereducation

A three-year-old


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A co-educational secondary school = A thirteen year old girland a fourteen year old boy

A primary school for infants and juniors = A five-year-old anda nine-year-old

A sixth-form college = A seventeen-year-old who hopes to goon to higher education

A nursery school = A three-year-old A further education college offering evening classes = A thirty

six year old office worker who wants to get better at computer

skills A university = A twenty-year-old who wants to be a doctor A public school = A fifteen-year-old whose parents want to pay

for his/her education


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Which phrases would you expect to find mentioned in a statesecondary school, which in a university, and which in both?

Pay course feesPlay truantTake an examGet a grantCram for end-of-term exams

Graduate with honours in ChemistryHave a weekly tutorialDo homework

Attend a lecturePay attention

Give a seminar on William ShakespeareTake a degreeTake the register


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a state secondary school: play truant (hooky),do homework, pay attention, take the register

a university: pay course fees, get a grant,

graduate with honours in Chemistry, have aweekly tutorial, attend a lecture, give aseminar on William Shakespeare, take adegree

both: take an exam, cram for end-of-termexams


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Match the words to the definitions.

Cramgraduate

tutorial

grant

play truant

a. study really hard b. get adegree

c. a one-to-one talk

d. government money to

help you pay for thecourse

e. not go to school, eventhough youre not ill


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a. study really hard = cram

b. get a degree = graduate

c. a one-to-one talk = tutorial

d. government money to help you pay for the course =grant

e. not go to school even though youre not ill = playtruant


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Listening

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8341589.stm
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Listen to the piece of news and select 5 truestatements:

1. 13 colleges in Denmark are testing anew system.

2. The students on the video arerevising for a Danish languageexam.

3. The students can answer everyquestion using the Internet.

4. The students can visit any websiteexcept Facebook.

5. The students arent allowed to getin touch with each other.

6. The students know the rules beforethe exam.

7. If students are caught cheating,they do the same exam without acomputer.

8. Videocameras control studentsarent cheating.

9. Some students manage to cheat.

10. Science questions are the hardest.

11. The Danish government is happywith the experiment.

12. The examination system in the UKhas been changed recently.


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Answers

3, 5, 6, 9, 11


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Which verb does not collocate in each sentence?

a. I must work hard, because next Tuesday I have to ____________an exam.

i. make ii. sit iii. take iv. pass v. dob. Im planning to ______________ a course in Computing.i. take ii. do iii. enrol on iv. make v. begin

c. The teacher ______________ us a really difficult test on phrasalverbs.i. gave ii. set iii. maded. At the end of term students have to spend hours ____________

what theyhave learnt.i. revising ii. going over iii. taking up iv. studyinge. Schools ________________ for the summer holidays in July.i. break up ii. end up iii. close iv. shut


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a) make

b) make

c) maded) taking up

e) end up


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Look at these idiomatic expressions using learn. Rewrite thesentences below using the expressions:

a. Starting a new job is difficult because you have to learn all the basic

things that you dont yet know.

b. He was able to pick up everything about the sport in no time at all.

c. We had to remember all the words of the song before the concert.

d. The child, who ran in the school corridor, fell over and banged hishead. He now knows never to do that again.

learn off by heart learn by rote learn the ropes

learn (ones) lesson a quick learner

e. When my grandfather was at school he had to memorize all thefacts that the teacher told him.


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a. Starting a new job is difficult because you have to learn theropes.

b. He was a quick learner.

c. We had to learn all the words of the song off by heart beforethe concert.

d. The child, who ran in the school corridor, fell over andbanged his head. He has learnt his/her lesson.

e. When my grandfather was at school he had to learn by rote.


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Read the passage below, filling in the gaps with the names of theeducational establishments mentioned in exercise 1:

The school system in England

Pre-school education is provided by state or private______________.

Children as young as two are often left by their parents whilethey go to work. Children usually start ________________

when they are five. Then they go on to a state________________, often called a comprehensive school.In the private sector, children often go to a prep school, beforegoing on to _________________ when they are five or six.Many children often leave school at sixteen, after they take

their GCSE exams, but some stay on to take their A level examsat school or __________________, before going on to_________________.


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The school system in England.Pre-school education is provided by state or private

nursery schools. Children as young as two are oftenleft by their parents while they go to work. Children

usually start primary schoolwhen they are five. Thenthey go on to a state secondary school, often called acomprehensive school. In the private sector, childrenoften go to a prep school, before going on to publicschoolwhen they are five or six. Many children often

leave school at sixteen, after they take their GCSE exams,but some stay on to take their A level exams at school orsixth form college, before going on to university.


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Listening

BBC. 6 minute learning.

Top International Universities.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/09/100923_6min_top_university_page.shtml

Which University do you think is going to be the numberone on the list?

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Answer these questions. Then listen again andcheck

What is the listening about?How many universities do they have on the list?Universities are ranked in relation to a number of factors, can you

name any of them?Who invests more on Universities, the USA or the UK?

Are all of them English speaking universities?Can you mention any of the other countries that have done well

(top 40)?What did use to be the reason (apparently) for choosing a

University?

Can you name any of the reasons why the speakers chose theiruniversities?What was the top university in the London Times Higher

Education?Where are Oxford and Cambridge on the list?


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1: Top universities in the world.

2: 200 universities.3: Quality of teaching, the influence of its research, the

income it gets for its research.4: The US.5: No, but you have to get to number 15 to find a non-

English speaking university (Swiss).6: Asia with Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and China (6). Also

Africa(2): South Africa and Egypt.7: Reputation.8: a) It offered the subject he wanted.b) Close to home and lively social scene.c) Loved the city, good reputation, go home at weekends.d) Excellent reputation in biology.9: Harvard in the USA.

10:Oxford and Cambridge are in the top ten.


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Education in the UK

-DIFFERENT TYPES OFSCHOOL (PRIVATE, STATE,BOARDING, RELIGIOUS..)

-DIFFERENT STAGES IN

EDUCATION (NURSERY,PRIMARY, SECONDARY..)


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State schools

Funded by thegovernment

Provide free education topupils

Majority under control oflocal councils

Minority funded bycentral government,academiesand CityTechnology Colleges.

All local authoritymaintained schools followthe National Curriculum


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Private schools

Also known as independentor publicschool in UK

Students must sit an entranceexam

Funded by charging students;

tuition-average is 3,000 perterm

Scholarships to reduce cost

They pay for the best teachersand provide enriched learning

environments (small classsizes, libraries, science labs,computers)


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Boarding schools

Pupils live in or near the schoolgrounds

Most boarding schools alsohave day students

Boarders normally return home

during school holidays Students separated into

residential houses

Senior staff appointed ashousemasters, taking

responsibility for pupils in theirhouse

They have a system that givesolder pupils certain privilegesand responsibility


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Single-sex schools

Male and female studentsattend separate classes

Most are private schools

Some studies show

children from single-sexschools are outperformingthose from mixed schools

Some people feel single-sex learning createsinequalities and genderstereotypes


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Nursery school

For children between theages of 3 and 5 years

Each child entitled to 5two and a half hour

sessions per week

Fully funded by thegovernment

Teachers supervise

educational play, ratherthan just providingchildcare


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Primary school

For children aged from 4to 11 years

Key stage 1 and 2 ofNational Curriculum

(Reception-Year 6)

Fee-paying schools knownas preparatory schools

Designed to prepare

students for exams intoprivate schools


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Secondary school

For children from ages11 to 16 or 18

Key stage 3 and 4 of

National Curriculum(Year 7 to Year 11)

Can also include Sixthform (16-18)

After 16, compulsoryeducation ends


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College

Between secondary schooland university

Sixth form or furthereducation

Prepare students foruniversity degrees

Apprenticeships providevocational training(National VocationalQualifications or NVQs)


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University

Degrees for people aged 18+

Tuition fees vary, average3,000 per year

Most degrees are 3 or 4 years

Must apply online through

UCAS (Universities andColleges Admissions Service)

Apply for up to 5 courses

Prepare to talk about the school system in your country, and your own


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Prepare to talk about the school system in your country, and your ownexperience of education. Discuss it with your partner. Consider the

following questions:

What age do children begin school in your country?

What age does compulsory education end in yourcountry?

What time do schools begin and end in your country?

What are the different school stages called in yourcountry? (e.g. nursery, secondary)

What subjects are taught at what ages in your country?

Do students have to pay to attend university in yourcountry?

What are your memories of education in your country?


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Speaking (Exposition)

You are a parent and you have a child. It is themoment to decide what kind of education you wouldlike him to receive.

You have 3 minutes to make your presentation.

In case you need some ideas you may use the onessuggested below:

private / state school

mixed class / single class

opinion on studying foreign languages

free choices subjects you would like your child to study


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Speaking (Interaction)

Because of cuts in the school budget, 3 of the following12 optional subjects have to be dropped from thesyllabus.

Discuss which subjects could disappear withoutaffecting the overall quality of the syllabus.

Try to come to an agreement with your partner bysupporting your views with arguments to supportyour position.

Nutrition & Cooking Music Latin Drama ArtDancing Public Speaking & Debating

Current Affairs & Politics ItalianFirst Aid & Health Care Wood & Metal WorkElectronics Workshop


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Further questions on Education

1)What comes to mind when you hear the word education?2)How important do you think education is?

3)Do you think you had a good education?

4)Was there a high standard of education at your schools?

5)Do you think the quality of education is slipping?6)What do you think of the idea of all education being online?

7)What kind of education did you have in your home?

8)What would the world be like if everyone had access to a good

education?9)Does your government really care about education?

10)In which country do you think you can receive the besteducation?


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1)What is a good education?2)Is the level of education in your country good?3)What would you like to change about the education system of

your country4)Would you like to work in education?

5)Do you think theres a lot of money to be made in education?6)What kind of experience and qualifications do you think a

governments education minister/secretary needs?7)When does education begin?8)What do you think Mark Twain meant when he said, never

let school interfere with your education?9)What do you think of single-sex education?10)What do you think of the idea of lifelong education?

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