Scribd
Upload
105 views18 pages

Unit 2 - Education and Work (Incomplete)

This document provides an overview and content for an English speaking course, including sections on personal information, school, work experience, vocabulary and pronunciation. The reading describes the narrator's primary school in Singapore called Simei Primary School, including details about its white three-storey building surrounded by greenery, white uniform with school badge, and generally just and kind teachers. However, some teachers show favoritism causing bullied students. The narrator is sad to leave after 5 years of fond memories and knowledge gained. The document then provides vocabulary words, sample questions, and suggestions for discussing personal school experiences, subjects, skills, jobs, and workplaces to practice English speaking skills.

Uploaded by

Ben Tran
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
105 views18 pages

Unit 2 - Education and Work (Incomplete)

This document provides an overview and content for an English speaking course, including sections on personal information, school, work experience, vocabulary and pronunciation. The reading describes the narrator's primary school in Singapore called Simei Primary School, including details about its white three-storey building surrounded by greenery, white uniform with school badge, and generally just and kind teachers. However, some teachers show favoritism causing bullied students. The narrator is sad to leave after 5 years of fond memories and knowledge gained. The document then provides vocabulary words, sample questions, and suggestions for discussing personal school experiences, subjects, skills, jobs, and workplaces to practice English speaking skills.

Uploaded by

Ben Tran
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 18

Unit 1- Personal Information

ABC English Club

English Speaking Course


By Ben Tran

Overview
Your School and Study
Talking about your school and your study;

What do you do?


Talking about your work and work experience

Getting Started
Name the popular school in your area.
Which school do you think is the best one?
What school do you or did you go to?
Say something about your school.

My School part 1
There is a white three-storey building, surrounded by
greenery, located at Simei Town Central. That is Simei
Primary School. That is also the place where I have
schooled for the last five years or so.
My school uniform is white. The boys wear a white
shirt and white shorts while the girls wear a white
blouse and skirt. The uniform must always be worn
with the school badge which bears our school motto
Nothing without labour. It means that we must be
willing to work to get our reward. We are also taught to
be honest and polite all the time.

My School part 2
Most of the teachers in my school are just and kind.
However, there are some teachers who show
favouritism. As a result, the students who are
favoured by these teachers are very proud and like
to bully the others. In general, however, we all treat
one another like siblings and live in harmony.
I am sad that I will have to leave my school at the
end of this year. It has given me knowledge, friends
and happy moments. I will always remember my
school and the fond memories it holds.

Answer questions
1. Where is the school mentioned in the reading?
2. How long did the person in the story study there?
3. What color are the uniforms for boys and girls?
About you
a) Did you have to wear uniform when you were at
school? If yes, did you like it? Why or why not?
b) What do you think about wearing a uniform at
school? In what way is good or bad?

Vocabulary 1
Compulsory : obligatory
The military service is no longer compulsory in many countries.
Maths is a compulsory subject in most of schools.
boarding school : a school where you learn and live at the same
time
They wouldnt send their children to a boarding school, where
they couldnt control them.
to take attendance : to check whether students are present in
the classroom
Our biology teacher never takes attendance so I rarely go to her
classes.
Curriculum : the group of subjects that you have to learn in a
particular school
The Ministry of Education is planning to add new subjects to the
curriculum of primary schools.

Vocabulary 2
Absent / present
She has been absent from school for ten days now,
because of the serious illness.
to misbehave : to behave badly
The teacher is so strict and severe that nobody ever
dares to misbehave in her classes.
to cheat : to behave in a dishonest way to achieve
what you want, for example to look at your
classmates test during an exam
English schools are strict with students who cheat
during exams. They are usually expelled from school.

Vocabulary 3
to catch s.b doing s.th : to see or discover that
someone is doing something bad or dishonest
He was caught smoking behind the school, so the
teacher called for his parents.
school-leaving exam : an exam that you take at the
end of your education in a particular school
Its warm and sunny, but we all have to sit at home
and study for our school-leaving exam.
to cut school/class : to be absent at school without a
good excuse
He has bad marks due to the fact that he often cuts
classes to play football with friends.

Your School
Work in pair and find out about
school(s) your partner went to.

What it is called.
Where the school is.
When you went to that school.
What the school and the teacher were like

Suggestions
Suggested questions and answers about school.
1. Where do/did you go to school?
- I go/went to ..(school name). Its a .. school in
(place)
- Im a student at (school name) Its a . School in
.(place)
2. When do/did you go to (school name).. school?
Im currently a student there. / I went to that school
when I was ..(age)./in high school
3. How is the ..(school name) school?
Its a big school with more than 1000 students. There
are .. classrooms.
4. How is the teachers? (review personalities)

Talk about your school


Describe a school that you went to when you were
a child. You should say
- where the school was
- when you went there
- what the school and the teachers were like
- and explain whether you enjoyed your time
there.

School subjects
List the school subjects you take or took:
Read and listen:
http://elllo.org/english/Mixer051/T071-Subject.htm

Subject(s) you are good at


What subject(s) do / did you like at school?
Why?
What subject(s) are / were you good at? Why?
What subject(s) do you think it/they is/are still
useful to you / your work now? How / in what
ways?

Pronunciation

Skills and Job references


1. Are you good at.
communicating with people?
remembering names?
solving problems?
making decision quickly?
meeting deadlines?
2. Do you
have any special skill?
have any experience?
have any special certificates or diplomas?
speak any foreign languages?
3. Do you like .
travelling?
commuting?
working evenings?

Work and Work places


Talking about job
- what your job is
- you like it or not, why or why not
- how people at your work place are
Who you work for!
- types of company
- big or small
- number of staff
- etc..
"A great place to work is one in which you trust the
people you work for, have pride in what you do, and
enjoy the people you work with. Robert Levering

Suggested answers

You might also like