1 Look at this pair of photographs, which show two different classrooms in Britain. Talk to a partner about the differences and say which school is closer to your own learning experience. 2 Now talk to each other about your early schooldays. You should each describe: a school you attended (size, location, atmosphere) b a teacher you remember well ¢ something at school that you particularly enjoyed someone at school that you found really annoying Report your partner’s answers to the class. X told me / said that he/she X spoke about / talked about his/her .. X thinks/feels/remembers that he/she ... X claims / believes strongly / is convinced that Which tenses did you use to report what you heard? 3. Write David's confession below as reported speech, being careful to use suitable past tenses. exampte: David said that it wasn't Simon’ fault. Itisn't Simon’s fault! | want to describe what really happened. | was inside the classroom during break and | saw a group of my friends outside. | went over to the window and tried to get their attention. | waved at them but they didn’t see ‘me, so | hammered on the window. | know glass is breakable but | just didn’t think. When my hand went through, | panicked. ! wasn't hurt and wanted to avoid getting into trouble, so | put Simon's bag over the hole and left the room. sorry | haven't told anyone the truth until now. 4 Youare going to hear a radio interview with two work colleagues, Sandra Wilson and Mike Tripp, who also Used to attend the same school. First, read the reported statements a-h below. a Sandra explained that she had disliked Mike because of his attitude to school. b Sandra accused Mike of deliberately forgetting certain things he had done at school. Mike explained that he had known at the time how irritating he was. Mike wished he had worked harder at school. € Mike said that he had left the science exam because he couldn't answer the questions. f Mike felt that his father had expected him to do well when he left school. & Mike admitted that the school careers teachers had been quite helpful. h Mike mentioned that his father had helped him financially in starting his business. 24881 Now listen to the recording and tick the statements that are true. Compare your answers and listen again to check. Vocabulary Word formation 5 What words in the same word family as the noun education do you know? Use a dictionary if necessary to complete the definitions below. Two are adjectives. a [often passive] to teach someone at a school, college or university b Someone who is has learned a lot at school or in college and has a good level of knowledge. c providing education or relating to educationCollocations 6 Match the two adjectives from s to their noun collocates a-d. Which adjective is the more useful to learn, in your opinion? Why? b person © opportunities 4 standards 7 Read these sentences written by past exam candidates and compare their experience of school and learning with your own. a There is no motivation in studying something you are not interested in. b Dad let me go to the cinema with my friends, asa reward for getting stich good results in maths. ¢ Although discipline is essential, I think the methods being used today are as awful as the old The school rules in my country are more strict than in other countries. 8 Opposite are some short descriptions of the first jobs some famous people had. Work out which job was done by each person, 9 Inthe descriptions there are several words commonly found in letters of application, which will be dealt with in the next Writing folder. Underline any words you think may be useful Check their meaning in an English-English dictionary and look for further examples of their use. His parents divorced when he was 12 and his mother was left to bring up four children single handed, Allfour kids had jobs his threa sisters worked for iferent local restaurants, while he cut {grass and did a paper round. It probably took him a year to earn what he can now make in a single day. He became an apprentice on a cargo ship at the age of 17 and his very frst experience ‘was gained on a voyage to Rio de Janeiro. ‘Altogether he spent five years at sea. He devoted his spare time to his hobby, which ‘was ultimately to become a ful-time career, but only once he was 36. On leaving school at 17, the only jobs available were in the local fish factory. The smell was appalling and ‘working on the fileting machine made her constantly, ‘want to throw up. She escaped to London in the end and found employment as a waitress. [D] He inherited the famiy sculpting business ‘but showed lite interest in it. He had no. talent for stonework whatsoever and so, not surprisingly, the business went downhill fast. Instead, it was his determination to solve the twin mysteries of life and death that led him tobe considered the wisest man alive. ‘She worked long hours at a hamburger restaurant ‘and was so poor that she had to search through the ‘dustbins after work for eny thrown-out food. She also sold ice cream and was a coat-check gitl at the Russian Tea Rooms in New York, Intaly, she took a position as an unpaid assistant in a chemist’s shop, and laier ‘qualified in pharmacy. Her duties gave her ‘a sound knowledge of poisons, that would subsequently be extremely relevant, EDUCATION FOR LIFE (a1Reporting 3 Decide which structures can be used after the following reporting verbs, giving examples. Two are done for you. 1. Look at quotes a-c and explain why the tenses accuse She accused him of cheating. underlined have been used in reporting them. admit He admitted (to) being wrong. He admitted (that) a ‘Tcan't remember much about my first he was wrong school; my mother will, though’ eu Greg claimed that he couldn't remember roe D. Ee ee much about his first school, but thought Ea RC APLAIOP. Me TCiUsc at UTE, claim insist say warn that his mother would. b ‘When Jack moved to secondary school he became less motivated’ His mother said that Jack had become Listening less motivated when he had moved to secondary school. ¢ ‘Girls are now doing better than boys at school! The expert said gi than boys at school i 4. You will hear five different callers to a radio phone-in giving their views about educational performance in 2 Match the quotes ad with the reported Britain. First, read A-F and underline the key words. statements 1-4, are now doing better C= ‘A Changes in society explain why boys and girls have 4 ‘visited my old school recently and it was RE Rea Ri much smaller than I remembered. B The recently improved academic performance of girls b ‘Pethaps we should educate parents about saeid ie recsantacd how they can help theirchildren; C Boys can miss out on the influence of men while they € ‘Webelong to anant-erning cute! neonate ea aoe one D Limited educational opportunities are affecting some 1 She complained that society doesntt children’s development. encourage education. E Parents tend to raise boys and girls differently from a 2. He promised to work harder. young age. 3 She explained that she had been back and F A different approach is needed to the early stages of had found it very different. learning, 4 He suggested showing parents what to do. 5 saga Listen to Speaker 1. Complete this summary using present tenses, Then match the content to one of the options A-F. ‘The first speaker claimed that there (1) too many women teachers in British schools and argued that boys (2)... men as role models. He also suggested boys (3) oon more by broken ‘marriages than girls. 6°20 Now listen to Speakers 2-5 and note down the main points each person makes. Then report their views by writing summaries similar to the one in s. Match your summaries to A-F and write your choices below. Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker4 Speaker § 88 UNIT 137 Asyou listen again, listen out for words or phrases that mean the same as a-h. The number of the extract is given in brackets. are usually (1) b make good progress (2) © misbehaving (2) d earners (3) € accepted (3) referring to (4) g make longer (4) h be pleased about (5) 8 Discuss these questions. « Are girls doing better at school than boys in your country? Why? / Why not? + Whose responsibility is it to achieve good school results ~ yours, your parents’ or your teachers’? + How should the problem of educational underachievement be tackled? «+ Isit essential to be university-educated in today’s world? ‘What are the alternatives to university in your country? 9 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar ‘meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. 1 ‘You put that frog on my chair, didn’t you, Charlie? said Sally OF SO ee a frog on her chair. 2 ‘Stop misbehaving or you'll be sent to the head for punishment; the teacher said to Johnny. WARNED The teacher Wee eee en or he would be sent to the head for punishment. 3. At the interview, Kate was asked how well she had done in her exams. DID The interviewer asked Kate, ‘How well 2 in your exams?” 4 ‘Please try to stay awake during the lesson} the teacher told them. URGED Te tee ie asleep during the lesson. 5 Susan denied wasting her time at school when she was younger. NOT Susan said... one her time at school when she was younger. 6 ‘Have you tidied up in the science lab?” the chemistry teacher asked them. TIDIED ‘The chemistry teacher wanted to know ms = in the science lab. 7 ‘Tm sorry, I've forgotten my homework} Nicholas said, APOLOGISED Nicholas... homework. 8 Stephen told me he would see me the next day at the lecture. SEE lecture} Stephen said. sos his at the EDUCATION FOR LIFEsth GURU u Paper 4 Part 3 Multiple matching In this part of the Listening paper you hear five short extracts, which are all related to each other in some way. It may be that the speakers are all talking about the same subject or experiences. Another possible link may be function or feeling or job. You need to match each of the five extracts to one of six options. You hear the extracts twice, and it is very important that you take the opportunity to check your answers carefully during the second listening. One mistake could affect two answers. 1 ‘2488 You will hear the first speaker talking about his experience of tion. Look at the statements A-F and decide which one is true st speaker. A I really enjoyed meeting new people. B Myattitude to studying had been wrong. C It taught me how to cope with money. D I'm not sure what I want to do now. E I realised I worked better in a freer environment. F Thad to work harder than I expected. ‘The answer for Speaker 1 is B. Now look at the recording scri The part containing the answer is underlined. Recording script EXAM ADVICE © Don'tsit looking out of the window while you're waiting for the recording to start Read the questions carefully © Tryto predict what each person might say. Speaker 1: When | started my last year at school, | didn't take it seriously enough, | should’ve chosen_ subjects which were useful rather than ones [liked or that sounded easy. By the time the exams came, Td given up and I did very badly. I knew Td have to work hard but I wasn't able to catch up with my friends. Because I failed at science, I car’t be a teacher, which is what I really want to do. I'm doing a part-time job in order to make ends meet and next year I'll be starting evening classes to get better qualifications. Look carefully at the options. A I really enjoyed meeting new people. ~ He doesn't mention new friends. B Myattitude to studying was wrong, ~ Right answer. C It taught me how to cope with money. ~ Money is mentioned (to make ends meet) but nothing is said about learning what to do with money. D I'm not sure what I want to do now. ~ He’ going to study, so this isn't the answer. E I realised I worked better in a freer environment. - This isn't mentioned at all. F Thad to work harder than I expected. ~ This isnt the answer, as he knew he had to work hard.2. ‘20H Listen to the other speakers and for questions 2-5, choose from the list A-F in, which each speaker states. (Remember that B has already been used.) Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. Speaker2 (a) Speaker3 [_[S) Speaker4 [_[a] Speaker 5 3] 3. Now lookat the recording script for Speakers 2-5 and underline the parts which give you the answers. Recording script Speaker 2: left school and moved to a college to take my final exams. It was the best decision I could have made. At the college nobody seemed to care about homework and this really motivated me. I had to plan my work myself ~ there was no one to make you do it and no one to check up on what youd done. I was still dependent on my parents for money ~ but that was OK. I learned a lot about real life there - things like getting on with people and organising your time ~ which has been really useful now I'm working. Speaker 3: When I left school I didn't have a particular career in mind so T decided to do Environmental Studies at university, mainly because Pa enjoyed geography at school. I didn't really like the course at university and I did think about leaving, but instead 1 changed courses, which ‘was easier than I expected, | think university was useful in that I learnt how to live alone and how to budget, and as I'm an underpaid teacher now, that really helps. Speaker 4: I had no difficulty choosing what I was going to do ~ my parents are both doctors and ever since I was small | also wanted to do that. ‘They really encouraged me and I did well at school and got into a good medical school fairly easily. It was surprisingly tough at medical school, but I had some good friends and we pulled through together. 1 think the doubts only began to set in when T graduated and got my first job in a hospital. I began to wonder if I'd missed out because Ta been so focused on becoming a doctor. So now I'm doing some voluntary work in Africa, which I’m really enjoying. Speaker 5: I decided to take a year off after doing my last year at school. Td had enough of revising and sitting in a library, so T decided to go off to Australia for nine months and earn a bit of money. I've got relatives there who put me up when I first arrived and found me a job. It wasn't doing anything particularly interesting, but the great part was that 1 was getting to know people who were completely different to the ones Ta known back home. I really recommend taking a year out, but you need to have a firm plan or it could end up a waste of time. 91