This document contains an English vocabulary lesson about education terms, followed by listening comprehension exercises about teachers' qualities and a student's experiences in boarding school. It then provides a reading comprehension passage about debates around the necessity of schools, including examples of alternative forms of education. Several exercises follow to practice vocabulary terms related to making and doing.
This document contains an English vocabulary lesson about education terms, followed by listening comprehension exercises about teachers' qualities and a student's experiences in boarding school. It then provides a reading comprehension passage about debates around the necessity of schools, including examples of alternative forms of education. Several exercises follow to practice vocabulary terms related to making and doing.
This document contains an English vocabulary lesson about education terms, followed by listening comprehension exercises about teachers' qualities and a student's experiences in boarding school. It then provides a reading comprehension passage about debates around the necessity of schools, including examples of alternative forms of education. Several exercises follow to practice vocabulary terms related to making and doing.
This document contains an English vocabulary lesson about education terms, followed by listening comprehension exercises about teachers' qualities and a student's experiences in boarding school. It then provides a reading comprehension passage about debates around the necessity of schools, including examples of alternative forms of education. Several exercises follow to practice vocabulary terms related to making and doing.
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Gold Experience
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VOCABULARY
Education 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 Alice wouldn’t stop bullying other students, so she’s been expelled/dismissed. 2 One teacher in our school is very extreme/ strict and doesn’t let us talk in class at all. 3 Knock on the door of the staff/personnel room if you need to see a teacher. 4 If a teacher catches you misbehaving, you may be given detention as a correction/punishment. 5 Our school rules say we mustn’t run along any of the alleys/corridors.
2 7.1 Listen to three students describing their teachers. What do
the teachers have in common? 3 7.2 Listen again and complete the sentences.
Julia 1 ‘The best thing about my science teacher was his .’ 2 ‘There was always laughter when we were carrying out .’ 3 ‘We didn’t get into trouble with him if we broke our .’ Robert 4 ‘When I started school, I was so good I was chosen to be a(n) .’ 5 ‘When I began mixing with troublemakers and getting into trouble, I was often given .’
6 ‘Mr Lee knew how to get students to their problems.’
Mariana 7 ‘I used to get homesick staying away from my parents in my school.’ 8 ‘Because I wasn’t good at sport, I used to have to do cookery or .’ 9 ‘I won medals for when Mrs Lopez became my form teacher.’ 4 Complete the blog with these words. Do we really need schools?
There’s a lot of debate about education these days. Sometimes
experts say that too many 1) are included in the curriculum. Others argue that school 2) should be longer. But do we need schools at all? Some students are educated at home by a private 3) because they’re getting too stressed out about getting good 4) in their exams; or maybe a student is scared of a school 5) . In the Australian outback some students live a long way from any school, so they are taught through 6) learning. Instead of a teacher and a classroom, they study 7) .
Computers are becoming essential, of course. In many countries students have
been introduced to new educational 8) which combine online lessons with traditional teaching. Students can work at their own 9) and ask for help when they need it. They can use online 10) , chat rooms or video linking, or speak to a teacher on the phone. Maybe one day we won’t need schools at all!
Word XP Make and do We often use make when talking about causing something to happen or creating something. The bully made her cry. I made a cake. We often use do to talk about daily activities and jobs, and with words like something and anything. I hate doing homework! I didn’t do anything wrong! Many common verb + noun collocations are formed with make and do, as well as certain idioms. I’ve made a mistake. I couldn’t do without my phone
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of make or do.
1 When my teacher a decision, she rarely
changes it! 2 I may not pass my exams, but I’ll my best. 3 Could you me a favour, please? 4 We didn’t Latin at school. a real mess of my 5 Oh no! I’ve homework! 6 It was a great joke – it really me laugh! Speak up
Do you think we need schools? What would your ideal school be like?
