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TEST 1

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Good evening and welcome to Carrera has brand new sports and leisure Center. First, I'll tell you about our

facilities, then feel free to wander around the center. Now, as you can see from the map I've given you, we're

sitting in our cafe, which we hope will be a favorite place to visit after exercising to one side of us and right in

front of you as you enter the complex is the shop. Be sure to have a look in there later as we've got some great

opening specials on footwear. On the other side of the cafe, and ideally situated between the cafe and the

childminding facilities, we have the playground, you can sit and relax there while your kids have a great time on

the equipment. And our childcare facilities are available to anyone using the center.

Let's talk a little bit about our heated swimming pool which is also near the entrance. On the other side from

the café, it has a five-meter waterslide which will be very popular with kids of all ages. And in the corner

nearest the changing rooms. We have a high tech hotspot. The water is heated to 38 degrees centigrade, which

is the ideal temperature to relax tired muscles after a workout. So where can you do these workouts? Well, we

have a large weights room located at the cafe and of the Administration block. In the weights room you'll find

all the latest equipment. We also have trainers there who can put a program together for you. Another place to

get a good workout is in the gym, which is shown on the map to the right of the changing rooms. There will be

all sorts of classes offered there.

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Our aim is to provide all your exercise and recovery needs. So as well as the spa to help aching bodies. We also

have a special area for massage. It's in the funny shaped room close to the administration area. Its distinctive

shape has already led to the nickname of the bullet room. 2

We'll be offering Swedish and Chinese massage there and will offer physiotherapy in the future.

Now, let me tell you something about our different memberships. Firstly, we offer different types of

membership to cater for different needs. If you are a fitness freak, then choose are all in membership. This

gives you access to everything in the center, all the classes and sports, it's usually our most expensive option.

But for a short time, we're offering 12 months for the price of nine, which is a huge saving. If you prefer just the

gym classes, you may want to consider the gym and weights package. It works out at $10 a week, which is good

value. If you just want to swim, then we recommend getting a swim Plus membership. With this, you have

unlimited use of the pool and spa. The other package we've reduced for this month only is the off peak. This is

aimed at people who are happy to come at less busy times. And finally, we have the family pack. We believe in

keeping the whole family fit and healthy. So this package works out cheaper than buying it separately. Your

flyer has details of all the prices. So anyone who signs up for a new membership tonight will receive two

fantastic presents from us. We wanted to make these rewards something different from the norm. We could

have just chosen a towel for you to use in the gym or some clothing from the shop. But we wanted to show our

appreciation by giving you something special. So not only are we going to give you a voucher for a session in

our massage center, a great way to unwind after your workout. But you'll also get this great device that

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measures your heart rate. And finally, just for turning up tonight, we'd like to give everyone here a drink bottle

to take away with them. That's all I wanted to say.

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Okay, for this week's assignment, you're going to assess the value survey on house prices. What were the

surveys findings? Was it a reliable survey? work in pairs? Discuss what you've read and generate some ideas for

the assignment. All right. Shall we work together, Anna? Sure, James.

So first, how did the Value Survey actually measure the cost of houses? Because there are lots of ways of

calculating it? Well, it looked at all houses, didn't it? New and old. So it started with average incomes across the

whole workforce, and then worked out house prices in relation to that, I mean, to what people were earning. So

it's about affordability, what people pay in real terms, there's no information about the size of a house a typical

family can buy. No, that's a limitation. Okay, then, in the assignment, we should give some background. I

mean, what's different about the Value Survey? Yeah, there's lots of the surveys every year value is actually one

of the newer ones. But it stands out because it gives figures for a range of the largest urban centers, which none

of the others do. Okay, good point. Then one finding was that New Zealand houses are relatively expensive.

Why is that? Because most of them are built of wood. And that's quite cheap. Yeah, it is. But the problem is,

there are too many regulations and restrictions about where you can build. So if more building sites were

created for housing, the costs would come down.

That's it, isn't it? Because there are plenty of contractors ready to do the work? Exactly. So what else? Well,

what about transport? I mean, it's all very well to talk about new housing. But how are people going to get

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there? Is the survey proposing new roads, new rail networks, it should be a coordinated approach. Yeah, but

the survey didn't mention it. It's a missed opportunity.

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Because a commitment to funding public transport from the outset would improve air quality in our cities.

True. Okay, then, the next survey, what can we expect? A look at all the same places, right, exactly the same.

But the next one will give an idea of the way prices are moving, the government may have to think about how

house prices are affecting society.

Then, in the assignment, we need to evaluate how reliable the survey was. So we should look at some of the

criticism made by commentators. Okay. So there's the economist Andrew Coleman, he actually questioned

whether the survey was money well spent, because it only looked at a single year in isolation a year when it was

difficult to borrow money to buy a house pushing up costs. So he thought the survey should consider a longer

timeframe. Did you get that article by Professor mercy? Because he's the leading authority on this topic. Yeah,

interesting. He realized the method used to calculate how much money people had didn't take savings into

account. So actually, people looking for a house were richer than the survey shows, making houses cheaper in

real terms. All right. Then, Richard Bernard, his criticism was original. He found out they were using quite

outdated software to process all the information they gathered, which was crazy, because they actually had the

money available for an upgrade. So even though it was a highly regarded team of people, the way the statistics

were interpreted, was open to question.

Okay, then Professor rounds, he thought the report was just badly written. That's right. After all the work that

went into gathering valid information, the finished report was just too long and weakly structured. And there

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was too much unnecessary detail. And the last one, Maria darling, she made a point about the properties that

were evaluated. There weren't enough of them. You mean? No, it wasn't that, but they were never identified for

privacy reasons. But she thought the actual properties use should have been revealed, you know, the process 5

should have been transparent if the people are going to have full confidence in the survey. Right. So a lot of

criticism. Yeah, but this sort of research is often controversial.

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SECTION 4

So, now we're going to look at some of the reasons why it's beneficial to include drama activities, such as

roleplay. In your teaching practice in a range of subject areas. There's a lot of evidence to show that drama

helps a child's personal development. Firstly, creating the space for children to express themselves freely in a

group situation helps to give them confidence in their own opinions and ideas. And of course, drama activities

can work especially well for shy or introverted children who usually don't participate in other types of

classroom’s situations.

Secondly, unscripted improvisation activities, where children work from their imagination, if done in a

supportive way, give children the opportunity to gain experience in taking risks, and encourage them to say

things that they might normally be afraid to say.

Drama can also support the child's educational development. For example, the emphasis placed on cooperative

activities and drama means that group members must learn the value of listening to one another. Being

involved in any sort of performance, which relies on everyone working together. And playing their part also

helps children to be responsible not only for their learning, but for their general behavior. These are just a

couple of ways in which drama can benefit a child's learning.

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Now I'd like to look at how roleplay can be such a valuable learning tool in the classroom. The value of roleplay

for children who are having difficulties as a means of therapy is now widely accepted. The experience of doing a

roleplay where children act out aspects of their own life without explicitly stating that it is a direct 7

representation of their own experiences can help children to judge their own behavior in an objective way.

One obvious example would be doing a role reversal with a bully role playing a victim. Because this approach

doesn't involve direct confrontation, it may help the bully to see his or her behavior in a different light. More

generally, roleplay also allows the teacher to explore potentially controversial or taboo subjects in a safe setting

in which children feel at ease. It's obviously essential for children to feel they won't be criticized or judged for

voicing certain views. Getting children to examine their thoughts and opinions carefully, can lead to a deeper

self knowledge and a stronger more awareness of morality. This is an important factor in developing social

skills.

Let's look at a specific subject area now and think about how drama can enrich the learning process for the

study of history.

Bringing characters from the past to life in the classroom by doing classroom drama activities is an easy way to

improve the level of the children's participation in the lesson. So drama in the history classroom makes for a

livelier atmosphere. But getting children to reenact scenes from history can also be extremely useful, as it helps

them to remember what happened and why it was important, as well as helping to bring the past alive. Another

way of doing this is to ask children to find solutions to historical problems using roleplay. This can help to focus

attention on why certain decisions were taken. For example, children can be asked to decide how best to defend

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their town from attack or where to build a new settlement. Okay, what I'd like to do now is to think about your

next teaching practice session, and in groups discuss how you would incorporate an element of drama into your

lesson plan. 8

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