ACS 206
LANGUAGE LEADER - INTERMEDIATE
UNIT 8
EDUCATION
8.1 Vocabulary
*Primary
(Elementary)
School:
the teaching of young
children, especially those
between five and eleven
years old:
8.1 Vocabulary
*Secondary School
relating to the education
of children approximately
between the ages of 11
and 18 years old:
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*Higher Education:
education at a college or
university where subjects are
studied at an advanced level
8.1 Vocabulary
*Compulsory education:
the years of education when
every citizen of a country has to
attend school:
e.g: In Turkey, everyone has to get
8 years of compulsory
education. Parents are
punished by law if they don’t
send their children to school.
8.1 Vocabulary
*Continuous Assessment:
The system in which the quality
of a student's work is judged by
various pieces of work during a
course and not by one final
exam
e.g: Student portfolio is a kind of
continuous assessment in
which students demonstrate
their gradual progress based on
teachers’ feedback.
8.1 Vocabulary
*Fail (v.)
to be unsuccessful
e.g: I failed in the history
exam as I hadn’t attended
any of the classes before
the exam.
8.1 Vocabulary
*Pass (v.)
to be successful in an
exam or course
e.g: He has passed the
driving test after two
failures.
8.1 Vocabulary
*Graduate (v.)
to complete a first university
degree successfully:
e.g: Lorna graduated from
the University of London.
Tom has just graduated with
first-class honours in
psychology.
8.1 Vocabulary
*Hand in (v.)
to give something to
someone in a position of
authority:
e.g: Have you handed in
your history essay yet?
8.1 EDUCATION ISSUES
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In Turkey;
What age do children usually start
primary (or elemantary) school?
What age do children usually leave
secondary school?
What age do compulsory education
start? At what age does it finish? Do
you think these are the correct ages?
Do most people go on to higher
education? Why / Why not? Do they
have to pay?
Are exams or continuous assessment
more common? Which is the best
way of monitoring progress? Why?
8.1 EDUCATION ISSUES
• Do exercises 2a and 2b on page 80.
go
__________
to school
to college
to a seminar
pass/fail an exam
__________
a course
graduate
______ from university
from high school
do
________homework
course work
a
subject
get
__________
a degree
your best
a good grade
an exam
leave
_________ primary school
a good result
secondary school
a place at university
revise for an exam
_________
make progress
_______
mistakes
study
__________
for a test
for an exam
a language
a subject
hand in
__________
an assignment
an essay
have
__________
an exam
8.1 READING and SPEAKING
READING
• 3a – Read the message in an Internet
chatroom. Which messages in the chat room
are for mixed-sex schools, which are against,
and which are neither for nor against? (p. 81)
READING
• 3b – Read the messages again and find nouns which mean the
following.(p. 81)
1) Sets of numbers which represent a fact (Hans)
statistics
2) The subjects at a school, college, etc. (Martin)
curriculum
3) The activity of staying away from school without permission
(Martin)
truancy
4) Upsetting and frightening someone smaller and weaker,
especially in a school situation (Emily)
bullying
READING
3c – Which person believes:(p. 81)
1) that mixed schools are less competitive?
2) that there is proof that single sex schools are better?
3) that school should be same as real life?
4) that the problem isn’t whether a school is single-sex or
mixed?
5) that single sex education caters for girls and boys better?
4) Which of the opinions in the messages do you agree
with? Which do you disagree with? Why?
SPEAKING
• 5 – Work in groups and discuss the given
statements on page 81. Try to agree on each
one.
8.2 Montessori
*Criticise (v.)
to express negative
opinion towards someone
or something:
e.g: The government is being
widely criticized in the
press for failing to limit air
pollution
Listening
Vocabulary
8.2 Vocabulary
*Environment (n.)
the conditions that you
live or work in and the
way that they influence
how you feel or how
effectively you can work:
e.g: A supportive
environment is very
important for children’s
education
8.2 Vocabulary
*Pace (n.)
the speed at which
someone or something
moves, or with which
something happens or
changes:
e.g: Each person learns at
at different pace; while
some learn very quickly,
some people need to
repeat more to learn.
8.2 Vocabulary
*method (n.)
a particular way of doing
sth:
e.g: A teacher has to use
different methods for
different groups of
learners.
8.2 Vocabulary
*Unique (adj.)
being the only existing one of
its type or, more generally,
unusual, or special in some
way:
e.g: Each child is unique in
their life experience and
skills. Therefore, teachers
need to be aware of the
differences of their students
to be able to reach them
more effectively.
8.2 Vocabulary
*Appraoach (n.)
a way of doing something
e.g: A student-centered
approach to education
makes sure that students
learn more actively by doing
things than simply listening
to teachers.
8.2 Vocabulary
friendly
informal
strict
formal
easygoing
Wellprepared
interesting
late
punctual
8.2 Montessori
LISTENING
• 1a – Listen to a university student
talking about a teacher. Does he say
the teacher was good or bad?
8.2 Montessori
• 1b – which adjectives does the
speaker use to describe the
teacher?
LISTENING
8.2 Montessori
READING
Read the article on pages 82-83 and do the
exercise 4a-b-c / 5
8.2 GRAMMAR
• DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES
WHO
THAT
WHICH
WHOSE
WHERE
WHEN
8.2 GRAMMAR
• Which relative pronouns or adverbs do we use
to talk about ;
WHO/THAT
• People?
WHICH/THAT
• Things or ideas?
WHERE
• Places?
WHEN
• Time?
• People’s possessions/ideas?
WHOSE
8.2 GRAMMAR
• Do the exercises 6-7-8 on pages 82-83.
8.3 GRAMMAR
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8.3 GRAMMAR
8.3 GRAMMAR
8.3 GRAMMAR
• Do the exercises 4-5-6-7 on pages 84-85.