Education mind map

Speaking about education

EDUCATION - mediation tasks

How to choose an English course abroad

1. Ask about events and activities organised by the school
2. Consider accommodation options
3. Choose an interesting location
4. What do you get for your money?
5. Class size is important

How to choose extracurricular activities for a child

1. Promote natural talents and interests
2. Don't make him join too many activities
3. Team sports are always a good option
4. Listen to your child
5. Take into account the time it will take

How to prepare for a state exam

1. Take regular practice tests
2. Be realistic
3. Make summaries
4. Organise and plan your time
5. Find a study partner

Production
Speak about the importance of education - 3 things
The most useful things you’ve learned

2nd conditional to speak about results

Use a 2nd conditional to speak about results
Example. Cooking and housework should be taught at school
If students were taught cooking at school, they would be more prepared to live alone.

1. Physical education should be optional
2. School summer holidays should be shorter
3. English lessons should focus more on speaking and writing
4. Homework should be forbidden
5. Parents should be fined if their children skip class
6. Driving lessons should be included as an extracurricular activity
7. Classrooms should have fewer students

Education questions

1. Do you know anyone who was expelled? Why?
2. Were you ever punished at school? Why? How?
3. What’s the most difficult exam you’ve ever passed?
4. How do people cheat in exams? And in the past? Cheat note
5. Do you revise the day before an exam?
6. What was your first day of school like?
7. Who was your favourite teacher?
8. When was the last time you did an exam?
9. Who has been your worst teacher?
10. Do you know anyone who skipped class?
11. What’s the last course you have taken?
12. When was the last time you had to make a presentation?

Schools now and then

 Complete

PAST	NOW
The classroom had a maximum of ___ Discipline in schools was ___ They had slates or inkwells for ___	___ share a classroom Children have lunch in the ___ Classes are much ___
Teachers had to have ___ There was only one teacher for all their ___ After school children had to help ___	Students have much more ___ Teaching has a better ___ ___ teach different subjects
Not all ___were taught to all pupils	Teachers have to follow a ___

Answers: 100 pupils, strict, writing, second jobs, studies, work in the fields/chores/help parents, subjects, 
boys and girls, cafeteria, smaller, free time, reputation, different teachers, curriculum

Education vocabulary

NOUNS

Fees, grant, state school, boarding school, uniform, discipline, results, extracurricular activities, primary, secondary, timetable, subjects, compulsory education, nursery school, certificate, degree, vocational training studies, break time, canteen, entrance exams, single-sex school, distance learning, face-to-face classes, intensive course, teacher's pet, swot, bully

ADJECTIVES

strict, lenient, friendly, encouraging, inspiring, useful, useless,  

VERBS

enroll, register, take an exam, sit an exam, fail, pass, attend class, get detention, be expelled, learn things by heart, play truant or skip class, do/take a course, graduate from university, to swot or cram for an exam, be good at, bully

PHRASAL VERBS

drop out, take up, carry on, get on with, hand in

Education: UK vs Spain

2nd Intermediate - Education systems

Education in the UK




What's a public school in the UK?

Education in the US
Compare the two systems

2nd Intermediate - Private vs State education

Careful! In the UK public schools are PRIVATE SCHOOLS!



TRUE OR FALSE

1. Parents worry about money when choosing a school
2. Private schools have fewer students per class
3. Students with special needs receive more attention
4. The curriculum of many schools includes technology
5. All private schools have sport facilities
6. 30% of students in each school receive financial aid

Answers: 1T, 2T, 3F, 4T, 6F, 6F

Watch a debate about this topic (also in the US)

Do you agree with all these people?

2nd Intermediate - A public school in China

Watch the video and decide if the following statements are true or false:

Wellington College

1. Wellington college has been working for years
2. Most pupils are foreigners
3. Parents must pay more than 15,000 euros a year
4. The Chinese state system is strict
5. Some Chinese students have been allowed to enroll in the sixth form
6. Britain is a desired destination for Chinese university students
7. Student visas in Britain have always been hard to get
8. Chinese life has been based on hard work and little leisure time

 Answers written in white. Select this line to see them: 1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6T, 7F, 8T

Boarding schools

How I learnt English

Watch this video and take notes

Watch and do the tasks below

Write a summary of how she learnt English (0-3.33)
Write the list of tips she gives.

Advanced - School uniform