ACS 206 LANGUAGE LEADER - INTERMEDIATE

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ACS 206LANGUAGE LEADER - INTERMEDIATE

• UNIT 8
• EDUCATION

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8.1 Vocabulary

• Primary (Elementary) School
• the teaching of young children, especially those
  between five and eleven years old

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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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8.1 Vocabulary

• Higher Education
• education at a college or university where
  subjects are studied at an advanced level

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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 dont send their children to school.

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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.

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8.1 Vocabulary

• Fail (v.)
• to be unsuccessful
• e.g I failed in the history exam as I hadnt
  attended any of the classes before the exam.

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8.1 Vocabulary

• Pass (v.)
• to be successful in an exam or course
• e.g He has passed the driving test after two
  failures.

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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.

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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?

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8.1 EDUCATION ISSUES

• 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?

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8.1 EDUCATION ISSUES

• Do exercises 2a and 2b on page 80.

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go
__________ to school to college
to a seminar
pass/fail
______ from university from high
school
__________ an exam a course
graduate
do
________homework course work your best
an exam
revise
_________ for an exam a subject
get
__________ a degree a good grade
a good result a place at
university
leave
_________ primary school secondary school
_______ progress mistakes
make
study
__________ for a test for an exam
a language a subject
hand in
__________ an assignment an essay
have
__________ an exam
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8.1 READING and SPEAKING
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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)

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READING

• 3b Read the messages again and find nouns which
  mean the following.(p. 81)
• Sets of numbers which represent a fact (Hans)
• The subjects at a school, college, etc. (Martin)
• The activity of staying away from school without
  permission (Martin)
• Upsetting and frightening someone smaller and
  weaker, especially in a school situation (Emily)

statistics
curriculum
truancy
bullying
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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 isnt 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?
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SPEAKING

• 5 Work in groups and discuss the given
  statements on page 81. Try to agree on each one.

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8.2 Montessori
Listening Vocabulary

• 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

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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 childrens education

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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8.2 Vocabulary
friendly
informal
strict
formal
easy-going
Well-prepared
interesting
late
punctual
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8.2 Montessori
LISTENING

• 1a Listen to a university student talking about
  a teacher. Does he say the teacher was good or
  bad?

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8.2 Montessori
LISTENING

• 1b which adjectives does the speaker use to
  describe the teacher?

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8.2 Montessori
READING

• Read the article on pages 82-83 and do the
  exercise 4a-b-c / 5

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8.2 GRAMMAR

• DEFINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

WHO
THAT
WHICH
WHOSE
WHERE
WHEN
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8.2 GRAMMAR

• Which relative pronouns or adverbs do we use to
  talk about
• People?
• Things or ideas?
• Places?
• Time?
• Peoples possessions/ideas?

WHO/THAT
WHICH/THAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHOSE
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8.2 GRAMMAR

• Do the exercises 6-7-8 on pages 82-83.

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8.3 GRAMMAR
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8.3 GRAMMAR
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8.3 GRAMMAR

• Do the exercises 4-5-6-7 on pages 84-85.