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6 Learn Culture p95 3 listen to three people As a class, discuss which is the best idea

2.11 Watch or

and which is the worst. If students are
Vocabulary • Schools and exams
I can express opinions by agreeing or disagreeing. Language focus reference p104 talking about school and reluctant to speak, ask individual students:
answer the questions.
1 What type of school Which idea do you think is the best? Why?
THINK! What are the best and worst things about does Emma prefer?
going to school? When they express their opinion, ask
2 What does Max say is more important than
1 2.09 Use the word school and the words in the 4 Study getting good results? another student: Do you agree with (Paul)?
box to make compound nouns. Listen and check. 3 What is Elizabeth’s opinion of Why / Why not? Ask other students: What
Which types of school can you see in the photos? Plan your homeschooling? do you think about this, (Ana)? Encourage
boarding school Key pHrases as many students as possible to join in and
boarding holidays home leavers ideal school! Expressing opinions express their opinions. Repeat the process
mixed primary rules I definitely think that .
secondary single-sex uniform to discuss the worst idea.
What is your ideal school like? I’m not sure I agree .
2 2.10 Check the meaning of the phrases in the Choose from these ideas. It all depends on . ANSWerS
box and complete the questionnaire. Listen and That’s a good point.
check. Then ask and answer the questions with a I like the idea of . Students’ own answers.
partner.
do homework enrol in fail exams 4 Use IT! Work in pairs. Give your opinions Optional activity: Vocabulary
get a qualification get good marks on these statements using the key phrases.
get into college go to lessons Put students into pairs and ask them
obey rules pass exams take classes to write another statement about a
Age of school-leavers to increase to 19 change to the school system, using
1 Type of school All secondary schools will have vocabulary from exercises 1 and 2.
uniforms by September You could brainstorm some ideas with
the class first, e.g. All students will take
5 Rules School holidayS will be reduced classes in cooking. All schools will become
to three weekS in Summer
boarding schools. Put students into small
2 Subjects 3 Timetable All schools will become single-sex schools groups to discuss their statements and
decide which is the best and worst idea.
Encourage them to use the key phrases
Some people aren’t interested in doing exams and
going to college, so I definitely think that changing in their discussions. Ask groups in turn
the school-leaving age to nineteen is a mistake. to tell the class about their best and
That’s a good point. worst idea.
School- leavers
6 ANSWerS
Students’ own answers.
Finished?
Use the key phrases to tell a partner about your
ideal school. Finished?
Refer fast finishers to the Finished?
activity. Students can write their sentences
individually, then talk with another fast
58 59 finisher. Alternatively, ask them to tell the
class about their ideal school. Encourage
other students to agree and disagree
exercise 3 r e 2.11 page 115 Optional activity: Key phrases using some of the key phrases.
Allow students time to read through the Play the video or audio again, pausing
questions. Check that they understand after some of the key phrases. Ask More practice
everything. Play the video or audio for students to repeat, copying the Workbook page 38
Practice Kit Vocabulary 6
students to watch or listen and answer pronunciation and intonation that
the questions. Allow students time to they hear. Assessment
compare their answers in pairs and, Five-minute test, Teacher’s Resource Disk
if necessary, play the video or audio again ANSWerS
for students to check and complete their Students’ own answers.
answers. Check answers with the class.
Ask: Which speaker do you agree with most?
Why? Elicit a range of answers. exercise 4 USe IT!
Read through the statements with the
ANSWerS class and make sure students understand
1 single-sex schools everything. Read out the example answers
2 Helping students become good people. and point out that students should give
3 She thinks it’s good because you don’t reasons for their opinions.
get distracted by noisy students. Allow students time to prepare their ideas
individually, then put them into pairs to
discuss their opinions. Remind them to
use some of the key phrases. Ask some
students to tell the class what things they
and their partner agreed and disagreed
about and why.

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