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Part 1 > EXPERT STRATEGIES page 17) Part 2 Collaborative task: TV documentary - the future of education Part 3 Individual long turn: learning Developing the discussion 3a 4a 5 ‘Module 10 Broadening your horizons In pairs, discuss the following questions, then report back to the class. + What aspect of learning do you find most rewarding? + What is your preferred method of learning? + Can you see yourself becoming an educator? Why/Why not? In pairs, look at photographs 2 and 3. Talk together about how usefull you think these learning situations are. © You have about one minute for this. Now look at ll the photographs. Imagine that a television, documentary is being produced about the future of education. These photographs show some of the issues that will be discussed. ‘Talk together about the different issues relating to the future of education that these photographs show. Then suggest one other issue related to the topic that might be included in the documentary. © You have about three minutes for this. ‘Work in pairs. Student A should respond to the question on Task card 1 and talk for about two minutes. © There are some ideas on the card for you to use if you like. Student B should respond briefly to their question. Task card 1 Do you leam more by making mistakes or by doing everything perfectly? +i lite + in education + at work Question for Student 8: “How do you feel about making mistakes? Follow-up question for Student A: + What do you think? Student B should respond to the question on Task card 2 and talk for about two minutes. ® There are some ideas on the card for you to use if you like. Student A should respond briefly to their ‘question. Task card 2 Should education prepare you for a job or for life? academic qualifications general knowledge personal development Question for Student A: + What, in your view, have you gained most from your education? Follow-up question for Student 8: *Do you agree? Discuss the following questions about learning in general. 1 Does learning stop once you finish your formal education, that is after you leave school or university? 2. Does a subject have to interest you in order for you to learn about it effectively? 3 Can you learn from other people or only from books or digital material? Why/Why not? 161 Module 10 Broadening your horizons General verb phrases; phrases with come, go, make and take; nouns from phrasal verbs > EXPERT GRAMMAR page 190 General verb phrases 1a_ Choose the words below to complete the verb phrases in bold in the sentences. aback comparison concem justficaion making _ practice disposal question exempt short 1 Fortunately, the charity my brother set up is. from tax. 2. My tutor informed me that taking an extra year to finish my degree is out of the 3 There's no between the course here and the one at other universities. 4 In the exam, mm going to put into everything Ive learnt this year! 5 Your future is in your hands, the speaker said ‘Itsall of your own what you end up doing in life’ 6 Sue's not of creativity, but she’s lacking in organisational skis, 7 There's no for not turning up to class ~ you were all given the timetable two weeks ago! 8 The professor apologised for not being at our this term but he was teaching abroad! 9 Imustadmit| was taken by the high standard of English required 10 Tobe honest. i's no of mine ifthey ‘want to waste their time doing nothing, b In pairs, make up and act out a dialogue between a tutor at college and his/her student. There is a problematic situation which the tutor is trying to resolve. In your dialogue, use as many phrases from Exercise 1a as you can, Phrases with come, go, make and take 2. Study the groups of phrases on page 190, then read the beginning of the following short story. Underline the phrases you find. In pairs or groups, write the remainder of the short story, including at least four more of the phrases. Phillp was a very keen stucient of French. His university tutor thought he had a good chance of going for a doctorate after he graduated. As the summer holiday approached before his final year at university, he came toa decision. He would take the opportunity to go ‘backpacking around France and practise his French it went without saying that he'd have to take some textbooks with him but he was pretty fit so he should manage OK While Philip was in France, he picked up a strange bug which meant he had to stay in bed fora. day — and study — but he then made a swift recovery ‘and hitched a lft witha lorry that was going to the Dordogne area. The lorry dropped him at the foot of alittle hill, and 2s Philip came to an exhausted halt outside a lttle brasserie, who should he see but... eee cee Nouns from phrasal verbs 3 Anumber of compound nouns are formed from phrasal verbs. Combine the words below with the particle given and complete the sentences. (The particle may come either at the beginning or at, the end of the word) break come daw take (2) tum feed goings look put 1 Hfyour (out) are more than your (in) then you'e in trouble! 2 Rfter the (up) in the company’s finances, they putin a__ (over) bid for a rival firm, 3. Unfortunately, there was a (down) in communication amongst the members of the team, 4 You should be on the (out) for any new work opportunities since many companies have reduced their {in} of new graduates 5. | wonder why the factorys (out) has decreased in recent months? Perhaps we need to investigate some of the workers’ complaints. 6 The only (back) of her research project was that the. (back) for her questionnaire was going to come from multiple sources. Very time-consuming to collate! Module 10 Broadening your horizons Lead-in 1 How good are you at time management? Do you ever feel that there aren’t enough hours in the day? Discuss the time management skills required by: + a student at school or collage + a professional at work * a professional who works from home + a professional with a family Use of English 2 (Paper 1 Part 3) 2 These words all form nouns using the suffixes -ance/-ence, -ency, -ity and -ship. __ Developing skills: 1 Classify them into the correct group, writing the noun form, forming nouns ending in 2 Then find their other forms: verb, adjective, adverb, opposite (where -ance/-ence, -ency, -ity, -ship applicable) able allow apprentice confide efficient entrepreneur exist experience fluent hard literate maintain patient prior proficient relevant secure signify visible *-ance/-ence sency: ity: +-ship: Word formation 3 _ Read the strategy on page 167, then do the task. > EXPERT STRATEGIES page 167 For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use the word given in CAPITALS atthe end of some of the lines to form a ‘word that fits in the gap in the same line. There isan example atthe beginning (0). The Swis: For anyone who works from home, time (0) _nanagenzat_can MANAGE be a teal problem. Poor planning is often to blame, like not (oe EN eee knowing how to (1) tasks effectively. Similarly, an PRIORITY 2) to say no can lead people to take on more work ABLE ‘than they can (3) deal with, But there are solutions. REALISTIC ‘One useful tip is something called the Swiss Cheese Approach. ‘A large complex project can seem daunting, so it can be hard tomake a start on it, Yet even a few minutes a day devoted to such a project could make quite an (4) difference. APPRECIATE. By ‘eating away" at it, the task can be moved forward in ways that make it seem more (5) : ACCESS One aspect of this can be the keeping of a daily record of work, which can provide valuable (6) into whether SIGHT time is being used (7) or not, A clear policy on PRODUCT (8). can also be useful. Just because someone works INTERRUPT from home, it doesn’t mean they have to be available to friends 24/7, Task analysis 4 How many changes did you have to make to the base words? Did you get them all? Discussion 5 _ Discuss the following statements. 1. Worrying about things can waste time, and 80 percent of the things we worry about never actually happen!” 2 The way to get things done is to focus the mind on what the privity is at any given moment. Everything else can weit tl later’ 163, Module 10 Broadening your horizons Writing 2 (Paper 2 Part 1: Essay) 164 Lead-in 1 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of a university education, What are the alternatives? Understand the task 2 Read the task below. Summarise in one sentence the main ideas expressed in each of the texts. What do you think about the topics? Read the two texts, Write an essay summarising and evaluating the key points from both texts, Use your own words throughout as far as possible, and include your own ideas in your answers. Write your answer in 240-280 words. | The future of higher education It's true to say that higher education remains the goal for a large number of young people, since nothing much can beat the satisfaction of acquiring a university degree, Even as we speak, however, fundamental changes to the system are in progress and it’s anybody's guess what university study will be like in twenty years’ time. For one thing, relative ease of international travel means that in the future, more students may not choose to go to university in thei home country.Then there's the increase in online ‘teaching, although the general consensus is that this vill never wholly substitute face-to-face teaching, Plan your task 3 2 Analternative to higher education Apprenticeships offer young people vocational ‘raining rather than academic study as such, and studies have shown that this type of traning has a positive effect on their happiness level # University study! Indeed, there are many advantages to doing an apprenticeship, whether is from the age of 6,17 or |B on in life. The possibilities are varied. ranging from veterinary nursing to boat: building to creating sets for the theatre. Granted, the final salary isn’t always huge but at least you get an income during the apprenticeship and a reasonable guarantee of ajob after finishing Make notes summarising the two texts, as you did on page 158. ‘Then decide where you want to include your evaluation of the ideas. Language and content Using impersonal statements Using text adverbials Expressing grades of agreement Write your essay > EXPERT STRATEGIES pope 169 Check your essay > EXPERT WRITING page 191 4 5 6 7 Module 10 iT} Broadening your horizons ‘These are a useful way of making general statements in a more formal way. itis often caimed/suggested Itis widely/generaly understood/believed/accepted Many/Cerain people claimvassume..__Ithas been pointed out that Itis common knowledge that ._Itseemsas though Use impersonal statements to comment on some of the ideas in the texts in Exercise 2 ‘Text adverbials can be very useful to introduce or link your points. Choose an adverb or adverbial phrase from the list below to complete the sentences. Sometimes, more than one is possible. apparently chiefly evidently insomerespects mainly on the contary presumably theoretically toacerainextent uptoa point 1 more students are choosing to study technology and ‘engineering than arts subjects these days. 2 a university education should give you a broader perspective on lif, although sometimes you wouldnt think it 3 _ studying abroad would be interesting but in other ways it ‘would be more challenging, 4 | agree with his views but there are some areas where we differ. Choose an appropriate way of agreeing or disagreeing with the following statements. Agreement Withouta doubt,... Undoubtedly... Im (absolutely) convinced Itoialy agree. Im very much in favour of Partial agreement Itend to feel that... Most ofthe writers arguments are plausible though Im fairy certain that... minctined to agree with Disagreement Iiminot (entirely) convinced that Its doubtful that Strong disagreement Iseriously doubt whether Its highly unlikely that Im strongly against/opposed to 1 Education is a waste of time. Its better to get out into the world and learn through experience. 2 You can learn more about lfe through books and learning than you can through simply living 3 Practical skills are as important as gaining a good education - where would we be without them? 4. Manual and intellectual skills should be paid equally. 5. Football stars deserve to be paid huge salaries. 6 The average number of career changes during our lifetime is five to seven, 50 why specialise? Do the task in Exercise 2, using the strategies on page 169 and some of the phrases on this page to help you. Edit your essay, using the checklist on page 191. Module 10 Broadening your horizons eae : 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1 Lam ata loss to understand why Damian is (vary late for class! 2 Tmust admit, in the photo of her twenty years Complete the text with the words below. access board question saying comparison ganted sification short surprse worse it's funny how we all tend to take education for (1) these days but only a couple of hundred years ago, a good. ago, she's quite (recognise) education was out of the (2) for the majority of the 3 Jenny was lucky to have the (secure) of population, Education was the prerogative ofthe select few and. asteady job. ‘twas only in the last century that schooling became widely 4 Setting an example of successful (entrepreneur) can give a positive example to available for all children up to the age of 16 or 18. The trouble is, ‘young people. ‘amilarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes, so it comes as 5 I don't think you can say that any of ourstudents no (3) that a large number of schools come under are (sufficient) prepared for their exams ~ theyre al excellent! 6 The talk we heard about Italian Renaissance art was (Forget) - particularly since it ook place in a building overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice! 7 The food in that restaurant was (Gescribe) bad - that's definitely one to cross off the list. 8 Can anyone tell me what the Gignify) of the Latin language was in the development of modern English? ‘Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use between three and eight words. 1 Paul didn't want us to leave the party so early (objected) Paul the party so early 2. After the meeting, the employees voiced their thoughts about the way the management was behaving. (commented) Aer the meeting, the employees behaviour, 3. Some bg businesses have been criticised for thelr lack of sustainability programmes (come) Some big businesses of their lack of sustainability programmes. 4 Would you like me to bring you up-to-date with the latest developments? cra Would you like the latest developments? 5 They suggested that | should summarise what we had decided. {sum} tt what we had decided. 6 The office workers persuaded their boss to let. them have an extra half-day holiday. (talked) The office workers them an extra half-day holiday, attack nowadays, bot from students and from parents. Some of the comments you might hear are: ‘Education is going from bad to (4) ¥ or Our schoois are so (5) of funds they can't create ary more sparing facilis!’ However, It's very easy to forget that, generally speaking, most children nowadays have (6) ‘0 apretty ood all-round ‘education. goes without (7)___that there's no @) between the facilities generally available ‘Nowadays in schools and coleges and what was around last century. Not only that, but so much knowledge is on hand at the click of a mouse, So, one might say, there is absolutly no © {or ignorance or narrow-mindedness in today's ‘World. Wel that's @ thought to take on (10) __ 4 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. My opinion is that you shouldn't ___ producing anything that is less than your best Atakeon Bsettlefor C start up 2 I try not to___ other people's opinions uniess totally agree with them, Agoalongwith Bface upto Cdragon 3 Wee lucky in that our tutor sets us realistic__ for our assignments. Aprofiles B resources C deadlines 4 Whatis the subject __ of tomorrow's lecture? Amatter Btopic lesson 5 The company has been warned that their__ must increase otherwise it will be closed down outgoings Boutlook C output 6 This year's __ of graduate students is of a very high calibre Aincome Bintake C takeover visti

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