Objectives
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Education speaking & listening
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Stereotypes
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Private schools, grammar school, state education
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Michael Gove reading
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Abdul’s student council feedback
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Khumbulani’s presentation – making things for free in Zimbabwe
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Past continuous, would & used to
Undergraduate Open Days at Salford
http://www.salford.ac.uk/study/visit/undergraduate-open-days
For and against arguments. Discuss this statement:
“Instead of attacking the successes of private education, the state education sector should seek to learn from them.”
Arguments for:
- The teacher is in charge of the topics and education.
- Parents have more control.
- There is more discipline.
Arguments against:
- The country suffers because a lack of opportunities for everyone is not good for the health of the country.
- It’s more important to talk about the unfairness of private schools. They are only for the rich!
- Is it true that teaching is better in private schools? This might not be the case.
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words:
Where are grammar schools in the UK?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_school
dunce’s cap & writing lines
grass roofed house in Zimbabwe
privilege noun
UK US /ˈprɪv.əl.ɪdʒ/
C1 [C or U] an advantage that only one person or group of peoplehas, usually because of their position or because they are rich:Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege.
an opportunity to do something special or enjoyable:I had the privilege of interviewing Picasso in the 1960s.It was a real privilege to meet her.›
the way in which rich people or people from a high social class have most of the advantages in society:a life of privilege›
specialized law the special right that some people in authority have that allows them to do or say things that other people are not allowed to:diplomatic/parliamentary privilege
perpetuate verb [T]
UK /pəˈpetʃ.u.eɪt/ US /pɚˈpetʃ-/ formal
dunce noun [C] (we don’t use this word these days, it’s not a nice thing to say!)
UK US /dʌns/ disapproving
ragged adjective
UK US /ˈræɡ.ɪd/
› (of clothes) torn and not in good condition:The children were wearing dirty, ragged clothes.› (of a person) untidy, dirty, and wearing old, torn clothes:Two ragged children stood outside the station, begging for money.
snatch verb [T] (TAKE QUICKLY)
C2 to take hold of something suddenly and roughly:He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.figurative Running the best race of his career, Fletcher snatched(= only just won) the gold medal from the Canadian champion.› to take something or someone away by force:The six-year-old girl was snatched from a playground and her bodywas found two days later.She had her purse snatched (= stolen) while she was shopping.
