Objectives:
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Understand ILP targets.
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Discuss grammar schools
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Use ‘used to’ to talk about past habits and experiences
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What makes a good teacher?
- Prepare and give a 4 minute presentation
- Take part in a role play to demonstrate negotiation skills
- Listen and ask and answer questions about a complex process
- Take part in a 3-way discussion on a topic of global or national interest
Why does Theresa May want to bring back grammar schools?
Today’s words:
chatterbox noun [ C ]
a person, especially a child, who talks a lot:
elite noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
C1 the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trainedgroup in a society:
the country’s educated elite
a member of the elite
tertiary adjective
tertiary adjective (THIRD)
formal relating to a third levelor stage
coeducational adjective
having male and femalestudents being taught together in the same school or collegerather than separately:
Girls tend to do better academicallyin single-sex schools than in coeducational ones.
school assembly:
PhD
In the UK, a PhD stands for ‘Doctor of Philosophy’, sometimes referred to as a ‘doctorate’. It is the highest level of degree that a student can achieve. At some institutions, including Oxford University, a Doctor of Philosophy is known as a DPhil.
A graduate wearing a mortarboard (on his head):
free school
noun
(in England) a school set up by an organization or a group of individuals, funded by the government but not controlled by the local authority.
Academy schools are state-funded schoolsin England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individualAcademy Funding Agreements. Most academies are secondary schools.
How much are Eton fees?
£240,000 for a princely education at Eton. Arguably the most famous of private schools in the UK – both the Princes attended – is Eton. Eton’s schooling costs a whopping £34,434 per year – nearly three times as much as the minimum wage in the UK.
the peace process
Increasing the number of women in top management jobs will be a slow process.
This decision may delay the process of European unification.
negotiation noun [ C or U ]
educated guess noun [ C usually singular ]
C2 a guess that is made using judgment and a particular level ofknowledge and is therefore more likely to be correct
