Questions for Reproduction

Discuss the following questions with your partner and use them as a plan when making up the final monologue on the topic.

SPEAKING

WRITING

Discuss the following questions with your partner.

Listen to the article once again and retell it.

Listen to the article and check if your variants in 1 were right.

Match the following phrases from the article.

Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	Misbehave	a.	students
	Tough	b.	orderliness
3.	Discipline	c.	behaviour
4.	Unruly	d.	perform
5.	Achieve	e.	suggests
6.	Measures	f.	(be) naughty
7.	Proposes	g.	input
8.	Pupils	h.	strict
9.	Voice	i.	actions
10.	Actions	j.	uncontrollable

1.	parents could soon face a	a.	behaviour
	introduce tough new laws	b.	with parents
3.	current policies on unruly	c.	back our teachers
4.	He wants parents to play	d.	private tutors
5.	Every parent has a responsibility to	e.	fine and prison
6.	the relationship between	f.	their children’s actions
7.	He proposes to give pupils	g.	schools and parents
8.	parents will have a bigger voice in	h.	to improve discipline
9.	the plans are unlikely to be popular	i.	their part
10.	they should go to prison for	j.	how schools operate

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the term ‘school rules’?
c)	Are you concerned about the condition and future of schools?
d)	Do you think it’s a good idea to make parents pay fines if their children misbehave?
e)	How is discipline at schools in your country?
f)	Do you think parents need parenting courses?
g)	What would you want to happen to bullies or students who are truant?
h)	Were there (are there) any school rules you hate(d)?
i)	What part did / do your parents play in your school?
j)	Did you always follow the rules in your school?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS

a)	Did you like reading this article?
b)	What kind of relationship should there be between schools and parents?
c)	Do you think the idea of private tutors for poorly performing students is a good one?
d)	What do you think of the idea of having doctors and social workers being in schools?
e)	Do you think school rules should be stricter?
f)	Would fining parents work?
g)	What would you do to improve discipline in schools?
h)	What do you think of the idea of all learning being online, at home?
i)	Were / Are you a well-behaved student?
j)	What questions would you like to ask Schools Secretary Ed Balls?

Write an essay to comment on one of the following quotations:

1. Alfred Mercier: “What we learn with pleasure we never forget”.
2. John Dewey: “Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself”.
3. Publilius Syrus: “Practice is the best of all instructors”.

1. What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘education’? What are the stages of compulsory education in our country?

1. How important do you think education is?

1. Do you think you had a good education?

1. What do you think of the idea of all education being online?

1. What are your best and worst memories of school years?

1. What would the world be like if everyone had access to good education?

1. What does your government do to improve the education system?

1. In which country do you think you can receive the best education?

1. What problems do people getting higher education face
2. Is the level of education in your country good? Why?
3. What would you like to change about the education system of your country
4. Would you like to work in education?
5. Do you think there’s a lot of money to be made in education?
6. When does education begin?
7. What do you think of single-sex education?
8. What do you think of the idea of lifelong education?

UNIT 9 ANIMALS

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