B) Compare the 3 projects you have worked out with those of other groups

Answer the following questions.

Speech activities

Fill in the blanks with the right word or phrase from the functional vocabulary.

Explain what the following words and phrases mean from the context in which they are used.

Find in the text the word or words which have a similar meaning to the following.

Language focus

Functional vocabulary

counterpart n	зд. человек, занимающий аналогичное положение
credit n	зд. зачет, удостоверение о прохождении какого-л. курса в учебном заведении
linger v	медлить, засиживаться (on, over – над чем-л.); задерживаться
stifle v	душить, задыхаться
scrape through v (school, college)	с трудом закончить (школу, колледж)
tailor to v	зд. приспосабливать, изменять для определенной цели

– to make sth suitable for a particular purpose by changing the details;

– to leave an institution without finishing a course or task;

– a period of time when a person gains experience in a particular area of activity or work;

– a document about a successful completion of a part of a higher education course.

– part-time apprenticeship;

– academic requirements/development;

– counterparts in ordinary high schools;

– I felt stifled;

– I was just a number.

1. I have … longer on some smaller, relatively less well-known poems.

2. When Dr. Neill began his experimental school, he … all discipline, all direction, all moral training.

3. In my opinion TV totally … the creative imagination of the child and this can seriously affect him in later life.

4. At some universities and colleges you need a particular number of … to be awarded a degree.

5. After finishing school she regarded herself as … only to be a secretary.

6. Indifferent scholars who, under discipline, … through college or university become … specialists.

1. Is this the first time you have heard of such a school?

2. Why are the final years often referred to as "troublesome"? How did you feel about your final years at school?

3. Do you think you would have benefited from going to a similar school? If so, in what ways?

4. With the rest of the class consider the advantages of this kind of education as a preparation for later life as opposed to more conventional schooling.

5. Are there any features that make you doubt whether a school like this can work in this country?

2. Group work:

a) Work in groups of 3 or 4. Imagine that the town in which you live is planning to set up a similar City-as-School. Work out 3 projects for students to do in the town which you think will be of value to them in later life (e.g. helping in the office of the local newspaper).

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