Unit 11 : Education
- 2. READING LINK : When I was a child, homework was the cause of many arguments between my parents. My mother believed that doing homework was the only way for us to make progress. My father, on the other hand, thought we should have learned everything we needed to know while we were in school. It is true to say, though, that most students don’t want to hear anything about homework. In this age of leisure it seems inhuman to expect our young people to do four or five hours of homework while their parents are watching TV. We know that by the time they finish their homework, they will have missed all the interesting shows. As a result of recent research, many experts believe that homework is a complete waste of time, especially when many children appear to get their homework done by someone else. In fact, some people say that the only positive result of giving homework is that children become very creative in finding new excuses for not having done it. Apart from parents and people in education, there are other people who suggest that school should be like a modern business. Most good managers do not take their work home, but manage their time and complete their work during their working hours. Personally, I think that a simple change in the schedule at school would allow children to do individual work with a teacher around to help, if needed. Teachers wouldn’t feel so tired as there would be less grading and students would have a better balance between study and free times. Have you finished Your Homework? 1 2 3 4 5
- 3. LOOK AT PARAGRAPH A-F. FIVE OF THESE WERE REMOVED FROM THE ARTICLE AGAIN AND INSERT THE MISSING PARAGRAPHS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED IN TASK B.(ONE OF THEM SIS EXTRA AND WILL NOT BE USED. ) A. Other experts would disagree. Saying that it is good for education to be continues at home and for parents to be involved. They think that it is good for children to work alone and to try to practice what they are supposed to have learned in class. B. So, why can’t children and teachers do the same? Imagine a life without homework. You would need fewer books and you would spend less energy on moving all their heavy books from one place to another. Not only that, a lot of time would be saved. C. Homework gives both teachers and students a Headache. By next September I will have been teaching at the same school for 19 years. I have seen that the teacher has two types of problem. First, I ness to make sure that the homework is done, and in a way that is readable. Second, teachers continue to make complaints about the number of books they have to carry from school to home and back again. D. I have to admit my mother was right. When you didn’t do your homework, you were the first to suffer. Teachers found ways of making you feel silly in front of your classmates, and parents even tried to stop their children’s allowances. E. Don’t think that parents like the idea of homework, either! They don’t. In our fast moving world most parents are now faced with the problem of not being able to understand what their children are learning. These parents prefer to listen to opinion that says to leave the homework at school. F. Unfortunately, as the world becomes more and more competitive, it seems that homework is here to stay. Perhaps future students will find a way to get their computers to do their homework for them! C
- 4. ANSWER 1 E 2 D 3 C 5 F 4 B
- 5. VOCABULARY LINK Read these examples from the article with make or do. Now look at the chart and study the other phrases with make and do. Then complete the chart with the words in the box. D …the only way for our to make progress… …allow children to do individual work… an excuse certain damage wrong a complaint work Make Do an excuse Work Curtain Damage A complaint wrong
- 6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of make or do. 1. I think he make a lot of progress when he gets a new teacher. 2. Don’t worry! I do favor that for you. I promise. 3. I only make one mistake in the last test. 4. As long as you do your best, I will be happy. 5. Take the medicine, It make you good. 6. Computers make a difference in teaching methods since they were introduced into school. Match the phrasal verbs with meanings. 1. hurry up (d) 2. cross out (g) 3. go on (b) 4. tidy up (a) 5. wipe off (f) 6. turn in (e) 7. hand out (c) E F a. Make neat and clean b. Continue c. Give to a specific person d. Move quickly e. Give to a number of people f. Erase g. Put lines through
- 7. Complete the sentences with the correct from the phrasal verb in task F. 1. The teacher wasn’t very happy when the students forgot tidy up the classroom. 2. Maria can’t go on like this all year! She studies all night and never sleeps. 3. Student demonstrators hand out fliers yesterday morning in protest of the new exam system. 4. John didn’t turn in any homework last semester, so the teacher decided to see him to the counselor. 5. When Penny wipe off the blackboard, she always misses spots. 6. Unless they hurry up, they are not going to get to school on time. 7. The exercise will be easier if you cross out the words as you use them. G
- 8. GRAMMAR LINK Future Perfect When can we used future perfect ? We use this to talk about something that will have happened before a certain time in the future. Example : 1) They will have finished all their tests by the end of the week. 2) Will she have given them their grades by half past one ? FORM: Subject + Will have + v.3
- 9. Future Perfect Continuous When can we used future perfect continuous? We use this to talk about how long something will have been in progress at a certain time in the future Example : 1) By 2015, I will have been living here for 25 years. 2) I will have been eating breakfast for 30 minutes at 8 o’clock tomorrow. Remember : Don’t use Future Perfect Continuous with stative verbs FORM : Subject + will have + been + v.ing
- 10. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in parentheses into the Future Perfect or Future Perfect Continuous. 1. By the time we got to the lesson, It will have started. 2. Will you have forgotten your homework before your father gets home? 3. By the end of the year, the teacher will have been working in this school for 15 years. 4. She will have been forgetting all the things you have taught her in a few years’ time. 5. I will have done all my homework by the time the game starts. 6. I will have complete the project by the end of the semester. 7. When my sister leaves college, She will have been studying for 18 years! 8. I am sure our teacher won’t have forgotten to grade our teasts. H
- 11. SPEAKING LINK J Good sense of humor Strong leadership skills Excellent knowledge of the subject patience Abillity to express themselves Ability to relate To young people Work with a partner and talk about the qualitiesof an ideal teacher.Choose the three most important qualitiesfrom the list below. Put them in order starting with the quality you think is the most important.It doesn’t matter if you don’t agree with each other,but you must give reasons for your opinions
- 12. EXAMPLE I don't agree. I think it's very important that teacher is strong leadership skills.
- 13. READTHE TASK ANDSTORY.THENCOMPLETETHE STORYWITH THECORRECTFORM OF THE VERBSIN PARENTHESE. I couldn’t believemy luck.This was the chance ofa lifetime! I had been chosen to represent my school on a two-week visit to NASA.Thank goodness I had everything I needed for the trip,because the letter arrived at the last minute! It was very long flight, but no one complained.We were too busy getting to know each other. When we finallyarrived at the space center,we were shown to our rooms to unpack and,after thatwe didn’t stop. The days passed very quickly as we found out what it was like to be an astronaut.We tired on space suit,and went into a special room where it felt like you were floating in space.We even ate the same food that astronauts eat! Unfortunately,the tripwas over before we knew it but I never forgot it! Who knows,one day I might be a real astronaut! K