Unit 2- Education and Work(Incomplete)

ABC English Club

English Speaking Course

Unit 1- Personal Information

By Ben Tran

Overview

• Your School and Study Talking about your school and your study;

• What do you do? Talking about your work and work experience

Getting Started

• Name the popular school in your area. Which school do you think is the best one?

• What school do you or did you go to? Say something about your school.

My School part 1

There is a white three-storey building, surrounded by greenery, located at Simei Town Central. That is Simei Primary School. That is also the place where I have schooled for the last five years or so. My school uniform is white. The boys wear a white shirt and white shorts while the girls wear a white blouse and skirt. The uniform must always be worn with the school badge which bears our school motto “Nothing without labour”. It means that we must be willing to work to get our reward. We are also taught to be honest and polite all the time.

My School part 2

Most of the teachers in my school are just and kind. However, there are some teachers who show favouritism. As a result, the students who are favoured by these teachers are very proud and like to bully the others. In general, however, we all treat one another like siblings and live in harmony. I am sad that I will have to leave my school at the end of this year. It has given me knowledge, friends and happy moments. I will always remember my school and the fond memories it holds.

Answer questions

1. Where is the school mentioned in the reading?

2. How long did the person in the story study there?

3. What color are the uniforms for boys and girls?

About you

a) Did you have to wear uniform when you were at school? If yes, did you like it? Why or why not?

b) What do you think about wearing a uniform at school? In what way is good or bad?

Vocabulary 1

• Compulsory : obligatory The military service is no longer compulsory in many countries. Maths is a compulsory subject in most of schools.

• boarding school : a school where you learn and live at the same time They wouldn’t send their children to a boarding school, where they couldn’t control them.

• to take attendance : to check whether students are present in the classroom Our biology teacher never takes attendance so I rarely go to her classes.

• Curriculum : the group of subjects that you have to learn in a particular school The Ministry of Education is planning to add new subjects to the curriculum of primary schools.

Vocabulary 2

• Absent / present She has been absent from school for ten days now, because of the serious illness.

• to misbehave : to behave badly The teacher is so strict and severe that nobody ever dares to misbehave in her classes.

• to cheat : to behave in a dishonest way to achieve what you want, for example to look at your classmate’s test during an exam English schools are strict with students who cheat during exams. They are usually expelled from school.

Vocabulary 3

• to catch s.b doing s.th : to see or discover that someone is doing something bad or dishonest He was caught smoking behind the school, so the teacher called for his parents.

• school-leaving exam : an exam that you take at the end of your education in a particular school It’s warm and sunny, but we all have to sit at home and study for our school-leaving exam.

• to cut school/class : to be absent at school without a good excuse He has bad marks due to the fact that he often cuts classes to play football with friends.

Your School

Work in pair and find out about school(s) your partner went to.

- What it is called.

- Where the school is.

- When you went to that school.

- What the school and the teacher were like

Suggestions

Suggested questions and answers about school. 1. Where do/did you go to school?

- I go/went to …..(school name). It’s a ….. school in …(place)… - I’m a student at …(school name)… It’s a …. School in …….(place)…

2. When do/did you go to …(school name)….. school? I’m currently a student there. / I went to that school when I was …..(age)…./in high school

3. How is the …..(school name) school? It’s a big school with more than 1000 students. There are ….. classrooms.

4. How is the teachers? (review personalities)

Talk about your school

Describe a school that you went to when you were a child. You should say

- where the school was - when you went there - what the school and the teachers were like - and explain whether you enjoyed your time there.

School subjects

List the school subjects you take or took:

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- Read and listen:

http://elllo.org/english/Mixer051/T071-Subject.htm

Subject(s) you are good at

• What subject(s) do / did you like at school? Why?

• What subject(s) are / were you good at? Why?

• What subject(s) do you think it/they is/are still useful to you / your work now? How / in what ways?

Pronunciation

Skills and Job references

1. Are you good at……. communicating with people? remembering names? solving problems? making decision quickly? meeting deadlines?

2. Do you ……… have any special skill? have any experience? have any special certificates or diplomas? speak any foreign languages?

3. Do you like ……. travelling? commuting? working evenings?

Work and Work places

• Talking about job - what your job is - you like it or not, why or why not - how people at your work place are

• Who you work for! - types of company - big or small - number of staff - etc..

"A great place to work is one in which you trust the people you work for, have pride in what you do, and enjoy the people you work with.” — Robert Levering

Suggested answers