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The document presents opinions from four individuals regarding the education system. Sara advocates for creative language teaching, Nick criticizes the abundance of exams, Robert emphasizes the need for discipline, and Diane expresses concern over students' writing skills. The text also includes exercises related to vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension based on the opinions shared.

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The document presents opinions from four individuals regarding the education system. Sara advocates for creative language teaching, Nick criticizes the abundance of exams, Robert emphasizes the need for discipline, and Diane expresses concern over students' writing skills. The text also includes exercises related to vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension based on the opinions shared.

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Sara

I’m a teacher of French and Spanish, and I think foreign languages are one of the
areas where it’s good to be creative. Young people need to learn foreign languages
by speaking them and doing fun activities like role-plays instead of just doing
written exercises. Of course there is some hard work in learning a language, like
trying to remember all those verbs, but I think it’s a good idea to try to make
classroom activities as enjoyable as possible.
Nick
I left school four years ago, and looking back, one thing I’d say about the education
system is that there are too many exams. Instead of being able to enjoy learning
about something, you’re always worried about when the next test is, what questions
are going to be in it, and whether or not you’re going to pass. I also think there
should be fewer compulsory subjects. I had to study physics until I was 16 but I
never had any interest in it, and I’ve now forgotten everything I learned. It feels like
it was a waste of time.
Robert
As a teacher for more than thirty years, I think these days there’s too much emphasis
on letting young people ‘express themselves’ in the classroom, and not enough
emphasis on discipline. Most of my colleagues have problems with pupils who are
always messing around in lessons. These kids don’t respect the teachers or the other
pupils, and we shouldn’t have to put up with them – it should be easier to suspend or
expel them if they don’t behave.
Diane
These days you see so many young people who can’t seem to write anything, not
even a short email, without lots of spelling and punctuation mistakes. When I was at
school the education system used to concentrate on reading, writing and maths – and
sometimes, as a parent of young children myself, I worry that we’ve now moved too
far away from that.
READ THE TEXTS AND FIND THE SYNONYMS OF THESE WORDS

TESTS:
CO-WORKER:
STUDENT:
TOLERATE:
KIDS:

READ THE TEXTS AND FIND:

VERBS + TO INFINITIVE:
VERBS + ING:
VERBS (PRESENT SIMPLE, SIMPLE PAST, PRESENT PERFECT)
CONNECTORS:
ADVERBS:

WHO …..?
READ THE TEXT AND WRITE THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE NEXT TO THE
SENTENCE.

1- ……………. LEFT SCHOOL FOUR YEARS AGO.


2- ………………. TEACHES FRENCH AND SPANISH.
3-…………….. SEES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN’T WRITE ANYTHING.
4- ……………. HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS.
5-…………….. THINKS THAT IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
MORE ENJOYABLE.
6. ……………. THINKS THAT THERE SHOULD BE FEWER COMPULSORY SUBJECTS.
7……………… SAYS THAT KIDS DON’T RESPECT THE TEACHERS.
8- ……………. USED TO CONCENTRATE ON READING, WRITING AND MATHS.
9……………… HAS FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING HE LEARNED.
10……………. THINKS THAT KIDS SHOULD BE SUSPENDED IF THEY DON’T BEHAVE.
TRUE OR FALSE T
F

1-SARAH THINKS THAT STUDENTS SHOULD DO MORE


WRITTEN EXERCISES.

2-NICK SAYS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY EXAMS IN THE


EDUCATION SYSTEM.

3- ROBERT SAYS THAT THERE ISN’T ENOUGH EMPHASIS


ON DISCIPLINE.

4-DIANE SAYS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN WRITE


WITHOUT MAKING SPELLING MISTAKES.

5- TEACHERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH PUPIL’S


BEHAVIOUR.

6- ACCORDING TO SARAH TEACHERS SHOULD BE CREATIVE


WHEN TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE.

7- EDUCATION SYSTEM USED TO CONCENTRATE ON


SPEAKING

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