- •Education Unit 1. Learning for Life Key Vocabulary List
- •Education in Great Britain
- •Education beyond Sixteen
- •Alternative Teaching?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Ex. 3. Study the following definitions and give the corresponding educational terms.
- •Ex. 4. Supply the best words in Parts a and b.
- •Education in Australia
- •Unit 2. Co-education Key Vocabulary List
- •Choose the School – not the Sex
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Harassment formative years flawed detriment tend fierce reinforce underachievement inequality implicit enhance
- •Students
- •Get the Girls to School
- •Key Vocabulary List
- •Public Exams in Great Britain
- •Should Examinations Be Replaced with Other Forms of Assessment?
- •How to Pass the Exams
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Addictive disorders Unit 1. Smoking, New Attitude Key Vocabulary List
- •Addictive Disorders
- •Tobacco – The Emerging Crisis in the Developing World
- •Smoking Role Models Girls must look at themselves for a cure
- •Cracking Down on Young Smokers
- •Burned-up Bosses Snuff out Prospects of Jobs for Smokers
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 2. War on Drugs Key Vocabulary List
- •A War We Have to Win
- •We Need Better Ways to Deal with Drug Problems
- •How the Drug Problem Affects the Workplace
- •Dare to Say No (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Mass media Unit 1. Newspapers Key Vocabulary List
- •The Daily Staff
- •Press Council’s 16-point Code of Practice
- •Newspaper Headlines
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Janet Wins Battle of the Bras
- •Woman Wins Appeal over Struggle with Police Officer
- •Unit 2. Radio and Television Key Vocabulary List
- •Radio and Television in Britain
- •The Rating Battle
- •Soap Operas
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Writing
- •Unit 3. Tv or not tv Key Vocabulary List
- •Television: Advantages and Disadvantages
- •Watching with Mother
- •Tv “Damages Children’s English”
- •Children Watch Too Much Television
- •Tv Violence
- •Books, Plays and Films Should Be Censored
- •Going for the Big Break / Shouting at the Box
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The arguments for censorship
- •The counter-arguments
- •Writing
- •Unit 4. The World of Advertising Key Vocabulary List
- •Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community
- •Why is Television Advertising Capable of Manipulating People?
- •Children and Advertising
- •The Language of Advertising
- •1. Skim quickly through these advertisements. What do they have in common? What techniques do they use to attract the reader’s attention?
- •Skinny legs
- •Ashamed of prune lips?
- •Wrinkle Stick
- •2. With a partner choose two of the advertisements to read more closely. Answer these questions on style.
- •4. Work individually. For each statement, put a tick in the column which most accurately reflects your opinion.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Here are some arguments for and against advertising
- •Writing
- •List of the books cited
SECTION I
Education Unit 1. Learning for Life Key Vocabulary List
school, nursery school, infant school, primary school, secondary school, high school, modern comprehensive school, grammar school
private school, fee-paying school, independent school, public school, state school, boarding school
college, university, educational institution, self-governing institution
Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Education and Science
LEA = Local Education Authority
Provincial (or Civic) Universities
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science (M.Sc.)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
degree (associate, bachelor's, master's, doctorate), to award degree
curriculum (pl. -a) / The National Curriculum
continuing education, compulsory education, voluntary education
leisure learning programs
distance learning, home schooling, co-education
assessment and evaluation tools
to enrol, enrolment in (pre-school) programs
grade n (Am) / form n (Br)
state regulations, district regulations
to drop out v, dropout rate
edutainment
graduate, undergraduate, postgraduate
to teach students one-to-one, to teach students in small groups
to catch up on work
mark (Br) / grade (Am)
bursary, bursary system, to provide bursaries for able students
to skip lessons / to play truant from school
optional subject (electives), compulsory subject
major (1. a student's main subject at college or university 2. someone who is studying a particular subject as their main subject: a political science major)
tutorial, tuition / supervision
freshman, sophomore, junior, senior
grant / scholarship / bursary
liberal arts
practical bias, technical bias, vocational subjects, subsidized courses
lecturer, tutor, associate professor, professor
principal / headmaster
sandwich course, degree course, correspondence course/ distance learning course
academic year, term, semester
self-study
Exams and qualifications
SATs / Standard Assessment Tests (SATS) (a test in a particular subject given to children in schools in the UK)
GCSE = General Certificate of Secondary Education. The exams taken by most fifteen- to sixteen-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Marks are given for each subject separately. The syllabuses and methods of examination of the various examining boards differ. However, there is a uniform system of marks, all being graded from A to G. Grades A, B and C are regarded as “good” grades.
SCE = Scottish Certificate of Education. The Scottish equivalent of GCSE. These exams are set by the Scottish Examinations Board. Grades are awarded in numbers
(1 = the best)
A Levels = Advanced Levels. Higher-level academic exams set by the same examining boards that set GCSE exams. They are taken mostly by people around the age of eighteen who wish to go on to higher education.
SCE “Highers” = The Scottish equivalent of A-levels.
GNVQ = General National Vocational Qualification. Courses and exams in job-related subjects. They are divided into five levels, the lowest level being equivalent to GSCEs/SCEs and the third level to A-levels/“Highers”. Most commonly, GNVQ courses are studied at Colleges of Further Education, but more and more schools are also offering them.
High School Diploma / GED (General Educational Development) Certificate
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