Education

Speaking topics : education

Personalized topics that can go with snakes and ladders

Students form family groups of (ideally) four: two parents, two teenage children. The wealthy parents want to send their teenage son and daughter to private schools in English. Students take it in turns to read the short prospectuses for four public shools and then decide which child will go to which school. This can be made more intesting by setting a budget of GBP 15,000 per term.

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Listening

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How babies learn in the womb, and how they pick up accents at a young age

BBC Six minute English

Book references

Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate

Unit 12 Student Pages 109 - 114
(1) Reading : Robbie Williams (2) Listening : memorable teachers (3) Speaking : anecdote - favourite teacher (4) Reading : Look at us now -people who proved their teachers wrong

Straightforward Advanced Student's Book

1B First day Page 8 Listening: starting at a new school

Reward Upper-intermediate Resource Pack

9a Schooldays Page 9
Find someone who on the topic of school.

Education

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Speaking topics : education

Choosing a public school

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