Check-in + Step 1: Moving on from secondary school

Unit 6: What comes next?

Check-in: It's never too late

Ex. 1

Look at the images below. Why do you think these people have been in the news?

Discuss with your classmates. Tip: think about education!

Ex. 3

Watch one of the videos. Complete the fact file. 

Share the information with your team members after you have finished.

  Madeline Adams           Giuseppe Paterno            Joyce DeFauw

Step 1: Moving on from secondary school

Discussing higher education

1 / To uni or to college?

Ex. 1

1 What do you already know about higher education in Belgium? Discuss the following questions with a partner.

a Which universities and university colleges do you know in Flanders, Brussels, and the Walloon Region? Name as many as you can.

b Do you know the difference between a university and a university college in Belgium? If so, what is it? If not, look it up!

c What do you think are the main differences between secondary school life and college or university life?

d What are good qualities to have if you want to go to university and/or to university colleges?

Ex. 2

Complete the table about higher education in Flanders. Choose words from the box.

Academic

bridge program

Master

PhD

Professional

Ex. 3

You will get an infographic and a worksheet about the higher education system in either the UK or the US. Read the text and do the tasks below.

a First fill in the information about Flanders and the country you get in the table.

b Then tell a classmate what you have learned.

c Complete the table with your classmate’s information.

d Discuss what you think about the differences you have seen so far.

Ex. 4

Let’s look at higher education in the UK. Read the text about life at a UK university and answer the questions. 

a What is fresher’s week?

1. a week in which you eat a lot of fresh food
2. the first week of university, full of parties and activities
3. a week in which first year students have to prove they are worthy to join different groups
4. the last week of university

1 You should get tickets to all the parties for fresher’s week in advance.

1. true
2. false

1 You should get tickets to all the parties for fresher’s week in advance.

FALSE

Some of the big Facebook events are fake and you won’t go to

everything.

2 Most students buy their food at the ‘cheaper’ supermarkets.

1. true
2. false

3 It is better to just order takeaway than to cook yourself.

1. true
2. false

3 It is better to just order takeaway than to cook yourself.

FALSE

Uni is a good time to learn how to cook properly.

4 You don’t really need to attend your lectures or seminars to pass.

1. true
2. false

4 You don’t really need to attend your lectures or seminars to pass.

FALSE

You will regret it in June.

5 Most students live with other students while at university.

1. true
2. false

6 Most students don’t have a lot of money.

1. true
2. false

c Can you already see some differences between life at a Belgium university and life at a university in the UK?

Ex. 5-6-7

Prepare ex. 5-6-7 in your teams. 

Check the answers in the correction keys.

Ex. 5

University life comes with a whole lot of new vocabulary. Find the words that match the definitions in the word search and write them next to the definitions. Words can be found

horizontally and vertically. 

Ex. 6

Match the words and idioms from the text with their definitions.

Ex. 7

Combine the verbs and prepositions to form the phrasal verbs used in the text to replace the underlined phrases. Some of the prepositions can be used more than once. Conjugate the verbs!

Ex. 8

Read the excerpt about life at college in the US and answer the questions.

2 / The cost of studying

Ex. 1

3 / Never mind this, I’m going on a gap year

Ex. 1