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Feedback test unit 3

The British school system

Pay attention!!

"At school we learn a few foreign languages." → correct 

"In school we learn..." → possible, but more common in American English, and even then it sounds a bit more general or abstract

So pls go with at school while speaking or writing 

Let´s talk about 

The British school system

What do you already know about it?

The British school system explained

Boarding schools

A very British phenomenon. Think of The O'Sullivan Twins (de dolle tweeling) or Harry Potter. Boarding school stories make up an entire literary genre.

Interested in listening to a fragment?

• What do you think are the perks of attending a boarding school?
• What about the other side of the coin? What are the drawbacks of life at a boarding school?

Here's an insightful video of Nikolas Lloyd, a British youtuber who went to a boarding school for two years at the age of 16.

So, having seen this video

From what age can children be sent to a boarding school?

Can you think of new perks?

Can you think of new drawbacks?

Would you consider sending your own children to such a school?

How do you say that?

Tussenuur:

having a free period / hour or being in between classes.

Useful school

idioms 

In addition:

see next slide, read the next slide, read the article and answer the questions 

theconversation.com

Do you know?

• The number of languages in the world?  
• The language with the most native speakers? 
• The language with the most non-native speakers? 
• The oldest written language that still exists?
• The country with the most languages spoken by native inhabitants? 

7000

Mandarin

English

Chinese and Greek

Papua New Guines (over 800 living languages)

papua new gini

When and how did you first start learning English?

• I started learning English when I was at a primary school.
• I like speaking and reading English but I'm not so good at writing.

Gateway

p.40-41

Now

Look at the pictures and tell me how each one can help to learn English

Ex 3

The language biography complies an overview of a student's most important language-learning experiencies.

Read the text in ex 3 and mark the paragraphs.

The answers 

1. My name is... I can speak English
2. I started learning...we practised speaking
3. At the moment...on the computer
4. Outside school... to London for example.
5. I like learning English.... revise them from time to time. 

Use the Writing bank tips and write your language-biography.

Hand it in via Teams 

At home 

• Grammar revision ex1,2 p.43
•  Vocab revision ex 1,2,3 p.43
• Language biography (Teams)