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lingvistics

Education. Learning foreign languages

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How do students cheat in their exams?
Do you know anyone who was caught
cheating? What happened?

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Why can someone fail an
exam?
What might happen if one
fails an exam?
What problems might
people face while learning
a foreign language?

In your experience, what
are the best revising
strategies?
Which do you prefer: to
swot for an exam or to
cram for an exam? Why?
What can help a student
to pull an all-nighter if
they need to cram for an
exam?

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What does one need to
do to sail through their
exams?
What could you say to a
friend who has passed
their exams with flying
colours?

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How can parents and teachers
prevent children from playing
truant from classes?

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• What’s the most difficult
part of your study?
• What do you like most
about your school?
• What is your favourite
subject and why?
What are your future
study plans?
• Are you friends with
many other students in
your class?
• What makes a good
teacher?

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• What languages can you speak? How often do
you use English?
• What do you do to practise your language skills
outside the classroom?

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• Which exams do
you usually find
difficult?
• How do you
prepare for your
exams?
• Do you prefer to
take an oral or a
written test?

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• Why are you learning
English?
• Do you think you could
become a foreign language
teacher in the future?
• Why / why not?
• Do you think learning
languages is important for
people in your country?
Why / why not?

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• Do you think a
foreigner should learn
your country’s
language when they
arrive there?
• Is English difficult to
learn?
• Do you think that all
children should learn
foreign languages at
school?

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• What qualities
should a language
teacher have?
• Why are some
people better at
studying languages
than others?

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compulsory
attend
first-class
private
apply
entrance

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freshman
do
ambitious
straight A
academic
skilled
patient
sympathetic
sail

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revise
fail
core
optional
disqualified
retake

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take
for
colours
scrape
apply
first-class
play
missed

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extracurricular
take
grades
tuition
scholarship
pay
sheets
disqualified
doing

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take
pass
graduate
study
study/teach
teach
revise

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high
work to pay university or college fees
have
their career prospects in the future
lower
lack time and energy to do their assignments and get behind with the studies
strong
develop their
deal with various everyday problems.
acquire some valuable interpersonal skills.

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more
great
allow students to find a good job after they leave school.
a waste of time
what are deemed more serious or important subjects
reduce
receiving extra tutoring on topics other than PE.

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over 30% of pupils are classed as “overweight” or “obese” according
to the latest government figures.
they have to work with others at their jobs.

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As for me, I prefer face-to face classes with a tutor. There is a number of
reasons for that the main of which might be the fact that in face-to-face
classes students are normally more engaged in the process of studying and
thus achieve better results.

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I know it may sound a bit strange, but when I was a child I preferred to do
my homework in the library rather than at home because I had a baby
brother who used to cry a lot. As for the library, it is always quiet and
comfortable there. Also, it is free.

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It may sound obvious, but I prefer group classes because it is not
as demanding as individual lessons. At the same time, you get
plenty of opportunities to acquire new knowledge and improve
your skills.

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I believe that homeschooling is indeed the best option for really determined
students. Firstly, a homeschooler can give more attention to subjects which
are of most interest to him. Thus, a student can gain profound knowledge
in those disciplines which they will need in the future.

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However, some people claim that homeschooling can by no means be
considered the best option for determined students. It is argued that in order
to realize their learning potential to the fullest school children need to
compete against their peers. That is why only the traditional education
system allows students to receive decent education.

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I am absolutely convinced that native speakers cannot be considered the best
language teachers. There is a number of reasons for this the main of which
might be the fact that native speakers without proper qualifications do not
have deep knowledge of language teaching methods. Consequently, they do
not know what difficulties foreign students may face and cannot explain
the peculiarities of their mother tongue to their students.

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However, there is an opposing opinion. There are those who claim that there is
no better teacher than a native speaker. It is believed that native speakers
have a
very high level of proficiency in English and therefore their classes are
extremely effective for students.

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get on
got behind
catch up with
get rid of
look back on

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In your letter you asked me some questions about studies. Firstly, if you want to sail through exams, you need to
revise your notes, but start in advance, otherwise, you will even have to pull an all-nighter. I wouldn’t take cheat sheets
to my exam, because once an invigilator noticed them and I was disqualified. Now I will have to retake the exam.
Secondly, higher education is a must in my country as it’s impossible to get a job I’d you don’t have a degree. If you
have good grades, you can get a scholarship and your parents won’t have to pay high tuition fees. Personally, I am
going to apply to three universities and when I graduate, I am going to continue my education.

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Back to your questions. My favourite teacher is Kristina Sergeevna, she taught us in secondary school.
She’s a great person — very patient and sympathetic, and
she’s also highly qualified and experienced. She does everything for us to hone our skills and acquire
profound knowledge, so her students rarely make mistakes and always sail through exams. Talking
about online education, I think that it’s a great option for ambitious and responsible students who don’t
cheat in class and do all their homework. Finally, in my school all subjects are compulsory and you can’t
choose which of them to attend.

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In your letter you asked me some questions about studies. Yesterday we did a test and I
barely scraped through, although I had been revising for it for two weeks. I got a low
mark, but I didn’t fail it. My Mom said that if I don’t enter a university, she would get
really upset so I promised her to prepare better. As for student grants, I can say that it is
difficult to get them so most parents have to
pay for their kids’ higher education. My brother is a sophomore at MSU and he’s a
straight A student so he gets a scholarship