1B Open learning

Lead-in

• What does education mean to you?
• How important do you think education is?
• Do you think you had a good education?
• Do you think the quality of education is slipping?
• What would you change about the education system of your country?
• When does education begin?
• Can you get a good job without a degree?
• Do universities prepare you for employment?
• Do you think online universities or courses have more advantages than traditional ones?
• Do you know anyone who has been home schooled?

LANGUAGE NOTES: Education

• Course (n.)is when you  
• Module (n.) one apart of a university or college course 
• BSc (n.):  is a Bachellor of Science
• an MA (n.) is a Master of Arts
• a PhD (n.) originally stood for a Doctor of Philosophy but today you can get a PhD in any subject. It is the highest university or college degree.
• College (n.) a school or institution of higher education that grants a bachelor's degree
• University (n.) an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools
• Professor (n.)is a false friend in many languages. A teacher of th highest level in a university department.
• Graduate (n. / v. -ed/adj.) somebody who has a first degree from a university or college
• Undergraduate (n./adj.) somebody who is studying for their first degree at university or college
• Postgraduate (n./adj.) somebody who has a first degree and is now studying for a higher degree
• An essay (n.) a short piece of writing on a particular subject
• A paper (n.) a formal written composition often designed for publication and often intended to be read aloud; a piece of written schoolwork
• An assignment (n.) a piece of work given to someone as part of their studies or job
• A dissertation (n.) a long piece of writing on a particular subject
• Mark (n./v.) a number or letter that shows how good someone's work is
• Continuous assessment (n.) a system where the student's work is judged on various pieces of work, not one final exam
• a progress report (n.) a document saying if a student is improving
• a tutor (n./v.-ed) a teacher who works with one student or a small group of students
• a tutorial (n.) a period of study with a tutor
• a lecturer (n.) somebody who teaches at university or college
• a seminar (n.) a class in which a small group os students discuss a particular subject
• a lecture (n.) a talk on a subject, especially at university or college
• fees (n.) the amount of money you pay to go to a private school, university, etc.
• a student loan (n.) the money that a student borrows from a bank while at university or college
• a scholarship (n.) an amount of money paid by a school, university, etc. to a student who has a lot of ability, but not much money
• a public school (US vs UK): in the UK it's a private fee-paying secondary school and in the US it's a school supported by public funds
• a private school: in the UK it's an independent school supported wholly by the payment of fees 
• a co-ed school relating to an education system in which both genders attend the same institution or classes
• a charter school (US) a publicly funded independent school established under the terms of a charter with a local or national authority

CULTURE NOTE: Education


US
The four "years" of High School are called Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior. The first six grades (with some variation) can have many names: Elementary School, Grammar School, Primary School, Grade School. 

British English
tends to just go by year number for University level students:

• Freshmen (US) - 1st year student or 1st year undergrad (UK)
• Sophomore (US) - 2nd year student or 2nd year undergrad (UK)

And so on until the final year (3rd year for Bachelor's Degree students and 4th year for Master's Degree students), the students of which are referred to as final year students.
Students who have completed their degree and are attempting to achieve a PhD typically do not use year numbering at all, and are merely referred to as post-graduates, which contrasts with students who complete their degree but do not go on to further education and are normally referred to as graduates.
British English never uses the terms Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, etc. (in any educational context). Use of those terms is not well understood in Britain, and most British English speakers would not understand what the term means.

Source:
http://wiki.c2.com/?AmericanSchoolSystem




GRAMMAR CORNER: uses of auxiliaries 

QUESTION TAGS

Source: Grammar.cl

Question tag practice

For further information on the question tags and examples of exceptions click on the following link



State verbs and activity verbs






EXPRESSING OPINIONS AND COMING TO AN AGREEMENT

Further practice
a) Question tags - Exercise 3 (fill in the gaps)
b) Question tags exercise 1
c) Questions and negations exercise 4
d) Quiz on tag questions


SUPERTRAMP: THE LOGICAL SONG 
Please listen to the song and read the lyrics.
What questions arise when taking a closer look at the lyrics?
What is your opinion on what is stated?

Have a go at completing the lyrics in Lyrics training. Click on the "maybe some other time" option (i.e. you don't need to create an account to use the platform).

University hierarchy