DICTATION

Get some training on listening and writing with dictation exercises. 

Click on the image, choose your level and the topic and have a go! 

LIFE EXPECTATIONS

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER?

Play the video and find out the things some people would like to accomplish before they die.

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• Mention as many things as you can remember from the interviews.

• Now think about the things you hope to accomplish in your lifetime and share them with your classmates and teacher.

 

SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION SYSTEMS

Have you ever wondered what the key to success at school is?

What makes an educational system good?


Let's have a look at the Finnish education system which is at the top of world rankings.

Play the video and then discuss with your classmates and your teacher the different aspects related to it:

SINGLE-SEX CLASSES AT HIGH SCHOOL

Are boys and girls separated in different classrooms in

 the schools in your country?

                                  What's your opinion about single-sex classes?

                 Discuss with your classmates:

a) it is helpful because students learn better and more if   separated. 

b) it is a discriminatory measure and single-sex classes
                   are far from real life.
           
Read and listen to the article about an experiment carried out in a highschool in the USA where students are offered a special education programme.

Then, click on the right hand margin of the page to do the 5 follow-up activities.

MY CRUSHES AND MY DISLIKES

What things do you love? Which ones really annoy you? Why?


Click HERE to get to know about:

• 365 things I love in life.                                      * 1001 things I dislike.
                                                    

1. Which is the most shocking thing you found among the ones she loves ?

2. And the most awful one?

Now, choose one thing you fancy and one thing that gets on your nerves and give reasons to support your choices.