INTRODUCING ONESELF

1 Make a card with your name

2 Divide in pairs and try to learn as much as you can about your partner. Write some notes and then you will introduce your neighbour to the whole class.

SCHOOL & EDUCATION

Activity 1

A         Your son/daughter doesn’t like English at school and he/she has bad marks. Explain to

him/her why it is important to learn a foreign language and try to motivate him/her.

B         It is very difficult for you to learn English. Tell your parents that you don’t like the

subject.

Activity 2

You didn’t have enough time to write down the whole school timetable for this year. Ask your classmate about the missing subjects.

School timetable

STUDENT A

	8,15 - 9,00	9,10 - 9,55	10,15 - 11,00	11,10 - 11,55	12,05 - 12,50	13,00 - 13,45
Monday	mathematics		biology	physics
Tuesday		chemistry		German		physical training
Wednesday	biology	Czech	history		English
Thursday		geography		physics	art	art
Friday	English		German	Czech

Activity 3

1  Which subjects did you like at school? Why?

2  Which subjects were boring for you? Why?

3  Which subject was the most difficult for you? Why?

4  Which subject was the most interesting for you? Why?

Activity 4

What rooms are there in a school?

headmaster’s office

staff room

classrooms

computer room

library

science laboratory

gymnasium

cloakroom

Other vocabulary:

curriculum                    cram                play truant

Activity 5

What equipment and furniture do we find in a school?

1 Describe this clasroom.

What do pupils need at school?  

2 Make a diologue with your partner:

A: You are a parent and ask your child if he or she has everything he/she needs prepared in 

     the school bag.

B: You are a forgetful pupil and answer your parent that you still don’t have some things.

Example: A: Have you got your pen ready?

                B: Oh, no. It is still on my desk.

                A: Have you put the scissors into your bag?

                B: No, I forgot to take them. ... 

Activity 6

Questions for general discussion:

1 Do you think children will need all the information they are learning at school?

2 Which subjects are the most important for practical life?

3 How much homework do you think is fair?

4 Is there anything you would like to change at your school?

5 How can teachers make classes interesting?

6 What is generally the least popular subject among pupils?

Activity 7

Lesson of mathematics

Learn fractions:  a half  a third              a quarter          a fifth               a sixth ...

                           2/3   two thirds                 4/10  four tenths       3/2  three halves

                            5/21 five over twenty-one       6.89  six point eight nine       

+    plus / and    -     minus / from  x    multiplied / times  /     divided by            =    equals / is / are

Read:  8 + 10 = 18                  5 + 17 = 22                 9 + 12 = 21                 7 + 3 = 10

            6 -  4  = 2                    18 - 5  = 13                 24 - 23 = 1                  14 - 7 = 7

            5 x  5 = 25                  3 x 4  = 12                  9 x  3  = 27                8 x 10 = 80

            16 : 4  = 4                   40 :  8 = 5                   18 :  9 =  2                  11 : 1  = 11

Activity 8

Lesson of English

1 What are the two main parts of this subject?

2 Name the parts of speech.

3 What kinds of books do you know?

4 Which do you enjoy reading most?

5 Name at least five punctuation marks.

Activity 9

Lesson of geography

1 What do pupils learn about in geography?

2 Name the continents.

3 What is the climate in the Czech Republic like?

Activity 10

Lesson of history

1 Four main historical epochs are prehistory, antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Modern Age.   

   How are they different?

2 Choose a figure form Czech or world history and describe him or her briefly.

Activity 11

A         You are a pupil and think that it is very difficult to go to school. Tell your parent why

you think so  (a lot of homework, difficult subjects, ...)

B         You are a parent and think that it is very easy to go to school and not to have to work.

Tell your child why you think so.

Activity 12

Určete rozdíl mezi výrazy:

a. at school   -   in a school

b. class  -  classroom

c. learn  -  teach

Activity 13

The parent-teacher meeting

Read the dialogue and comment on the style.

Teacher:           You finally came.

Parent:             Yeah. What do you want?

Teacher:           Your daughter is doing miserably in my class.

Parent:             What are you talking about?

Teacher:           Well, I’m extremely worried about her study skills.

Parent:             Give me an example.

Teacher:           Her mathematics abilities are so bad!

Parent:             Oh, I know she’s lousy at mathematics.

Teacher:           And she has absolutely no knowledge of spelling.

Parent:             So? Do you want me to sit with her while she does her homework?

Teacher:           Yes, do that. Also you must get a tutor for her.

Parent:             No way.

Teacher:           Well, your daughter probably has no future anyway - so I don’t care.

Something is not right with this conversation. Decide what should be changed and re-write the dialogue. These phrases should help you:

• it might not be a bad idea
• you might want to consider
• needs a little work
• is not one of her strong points
• a little weak

Activity 14

Could you compare school systém in the Czech Republic and Great Britain?