This is the key to pages 62 and 63 in your Student's Book.
Remember we are dealing with the topic of Education. It means that you will probably use use some of the words and expressions below in your production.
I would like you to come up with a few comments on a course you have done or are currently doing. Try to use some vocabulary that has to do with Education.
STUDENT’S BOOK
How’s Your Course Going?
(pages 62-63)
1)
Page 62. Activity 1
1 b
If you get training in something, you’re taught how to do a particular job or activity.
Employers may send you on a
training course (accounting / using Excel / First Aid, etc.
2 c
If you’re struggling, you’re trying your
best to do something you find very
difficult,
but you aren’t doing well. A
module is one of the separate units of study
that forms part of a course.
3 f
If you have a workshop, you meet to learn about a
particular subject,
usually by talking about it and
doing related activities or roleplays.
If a course is practical, it’s useful and helps you do
your job.
It’s not just theoretical.
4 g
If you’re very keen, you’re very interested in something and enjoy doing it.
If you lose motivation, the
enthusiasm and interest that you had to begin with disappears.
If you make progress, you get better; you develop and improve.
5 e
If your tutors are encouraging,
they give you hope and confidence.
Feedback is comments from
your tutors / teachers on how well you’ve done something.
Good feedback will help you to do
the task better .
6 h
If a course is demanding, you need to spend a lot of time and energy working on
it.
Assignments are work you have to do as part of your course or as
part of your job.
A seminar is a class at university or at college where students and
the tutor discuss topics
together.
7 d
If something is good for my CV, it is good experience for when you apply
for a new job,
or it shows an aspect of your
character that employees might be interested in.
Ask what other kinds of things
might be good for the CV.
If a course is not relevant, it
is not really connected with anything you do in your job.
8 a
The overall mark for a course
is the total score as a whole,
including coursework ,
work students have to do during the course and the final exam, the last
exam you take.
In some cases, you have to pass
the final exam to pass the course.
2) Page 62. Activity 2
1
Depending on what students study, assignments might involve doing research,
making something and then talking about it to the group, or just writing an essay.
You can do an assignment;
hand in or submit (maybe
electronically) an assignment;
you can write or complete an
assignment. Tutors then have to mark
or grade assignments.
2
You might struggle because
you’re having to work part-time and just don’t have
enough time to study, or because you’re just not suited to the
course,
or because you don’t have as much experience of the subject or
the type of study as other
students. The opposite is:
It’s going really well or even
I’m finding it quite easy.
3
They say things like: ‘You’re
doing really well’, ‘You’ve got real potential. You could go far’, ‘This is amazing work!’, ‘It’s good, but I
know you can do even better.’
Other adjectives for describing
tutors: amazing, supportive, very
knowledgeable
/ˈnɒlɪdʒəbəl/ , or (negatively)
my tutor’s not very helpful, not very supportive, etc.
4
To help you see what you did well, and what you could do better,
so that next time you can learn
from this and perform better.
You usually get feedback when
you get your assignments / homework back.
It may be written or oral. You may also get feedback during tutorials.
5
The most common forms of assessment are coursework or exams,
Other forms or assessment include practical
projects, presentations,
performance ( music or dance)
collaborative/ group projects, oral questioning.
6
IT, using particular kinds of
software or programmes, first aid,
customer relations, accounting, product information, etc.
7
Doing well and getting good
grades / finding it really interesting
/ having supportive encouraging tutors / needing to do well for your
career
Listening
4
1 a counselling course for
speech therapists – basic counselling skills –
guide people through psychological problems
people have when
they have
a difficulty with speaking.
2 very practical; some
lectures and seminars about theory,
but mainly practise with each
other, tutor observes and gives feedback
3 tutors are experienced and
knowledgeable, clear, really good;
students get on; two guys aren’t
as supportive as everyone else
and can be a bit more critical
in practice sessions
4 a six-month course – an
evening a week
5 get a certificate for
completing the course;
have to attend 80% of the
classes and do an assignment
and a bit of reading
6
1 basic counselling skills
2 lectures and seminars
3 experienced and knowledgeable
4 as everyone else
5 encouragement, not criticism
6 a six-month course
7 on top of
10
When someone makes a statement about how they feel or how a situation is, you can show you believe them or sympathise with them by saying
I'm sure, It sounds it, I can imagine, I bet.
The examples are:
P: So it’ll be good for my CV.
D: Yeah. I’m sure. (= I’m
sure the course will be good for your CV)
P: They’re really good actually.
D: It sounds it. (= It sounds like the tutors are really good)
P: ... they can be a bit more critical than the others, which is a bit
annoying.
D: I can imagine. (= I can
imagine their criticism is a bit annoying)
P: There’s a bit connected to the seminars and you could do more,
but I don’t have time on top
of my workload here.
D: I bet. (= I bet you don’t have time)
11
Possible answers
1
A.
I have to work in the evenings as well, so I’m
struggling.
B.
I bet. It must be hard.
2
A.
The teachers didn’t tell us about this month’s test,
which was annoying.
B.
I can imagine.
3
A.
My tutor said I was doing well, so I’m really pleased.
B.
It sounds it=It sounds like you're doing really well.
4.
A.
A colleague has lent me her notes, which is really
helpful.
B.
I’m sure you’ll find them useful.
5
A.
It’s a very intensive course, so it’s quite demanding.
B.
I bet. It must be hard work.
6
A.
The college is on the other side of town, which is a
pain.
B.
I can imagine.
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