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雅思中级口语 Lesson 4

Part 2 课堂练习

Brainstorm

Lesson 4 brainstorming tables

Part 3 Reasons Causes Effects Education

1. Giving reasons for your answer

Choose one argument and think of 2-3 reasons. 九因真经:时间 / 金钱 / 身体 / 心理 / 性格 / 交际 / 教育 / 文化 / 环境

  1. The school system in our country is one of the best in the world.
  2. The school system in our country is in need of improvement.
  3. Too many people in our country go to university.
  4. Many people in our country are not ready to get a job when they leave school.
  5. Technology has brought many great developments in education.
  6. Technology is making education more stressful.

2. Talking about causes

Brainstorm possible causes for the problems in the table.

ProblemCause 1Cause 2Cause 3
Parents have to spend a lot of money on private education.
Students do not have enough free time to socialise.
Many students have reported that they are unhappy with studying English.

3. Talking about effects

Brainstorm possible effects for the causes in the table.

CauseEffect 1Effect 2Effect 3
Because students are under a lot of pressure to get good grades.
Due to the fact that they have to study from morning until night.
As they have to spend a lot of time memorising vocabulary.

4. Time capsule

Choose ten items for a time capsule that will be opened in the year 3000. Use reasons, causes, effects and suggestions to justify each choice.

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Part 3 Practice

Private tutoring and education

Part 3 Private tutoring Education

Part 3 questions

  1. What is the effect of private tutoring on education?
  2. Is private tutoring more important today than it was in the past?
  3. What more can governments do to reduce the need for private tutoring?
  4. How can we encourage more parents to teach their children at home?

Part 2 Practice

Describe a problem with the education system in your country

Part 2 Education Problem Cue card

Describe a problem with the education system in your country.

You should say:

  • what kind of problem it is
  • how long the problem has existed
  • what effect the problem has had on education

and explain what we can do to solve the problem.

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