Education Systems
How schools work around the world and what makes learning stick: an exchange term in Helsinki, the exams-versus-coursework debate, subject choices and regrets, homework research, university survival tips, project-based learning, a later school start and an Open Day tour. Cleft sentences, conditionals, impersonal passives, participle clauses, reporting verbs and connected speech; two writing workshops (essay, formal email, report, article).
12 worksheets in this set
- Two Classrooms, One Question — curriculum, assessment, sit an exam, fall behind, drop out (of), autonomy, high-stakes, well-being
- Exams on Trial — coursework, cram (for), plagiarism, a level playing field, under pressure, consultation
- If I Had Chosen Art — option (subject), aptitude, peer pressure, switch (to), in hindsight, regret
- Homework: Help or Habit? — evidence, a link between A and B, outweigh, diminishing returns, retrieval, a blanket ban
- Surviving Your First Year — lecture, tutorial, deadline, independent, qualification, educational, overwhelmed, resit
- Learning by Doing — hands-on, real-world, stakeholder, prototype, reflect (on), to sum up
- Should School Start Later? — That’s a fair point, but…, I see where you’re coming from., Can I just come in here?, What’s your take on this?, body clock, knock-on effect
- Open Day Voices — connected speech, elision, assimilation, emphatic, articulate, pace
- Writing Workshop 1: Essay and Formal Email
- Writing Workshop 2: Report and Article
- Speaking Workshop 1
- Speaking Workshop 2