- •Education Unit 1. Learning for Life Key Vocabulary List
- •Education in Great Britain
- •Education beyond Sixteen
- •Alternative Teaching?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Ex. 3. Study the following definitions and give the corresponding educational terms.
- •Ex. 4. Supply the best words in Parts a and b.
- •Education in Australia
- •Unit 2. Co-education Key Vocabulary List
- •Choose the School – not the Sex
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Harassment formative years flawed detriment tend fierce reinforce underachievement inequality implicit enhance
- •Students
- •Get the Girls to School
- •Key Vocabulary List
- •Public Exams in Great Britain
- •Should Examinations Be Replaced with Other Forms of Assessment?
- •How to Pass the Exams
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Addictive disorders Unit 1. Smoking, New Attitude Key Vocabulary List
- •Addictive Disorders
- •Tobacco – The Emerging Crisis in the Developing World
- •Smoking Role Models Girls must look at themselves for a cure
- •Cracking Down on Young Smokers
- •Burned-up Bosses Snuff out Prospects of Jobs for Smokers
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Unit 2. War on Drugs Key Vocabulary List
- •A War We Have to Win
- •We Need Better Ways to Deal with Drug Problems
- •How the Drug Problem Affects the Workplace
- •Dare to Say No (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Mass media Unit 1. Newspapers Key Vocabulary List
- •The Daily Staff
- •Press Council’s 16-point Code of Practice
- •Newspaper Headlines
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Janet Wins Battle of the Bras
- •Woman Wins Appeal over Struggle with Police Officer
- •Unit 2. Radio and Television Key Vocabulary List
- •Radio and Television in Britain
- •The Rating Battle
- •Soap Operas
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Writing
- •Unit 3. Tv or not tv Key Vocabulary List
- •Television: Advantages and Disadvantages
- •Watching with Mother
- •Tv “Damages Children’s English”
- •Children Watch Too Much Television
- •Tv Violence
- •Books, Plays and Films Should Be Censored
- •Going for the Big Break / Shouting at the Box
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The arguments for censorship
- •The counter-arguments
- •Writing
- •Unit 4. The World of Advertising Key Vocabulary List
- •Advertisers Perform a Useful Service to the Community
- •Why is Television Advertising Capable of Manipulating People?
- •Children and Advertising
- •The Language of Advertising
- •1. Skim quickly through these advertisements. What do they have in common? What techniques do they use to attract the reader’s attention?
- •Skinny legs
- •Ashamed of prune lips?
- •Wrinkle Stick
- •2. With a partner choose two of the advertisements to read more closely. Answer these questions on style.
- •4. Work individually. For each statement, put a tick in the column which most accurately reflects your opinion.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Discussion
- •Here are some arguments for and against advertising
- •Writing
- •List of the books cited
How to Pass the Exams
There is a technique to just sailing through, so make sure you don’t just count on good luck.
It’s that time of year again when students across the country are gearing themselves up for exams. If you feel you’ve left your revision too late, don’t despair. Follow our guide and start today.
Before you start
Get organized: draw up a revision timetable of topics to cover. Stick to it and let friends and family know that you are serious, so they don’t interrupt your studies.
If you find it difficult to concentrate, don’t study at home where you will be easily distracted; go to your library instead.
If motivation is a problem, arrange to meet a friend and study together. But don’t let it turn into an excuse for a social chat or a moaning session!
Remember what you are studying for. Why do you need these exams? Keeping your long-term goal in mind will help maintain your motivation.
Studying tactics
Go with your body clock: if you’re slow in the morning, use that time to do some background reading. Do the weightier work in the afternoon.
Don’t study for more than thirty to forty minutes at a time. Take the regular breaks to get enough fresh air and stretch your legs.
Don’t study too late, especially the night before your exam. Tiredness will hinder your performance the next day. Always make sure you wind down before you go to bed.
It’s important to maintain a happy, positive frame of mind, so don’t let revising take over your whole life.
Give yourself something to look forward to after a day’s studying: meet friends for a drink, or relax in a warm bath.
Eat well; have a proper meal rather than snacks snatched at your desk.
On the day
Allow plenty of time to get to the exam, but don’t arrive too early or you’ll sit around getting nervous.
Resist the temptation to compare what you’ve revised with other students while waiting.
Do read the paper thoroughly before starting. It’s time well spent. It’s very easy to misunderstand simple instructions when you’re under a lot of pressure.
On multiple-choice exam papers, go through and do all the easy questions first then go back to the beginning and try the trickier ones.
On essay papers, tackle the questions you feel happiest about first, so you can build up your confidence.
Work out how much time you have for each question and place yourself accordingly. You have nothing to gain from finishing early.
Always keep things in proportion. The worst thing that can happen is that you’ll fail. If necessary, you can usually retake an exam.
Find the phrases in box A in the article. Without checking in your dictionary, try to guess from the context what each one means. If necessary, use the definitions in box B to help you.
A
1) to sail through an exam 6) snatched
2) to gear yourself up for exams 7) the trickier (questions)
3) to stretch your legs 8) to tackle a question
4) to hinder your performance 9) to pace yourself
5) to wind down 10) to retake an exam
B
to make it difficult for someone to do something;
to go for a walk, especially after sitting for a long time;
to make a determined effort to do something difficult;
to succeed very easily in a difficult challenge;
to rest or relax after a lot of hard work or excitement;
to do an exam again;
to do something at a controlled, steady speed;
to prepare yourself for something you have to do;
taken quickly;
difficult, complicated, needing great care to do well.