Lesson 2 Different School
Teaching aims:
To prepare questions for a listening exercise and to predict contents.
To practise using vocabulary of school and education.
To practise disagreeing and contradicting politely
To practise using phrasal verbs
Teaching difficulties:
To practise disagreeing and contradicting politely
To practise using phrasal verbs
Teaching Aids: computer
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
Look at the pictures

This is our school, can you describe our school in your own words?
The following words may help you:
boring, strict, test, homework, traditional

Read these words together and put them under the three headings.
Traditional Education:
Alternative Education:
All Kinds of Education:


Ⅱ.Listening
Jack had a traditionaleducational education.
Nicholas had an alternative one.
Jack and Nicholas who are exchange students from the UK are discussing their learning experience.
Listen to the text and do exercise4 and exercise5
Jack’s 1. 4. 6
Nicholas’ 2. 3. 5
Listen the text again and finish exercise6

Now listen to the second part of the conversation. Complete the Function File with expressions from the list.

not necessarily, I don’t think, one of
the problems, I’m sorry to disagree, maybe, to a certain extent, not really

Ⅲ. Speaking
Think about the questions below. Then in pairs, discuss them. Use expressions from the function file with the correct intonation.
1.which school would you prefer to go to? Why ?
2.what are the advantages and disadvantages of traditional schooling?
3.what are the advantages and disadvantages of alternative schooling?

Ⅳ.Complete the sentences with the Phrasal Verbs.
catch up with, fall behind,
get on with, get together,
go on to, go over, look up,
put off, put on, set up, take up
Complete the passage with the following words and phrases.

to a certain extent, select,
misunderstand, reputation, mild, assignment, slight, loose

Ⅴ. Assignments


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