Read an extract from the newspaper article

“On Tuesday the country education committee is expected to vote for the closure of the 26- pupil primary school which has stood in the center of the village for more than a century. Parents gathered outside the schoolhouse, angry that they are having to contest again a proposal defeated three years ago. The reasons advanced by councils are both economic and educational. They argue that the educational and social development of children in small schools can be held back because of lack of stimulation and competition. And mixed aged classes, which are a feature of small schools led to lower achievement. Parents argue that a good teacher can provide a rich curriculum in a small.”

3.Half of the group are parents, the other half are the journalists. ”Parents”, imagine a definite identity for yourselves; for example your job, role in the village, number of children etc. Journalists, you should write down questions to ask the parents so that you can find out more.

10.Write down the newspaper article reporting the Council’s decision a few weeks after the press conference.

Learning recommendations:

Class activity: In this unit of the course book students are supposed to get introduced with the new material: read the text, translate into their native language, summarize in English, complete post-reading tasks and grammar exercises, discuss new speech topics, compose monologues and dialogues in the class.

Home task: Students are assigned to find out additional short information about specific topic of the unit, complete grammar exercises, prepare reports given by the teacher.

Literature:

1. Учебно-методический комплекс для студентов 1 курса неязыковых специальностей, М.Ж. Тусупбекова, А.М. Мухтарханова, 2008, Астана, _____стр.

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