tailieunhanh - Advanced Language Practice_07

Tham khảo tài liệu 'advanced language practice_07', ngoại ngữ, anh văn giao tiếp phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | VOCABULARY 18 EDUCATION 3 Both options make sense. Underline the one which forms a common collocation. a In my country we have to do nine basic core subjects and then we can choose several others. b At this school we put a strong emphasis on academic scholarly achievement. c In my country bodily corporal punishment was abolished 40 years ago. d In my class we had a helper support teacher who assisted pupils with learning difficulties. e On Friday afternoons we had lessons with the trainee apprentice teacher. f In my country we have some end of year tests but most of our marks come from progressive continuous assessment. g At 16 we have the choice of doing more vocation employment oriented courses such as business studies and accounting. h When I was 15 I had a 2-week work position placement with a local factory. i There were a number of teenage child mothers in my class. j I was expelled from school forplaying goingtruant too many times. 4 Complete each space in the text with a word formed from the word in capitals. Last year I resigned my post as a Head of Department at a large comprehensive school. After 23 years of teaching I had simply had enough of a job which is becoming increasingly 1 .problematic. . As a Departmental Head I saw at close PROBLEM hand the effect of the government s increased 2 .in educational matters the job is now INVOLVE ten times more 3 .than it was when I BUREAU started out. Not content with loading teachers down with paperwork the government has also imposed standard national tests on pupils as young as six a fact which has left many teachers 4 .with their profession. But that side of ENCHANT things is by no means all. There is also the growing 5 .of the pupils including the girls. AGGRESSIVE There are the frequent little acts of 6 .RUDE which teachers have become almost 7 .to stop POWER now that the right to discipline pupils has been all but taken from them. There is the restlessness and sheer 8 .BORING of children brought up on a diet