I 4. What ideas from Belarusian school can you advise a teacher from Great Britain to use in British school?

I don’t think it’s a good idea to be intrusive. First of all, I’m not a professional person in the sphere of education. Secondly, it would be more reasonable to have some kind of experience of real British education. And only then, if I were asked, I would be able to suggest something.

I 5. Today some young people think that having a good education is not very important. Do you agree with them?

Variant 1

It all depends on many things. Those people who think that having a good education is not very important, have their own plans. Some girls want to be good mothers and have big families. Other people think that manual professions do not need good education. In this case they are mistaken. To my mind all professions need special education. Nowadays only highly qualified workers can deal with rather sophisticated equipment and computers.

It has always been important to have a good education. Unfortunately, these days the values have changed and a person with a good education very often can’t find a place in the society.

Variant 2

Well… It is partly true. If you are ready to limit your ambitions to being a driver, it’s up to you to do so. You needn’t go to college to become a good driver, do you? If you are a little bit more ambitious, you have to understand the ideas behind most of things in life. If you want to be a politician and you know very little about how many things work in politics you might scrape through, but your sheer luck won’t last long. You stand no chance of gaining some place of power if you are not able to use it effectively.

Variant 3

In my opinion it is very important to have a good education nowadays because we live in a fast changing competitive world. It is extremely important to be able to find your place in this world to be able to adapt to constantly changing conditions. Deep knowledge of in different spheres can help you to understand the world around you and yourself, can help you get a well-paid, prestigious job with good working conditions, job promotion. Most professions require qualifications or even a degree. A good education can become the foundation of your career. Good education develops your ability to find information , to think creatively in order to solve problems. What is more good education can help you bring-up your own children and help them with their schoolwork. While studying you will be in touch with intelligent, cultured, original people, which is a very beneficial experience. If you have a good knowledge of English you can communicate with people from all over the world and get a lot of interesting information, read books and watch films in the original. To sum it up it is very important to have a good education.

№ 2

1. Let’s talk about education. What’s your school like?

2. Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?

3. Ask me what kind of pupil I was at school.

4. Which school club would you advise your classmate to join?

5. Today some young people think that having a good education is very important. Do you agree with them?       

II 1. Let’s talk about education. What’s your school like?

See I 1. (About the Lyceum)

II 2. Do you agree that our school gives a person a good start in life? Why (not)?     

Variant 1

Education plays a very important role in our life. It is one of the most valuable possessions a man can get in his life. We get our knowledge of this world and life through education. Many famous discoveries would have been impossible if people were not interested in learning something. Education develops different sides of human personality, reveals his abilities. Besides, it helps a person to understand himself, to choose the right way in this world. During all the periods of human history education ranked high among people. Human progress mostly depended upon well-educated people.

The aim of our secondary education is to learn social skills, to develop critical thinking, to develop understanding of other people, to prepare for life in the workplace and many others.

Thus, those people who has got determination, persistence, self motivation will succeed in their future life.