2 сем / монологи / Education

You are going to give a talk

The text of the monologue

Vocabulary,

about EDUCATION.

Grammar

Structures,

Linking Words

and Phrases

Step 1. Introduction

Malcolm Forbes once said, that

As a matter of

1. Start with a hook sentence that

Education’s purpose was to replace

fact

will attract the listener’s attention (a

an empty mind with an open one.

quote, a proverb, etc.).

2. Lead your speech steadily to the

Education plays an important role in

However

main part of your talk.

modern life.

As a matter of fact,

a

3. The introduction may consist of

3-6 sentences.

person studies all his life, part of

which he spends in educational

institutions.

However,

education has

its own peculiarities and

shortcomings.

Step 2. Education Issues

To begin with,

in the Russian

To begin with

2.1. Speak about education in the

Federation, children go to the first

Russian Federation (for reference

grade at the age of 6-7 years. They

leave primary

see ex.1, p.56).

2.2. Compare the educational

leave primary school

at the age of

school

systems of at least two different

10-11. Compulsory education in

countries (for example, the UK, the

USA, China, Germany, etc.) with

Russia is the period from the first to

does charge

the educational system in Russia.

the ninth grade. The school

does

no tuition fees

Which system is most like Russian?

charge no tuition fees.

After the 9th

(for reference see pp.156, 159, 160,

`162).

grade, children go either to a

technical school or to the 11th grade,

get a place at

after which they can

get a place at

the university

the university.

In addition,

continuous assessments in Russian

In addition

Federation more common, than

exams.

Moreover,

Also,

about 35%

Moreover

of the Russian population

graduated

from university

and have a higher

Also

education, which is not mandatory.

China's educational system is

graduated

similar to Russia's. Except that

from

higher education is absolutely free in

university

China.

At the same time,

Education

in France is almost unlike Russian.

At the same

The stage of secondary school for

time

them is that children attend colleges

and vocational lyceums.

Step 3. Teaching Methods and

My favorite teacher at school

was well

Distance Learning

was a teacher of Russian language

prepared

3.1. Speak about your favourite

and literature. She

was well prepared

teacher at school focusing on

her/his approach to teaching,

and

explained things clearly.

Her

explained

his/her teaching methods.

approach was to make students

things clearly

3.2. Speak about the pros and cons

of distance learning.

interested in the subject themselves,

develop a craving for knowledge.

Therefore

Therefore,

she

kept students

interested.

The teacher often

kept students

suggested using lectures from free

interested

internet resources to support the

curriculum.

She allowed all the

suggested

students

to study at your own pace.

using lectures

What I liked the most was that she

from free

used different innovative methods to

internet

teach students.

Besides,

she

offered a

resources to

range of activities

both part-time and

support the

extra-curricular, she

was good at

curriculum.

answering questions

and

provided

students with individual learning

to study at

programmes.

Furthermore,

she

your own

treated all students equally, like

pace

unique individuals.

On the one hand,

distance

used different

learning is primarily psychological

innovative

comfort, when you can safely study

methods to

in a comfortable environment for

teach students

yourself. You

also

save time and

Besides

money, you don't have to get up

much earlier to catch transport, you

offered a

don't have to spend time on the way

range of

to the educational institution and

activities

money for travel. It is an important

fact that distance learning, as a rule,

was good at

uses more information Internet

answering

resources that help both teachers

questions

and students in explaining and

mastering the material.

On the

provided

other hand,

distance education does

students with

not provide strict control as in full-

individual

time education. The

lack of face-to-

learning

face contact

with both classmates

programmes

and teachers also affects.

treated all

students

equally

On the one

hand

Also

On the other

hand

lack of face-

to-face

contact

Step 4. Higher Education

Higher education gives people

expect a high

4.1. Speak about the benefits of

the opportunity not only to gain

starting salary

higher education for you and other

knowledge and acquire skills, but

people. Do you think that university

should be free for everyone?

also many other things. A diploma of

give an edge

4.2. Why have you chosen Peter the

higher education allows you to

over non-

Great St Petersburg Polytechnic

expect a high starting salary

and

give

graduates

University?

an edge over non-graduates.

In

higher educational institutions there

state-of the-

are

state-of the-art computer, physics

art computer,

and chemistry laboratory,

excellent

physics and

sports facilities

and the university

chemistry

has a spacious campus.

Work after

laboratory

university

brings enormous benefits

to society.

The university itself gives

excellent

the opportunity

to get fringe

sports

benefits.

Higher education allows

facilities

you

to study for a degree in

engineering

or something else and

has a spacious

get a degree.

But higher education is

campus

often paid, so in order to pay for

tuition, students have

to take out a

brings

loan to finance their studies.

Many

enormous

are therefore forced

to get into debt.

benefits to

I believe that higher education

society

should be free for everyone. This

generates high competition among

to get fringe

graduates. But in the case of paid

benefits

education, this competition is also

there, but not so clearly revealed.

to study for a

I entered Peter the Great St.

degree in

Petersburg Polytechnic University

engineering

because I like St. Petersburg and

because it is one of the few

get a degree

universities in which there is a

direction that I entered. Also, the

to take out a

choice leaned towards this decision,

loan to

because the university has the status

finance their

of a research institute.

studies

to get into

debt

Step 5. CREATIVE THINKING

Introduce your own extra idea(s) on

the topic that hasn’t / haven’t been

mentioned before. Justify

your

choice.

Step 6. Conclusion

In conclusion,

it should be said

In conclusion

Summarise the ideas of steps

that education is a very important

2,3,4,5.

element of modern life, without

which it will be difficult for a person

in the modern world. Higher

education, on the other hand, opens

up many new ways for a person