F2F Class Notes 5th September (Celeste) [1]

Next class: Review the new vocabulary and article below.

Why do children go to school?

People in the USA have different ideas about what school is for. A poll found that 45 per cent of Americans said the main goal was for students to take exams. Around a quarter of people said it was for kids to get a job. Just over 26 per cent of Americans said the biggest reason for school was to teach citizenship.

A writer once said the purpose of school is, “to ask questions of the universe.” Students had different ideas about school. Elena Brankov, 15, said it was to teach creativity and share ideas. Lyndon Bailey, also 15, said school, “is just to make poor kids into robots who work and make rich people richer”.

articles ( R – tick – ulls ) – like a story

vocabulary ( vO – cab – you – larry )

pronunciation ( pro – nun – C – A – shin )

dictionary ( dick – shin – airee )

structures ( struk – chers )

long – open mouth big for the ‘o’

school ( skoo -ull ) – please remember the ‘l’

poll ( pole )

found ( fow – nd )

per cent ( per – sent ) = %

goal ( go – ull )

exams ( eggs – zams )

around ( uhh – rrr own – d )

quarter ( kor – der ) = 25% ( 25, 50, 75, 100)

half = 50%

whole = 100%

purpose ( per – piss )

creativity ( kree – A – tiv – itee )

robots ( rO – bots )

Question: Why do you think children go to school?

1st Answer: For study, learn something.

2nd Answer: I think children go to school to study and learn something.

Question: What did you learn in school?

1st Answer: English, Chinese and mathematics. ( math – uhh – mat – tics )

2nd Answer: I learned English, Chinese and mathematics in school.

Question: Why did you learn these things in school?

Answer: I learned these things because I wanted to speak English with foreigners, I learned math to buy something in the vegetable market or supermarket.

Why do children go to school?
I think children go to school to study and learn something. I learned English, Chinese and mathematics in school. I learned these things because I wanted to speak English with foreigners, I learned math to buy something in the vegetable market or supermarket.

foreigners ( for – in – ners )