Descripción de la tarea

desarrollo

 

READING

Lee el texto y contesta las preguntas:

 

Facts about higher education in the United Kingdom

The Student community has a great multicultural background

· Almost half of students come from a Commonwealth¹ or European Country.  

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· 1/3 foreign students in London come from Saudi Arabia or a country in the Middle East.

· One of the main interests of foreign students is to apply technological and business² models in their home countries

Student Misconceptions

· 80% of students in Britain must look for a job to pay for the University Fees. Many undergraduates³ work part time in order to save enough money to pay the rent and earn a living.

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· The vast majority of College students in Britain (80%) study because they want to get a good job. However, 20% of people who attend University classes only want to improve their knowledge on different facts.

· Did you know that some University buildings in Britain, such as King’s College, appear in numerous films, such as the Harry Potter series. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Vocabulary:

Commonwealth¹: association of countries which belonged to the British Empire

business²: activity intended to make money, such as a shop

undergraduates³: students that haven’t finished their degree yet.

 

 

1. Di si las siguientes afirmaciones son VERDADERAS (V) o FALSAS (F). Copia la oración del texto que justifique tu respuesta.

 

1. The majority of students want to get a good job in the future:

2. 20% of students go to university to improve their knowledge:

3. There aren’t any students from the Middle East in Britain:

4. Students in Britain have a lot of time to party and travel:

 

 

2. Contesta las siguientes preguntas usando tus propias palabras:

 

1. What is the relation between the Harry Potter series and King's College.

2. Why do British students have to work?

 

 

 

GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY

 

Contesta a las siguientes preguntas:


3. Find the following words in the text:

a) find a synonym for the adjective “big”:

b) find in the text a word that matches the following definition: “a number of similar or related events or things, one following another”:

c) find the opposite of “find” in the text:


4. Write three things a student must do -at school or at home-, as in the example:


e.g: A student must do his/ her homework every day.


a)

b)

c)



5. Write three things a student mustn’t do, as in the example.

e.g: A student mustn’t skip any class.


a)

b)

c)


6. What must you do in the following situations? What don’t you have to do, because it is optional and there isn’t any obligation? Make a sentence of obligation and another of “absence” of obligation for each situation. In total, you must write six sentences in the exercise.


A. When you go abroad:
B. When you have a baby:
C. When you break your foot:


7.  Read the following sentences. What must/ mustn’t you do? What don’t you have to do? Write your answer as in the example:
e.g: Drive on the left in Spain: You mustn’t drive on the left in Spain.

1. Speak English to travel to Mexico:
2. Be quiet in a hospital:
3. Copy in an exam:
4. Have a passport to go to Italy (if you’re Spanish):
5. Smoke at school:
6. Be an expert at cooking to make an omelette:


8. Draw a conclusion with must/mustn’t for each situation, as in the example:
e.g.: There’s light in Tom’s apartment: He must be at home.

1. There’s smoke in the building:
2. I’m calling her but she doesn’t answer the phone:
3. Jane never misses a class. Today she is not in class:


9.  Look in the contents of Topic 4 and explain the following terms with your own words:

1. fees (noun):
2. part-time (adj):
3. degrees (noun):
4. to brief someone (verb):
5. to borrow (verb):

WRITING
 
10. ¿Cómo es la vida de un estudiante en España?  Escribe un pequeño texto (60-80 words) hablando de los temas propuestos. Usa los conectores:


TOPICS: work, money, party, exams
CONNECTORS: but, and, however.