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Part 1
Education: A Reflection of
Society
Strategy: Getting meaning from
context
Strategy: Getting
meaning from context
3. There are many more schools in cities than in rural areas.
rural = country, or not urban
4. Public schools are all both free and egalitarian; all
students are considered equal and learn the same
material.
egalitarian = equal
5. College students need great discipline; in order to make
time for their studies, they need the self-control to give up
hobbies, sports, and social life.
discipline = self-control
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Strategy: Getting
meaning from context
6. Results on these exams affect the entire family
because there is high status, or social position, for a
whole family in which children have high test scores.
entire = whole
status = social position
7. Students themselves decide if they want collegepreparatory or vocational classes in high school; no
national exam determines this for them.
determines = decides
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Understanding Reading
Structure
1.F
2.C
3.E
4.B
5.D
6.A
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Organizing
Information:
Using
a to
T-Chart
One way
organize the information in the
readings that present both positive and
negative aspects of
chart.
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Organizing information:
Using a T-chart
Negative
Positive
Mexico
Mexico
education is free,
difficult to provide
compulsory, and
universal
supports national
unity
or teachers
some native people
leads to social,
attendance (=they
improvement
dont go to school)
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Organizing information:
Using a T-chart
Japan
Positive
Japan
Negative
difficult exams
school
Organizing information:
Using a T-chart
Britain
Positive
Britain
Negative
primary, secondary,
exam at age 11
half of
free
Oxford/Cambridge
egalitarian
upper-class
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Organizing information:
Using a T-chart
US
Positive
US
Negative
primary and
free
graduates
students decide on
college or vocational
classes
60% attend college
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Checking your
vocabulary
1. constitution
2. native / indigenous people
3. isolated
4. vocational
5. afford
6. tuition
7. aspects
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Understanding
Politically Correct
Language
Politically correct (or PC) language is a term
used to describe a language that is regarded as
correct because it tires not to offend people.
It is an attempt to use language that shows
respect for different people, cultures, physical
characteristics, and lifestyles.
Many people attempt to use this language as a
sign of respect, but some feel that they have to
be too careful and that things have gone too
far.
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Understanding
Politically Correct
Language
Other (funny) examples
Words and
Phrases
Worst
Housewife
Unemployed
Ugly
Waiter/Waitress
Politically Correct
Words and
Phrases
Least Best
Domestic Engineer
Involuntarily
Leisured
Under-attractive
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Waitron
Education in North
America and Asia
Example
The blind student couldnt cross the
street.
The visually challenged student couldnt
How
do you feel about
cross the
street.
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Understanding
Politically Correct
Language
Example
The blind student couldnt cross the
street.
The visually changed student couldnt
How
do you feel about
cross the
street.
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Homework
1. Exercise 1 (p.18) and 2 (p.19)
2. Read an article on page 27-29. Circle
words that you do not know and find
the meaning.
3. Reread the article Buicks, Starbucks
and Fried Chicken: Still China? and
study words which are underlined
with dots.
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