Grammar explorer 1 (p.84)
A. No subject has as much importance for the British people as that of education.
q Most citizens
q A great deal of money, a little (money)
q A lot of talk
q A lot of people
q The privileged few
q Some of them
q Some students
q A few others
B. See Grammar reference pp.216-217.
Grammar explorer II (p.85)
Comparatives of superiority
q At election time, politicians who promise to spend a great deal of money on education are more popular than those who promise.
q Secondary schools are much larger than primary schools.
q Students may have to travel longer distances by school bus or public transport.
N.B. comparatives of equality (with quantifiers)
q No subject has as much importance for the British people as that of education.
(Rewrite: For the British, no subject is as important as that of education.)
Comparatives of inferiority
This is the reason why private education is less accepted in Britain than it is in the United States.
Task 2 (p.85)
Refer the students to Grammar reference in SE2 textbook p.193.
Task 3 (p.85)
Many possible answers
Provide topic sentences for the students.
E;g. The middle school and the secondary school are different/differ in many of their aspects.
Grammar explorer III (p.86)
Similarities
q This requirement is more or less similar to what is required by American universities.
q It has made the current educational system different from the previous ones in at least two major aspects.
Differences/Contrast
Unlike the old system, the present system sets the same subjects for all state schools.
In contrast to the old practice, standards at individual schools are watched closely by inspectors.
Grammar explorer IV (p.86)
A. the form of the verb (auxiliary of be + past participle) + by+agent
A. Parents watch standards closely. Inspectors regularly visit schools.
B. The use of the passive is more tactful. We are more interested in the action than the agent of the action.
C. It is not awlays necessary to use the preposition by.
Task 1 (p.87)
Writing is regarded as a process by educationists. Students are required to examine closely the teacher’s instructions so as to understand the sort of composition they are expected to produce. The topic is brainstormed (by the students) in order to generate ideas. These ideas are jotted down in the form of diagrams such as network trees and spidermaps. Once the brainstorming is finished, the most relevant ideas are selected. The selected ideas are organised in a plan. A first draft composition is written to flesh out the plan. As soon as this is done, the draft is revised to correct errors in spelling and grammar. It is also revised in order to see whether it is coherent or not. Students are advised not to hand their compositions to the teacher before all mistakes are corrected.
Task 2 (p.87)
Have the students insert the sequencers. There are many possibilities.
Vocabulary explorer (p.87)
Task 1 (p.87)
Education - developing - instruction - beginning - learning -going - schooling - socialization - training - information - functioning