way2go! 7. Coursebook, Schulbuch

71 What should schools teach their students? What are the most important things you want to have learned by the time you leave school? Make some notes, then compare your ideas in pairs. You are going to listen to part of a public debate on education. Look at the three goals of education below. Where would your ideas fit? Listen to the beginning of the debate now. Match the speakers to the three goals of education below and answer the questions. SPEAKING 3 What’s a good education? LISTENING 4 a 09 b Goal: Preparing for work and daily life What does that mean? Speaker: Why is that so important? Goal: Turning students into life-long learners What does that mean? Speaker: Why is that so important? Goal: Fostering creativity What does that mean? Speaker: Why is that so important? Which of the speakers do you agree with most? Why? What other things should school teach? Change or add to the notes on what schools should teach you’ve made already. Keep improving your notes as you work through this section. Get into three groups to prepare for a debate. Your teacher will tell you which of the three opinions to prepare for. Come up with convincing arguments for your position, but also think about what your arguments against the other two points of view could be. Now change into groups of three. Every group needs to have one member for each opinion. Debate the issue politely for about 10 minutes. c 5 SPEAKING 6 a b Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv