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73 Discuss the article in small groups and present your findings to the class. 1 Explain what critical thinking means in your own words. 2 Do you agree that critical thinking is the most important goal of education? Why?/Why not? 3 Collect examples of critical thinking exercises in your own education. Are they common? Expand your vocabulary: Collocations Complete the phrases with the verbs from the article. Then add more collocations from the article and share them in class. SPEAKING 8 0 A oppose B deny C support D forbid 1 A training B process C aim D method 2 A regarding B demanding C expecting D helping 3 A change B compare C differ D contrast 4 A pupil B pupils C pupil’s D pupils’ 5 A for you B to help C from sight D as fact 6 A Not that B It’s true that C Therefore, D Additionally, 7 A among B by C for D between 8 A spot B understand C compose D believe 9 A argue B reflect C depend D think 10 A whether B why C when D how LANGUAGE 9 M p. 28 a the links between ideas b the relevance of arguments and ideas c inconsistencies and errors in reasoning d problems in a consistent and systematic way e different possibilities f your ideas Boost your learning from multiple choice tasks There are many ways you can maximise your learning from multiple choice tasks like the one above. For starters, analyse the wrong options and decide why they don’t fit the text: STRATEGIES 10 a 1 Start by looking up expressions you don’t know. If they are options, you should know them! 2 Does the expression fit the text grammatically, but not the context of the text (like 0C )? 3 Does the expression fit the context, but it doesn’t work grammatically (like 3B )? 4 How would you have to change the text to make the word work? For example, for 3B to be correct, the sentence would have to read: So how do these opinions (3) _____ to more common … Now complete these steps with the task above to improve your learning from it! Use your critical thinking skills to write a PEEL paragraph of around 100 words agreeing or disagreeing with the following statement: Teenagers have too much time on their hands and should get a weekend job. b WRITING 11 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv