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75 Discuss the following questions with a partner: 1 There is a saying that “parents are a child’s first and most important teacher”. Do you think this is true? Why?/Why not? 2 How far do you think parents should be involved in their child’s education, for example checking their homework, rewarding good grades or punishing children for poor grades? 3 Write down three positive and three negative effects of parents being involved in their child’s learning. Share your ideas with the class. Expand your vocabulary: Education Read the following emails from parents to an advice column in a magazine. Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. SPEAKING 15 Education – a family affair? LANGUAGE 16 a M p. 29 Dear Dr Ross, I am very concerned about my daughter, who will be taking her final (1) notes / exams next year. She just isn’t interested in studying and spends all her time out with her boyfriend. She’s rude and disrespectful towards me and says school isn’t important. Her teachers say she has no respect for (2) science / authority and refuses to listen or do the work they set. I’m sure she will (3) fail / sit her exams if she carries on like this. How can I help her before it’s too late? Yours anxiously, Margie Dear Dr Ross, My son spends all his time in his room, reading and doing school work. He is only happy when he gets the best (4) marks / degrees on his tests. I’m happy I don’t have to nag him to do his homework, but, as the saying goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”. How can I convince him that (5) practical / academic work isn’t everything and encourage him to go out and enjoy some free time? He says he wants to get the best grades for a (6) course / scholarship to a good university in the USA so we don’t have to pay the expensive fees. Help! Yours desperately, Pete Dear Dr Ross, My daughter struggles terribly with maths and did badly in her last two exams. She worked together with her maths teacher for a couple of extra lessons but still didn’t show any (7) progress / revision . With the next exam coming up, I have found her a (8) tutor / classmate at a local study school, but she says she won’t go to the classes. The problem is, she won’t do any (9) self-discipline / practice at home either, preferring to watch TV or talk to friends instead. I know she finds it hard, but she really needs to pass this test. What can I do? Yours worriedly, Sam How many of the words did you already know? Make a note of any new vocabulary. Now use six of the green words to write meaningful sentences about education. Try not to use an expression more than once. Example: Even a good tutor can’t help you if you have no self-discipline. b 17 Nur zu Prüfzweck n – Eigentum des Verlags öbv