Prime Time 8. Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks, Schulbuch

b) For a parents’ evening at your school you have been asked to prepare a short presentation on this issue. In your presentation you should: start with a rhetorical question choose two points from the list from task 2a and summarise them in a statement about teaching cursive script to young children ask a meaningful question for further discussion by the audience but do not express your own opinion directly Reading–speaking: Do we need to teach children joined-up handwriting? (B2) Comment on the text on page 142 and discuss the topic why learning how to write in cursive script is (not) important. Include the following points: describe situations in which most people use handwritten texts analyse the consequences for the learning process discuss aspects of modern media and the way in which we write nowadays Self-assessment Tick the appropriate boxes. Listening Can understand the information content of the majority of recorded or broadcast audio material on topics of personal interest delivered in clear standard speech. I could understand everything. Sometimes I had to guess the meaning. I could only under­ stand parts. I could hardly under­ stand anything. Writing Can write straightforward connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I could write the text without help. I reused phrases from the text. I had to look up words/phrases. I could not express my ideas as wanted. Reading Can read straightforward factual texts on subjects related to his/her field and interest with a satisfactory level of comprehension. I understood the text without help. I had to guess the meaning. I had to use a dictionary. I did not understand the text. Speaking Can communicate with some confidence on familiar routine and nonroutine matters related to his/her interests and professional field. I could express my opinion without help. I was sometimes lost for words. I had to make notes before I started. I could not express my ideas clearly. Find suggestions to help you on the CD-ROM in this book. 3 143 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv