15 B1 | 5. Klasse | Unit 03: Learning and teaching Mark’s comment: a Many other school systems, such as the US one, prove that there is no need for a final exam at the end of the students’ school career. Instead, students in the US earn credits for successfully completing courses, and at the end of high school, they receive their high school diploma. b I think the Matura exam is unnecessary. c Therefore, I believe that the Matura exam should be abolished. d In Austria, we get grades in every subject at the end of every semester. All these grades could easily be added up for a secondary school diploma, and we wouldn’t need to take a final exam. In blog posts and blog comments, writers share their opinion with their readers. Download MeenaR’s post and the two comments from above and underline useful phrases for expressing an opinion. Pick the three that you consider most useful for your own writing and write them in your notebook. Modal verbs of obligation Complete the following sentences with the correct modals of obligation. 1 The royal children attend a day school, which means they go home at the end of the school day and spend nights or weekends at school. 2 One of the rules at their school is that children wear any other clothes than the official school uniform. 3 The school the royal children attend sounds wonderful, and every student have the opportunity to go to such a great school. 4 According to MeenaR, we waste our time reading about the royal children’s school because it is more important to think about improving our school system. LANGUAGE 4 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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