SO Unit 07 - Student Streaming - Online Class

SO Unit 07

Student Streaming

Poll

If money is not a problem, which would you choose to go to?

• Gifted school

• Ordinary school

Multiple Select

Choose the synonyms of capable

• able

• adept

• competent

• inept

Multiple Select

What is the opposite of comprehensive?

• broad

• complete

• restricted

• thorough

Multiple Choice

What is a talented child called?

(There is ONLY ONE correct answer)

• a prodigy

• a genius

• a simpleton

Multiple Choice

Which school would the talented children go to?

• private school

• public school

• gifted school

• ordinary school

Multiple Select

ultimate means:

• last, final

• best, greatest

• fundamental, basic

Vocabulary Practice

Use the given words to fill in the blanks

Comprehension questions

Read the passage again and answer the questions

Multiple Choice

1. Which one is better invested? Gifted schools or Ordinary schools?

• Gifted schools

• Ordinary schools

Open Ended

2. Why do gifted schools exist when there are already normal schools for everyone?

Open Ended

3. What are some arguments people use to disagree with the idea of gifted schools?

Grammatical points

Avoiding "sweeping statements"

What are "sweeping statements" and why we need to avoid them?

• This is not to mention gifted schools have better facilities and more competent staff.

• This is not to mention gifted schools usually have relatively better facilities and more competent staff.

• Sweeping statements / Absolute statements / Generalizations are sometimes insulting and often impossible to back up.

Open Ended

1. It is reasonable that gifted schools should receive more funds from the government.

Open Ended

2. Public schools have affordable tuition fees.

Open Ended

3. In specialized schools, students have to deal with huge amounts of specialized knowledge.

Open Ended

4. Students in gifted schools lack soft skills due to their heavy study workload.

Open Ended

5. Awards in international academic competitions are achieved by students from gifted schools.

Discussion

Practice expressing your opinions

Discussion

• Many families believe that gifted schools provide better studying environment (teachers, facilities, competitiveness), so that they are trying to push their children to compete for the entrance exams of

  those schools. Is it a positive or negative trend?

• In Vietnam, gifted schools are receiving more funds from the government. Many people think this is reasonable. Do you agree or disagree?