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Education. Learning foreign languages.

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How do students cheat in their exams? Do you know anyone who was caught cheating? What happened?

Why can someone fail an exam? What might happen if one fails an exam? What problems might people face while learning a foreign language?

In your experience, what are the best revising strategies?

Which do you prefer: to swot for an exam or to cram for an exam? Why?

What can help a student to pull an all-nighter if they need to cram for an exam?

What does one need to do to sail through their exams? What could you say to a friend who has passed their exams with flying colours?

How can parents and teachers prevent children from playing truant from classes?

• What’s the most difficult part of your study?
• What do you like most about your school?
• What is your favourite subject and why? What are your future study plans?
• Are you friends with many other students in your class?
• What makes a good teacher?

• What languages can you speak? How often do you use English?
• What do you do to practise your language skills outside the classroom?

• Which exams do you usually find difficult?
• How do you prepare for your exams?
• Do you prefer to take an oral or a written test?

• Why are you learning English?
• Do you think you could become a foreign language teacher in the future?
• Why / why not?
• Do you think learning languages is important for people in your country? Why / why not?

• Do you think a foreigner should learn your country’s language when they arrive there?
• Is English difficult to learn?
• Do you think that all children should learn foreign languages at school?

• What qualities should a language teacher have?
• Why are some people better at studying languages than others ?

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over 30% of pupils are classed as “overweight” or “obese” according to the latest government figures.

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As for me, I prefer face-to face classes with a tutor. There is a number of reasons for that the main of which might be the fact that in face-to-face classes students are normally more engaged in the process of studying and thus achieve better results.

I know it may sound a bit strange, but when I was a child I preferred to do my homework in the library rather than at home because I had a baby brother who used to cry a lot. As for the library, it is always quiet and comfortable there. Also, it is free.

It may sound obvious, but I prefer group classes because it is not as demanding as individual lessons. At the same time, you get plenty of opportunities to acquire new knowledge and improve your skills.

I believe that homeschooling is indeed the best option for really determined students. Firstly, a homeschooler can give more attention to subjects which are of most interest to him. Thus, a student can gain profound knowledge in those disciplines which they will need in the future.

However, some people claim that homeschooling can by no means be considered the best option for determined students. It is argued that in order to realize their learning potential to the fullest school children need to compete against their peers. That is why only the traditional education system allows students to receive decent education.

I am absolutely convinced that native speakers cannot be considered the best language teachers. There is a number of reasons for this the main of which might be the fact that native speakers without proper qualifications do not have deep knowledge of language teaching methods. Consequently, they do not know what difficulties foreign students may face and cannot explain the peculiarities of their mother tongue to their students.

However, there is an opposing opinion. There are those who claim that there is no better teacher than a native speaker. It is believed that native speakers have a very high level of proficiency in English and therefore their classes are extremely effective for students.

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In your letter you asked me some questions about studies. Firstly, if you want to sail through exams, you need to revise your notes, but start in advance, otherwise, you will even have to pull an all-nighter. I wouldn’t take cheat sheets to my exam, because once an invigilator noticed them and I was disqualified. Now I will have to retake the exam. Secondly, higher education is a must in my country as it’s impossible to get a job I’d you don’t have a degree. If you have good grades, you can get a scholarship and your parents won’t have to pay high tuition fees. Personally, I am going to apply to three universities and when I graduate, I am going to continue my education.

Back to your questions. My favourite teacher is Kristina Sergeevna, she taught us in secondary school. She’s a great person — very patient and sympathetic, and she’s also highly qualified and experienced. She does everything for us to hone our skills and acquire profound knowledge, so her students rarely make mistakes and always sail through exams. Talking about online education, I think that it’s a great option for ambitious and responsible students who don’t cheat in class and do all their homework. Finally, in my school all subjects are compulsory and you can’t choose which of them to attend.

In your letter you asked me some questions about studies. Yesterday we did a test and I barely scraped through, although I had been revising for it for two weeks. I got a low mark, but I didn’t fail it. My Mom said that if I don’t enter a university, she would get really upset so I promised her to prepare better. As for student grants, I can say that it is difficult to get them so most parents have to pay for their kids’ higher education. My brother is a sophomore at MSU and he’s a straight A student so he gets a scholarship

• https://raccoongang.com/blog/what-makes-good-learning-environment/

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/applying-for-university/university-life/how-to-revise-for-exams

https://genietutors.co.uk/the-importance-of-revision/

https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/teaching-tips-how-students-can-use-mobiles-to-learn-english

https://www.justlearn.com/blog/what-are-the-difficulties-of-learning-a-second-language-and-how-to-overcome-them https://www.rbth.com/education/326271-how-russians-learn-english