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School Subjects and School Timetable

Subject at school

REVISION: SCHOOL SUBJECTS AND PLACES- ROUTINES- HEALTH PROBLEMS

Answer the questions and true'false activiry to the timetable

For each question, choose the correct answer..

Jobs we’d like to do

Artur

I’ve always enjoyed playing computer games and I’d like to make them when I’m older. My cousin works in IT and makes cartoons and games so I asked him if I could go to work with him. I learned so much including how to draw a simple cartoon. But it was really tiring – all I wanted to do was relax at the end of the day, not play computer games!

Mika

I love sport the most and want to teach it when I’m older. I’m good at basketball, but I need to work harder in rugby lessons so I can teach different sports. After school, I want to go to college and study sports science. After that, I want to help with after-school clubs and lessons. My uncle is a teacher so I plan to ask him if I can give drinks to the players at the American football club next week.

Henri

I play a lot of musical instruments including the piano and guitar and would love to have a career in music. Last year, I received a prize for the best young musician in my town. I want to study music at university. I probably won’t get work as a musician after school so I might have to get a job in a café or restaurant first. My dream is to be paid to play in a group and travel around the world.

1    Who is going to ask a family member for help with their job plans?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

2    Who hopes to work in different countries?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

3    Who has won a competition in their chosen subject?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

4    Who needs to get better at the school subject they like best?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

5    Who has had some help from their family with their job plans?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

6    Who was ready for a break after their experience of working?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

7    Who may have to work as a waiter after school?

      A Artur        B Mika        C Henri

school things, subject, activities

about time and school subjects

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SCHOOL SUBJECT 1

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Increase your vocabulary related to school subjects!

Match and answer

likes and dislikes
school subjects

Read and write

• When you finish the exercises, click “Finish!” and choose “Email my answers to my teacher.”
• Then type your full name, group, school subject, and the teacher’s key code.

***Teacher’s key code: McpEKsKoXH

The student evaluate their knowledge.

School Subjects May Soon Be a Thing of the Past in Finland

Despite having one of the best education systems in the world, Finland is introducing some extraordinary changes to classrooms around the country.

Under the new National Curriculum Framework, which came into effect in August 2016, schools must provide one phenomenon based learning (PBL) project per year.

Rather than focusing on a subject, phenomenon based learning focuses on a topic which students explore from multiple perspectives. A topic like climate change, for instance, could be studied form of the perspective of science, economics, environmental studies, and politics.

The aim of PBL is to highlight the connections between subjects, and to show how subjects relate to real world issues.

Kirsti Lonka, a professor of educational psychology at Helsinki University believes that PBL encourages critical thinking. Where traditional education teaches students what to think, PBL teaches students how to think – a skill which Lonka says is essential in the 21st century.

The idea of phenomenon based learning, however, is not without its critics.

Physics teacher Jussi Tanhuanpaa worries that students will not learn enough about individual subjects to be able to study them at a higher level. He also fears that while PBL may benefit brighter students, those who need guidance will struggle.

Some academics are concerned that there is little evidence showing the effectiveness of PBL.

Anneli Rautiainen of Finland's national agency for education recognizes these concerns and says that PBL is being introduced slowly. Education is highly decentralized in Finland, which gives educators in each municipality the freedom to arrange curriculums as they see fit.

Finland’s education system is already unique in many ways. Children start formal schooling at age 7, the school day is only around 5 hours long, class sizes are small, students are rarely assigned homework, and all teachers must have a master’s degree.