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INTRODUCTION 1
This chapter is about education. At the top of this page is a definition of education. you think it is Do a good definition? Does the writer of this definition think that training is more difficult or that education ig more difficult? Working with a partner, think of three examples of training and three examplesof education. Compare your examples with the examples thought of by other students.As a class, decide which is the best example of training and which is the best example education. of

VOCABULARY INTRODUCTION

Below are some worcis that are related to the subject of education. Work with a group of students in the class and see if you know what these words mean. If you do not know, ask other students, ask your instructor, or look in a dictionary to find out what they mean. Write the definition of each word you did not know on the blanklines at the top of page 4.
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PREREADING ACTIVITY
Read the following questions. When you are sure you understand the questions, read the passage that follows them carefully. It should take ycku five or ten minutes. After you have read the passage, answer the questions. (The questions are repeated after the reading.) 1. According to the reading, what are basic skills? 2. What have schools been teaching instead of basic skills? IA. vl X VIA) c10,AI 3. In the opinion of many people, what is the result of the schools' failure to teach basic skills? 4. What have universities had to do to make up for students' lack of basic skills? 5. Is there another explanation for lower college entrance scores than the one given in the reading? 6. What do you think was the reason that schools were not teaching basic skills?

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Many Americans want their public education system to go back to teaching 1 young people the basic subjects of English literature and composition, mathe matics, and science. For two decades, the.S. educational system has been cour ib 1 " -1 e uch as mu is a ookin. - al

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le believe that t.1:4 has led to a lack of ntingcaiculaiing, and thin...:1 / 4 ^ ` During the same tdenty is, s de nt s' s - in c olleg e e ntre examinations have been falling, and colleges have been complainin that the students comi rsities are not as well prepare as they were before. have begun to teach more remedial courses in tne C5ast e e r university skills'to bring incomin students u work. niversity administrators, employers, and many parents are asking the public schools to return to a system with more required courses and fewer optional courses.
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RE AD I NG TO GE TH E R

There re thers, f r se, ho rgue that today's students are just as 3 ell repared for ollege as the students of t enty years ago ere, and that tests do not easure the ind of learning that students have een getting. They argue that today's students are etter prepared to live and ork in the odern orld than students ere efore. This second view is not very common, however, and there is now a popular, ack-to-basics movement in education in the United States. Many educators hope that this renewed emphasis on basic skills will both prepare students to succeed in universities and prepare them to live in the modern world.

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Now write your answers to t e questions from t e be in4ing of t e reading. You may work in pairs if your instructor asks you to. Look back at t reading to check your answers. 1. According to the reading, what are basic skills? 2. What have schools been teaching instead of basic skills? 3. In the opinion of many people, what is the result of the schoois' failure to teach basic skills? 4. What have universities had to do to make up for students' lack of basic skills?

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Gettin an Ed cation one word in each blank. Look carefully at the sentences that come before and after the blank to be sure that the word you choose has meanin in both the sentence and the paragraph and that the form of the word is correct for that sentence. Discuss with your partner any differences in the words you choose, your understanding of the sentences, and your reasons for choosing certain words. The purpose of the exercise is to find as many words that can fit in the blanks as possible. When you and your partner have finished, your instructor will ask you to compare your answers with the answers that your classmates gave. Your instructor may ask you to write your words on the blackboard. Be ready to explain why you chose a word and what the word means. Also be ready to change your answer if other students found a better word. Write other good answers that you hear below the ones that you gave. Going o Sc ool For some of us, going to school is the most natural anti normal activity in the world. We became CV when we were young, and some of us are still (i) students now.____________________ means different things to different people, however. (2) LAA.: vt4 For some, education means going to a college or 1-4"-te. , and getting a(n) GA--1-Y (3) ________________ from a university means getting a good ______________ and
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