III.Consider
Shouldstudentsonlylearnfrombooks?
Arguments
1.Onlybookscanprovidepeoplewiththeknowledgethatmakesthemeducated.
2.Thecriticismthatwhatstudentslearntodayisnotadaptedtopresent-daysocietyisutterlywrongbecauseeducationcanneverbeseenonlyintermsofhowusefulthesubjcetsarewhenstudentsleaveschool.Weoughttoevaluateeducationintermsofhowmuchthestudentsenjoythosesubjectsandhowmuchtheymeantothosestudents.
3.Insteadofbeingtrainedtobeutilitarian,studentsshouldbeencouragedtodothingsfortheirownsake,frogettingsatisfactionoutofthemratherthanforwhatisachievedattheend.
4.thosewillagoodcommandoftheknowledgeprovidedinbookscanadaptthemselvesbettertotheirfuturelifethanthosewithout.
5.Thosewhostressonlypracticalskillsandtechniquesandignorethefunctionofbooksareshort-sighted.
6.Onlybyurgingstudentstoreadmore,writemoreandtomoreexercisescaneducationbeimproved.
7.Beingpractical,manychildrenleaveschoolandstartearningmoneyatanearlyage.Becauseofthis,quitealargenumberofchildrenjointheranksoftheilliterateinthecountry.
8.Withouttheknowledgeprovidedinbooks,thereisnopointintalkingabouttrainingqualifiedpersonnelandfosteringversatiletalents.
Counter-arguments
1.Educationisagradualextensionofoneself.Itdoesnotonlytakeplaceinschoolbuildings.Itisalife-longexperience.
2.Studentsshouldbetaughthowtoliveandhowtogettowithoneanther.Thisismoreimportantthanreadingandwriting.
3.Writing,readingandarithmeticdontreallymatter.Whatmattersisthatstudentsshouldlearntounderstandtheworld.
4.Studentsaresooverburdenedwithclassworkandhomeworkthatmanyofthemdonotenjoygoodhealth.
5.Insteadofofferingstudentsbook-learningonly,weshouldencouragethemtogettoknowsocietysothattheywillbemoreadaptabletodealwithpracticalmatters.
6.Manystudentsarespoiltbyourpresent-dayeducationalsystem.Theymaybetopstudentsatschool,buttheyareatalossastohowtodealwithpracticalmatters.
7.Educationisbutafailureifitonlyproducespeoplewhoareunabletoputtheoryintopractice.
8.Weshouldputrightthetendencyofstressingonlystudentsacademicachievementandignoringtheirmoralandphysicaledcation.
9.Students,intheirformativeyears,shouldhaveachancetobroadentheiroutlookratherthenfeelcompelledtoworktowardspassinganexam.
Questions
1.DoyouthinkuniversitystudentsinChinaareoverburdenedwiththeirstudies?Whatisitlikeatyourcollege?
2.Whatdoyouthinkisthemaintaskstudentshaveatschool?Isittolearnmorebookknowledgeorisittoknowmoreaboutsociety?Why(Whynot)?
3.WhatdomostoftheuniversitystudentsdobothinChinaandintheWesttopreparethemselvesforthefuture?
IV.Write
Workoutanoutlineofyourownviewpoints.Theoutlineshouldconsistofmajorstatementsandsupportingevidenceandexamples.Doyouwritedowneverywordofyourspeech.
V.Speak
1.Speakaccordingtoyouroutline,orgivespontaneousspeecheswhenyoudisagreewithyourclassmatesorwhenyouwanttosupportyourowngroupwithsimilaropinions.
2.Languagedevices:Youareexpectedtoextendyourabilitytoagreeordisagreewithotherpeoplesopinionsandtoaskthentoexplaintheirpointsofview.
Thatsexactlymyopinion.
Icouldnthaveputitbettermyself.
Iagreeentirely
Yourequiteright
Icouldntagreemore.
Youcantreallymeanthat.
ImnotsureifIdgoalongwithyouonthat.
Isupposethatstrueinaway,but...
Well,itdepends.
Doyouthinkso?
VI.Sumup
1.Thewholeclassdecideonthebestpreparedspeechandthebestspontaneousspeech.
2.Thewholeclasspickoutthemostconvincingstatementsfromtheargumentsandcounter-arguments.
3.Theteachergivescommentonstudentsideasandlanguage.