The document asks about one's experience in secondary school, providing a list of questions to ask a partner about whether they liked school, if it was boys/girls/mixed, favorite and best/worst subjects, teachers, classmates, timetable structure, breaks, extracurriculars, rules, exam timing and performance, and holiday periods. It provides expressions for describing likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses to use in recounting one's school days experience. The purpose is to have a conversation with a classmate about their secondary school experience focusing on subjects, teachers, schedule, assessments, peers, and time off.
The document asks about one's experience in secondary school, providing a list of questions to ask a partner about whether they liked school, if it was boys/girls/mixed, favorite and best/worst subjects, teachers, classmates, timetable structure, breaks, extracurriculars, rules, exam timing and performance, and holiday periods. It provides expressions for describing likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses to use in recounting one's school days experience. The purpose is to have a conversation with a classmate about their secondary school experience focusing on subjects, teachers, schedule, assessments, peers, and time off.
The document asks about one's experience in secondary school, providing a list of questions to ask a partner about whether they liked school, if it was boys/girls/mixed, favorite and best/worst subjects, teachers, classmates, timetable structure, breaks, extracurriculars, rules, exam timing and performance, and holiday periods. It provides expressions for describing likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses to use in recounting one's school days experience. The purpose is to have a conversation with a classmate about their secondary school experience focusing on subjects, teachers, schedule, assessments, peers, and time off.
MY SCHOOL DAYS… Do you remember your experience in Secondary school?
Ask your partner these questions:
Did you like going to school when you were a teenager?
How was your school? Was it a boys, girls or mixed school? Who was your favourite teacher? Why? What was the subject you liked best? Why? What was the subject you were good at? And bad at? Did you get on well with your classmates? Who was your best friend? How was your timetable? Did you have morning or afternoon lessons? Or both? How many breaks did you have? Did you go to after-school lessons/extra-curricular activities? What rules did your school have? Did you usually obey them? When did you take the exams? Did you pass or fail many subjects? When did you have school holidays?
You may want to use these expressions:
I loved / really liked…
I hated…
When I was I teenager I loved History
but I hated English
To be good / brilliant / bad /
terrible at something
To do something very well
I’m terrible at Maths but I’m
brilliant at Science! To like something best /worst:
To like something better than
the rest of things.
Of all the school subjects I liked
English best Task 1 Monologue: School Days Time: 2 minutes
Now talk to your classmate about your experience in secondary school.