SEMINAR 4 Cultural Differences Part 2 – Answer Key


Task 3

1 Where are the students from? The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Korea, Brazil

2 What is the main point each student makes about their education system? The UAE: public (state
schools, and private schools where you have to pay – these are seen as better. Korea: mostly state
education; students have to work very hard. Brazil: money is important.


Task 4

1  So you have two education systems?

2  So these private schools – how are they different?

3  Do you have to pay to go to the private schools?

4  It must be expensive. Is it?

5  What about in Korea?  Is it a similar situation or...?

6  Are the classes big? What about the classes?

7  Why? How is it different in Brazil?

8  Anyway, what about your universities?


Task 5

1 Which is the best university in your country?

2 Do you prefer studying individually or in groups?

3 Why are you planning to study in English?

4 How does the university application system work?


Task 6

A  Who is responsible for student welfare?

B  Which university system do you think is better, state-owned or private?

C  What do you hope to learn this academic year?

D  When/how do lectures normally start, and long are they?

E  Where do you hope to work after you graduate?

F  Why is reading academic texts so difficult?


Task 9

Reporting verbs in past simple and present simple:

focused on, think, believe, is/are/was, argues


Words/phrases in the summary that students could use in their own summary:

The discussion focused on...; Some of the participants think (that)...; Other people believe
(that)..; One view is that...;The main reasons for X are Y; Overall,...


Task 10 Sample text?