Read the text and choose the word form the list which best fits the gap (1-10).

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Read the text and discuss its main idea.

VOCABULARY

Rankings of the students of Kazakhstan's general education schools in international comparative surveys: the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) – 40^th-45^th; the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) – 10^th-12^th; the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) – 10^th-15^th.

In order to create an (1) …………. , multilingual model of education, the number of schools rendering the education services in three languages will be increased from 33 to 700. The network of the Nazarbayev (2) ………… Schools will be expanded from 6 to 20 as well. These schools will become a platform for (3) …………. of multilingual model of education and innovations in education.

Kazakhstani school students will participate in international education (4) …………. surveys, like PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment – (5) ………….. of quality of 15 and 16-year-old students' mathematical literacy, reading literacy and knowledge of natural science), TIMSS (The International Math And Science Study – evaluation of quality of 4-8-year-old students' mathematical literacy and natural (6) ………….. knowledge), PIRLS ((7) ………… in International Reading Literacy Study – comparison of level and quality of reading and text (8) ………….. by the students of elementary schools all over the world), TIMSS ADVANCED (the evaluation of mathematical and natural science literacy (Physics) in classes with (9) ……….. study of these subjects by 11^th grade students), ICILS (the evaluation of computer science and information (10) ……….. of the 8^th grade students).

http://www.edu.gov.kz/en/state-program-education-development-republic-kazakhstan-2011-2020

3 Express your opinion.

1. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the information presented?

2. Is it necessary for pupils to participate in such tests?

COMMUNICATION

1 Study the information about ‘Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats' at http://www.heartsunlimited.net/happy-hearts-software/six-thinking-hats.html/, and prepare a presentation of the information.

2 Using the ‘Six Thinking Hats', discuss the following question:

What do you think about the 12-year system of school education?

WRITING

1 Create an excerpt of the ‘Social Biography' of a person (e.g. your own, your relatives, friends, famous people, etc.), describing the experience of getting education and analyzing it from various perspectives (e.g. social, historical, geographical context, etc.).

2 Present your essay (in about 1000 words).

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Reference Words

1 Study the following information.

· Reference words are a type of rhetorical device that allows a writer to create cohesion throughout a text by reintroducing, manipulating, or anticipating information continually and in interesting ways.

· Reference words can be almost any part of speech, but most of them are pronouns and noun phrases.

· Reference words can refer in three directions: upward to a previously mentioned portion of text, downward to a subsequent portion of text, or outward to an entity that is not mentioned in the text.

A. Reference words that refer upward in a text are called "anaphoric."

B. Reference words that refer downward in a text are called "cataphoric."

C. Reference words that refer outward from a text are called "exophoric."