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a. Do you think that too many young people go to college?

b. Who should pay for higher education / why ?
c. Should students from richer families pay more / why ?

2. Watch the video: ‘Is a college degree really worth the cost’? then answer the questions.

a. What kinds of changes have recently occurred in the economy?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

b. What proportion of the economy represents college grads?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

c. What part of the economy benefit from them?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

d. Is it worth studying?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

3. Reading for gist: Skim the article and answer following questions.

1. Which education policies have caused unrest across the world?

2. How much does the UK government contribute towards the costs of a degree ?

3. How do scholarships appear to favor students from wealthy families?

4. What evidence suggests that the social benefits of education do not justify their costs?

5. Why might universities show a preference for foreign students?

6. Why private business schools don’t need to increase class sizes or cut faculty pay?
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4. Fill the space in the sentence using the base word given in bold.

1. Ongoing debates on paid education spark a lot of …………………..……… (rest).

2. Protests indicate that people are rather ………………………...…. (will) to pay fees.

3. Higher education is often……………………………..….. (afford) due to exorbitant fees.

4. Politicians claim to …………………………………. (wide) access to higher education.

5. In this way they try to fight social …………………………………..……..…(equal).

6. While others hold a view that the social benefits don’t ………………….….. (just) the costs.

7. Attending the best schools may ……………...….. (worse) child’s odds of future success.

8. Local customs can…………………….…..… (different) from country to country.

9. A student loan may ……………………...……. (able) many people to start studying.

10. In some countries companies are ……………..….….... (obligation) to cover part of the costs.

11. Interestingly in private schools, high fees are ……………….....…. (perception) favorably.

12. It’s believed that free market economy can ………..……………… (solution) this issue.
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5. Read the two posts from a debate ‘Should Education be Free to Everyone’ and present your own
perspective.

• What are the pros & cons of each point of view.

• Express your agreement /disagreement.

• Justify your claim.

A. To be smart.
I think education should not be free because people who don't want to go to school can stay home and
do what they want to do, so all the other kids who want to learn can learn and get their education
without being disrupted. And so the teachers won’t waste their time with those who don't want to
learn.

B. Free to everyone?
If it’s free to everyone, who would pay for all the expenses, who would support all the money needed
for the maintenance, labors, etc for the infinite amount of people at a learning age?
In exception if it’s a country with a strong economy, then it can make education free to everyone.

USEFUL PHRASES:

DESCRIBING PROS & CONS EXPRESSING AGREEMENT EXPRESSING DISAGREEMENT

 There are two sides to the
question.
 By far the most important
advantage / The
overwhelming advantage is…
 An argument for/ in favour of/
against if…
 I entirely agree with his views on ...
 I am in complete agreement with ...
 I’m absolutely convinced that…
 That goes without saying.
 I’m absolutely convinced that…
 It is not feasible to ….
 It is far fetched idea to believe
that …..
 It is not the right solution.
 I’m afraid I can’t quite agree
with …

 While admitting that……one
should not forget that…..
 Some people think that…,others
say that…
 That goes without saying that ….  I’d like to take issue with ….
 That is fair enough…  That’s ridiculous!
 I’m all in favor of …  Never in a million years!

 Arguments for/ Arguments in  This idea flies in the face of

support logic.

 There are many negative aspects  I’m inclined to disagree with

and one of them is… that…

 The drawbacks of «sth.» are...