Learning a New Education System
In this unit you will build upon what you may already know about the American education system.
You will learn vocabulary and terminology used in the application and enrollment processes for college and university. This will help those of you planning to take credit classes in the future to make a smooth transition.
Finally, you will use what you know about the education system in your native country and what you have learned about the American system to write a paragraph explaining a few similarities and differences between the two. In your speaking and writing, you will work specifically on the grammar for making comparisons.
Learning objectives. By the end of this learning unit, you will be able to do the following:
In order to achieve the learning goals above, complete the following assignments by following the steps below. If you have questions about any of the materials or if there is anything you do not understand at any point in the learning unit, please contact your instructor.
1. Listening and note-taking.
Learn about American education system by listening to a lecture and taking notes.
2. Reading.
Now you will learn how to read a schedule of credit college classes.
Last, test your ability to interpret key information from MiraCosta College’s current class schedule by using various reading strategies. Take this 10-question, 10-point short-answer Reading a College Class Schedule quiz:
3. Let’s review and practice grammar!
When comparing and contrasting people, places, or things, we use comparative and superlative adjectives (describing words), and we use comparative and superlative adverbs to describe actions, among other things.
4. Writing.
Now it is time to use what you have learned and practice your writing! Synthesize all you have learned by writing a comparison / contrast paragraph.
Remember: Writing is the last and most difficult skill to acquire and master in any language! See or email your teacher if you have questions or visit your school’s writing center.
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“We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite.”
-- Former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson