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ARE SCHOOL UNIFORMS MORE CONVENIENT FOR STUDENTS??

4th year students were debating about the use of uniforms. Are uniforms more convenient? Are they boring? What would you do if Norba school decided to make students wear uniforms? Read an article about this issue and then give your own opinion adding a comment.

http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:School_Uniform_(JUNIOR)

The question of whether children should wear a uniform to school always makes for a lively debate, and not only among students! In some countries school uniform is normal and most schools make their students wear one. Britain is the most obvious example of this, but in many other countries with strong links to Britain uniform often has to be worn to school - examples include Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa and many other African countries. Uniform is also required at almost all schools in Japan. In other countries, particularly in continental Europe, the USA and Canada, uniform is very rare in state-funded schools, although private schools may have one. Debates about school uniform have been going on for decades in different countries and districts, but during the 1990s state schools in the USA began to adopt uniforms. At first uniform rules were seen as a way of stopping children dressing in gang colours in troubled urban areas. Later, claims that introducing uniform leads to better discipline and educational results encouraged other school districts and schools to make a change. Both the Clinton and Bush administrations were in favour of school uniforms. Other countries have picked up on this trend.

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LISTENING ACTIVITY 1: FOR AND AGAINST SCHOOL UNIFORMS
1.-Listen without watching:
a.-What two reasons are given to support the use of school uniforms?
b.-What two reasons are given against using school uniforms?

2.-Watch and check.

LISTENING ACTIVITY 2: TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND PARENTS GIVE THEIR OPINION ON SCHOOL UNIFORMS.
1.-Watch and take notes of ideas supporting the use of uniforms and ideas against it.

FINAL TEST REVISION

198 REPHRASINGS

UNIT 1: PHRASAL VERBS FOR CLOTHES