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Education vocabulary things in common

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Finding similarities using useful education vocabulary, with useful phrases for talking about things you have in common.

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Education vocabulary things in common

Ask each other questions and share information to try to find things in common with your partner using vocabulary on the next page. Make sure that you remember similarities and differences to share with the class later.

Useful language for reacting to similarities

Me too./ So… I.

Like you, I…

Share the similarities between you with another group or the whole class and see if they also have that in common. 

Useful language for talking about similarities

We have… in common.

We share…

Our… are (exactly/ almost/ more or less) the same.

Our… are (absolutely/ almost) identical.

Our… are (very) similar.

Like…, I…

Both… and I…

…, and I… as well.

…, and I… too.

…, and so… I.

 

Education key words

Application (form/ essay)

Cambridge exams (PET, FCE, CAE, Use of English, etc)

Character/ Behaviour (studious, naughty, etc)

Conversation school/ Language school

Cram school

Dorm/ Student halls

Exams/ Tests (finals, etc)

Exam prep (exam practice/ practice exams, etc)

Fellow alumni/ Ex-classmates

Foreign languages (ALTs, etc)

Formality (academic English, slang, etc)

Fresher/ Freshman/ First year student

Gap year

Grammar

Homework/ Assignments

Idioms (phrasal verbs, etc)

Language exams (TOEIC, Eiken, TOEFL, etc)

Listening

Major/ Subject/ Department/ Faculty

Materials/ Resources (textbooks, etc)

Online classes

PE

Postgraduate degree/ Grad school

Pre-school/ Kindergarten/ Nursery school

Primary school/ Elementary school

Qualifications (certificates, BA/ BSc, MA/ MSc, PhD, etc)

Reading

Secondary school/ (Junior) high school

Self-study

Speaking (pronunciation, accuracy, fluency, etc)

Study abroad (student visa, exchange programme, etc)

Studying through English/ English-medium…

Uni(versity)/ College

Upper Intermediate

Vocabulary (collocations, idioms, phrasal verbs, etc)

Writing (essay, dissertation/ thesis, email, letter, report, review, article, spelling, punctuation, etc)

Possible topics

Ambitions

Changes/ Trends

Choices

Differences

Difficulties/ Problems

Dislikes

(Good/ Bad) experiences

Feelings

Future desires

Habits/ Routines

How long/ Time spent

How often

How…

Likes/ Preferences

Media

Memories

Methods/ Ways

Opinions

Past

People

Plans

Predictions

Present

Reasons/ Motivations

Recently

Similarities

Skills/ Level

Success/ Achievements

 

 

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