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Academics 7

E. Discuss with a partner.

1. Which of the ideas in exercise A on page 69
would you like to do on a gap year? Why?
2. Would you say you have a lot of life skills?
Why/Why not?
3. What life skills do you think are important for
university? And for the workplace?

Speaking

7.2
A. Listen to two friends discussing going to university. What do they decide to do in the end?

B. Discuss the topics in a group of four. Use the phrases from exercise A as appropriate.
• how you feel about taking a gap year
• what you’d like to study at university
• whether it’s better to go into higher education or go straight to work
• working with family members
• volunteering with a local charity
• backpacking

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