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Listening
5 Read the text about the boat schools of
Bangladesh and decide if statements 1-5 are 7 a) 2.13 Listen to Tom describing his
T (true), F (false) or NS (not stated). Write in classroom. Decide which picture shows Tom’s
your notebook. classroom.
VIDEO
A

The Boat Schools of
Bangladesh B

Where is your school? On a quiet street? On a busy road?
Next to a park? Well, in Chalan Beel, Bangladesh, there
are floods every year and some schools aren't in buildings
at all ... they're on boats!
Each boat has got a classroom and there are desks and
chairs for 30 children inside. There is even a blackboard
and a computer with Internet! There isn't a canteen or a
staffroom for the teacher, but there is a library with lots of b) Describe the other classroom.
books.
The boat schools are very important because, when there 8 In pairs, discuss what there is in your
are floods, they are the only schools around. For the classroom.
children of Chalan Beel, they are not just boats, they are A: Is there a blackboard in the classroom?
a way to change their lives. B: No, there is a whiteboard. Has it got a desk for the
Check these words
boat, quiet, busy, flood teacher? etc.

1 Chalan Beel is in Bangladesh. Speaking
2 There are 30 boat schools in Chalan Beel. 9 Think about your school and your classroom.
3 Each student has got a computer on their desk. Collect information under the headings:
4 There is a staffroom on the boat. ■ location ■ school areas ■ your classroom. Use
5 The boat schools have got libraries. your notes to present your school to a group
of exchange students visiting your school.
Speaking

Writing (see Guided Writing p. GW1)
6 In pairs, describe the boat schools of
Bangladesh. Compare them to your school. 10 Nazia, your e-pal from Bangladesh, sent you an
email about her classroom on a boat school.
A: The boat schools have got libraries. Our school has Write an email to Nazia describing your school
got a library, too. and your classroom (50 words). Think about:
B: There aren’t staffrooms on the boat schools, but ■ where your school is ■ what is in your school
there is a staffroom in our school. ■ what there is/isn’t in your classroom.
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