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Don't be deterred if your folks don't warm up to the idea immediately. Many students I have interviewed say it took time to get their parents on board, even with well conceived plans, but in the end M & D turn out to be your biggest supporters! 8,5 1425 Second, your written plan should read like a proposal! You just have to sell yourself and your ideas. State your reasons for wanting to take a year out and your goals for that year. Demonstrate how your goals will help you succeed in college. 537 words For example, "Mom and Dad, I feel I am not ready for college next fall because I have never lived away from home, and really don't have a clue about what my major should be, or what interests me. Instead of wasting $20,000 on tuition and living expenses it would be better for me to delay college a year so I can pursue my desire to volunteer in an urban setting with kids, do some paid work to bank some savings, and follow my love for the outdoors by exploring the Grand Canyon with a group of experienced backpackers. [...] During my year out I will gain maturity and confidence by working and living away from home, and learning to solve problems, ya know, learn those life skills that I may be a bit short on! This will help prepare me for the challenges of independent living and managing my time and academics next year when I arrive on campus. My goal of volunteering with kids in the inner city may help me determine if I want to pursue a degree in elementary education.' Finally, how on earth do you pay for your gap year? You might want to begin by establishing a budget. Start with the idea that you and your parents are already committed to tuition and fees and living expenses at a four year college or university. [...] A budget gap year [...] where you do a combination of volunteering, paid work, and some independent travel [...] is easily within the 35 reach of almost any student and family in the US today! From: www.planetgapyear.com, 13 October 2007 21 major main subject or course of a student at college or university 23 pursue sth. try to do sth. or achieve sth. 20 maturity quality of thinking and behaving in a sensible, adult manner 30 degree in elementary education Diplom zum/r Grundschullehrer/in Read the text. Then decide if the statements are true, false or not given in the text. Tick the right answer. Not given 2. 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 10. Persuading your parents that you need a gap year is very important. It does not matter if you have not saved money for a gap year because there are no costs. You should take the initiative and do research and planning to persuade your parents that your gap year is a good idea. Talking to people who already had a gap year is better than just collecting information on the Internet. they react If you present your gap year idea to your parents in a negative way, you will have to give up your plan. An effective method of getting your parents' support is telling them you are taking a gap year to do them a favour. It can be helpful to tell your parents that you can gain some experience and get to know yourself better in a gap year. You can volunteer to do social work in your gap year. Lots of young people become teachers after a gap year. The writer thinks that only a few young Americans really have the opportunity of taking a gap year. 2. Grammar A) Gerunds: Placement in industry 1. 2. 3. True ✓o False vir get to know the latest computer technology * learn new things ✓ ✓ ✓ 3/4 We offer two-week placements to high school students who are at least 16 years old. Do this test to get a placement with us. Complete the advert with words from the box and sometimes prepositions. There is more than one possibility. If you have answered at least 5 questions with YES, apply for a placement with us. Can you imagine working for a world famous company at Are you good in Are you used to organizing learn new things 4. Do you enjoy getting to know the latest computer technology. Do you like to work in a team 5. √x 6. Are you clever at solving problems. 7. Are you interested in preparing for a successful career ✓ D organize * use IT * * put much work into solving a problem * prepare for a successful career solve problems * start work at 7 every day * work for a wold famous company * work in a team If you have answered at least 5 questions with YES, apply for a placement with us. Please, don't forget to leave (leave) your e-mail address. B) Spot the mistakes (present/past/future). 5/5 There is at least one mistake in each sentence pair. Underline the mistake and Write the correct sentence. (5 pts) a) I still did my homework at 10:30 pm last night. I did my homework at 10.30pm last night. 3 Vocabulary Writing CVS Which are the basic parts of a CV? Start in a chronological order. 1) 2) 3) 2. b) If I am a child, I would play outside. If I were a child, I would play outside c) My father is thinking that I should stop smoking. My father thinks that I should stop smoking. your name (1)2✓ your adress (2) J personal statement (3) 3. d) I'd also like to working in another country and your a global company. I'd also like to work in another country and a global company. e) John probably isn't going to come to school tomorrow. John probably will not come to school tomorrow. (1) won't Education (4) Translate: Inhalt 4 Writing: A formal letter skills (5) (VI 4/51 5) 5 points 7) 8) Ich denke, du solltest aufhören, so viele CDs zu kaufen. I think you should stop buying so many CDs. Ich erinnere mich daran, dass ich es gekauft habe, aber ich habe es im Laden gelassen. *have I remember buying it, but I left it in the shop. Ich habe seine Nummer bekommen indem ich im Internet gesucht habe. got his number by searching on the internet. 3514 Ausdrucksvermögen skills/awards (6) achievements ( hobbies/interests (7) -s extracurricular references (8) ✓ 45 14,5 135/15 Sprachrichtigkeit und Verständlichkeit 45 points S/5 points You are planning to do a language course in Oxford for five weeks during your summer holidays. Someone has given you the address of a nice place to stay. Write a formal letter (in correct layout) to the house owner, Ms Claire Harris, 8 Broad Street, OX13AP. Tell her what you would like (room with breakfast, maybe evening meal) give the dates of your stay ask questions (how much it would cost per week, etc.) tell her about yourself (your level of written/spoken English, what kind of person you are, interests)... content -0,5 you still feed to ask if you can stay her. 2015 name! 8 Broad Street OX13 AP England Dear Ms Claire Harris, Thank you for the opportunity to come to the United. Kingdom. I would like to introduce myself and ask some questions. keen My name is Nico Böklen and I am in the ninth grade of the Stiftsgymnasium in Sindelfingen. I am a calm and reliable person. I like seeing new places and countries. I am very on visiting Oxford. Tomy free time I like to meet with friends or listen to music. I am interested in playing handball ·evarly and table tennis. I am annoyed about standing up! in the moming. Would it be possible to have breakfast at ten o' clock? I would like to taste some typical food of England and the world famous tea. A trip to England very expensive but I cannot imagine how much it will cost. Would it be possible to tell me how much it would cast for five weeks? I think I will arrive at 11:30pm of the 20th of July. I will be very grateful if you can prepare an evening meal. At 24th of August I have to go back to Germany. is nt sp gr My written English is better than my spoken English. But I think my spoken English is quite good for a language course in Oxford. It would be helpful if you answer my question. Thank you for the opportunity to see Oxford and to live with you. Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.