PTE Summarize Spoken Text – Update 53

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Citizenship education is important subject in schools as compared to the past. However, only 1/5 of schools have such courses that provide student right skills and attitudes. In the past, people were reluctant to teach. It is important for students in this changing world. There are still problems in teaching this subject due to lack of commitment and lack of teachers to teach. Criticism about the theory of citizenship education is ineffective, unless schools themselves reflected democratic practices by giving children the opportunity to have a say over decision making. It suggests that schools are fundamentally undemocratic institutions, and that such a setting cannot instil in children the commitment and belief in democratic values that is necessary for citizenship education to have a proper impact. Citizenship education is one critical element, and students will acquire knowledge of civics, including the principles of democracy and associated local, state and Australian government structure and processes. In addition, students will also learn to participate responsibly and cooperatively in community.

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Criticism of citizenship education in schools argues that merely teaching children about the theory of citizenship education is ineffective, unless schools themselves reflect democratic practices by giving children the opportunity to have a say over decision making. Schools are fundamentally undemocratic institutions, and that such a setting cannot instil in children the commitment and belief in democratic values that are necessary for citizenship education to have a proper impact.

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Current studies show that what goes on labels is an important consideration for manufacturers since more than seventy percent of shoppers read food labels when considering whether to buy products, a recent controversy as to whether labels on prepared foods should educate or merely inform the consumer is over and a consumer group got its way, the group maintained that product labels should do more than simply list how many grams of nutrients a food contains their contention was that labels should also list the percentage of a day’s total nutrients that the product was applied to consumer because this information is essential in planning a healthy diet, a government agency disagreed strongly favoring a label that merely informs the consumer in other words a label that only lists the contents of the products the agency maintained that consumers could decide for themselves if the food is nutritious and is meeting their daily needs, the consumer group in supporting its case had cited a survey in which shoppers were shown a food label and were then asked if they would need more or less of a certain nutrient after eating a serving of this product the shoppers weren’t able to answer the questions easily when they were not given a specific percentage, this study and others helped get the new regulation passed and now food products must have the more detailed labels.

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The lecture discusses about labels’ content which consumers would read when they buy a product. Primarily, the consumer group insisted that labels should educate customers about supplied percentage of daily nutrients. By contrast, an agency contended that labels’ only function was to inform a list of components. Finally, consumers group succeeded to make it necessary to employ a detailed label on prepared foods through citing a survey.

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We’re going to spend the rest of the month writing different kinds of essays. First though, we need to talk about what makes an essay good. There are certain things that every essay, despite what you’ll be writing about, needs to have. Okay, so who can tell me one thing that an essay must have? W: Um, doesn’t every essay need an introduction? M: Of course. Every essay must have an introduction. In the intro, you’ll talk about the focus of your essay. You might also talk about some of your arguments or subtopics. But if you do, you have to make sure that you’re very brief about them. Your introduction shouldn’t be more than a paragraph. So what else does an essay need to have? W: A conclusion? M: Absolutely! If you’re introducing your topic at the beginning, you must conclude your argument at the end. The conclusion talks about similar things as the introduction, but it’s not exactly the same. Here, you have to wrap up your topic. You have to make sure that the reader is convinced that your point of view is right. Yes, do you have a question? W: So what happens in the middle? M: The middle’s the most important part! That’s where you tell your reader all the reasons that he or she should agree with you. That’s where you really get to show off what you know.

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A professor is teaching his class how to write a good essay. The three main parts of an essay are the introduction, the middle, and the conclusion. The introduction is the beginning of the essay wherein the writer first brings up his topic and arguments. The conclusion is the part of the essay that comes at the end.