FCE Gold Plus Unit 6

1. UNIT 6: IT’S YOUR
CALL
WRITING

2. WARM-UP

3. Do you usually use mobile phones in
class?

4. Do teachers feel happy when they
see you use mobile phones in class?

5. Do you think that schools should ban
mobile phones?

6. WRITING LESSON

8. Match the words in the left column with their
correct meanings in the right column
1. administrative A. Refuse to do what a
law/person says
2. disobey B. Connected with
organizing the work of a
business or institution
3. disturb C. Make sure that something
happens
4. ensure D. Interrupt
someone/something

9. Match the words in the left column with their
correct meanings in the right column
1. administrative B. Connected with
organizing the work of a
business or institution
2. disobey A. Refuse to do what a
law/person says
3. disturb D. Interrupt
someone/something
4. ensure C. Make sure that something
happens

10. USE OF MOBILE PHONES IN
CLASS
• You are going to read a text about a woman who spent a day
with her mobile phone switched off as part of an experiment.
• Seven sentences have been removed from the text. Choose
from sentences A-H the one which best fits each gap (1-7).
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

11. Introduction
This report describes problems caused by the use of mobile phones by
students, and makes recommendations concerning their use in the
school. The information comes from interviews with class teachers and
administrative class.
Problems
1. There is a rule that students should turn off their phones during
lesson time. However, many students either forget or disobey this rule.
Their phones often ring during class time and this interrupts the class
and disturbs other students.
2. Some younger students use their phones to send text messages or
play games during class.
3. We have had many complaints from parents and students that mobile
phones have been lost or stolen in the school.
Recommendations
Because of these problems, we recommend that no student should be
allowed to bring a mobile phone to school. There are several public
phones in the school, which students can use if necessary. These
should be regularly checked to ensure they are in good working order.

12. Task 1: Answer these following
questions
1. What is the purpose of this report?
2. How can you know that?
3. How many main parts does this report have?
What are they?
4. What are the purposes of each part?
5. Is the language used in this report formal or
informal? Why?
6. Does this report have the signature or greeting
parts like a letter?

13. 1. To give information about the use of mobile phones in
class.
2. Because the title/heading of the report says that.
3. Three parts: introduction, problems and
recommendations.
4. The introduction gives an overview about the issue.
The problems mention the difficulties.
The recommendations mention the suggestions to
make the problem better.
5. Formal. Because it has no contracted forms, phrasal
verbs and use some polite verbs such as:
recommendations, should,…
6. No.

14. FORMAT OF A REPORT
Title
Introduction
Problems
Recommendations

15. You are a student at a language school.
Teachers have complained about the use
of mobile phones by students in class.
As a result, the director of the school
wants to ban mobile phones completely
at school.

16. TASK 2
The language of the report is too informal.
The student’s teacher has underlined the
parts of the report that should be changed.
Use the words and phrases below to make
the necessary changes and write the
corrected report in the notebook.

17. • Introduction
This report explains why mobile phones
are important for students, and makes
recommendations for their use in the
school. (1)I had a word with (2)a few
students and a couple of parents too.
• Why mobile phones are necessary
(3)You might need to phone home (4)if
you miss the bus or something. Some
parents (5)can get really worried if
(6)you’re not home on time.
(7)You parents might need to (8)get in
touch with you (9)in a hurry. (10)Your uncle
or someone like that might have been
taken to hospital or (11)something else
might have happened
• Recommendations
Everyone agrees that mobile phones
can (12)get on your nerves but they can
(13)come in handy sometimes. We
recommend that students should check
that phones are switched off before
classes start. (14)Still, (15)we think you
should let us bring them to school.
• a) urgently
• b) several students and their
parents
• c) It might be necessary
• d) be irritating
• e) if a student has transport
problems
• f) be extremely useful at times
• g) Students’ parents
• h) can become anxious
• i) A relative
• j) contact them
• k) some other emergency may
have occurred
• l) their son or daughter is late
home
• m) we do not believe they should
be banned
• n) I interviewed
• o) Nevertheless

18. • Introduction
This report explains why mobile phones are important for students,
and makes recommendations for their use in the school. (1) n) I
interviewed (2) b) several students and their parents.
• Why mobile phones are necessary
(3) c) It might be necessary to phone home (4) e) if a student has
transport problems. Some parents (5) h) can become anxious if (6)
l) their son or daughter is late home.
• (7) g) Students’ parents might need to (8) j) contact them (9) a)
urgently. (10) i) A relative might have been taken to hospital or (11)
k) some other emergency may have occurred
• Recommendations
• Everyone agrees that mobile phones can (12) d) be irritating but
they can (13) f) be extremely useful at times. We recommend that
students should check that phones are switched off before classes
start. (14) o) Nevertheless, (15) m) we do not believe they should
be banned.

19. HOMEWORK
You are a student at a language school. Teachers have
complained that some students are spending too
much time using the computers with Internet
connection to visit chat rooms and send email
messages to friends. They say this is not a proper use
of the school’s equipment and want the director to ban
anyone who does this from using the room.
Write a report for the director of the school explaining
why Internet access is important and should be
available to everyone. Make recommendations about
ways in which the situation can be controlled.
Write a report in 120-180 words.