unit 4- reading

Types of schoolNursery /'nə:sri/ Kindergarten / 'kində,gɑ:tn/ Lower secondary school secondary school college Upper school high school university Primary school... GCSE GCSE general cer

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Types of school

Nursery

/'nə:sri/ Kindergarten

/ 'kində,gɑ:tn/

Lower secondary school (secondary

school)

college

Upper school (high school)

university

Primary school

Period 20

UNIT 4: SYSTEM Of EDUCATION

Lesson 1: Reading

I Before you read

Read the facts below and decide whether the statements about schools in Vietnam are true (T) or false (F) Then

compare your results with your partners’

Facts about schools

1.Children start Grade 1 when they are 6 years old.

2.Schooling is compulsory from the age of 6 to 16.

3.The school year generally begins in September

and ends in late May.

4.The students do not have any examinations

when they finish secondary school

5.A school year consists of two terms.

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T F

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Listening and reading

II While you read

Words:

1 Compulsory / Compulsory / kəm'pʌlsəri /

2 Academic year /ækə'demik/

3 Parallel /'pærəlel/

4 Curriculum / / kə'rikjuləm/

5 state school /steit/ /steit/

6 GCSE GCSE (general certificate

of secondary school)

(a) b¾t buéc

(n) n¨m häc (n/v/adj) song song (n) Ch ¬ng tr×nh gi¶ng d¹y

(n) Tr êng quèc lËp (np) chøng chØ tèt nghiªp THPT

Sub-task : Complete the following sentences using the words or phrases in column A of task 1

1 A(n) _ year in Vietnam lasts 9 months.

2 English is a subject in our school.

3 Our is set by the government.

4 Two lines are _ when they run side by side with the same distance between them at any point.

5 is the examinations children sit at the end of compulsory education

6 English students don’t have to pay fees if they learn

at the _.

academic

compulsory curriculum

parallel GCSE

state school.

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 When do children in England start their

compulsory education at school?

2 How many terms are there in a school year in England?

3 What are the two school systems in England?

4 Do children have to pay fees if they go to

“independent” or “public” school?

5 How many core subjects are there in the

national curriculum?

6 When can students take the GCSE

examination?

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 When do children in England start their When do children in England start their

compulsory education at school?

- From the age of 5.

2 How many terms are there in a school year

in England?

Summer term)

3 What are the two school systems in

England?

- The state school and the “independent” or

“public” school system.

4 Do children have to pay fees if they go to

“independent” or “public” school?

- Yes, they do.

5 How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum?

- There are 3 core subjects (English,

Maths and Science).

6 When can students take the GCSE

examination?

- When they finish the secondary school.

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 When do children in England start their compulsory education at school?

- From the age of 5.

2 How many terms are there in a school year in England?

- 3 terms.

3 What are the two school systems in England?

- The state school and the “independent” or “public” school

system.

4 Do children have to pay fees if they go to “independent” or

“public” school?

- Yes, they do.

5 How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum?

- There are 3 core subjects (English, Maths and Science).

6 When can students take the GCSE examination?

- When they finish the secondary school.

Sub-task: Read the text once more and fill in the diagram with correct information taken from the reading text.

ENGLAND SCHOOLING _(1) _ year

(2) _term (3) _term (4) _term

(5) _school school 93% of the pupils (6) _ school fee paying

(7) school (8) _school

GCSE

Answer keys

ENGLAND

SCHOOLING

Academic

GCSE

GCSE “A” Level  University

After you read : Making comparison between

Vietnamese and English system of education:

1 Age of starting school

2 Compulsory age at

school

3 An academic school

4 Number of term/ 1

school year

5 School systems

6 Certificate after

secondary school

• 6 years old 5 years old

• 6-175-16

• 9 months 11 months (September-May) (September-July)

- In about 80 words, write about the similarities and differences between Vietnamese and English system of education.

Thank you very much for your

attention