Unit 4. School education system

Lesson: Writing
Unit 4
School education system
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Warm-up: “CROSS WORD”
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(1) A set of questions, exercises to measure students’ knowledge.
(2) A level of students at a particular school year.
(3) An area of knowledge that you study at school.
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(4) Subjects included in a course of study.
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(5) Tests of students’ knowledge by questions
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(6) A planned way of doing something.
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(7) Available for everyone to use.
(8) A place where pupils are usually up to 18 years old, are taught.
(9) An institution of learning and researching at the highest level where you study for a degree.
Vocabulary
Compulsory (adj):
Term (n):
Optional (adj):
Academic year (n):
Primary education (n):
Second education (n):
bắt buộc
học kỳ
 compulsory
niên học, khóa học
giáo dục tiểu học
giáo dục trung học
Checking vocabulary
(adj): bắt buộc
(n): học kỳ
(adj):  compulsory
(n): niên học, khóa học
(n): giáo dục tiểu học
(n): giáo dục trung học
Compulsory
Term
Optional
Academic year
Primary education
Second education
Discussion
Read the given information in text book and discuss the answers to the following questions
1. How many levels of education are there in our school system? What are they?
2. How long does it take to finish the primary / lower secondary / upper secondary education? What age for each level?
3. What levels of education are compulsory?
4. When can students take the national examination for GCSE?
5. How long does the academic year in Vietnam take? When?
6. How many terms are there in a school year in Vietnam? What and when are they?
1. There are two levels of education:
+ Primary education
+ Secondary education:
- Lower secondary education
- Upper secondary education
2. - It takes 5 years to finish the primary education when students are from 6-10 years old.
- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary education. when students are from 11-14 years old.
- It takes 3 years to finish the upper secondary education. when students are from 15-17 years old.

3. Primary education and lower secondary education are compulsory.
4. Students can take the national examination for GCSE at the early June, when they have finished upper secondary.
5. The academic year in Vietnam takes 35 weeks, run from September to May.
6. There are 2 terms in school year in Vietnam:
- The first term is from September to December.
- The second term lasts from January to May.
Write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam, using the information above, in about 150 words.
You can start with: “The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education …”
Work in pairs: share and compare your products based on the check-list:
1. Does the passage start with the given sentence above?
2. Does the passage include all the information of 6 questions?
3. Does the passage contain any irrelevant information?
4. Underline any wrong spelling word.
5. Circle any grammar mistake.
Homework
- Look at the table given in the Speaking lesson and write about any information which is not mentioned in the Writing lesson. (Pre-school, levels of education or respective school age).
- Prepare for the next lesson.