Unit 4. School education system

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UNIT 4
A. READING
Facts about schools in Vietnam.
True/ False
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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Before you read
Term (n):
Ex: We have 2 terms in each school year: The 1st Term and The 2nd Term.
General certificate of secondary Education ( GCSE)
Match the right paragraph in A with its heading in B




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TASK 1
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
School system
Academic year
National Curriculum
While you read
TASK 2- Matching
TASK 3
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 93% OF THE PUPILS
__(6)__ SCHOOL FEE-PAYING
__(7)__ SCHOOL
__(8)__ SCHOOL
ACADEMIC
AUTUMN
SPRING
SUMMER
STATE
"PUBLIC"
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
GCSE
Answer the questions – short answer
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?
From the age of five.
3 terms
The state school and the “independent” or “public” school systems
4, Do children have to pay fees if they go to “independent” or “public” schools?

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

6, When can students take the GCSE examination?
Yes.
There are 3 core subjects ( English, Maths and Science)
When the students finish the secondary school
Activity 5: Gap-filling (group work)
There are (1)_____parallel school systems in England. The first is the (2)______ school system, which is free to all students and paid for by the (3)______. The second category is the “independent” or (4)________school system, which is (5)__________.The state school system, which educates (6)_____of the pupils in England, can be (7)_______ into two levels of education : primary education and (8)__________education.
two
state
state
“public”
fee-paying
93%
divided
secondary
* Words for gap-filling: secondary, fee-paying, state (x2), two, public, divided, 93%.
After you read
Work in groups to tell about the differences and similarities between the school education system in England and Vietnam.
Read the text again at home.
Answer the questions in Task 2 (page 46)
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Prepare speaking
Homework
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