Unit 4. School education system

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Content
Objectives:
Read and understand the passage about school education system in England.
Identify the main idea.
Guess the meaning in context.
Procedure:
Pre- Reading
Facts about schools + Vocabulary
While Reading
Listen to the tape  Silent Reading
Task 1A: Understanding the main ideas
Task 1B: Guess the meaning in context (p.46)
Task 2A: Chart Filling
Task 2B: Lucky Numbers  Answer the questions (p.14)
Post Reading
Talking about the differences and similarities between the school education system in England and Vietnam.
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UNIT 4
A. READING
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UNIT 4
A. READING
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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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examination (n)
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Term (n):
Ex: We have 2 terms in each school year: The 1st Term and The 2nd Term.
Học kỳ
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certificate (n)
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Kindergarten (n)
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nursery (n)
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Match the right paragraph in A with its heading in B




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TASK 1A
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
School system
Academic year
National Curriculum
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Schools in which all children can attend without paying tuition fees
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A stage of study for children aged from 5 to 10
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TASK 1B (page 46)
Find words or phrases in the reading passage which have the following meanings
State schools
Primary Education
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A stage of study for children aged from 11 to 16
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Put into force by the law
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The examinations children sit at the end of compulsory education
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A detailed plan for a course of study offered in a school or college
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Secondary Education
Compulsory
The General Certificate of Secondary Education
Curriculum
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TASK 2
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
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QUESTIONS
1.When does the academic year in England start and when does it end?
2. How many terms are there in an academic year? What are they? When does each of them start and finish?
3. Name the two parallel school systems in England. Which one attracts more students? Why?
4. How old are students when they go to primary school/ secondary school?
5. What exams do they have to take if they want to go to university?
6. How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum? What are they?
7. When do children in England start their compulsory education at school?
8. When can students take GCSE examination?
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Lucky numbers
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LUCKY NUMBER
YOU`VE GOT 1 MARKS!
LUCKY NUMBER
LUCKY NUMBER
CONGRATULATION!
CONGRATULATION!
CONGRATULATION!
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1.When does the academic year in England start and when does it end?

 It starts in September and ends in July.
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
2. How many terms are there in an academic year? What are they? When does each of them start and finish?
 There are 3 terms in an academic year. They are:
- Autumn Term: beginning of Sep to mid-Dec
- Spring Term: beginning of Jan to mid-March
- Summer Term: early April to mid- July
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
3. Name the two parallel school systems in England. Which one attracts more students? Why?

 State school and “independent” or “public” school system. State school system attracts more students because it is free for all students.
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
4. How old are students when they go to primary school/ secondary school?
 They go to primary school when they are from 5-10.
 They go to secondary school when they are from 11-16.
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
5. What exams do they have to take if they want to go to university?

It’s General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
6. How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum? What are they?

 There are 3 core subjects. They are English, Maths and Science.
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
7. When do children in England start their compulsory education at school?

 From the age of five.
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ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
8. When can students take GCSE examination?

 When the students finish the secondary school, they can take an examination called the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
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After you read
Work in groups to tell about the differences and similarities between the school education system in England and Vietnam.
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Read the text again at home.
Answer the questions in Task 2 (page 46)
Learn by heart vocabulary.
Translate the text into Vietnamese.
Homework
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