Unit 4. School education system

Presented by Ngô Thanh Thứ
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1.Schooling is compulsory for all English children from the age of 5 to 16. Is it true or false?
2.There are 3 level of education in the school education system in Vietnam. Find out the error in this sentence
3. You are lucky. Please get 15 points
4. What does the GCSE stand for?
5. Complete this sentence: In Vietnam, the primary education lasts …..years.
6. You are lucky. Please get 15 points

Discussion
Read the given information in text book and discuss the answers to the following questions
How many levels of education are there in Vietnam?
When do children start school?
How long does the primary education last?
How long does it take to finish the lower secondary education/ upper secondary education?
5. What levels of education are compulsory?
6. How long is the academic year? From when to when?
7. How many terms are there? When are they?
8. When is the time for the national examination for GCSE?

Notes.
1.What do you have to write about in this lesson?
About the formal school education system in Vietnam
3. How many words do you need to write?
About 150 words
Some useful expressions
2. Do you have to write a paragraph or a composition?
A paragraph
Writing.
Write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam, based on the questions and answers in Discussion task, in about 150 words.
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The suggested writing
There are 3 levels of education in the formal school system in Vietnam: Primary education, lower secondary education and upper secondary education. Primary and lower secondary education are compulsory in Vietnam. Children start going to primary school at the age of 6 and after 5 years they move to lower secondary school where they study for 4 years. The upper secondary education lasts 3 years, from the age of 15 to 17. In order to study at a university, students have to pass the national examination held in early June every year for the GCSE. The academic year is divided into 2 terms. It lasts 9 months from September 5th to the end of May. The first term is from September to December and the second term lasts from January to May. Students have a 3-month-summer holiday after the second term.

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 and respective school age)