e12, unit 4-writing

≠ compulsory niên học, khóa học giáo dục tiểu học giáo dục trung học... Checking vocabularyadj: bắt buộc n: học kỳ adj: ≠ compulsory n: niên học, khóa học n: giáo dục tiểu học n: giáo dụ

Unit 4 School education system

Teacher:

DO VAN HUNG

Warm-up: “CROSS WORD”

C S

P

T E S T

(1) A set of questions, exercises to measure students’ knowledge

(2) A level of students at a particular school year.

G R A D E

(3) An area of knowledge that you study at

school

(4) Subjects included in a course of study.

C U R R I C U L U M

(5) Tests of students’ knowledge by questions

E X A M I N A T I O N

(6) A planned way of doing something.

E T H O D M

(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.

≠ 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

of education

Grade/Year (from – to)

Age (from – to)

The academic year

School terms

Primary

education 1 - 5 6 - 10

Compulsory education

35 weeks (9 months, from September

to May)

2 terms: term 1 (Sept- Dec), term 2 (Jan - May).

Secondary

education

Lower Secondary

6 - 9 11 - 14

Upper Secondary

10 - 12 15 - 17

National examination for GCSE

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

- 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.