Unit 2 schooling

Task 1: Read the text and choose the main idea for each paragraph 1-4. The reason for home schooling  School attendance  Home schooling-not a good alternative... Parents who choose to

Unit 2: Schooling

Private school

Discuss these questions

1. Does every child have to go to school at

the same age at present?

2. Is schooling compulsory for all children in

VN?

3. What are the two school systems in VN?

4. Which school can parents sent their

children to?

5. Is homeschooling popular in Vietnam?

Task 1: Read the text and choose the main idea for each paragraph (1-4).

 The reason for home schooling

 School attendance

 Home schooling-not a good alternative

 Schooling-Study and break

Task 1: Read the text and find the headings in the appropriate paragraphs (1-4).

 1 School attendance

 2 Study and break

 3 The reason for home schooling

 4 Home schooling-not a good alternative

School attendance

Study and break

Homeschooling

Task 2: Choose the words given to fill in the sentences:

extreme, socialize, concern, data, require,

pressure, compulsory, curriculum

 1 Last year I attended a ………

development in Bangkok

 2 This work ……….a good

knowledge of deep sea life

 3 He was once terribly shy , but now he’s gone to the opposite ………

curriculumrequires

extreme

 4 If you go to this party, you will have a good opportunity to ………… with your new

colleague

 5 Is military service ……… in your

country?

 6 He was not able to get enough

……….for his research

 7 She left home to escape the ……….in her family’s formal life

 8 Our main ……….is that they are not receiving enough help

socialize

compulsory

data

pressureconcern

Task 3: Look at the text again and say whether the statements true (T), false (F) or not given (NG).

 1 Every child in the states has to go to school at the same age.

 2 Children can leave school at 16 only when they have health problems.

 3 As many students enroll in public schools as

they do in private ones.

 4 Like every other nation, the States allow a

summer break of two and a half months.

 5 Not as much as 5% of parents educate their

 6 some parents feel that they can work out a

more suitable curriculum for their children.

 7 Parents who choose to educate their own

children at home sometimes met and help each other with the education of their children.

 8 One opposition to home schooling is the

concern that children would not have sufficient facilities at home for their study.

 9 Teachers’ organizations are not in favour of home schooling.

 10 Children with home schooling may lose their chance to socialize with their peers.

Task 4: Read the text again and answer the

questions.

 1 What is usually the school age for children in

the United States?

 2 Does every state in the United States have the

same requirements for the age at which children can leave school?

 3 What kind of school has a bigger student

enrolment, public or private schools?

From 5 -6 to 16 -18

No, they don’t

Public schools

4 Why did students in the United States originally have a long

summer break?

5 Name one reason that makes parents choose to educate their

children at home.

6 Name one argument that people give against home schooling

It allowed student to participate in the harvest period during the summer.

They think that the native social pressures of schools are bad for their child’s development

They think that removing children from the school

environment could hamper their ability to socialize with their peers.

Find from the text equivalents from the

following Vietnamese words and phrases

State school

Private school

Government data

Student enrolment

 6 giai đoạn nghỉ hè:

 7 tham gia các hoạt động trên lớp

 8 thiết kế chương trình học:

 9 áp lực trường học:

 10 sự phát triển của một đứa trẻ :

Summer break period/ summer vacation

to participate in class/ school activities

Tailor/ design a curriculum

Pressure of school

A child’s development

Speaking: Work in pairs and ask questions about

schooling in Viet Nam

 1 When does mandatory education start in

Vietnam? How long is it?

 2 Does the government require a certain age at

which children can leave school?

 3 Is private school popular in Vietnam? Which

attracts more students, public or private school?

Why?

 4 Do you have home schooling ? If yes, why do

some parents choose to do it? And why?

 5 “ Education should be compulsory for children” Give your opinion about it?

 6 When can students take the GCSE examination?

Education should be compulsory?

 Compulsory education is education that is

required by law.

 Compulsory education means the students don’t have to pay tuition fees It is also the children’s right in which the state must have responsibilities for that in order to improve people’s standard

culture, create standard human resources.

 Schooling makes children engage in real tasks with meaningful benefits of the work they do, and they can have a choice in

what they do

 Going to school can give the children

opportunities to socialize with the others

 Education helps built ideas in one’s mind, without basic education even an intelligent child would not be able to develop his full potential

Task 2: Work in groups make up the questions and give the answer about schooling in

Vietnam using the cues

1 When/ children/ Vietnam/ start/ compulsory education?

When do children in Vietnam start their compulsory education?

How many terms are there in a school year in VN?

How many kinds of school are there in VN?

 4 Children /have / pay fees ?

Do children have to pay fees?

How long does primary education last?

How long does secondary education last?

How long does upper secondary last?

When do children take the GCSE examination?

Current structure of the National schooling System

 A 12 year system made up of a 5-4-3 structure

 Primary education is compulsory, has a nominal

duration of 5 years ,has an official entry age of 6

 National curriculum is set by the MOET and must be followed all over the

schools English, Maths, Literature are the core subjects

 National examination for GCSE is usually held in June for all students who finish

high school (Upper secondary school)

And then those who pass the GCSE

exam are able to sit for the university or college entrance examination in July

I Traslate the following sentences into Vietnamese

 1 In old days, the education system educated kids to know how to differentiate the right from wrong.

 2 That’s why parents should set a good example for their children

 3 The current education system in many countries

provides information and facts to young people instead of shaping their socially accepted manners.

Trước đây, giáo dục dạy trẻ biết phân biệt cái

đúng và cái sai.

Vì vậy các bậc cha mẹ cần nêu tấm gương tốt cho trẻ.

Hệ thống giáo dục ngày nay ở nhiều nước cung cấp

thông tin và sự thật cho lớp trẻ thay cho việc định hình

những tính cách được xã hội chấp nhận.

 Regular school attendance - why it's so

important

 Going to school regularly is important to your

child’s future For example, children who miss

school frequently can fall behind with their work and do less well in exams.

 Good attendance shows potential employers that your child is reliable Research suggests that

children who attend school regularly could also be

at less risk of getting involved in antisocial

behaviour or crime.

 Germany

 In Education in Germany, school

attendance is compulsory for 11 to 12

years, though the exact time varies

between each Bundesland Unlike in most other countries, it is illegal for German

parents to opt out of the school system and educate children at home.[12]

2 Translate the following sentences into

A child’ s development depends on many factors: family and society

For various reasons, most students

choose public schools

 Work in pairs.

Tell the others one of the most difficult

school subjects you are studying and

what you would like your friends and your teacher to do to help you learn that

subject more effectively

 One of the most difficult subjects

you are studying?

 What do you do to help yourself to learn it more effectively?

 What would you like your teacher to do

to help you to learn it more effectively?

 What would you like your friends to do

to help you to learn it more effectively?