Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 4: School education system

The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May and is divided into 2 terms... The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May and is divided into 2 terms.. The academic

Unit 4 School Education

System

BÀI GIẢNG TIẾNG ANH 12

Lower Secondary School

Upper Secondary School

Level of education Grade/year

(from-to)

Age (from-to)

Secondary education

Lower secondary

6-9 Upper secondary

Reorder the following sentences into a completed paragraph.

a Nursery school and kindergarten are optional in Vietnam.

b The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery school and

kindergarten.

c They move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old.

d Children start to go to nursery school at the age of three.

e They will finish the optional education at the age of five.

f The first term is from September to December The second

term lasts from January to May.

g The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May

and is divided into 2 terms

1. _ 2 3 _ 4 _ 5 6 _ 7

Answer

Model Writing

The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery

school and kindergarten Nursery school and

kindergarten are optional in Vietnam Children start

to go to nursery school at the age of three They

move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old

They will finish the optional education at the age of five The academic year in Vietnam runs from

September to May and is divided into 2 terms The first term is from September to December The

second term lasts from January to May

Useful language

Gồm có Kéo dài từ… đến…

Được chia thành …

Thi tốt nghiệp

Ex: Class 12B5 consists of 42 students

Ex: In Vietnam, summer holiday runs/ is from June to August.

Ex: The academic year in England is divided into 3 terms.

Ex: Students can take the national examination for GCSE

when they finish the secondary education.

- Consist of + Ns/es :

-Run / Be from … to… :

- To be divided into :

- Take the national examination for GCSE:

Ex: Students move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old

- Tense: Simple present tense - S + Vs/es + O

- S + is/am/are + C

- Last + a period of time: Kéo dài 1 khoảng thời gian …

Ex: The optional education in Vietnam lasts 3 years.

The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery

school and kindergarten Nursery school and

kindergarten are optional in Vietnam Children start

to go to nursery school at the age of three They

move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old

They will finish the optional education at the age of five The academic year in Vietnam runs from

September to May and is divided into 2 terms The first term is from September to December The

second term lasts from January to May

Outline

The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery school and kindergarten Nursery school and kindergarten are optional in Vietnam Children start to go to

nursery school at the age of three

They move to kindergarten when they are 4 years

old They will finish the optional education at the age

of five The academic year in Vietnam runs from

September to May and is divided into 2 terms The first term is from September to December The

second term lasts from January to May

1 Topic sentence

2 Supporting sentences

a - How long does the primary / lower secondary/ upper secondary education last? From what age do students start to go to primary/ lower secondary/ upper secondary school?

- How many levels of education does the formal school education

system in Vietnam consist of?

b - What levels of education are compulsory? How many years does the compulsory education last?

c - How long does the academic year in Vietnam last? When?

d - When can students take the national examination for GCSE?

e - How many terms are there in a school year in Vietnam?

What and when are they?

Outline

Write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam in about 150 words

You can start with:

PRACTICE

The formal school education system in Vietnam consists

of two levels of education, primary and secondary education …

Share your writings and check your friends’

based on the check-list:

1 Does the paragraph start with the given

sentence?

2 Does the paragraph include all the information

in the outline?

3 Underline any wrong spelling word.

4 Circle any grammatical mistake.

CORRECTION

The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of

education, primary and secondary education The children start grade

1 at the age of 6 and they normally complete the primary education at the age of 10 They move to lower secondary school to study in grade

6 when they are 11 years old They will finish nine-year compulsory education when they complete grade 9 at the age of 14 The children may go to upper secondary school if they pass all the subjects tested

at the end of grade 9 They will stay there until they complete grade

12 at the age of 17 If they want to sit for the entrance exam to

universities or colleges they have to take the national examination for GCSE which takes place in the beginning of June The academic year

in Vietnam runs from September to May and is divided into two terms The first term ends in January and the second term finishes in May

before a long summer holiday comes

3 What levels of education are compulsory? How many years does the

compulsory education last?

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 Students start to go to the primary school from the age of 6.

- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary education Students start to go to the lower

secondary school from the age of 11.

- It takes 3 years to finish the upper secondary education Students start to go to the upper

secondary school from the age of 15.

3 - Primary education and lower secondary education are compulsory

- The compulsory education lasts 9 years

4 Students can take the national examination for GCSE in the early June, when they have

finished the upper secondary school.

5 The academic year in Vietnam takes 35 weeks, running from September to May.

6 There are 2 terms in a school year in Vietnam:

- Term 1 is from September to December

- Term 2 is from January to May.

How long does the

primary education

Read and reorder the following sentences into the completed

paragraph.

1 The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery school and

kindergarten.

2 Nursery school and kindergarten are optional in Vietnam.

3 Children start to go to nursery school at the age of three.

4 They move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old.

5 They will finish the optional education at the age of five.

6 The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May

and is divided into 2 terms

7 The first term is from September to December The second

term lasts from January to May.

Model Writing

The pre-school in Vietnam consists of nursery

school and kindergarten Nursery school and

kindergarten are optional in Vietnam Children start

to go to nursery school at the age of three They

move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old

They will finish the optional education at the age of five The academic year in Vietnam runs from

September to May and is divided into 2 terms The first term is from September to December The

second term lasts from January to May

THE FORMAL SCHOOL

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

The Formal School Education System in Vietnam

- Look at the table given in the Speaking lesson and write about the school education system in Vietnam.

- Prepare for the next lesson – Unit 5: Language Focus

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tam 27

Thank you for your attention!