Unit 4: School education system (new)

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Unit 4

Lesson 1 - Reading

School education system

I Before you

read Read the facts below and decide whether the statements about schools in Vietnam are true (T) or

false (F) Then compare your results with your

partners’

Fact s about schools

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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I Before you read

•Vocabulary:

- aca demic‘ [,ổkə'demik] year = school year : năm học

- parallel ‘ ['pổrəlel] (n): song song

- to achieve(v) = to gain(v) : đạt được

- core subject = main subject (n): môn học chính

- com pulsory ‘ [kəm'p lsəri] ʌ (adj): bắt buộc / compel (v).

- category ['kổtigəri] (n): loại, hạng.

- curriculum [kə'rikjuləm] (n) chương trình giảng dạy.

Task 1 Match the words or phrases in A with the blank in B.

1 compulsory

2 academic year

3 curriculum

4 category

5 parallel

A The road runs with the railway

B The period of the year during which students go to school or university:

C It is for all motorcyclists to wear helmets.

D Students over 25 fall into a different

E Maths is in our

How many paragraphs are there in the reading?

What are they about?

* Match the right parapraph with their right heading

Para 1:

Para 2:

Para 3:

National Curriculum School system

Academic year

II While you read

Task 1 Match the words or phrases in A with their definitions in B.

1 compulsory

2 term

3 curriculum

4 secondary education

5 primary education

6 state school

7 core

8 the General Certificate of

Secondary Education(GCSE)

_ a A stage of study for children age from 5

to 10 _ b A stage of study for children age from

11 to 16 _ c Put into force by the law _ d Schools in which all children can attend

without paying tuition fees _ e The examinations children sit at the end

of compulsory education _ f A detailed plan for a course of study

offered in a school or college

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1 6 8 3

Task 2 Answer the questions

1 When do children in England start their compulsory education at

school?

- From the age of 5

2 How many terms are there in a school year in England?

- 3 terms

3 What are the two school systems in England?

- The state school and the “independent” or “public” school system

4 Do children have to pay fees if they go to “independent” or

“public” school?

- Yes, they do

5 How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum?

- There are 3 core subjects (English, Maths and Science)

7 When can students take the GCSE examination?

- When they finish the secondary school

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

Read the text once more and fill in the diagram with correct information taken from the reading text.

ENGLAND

SCHOOLING year term term term

school 93% of the pupils school fee paying school school

Academic

Answer keys

ENGLAND

SCHOOLING

Academic year

GCSE

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?

to remember all the historical events I would learn it better if the teacher could help with a

III After you read

Homework

- Learnt by heart new words

- Retell some subject that you like

studying most