Unit 4 Reading English 12

 Compulsorily adv: Academic /ækə'demik/a: thuộc nhà trường  Academic year: năm học Divide into v: Chia ra, phân ra Fee-paying n: đóng học phí Curriculum n: chương trình học Core a: chí[r]

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a kindergarten.

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a high school / upper secondary school.

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a primary school.

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a lower secondary school / middle school.

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a university.

What kind of school is it?

 It’s a college.

-> They are the school education system in Vietnam.

Unit 4:

SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

A: READING

curriculum (n) : Chương trình giảng dạy

. state school (n) : Trường công lập

New words:

- Compulsory /kəm'pʌlsəri/(a): bắt buộc

 Compulsorily (adv):

- Academic /ækə'demik/(a): thuộc nhà trường

 Academic year: năm học

- Divide into (v): Chia ra, phân ra

- Fee-paying (n): đóng học phí

- Curriculum (n): chương trình học

- Core (a): chính, chủ yếu

- Certificate (n): giấy chứng nhận

- Pre – school: mẫu giáo

- Primary education: giáo dục tiểu học

- Secondary education: giáo dục trung học

- GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education): chứng chỉ giáo dục phổ thông trung học

Activity 1: Decide the statements about schools in Vietnam are true (T) or false (F)

1 In Vietnam 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 don’t have any examinations when they finish

secondary school

5 A school year consists of two terms.

 Do you think children in England start grade at the same age?

 What about in England?

 Does the school year in England begin and end at the same

Time?

 Is it the same or different in England?

 How many terms are there in England?

Q: How many paragraphs are there in the reading? What are

they about?

- Paragraph 1: Academic year

- Paragraph 2: School system

- Paragraph 3: National curriculum

Activity 2 (Task 1,p 46): Find out the words

having the equivalent meanings

1 Schools in which all children can attend without paying tuition

4 Put into force by the law 

5 The examinations children sit at the end of compulsory

Activity 3 (task 2, p.46): Answer questions

1 When do children in England start their compulsory

education at school?

2 How many terms are there in an academic year in

England? What are they?

3 What are the two school systems in England?

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

or “public” schools?

5 How many core subjects are there in the national

curriculum? What are they?

6 When can students take the GCSE examination?

start their compulsory education at school?

 Children in England start

their compulsory education at school from the age of 5.

2 How many terms are there in an academic year in England? What are they?

 There are three terms:

Autumn term, Spring term and Summer term.

3 What are the two school systems in England?

or “Public” school systems

4 Do children have to pay fees if they go to

“independent” or “public” schools?

5 How many core subjects are there

in the national curriculum? What are they?

English, Maths and Science

6 When can students take the GCSE examination?

they can take an examination called the General Certificate of Secondary Education

Activity 4: Talk about the school education system in

England by answering questions below

1 - When does the academic year in England start and

when does it end? How many terms are there in a

school year? What are they? When does each of

them start and finish?

2 - Name some the two parallel school systems in

England Which one attracts more students? Why?

3 - How many core subjects are there in the national

curriculum? When can they take the GCSE

examination?

Answer: 1 When does the academic year in England start

and when does it end? How many terms are there in a school year? What are they? When does each of them start and finish?

 The academic year start in September and ends in July

 There are three terms in a school year They are: Autumn term, Spring term and Summer term.

 Autumn term starts in September and finishes in

Mid-December

 Spring term starts in January and finishes in mid-March

 Summer term starts in the early April and finishes in mid-July.

2 Name some the two parallel school systems in

England Which one attracts more students? Why? How many percents of students are educated in the state school system?

state school and the “independent” or “public” school

systems

because they aren’t fee – paying

system

3 How many core subjects are there in the national

curriculum? When can they take the GCSE examination?

Science

secondary school

- Translate the reading text into Vietnamese.

-Read the passage and answer questions again

- Do task 1,2 in the notebooks

- Prepare unit 4: Speaking