Unit 4 School education system

1- 3 2- Primary: 5 years/ Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper secondary - 3 years - Lead Ss to the new lesson: “write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam” 23. Pre-w[r]

Unit 4: SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM

4 th Period: Writing

I Objectives

To introduce some new words relating to the topic

To describe school education system in VietNam

II Materials

Some models of chart, real information in life

III Anticipated problems

Ss may not have sufficent linguishtic resources to write some

expressions, so T should be ready to help them

IV Procedure

Tim

e

Teacher’s activities Students’ activities 3’

7’

15’

1 Warm up

- Ask students some questions about

school education systems in Vietnam

1 How many levels of educations are

there in your school system?

2 How long does it take to complete

each level?

3 How many classes are there in

each level?

4 When do children start Grade I?

1- 3

2- Primary: 5 years/

Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper

secondary - 3 years )

- Lead Ss to the new lesson: “write a

paragraph on the formal school

education system in Vietnam”

2 Pre-writing:

- Teacher introduces the task: In

about 150 words, write a paragraph

on the formal school education

system in Vietnam, using the

information given in Speaking Tasks

on page 47 You may follow the

suggestions below:

- Levels of education: primary (5

years; start from the age of 6); lower

secondary (4 years); upper secondary

(3 years)

- Compulsory education: 9 years

Unit 4 : SCHOOL EDUCATION

SYSTEM

Period 4: Section : Writing

New words

3’

2’

(primary & lower secondary)

- The academic year: 35 weeks (9

months, from September to May)

- School terms: 2 terms: term 1 (Sept

- Dec.), term 2 (Jan - May)

- Time of the national examination for

GCSE (early June)

- Guide Ss to write

1 Topic Sentence

2 Supporting Details

3 Closing Sentence

3 While-writing:

- Call on some Ss to read out their

writing in front of the class

- Ask Ss to exchange their writings

for peer correction

- Correct mistakes

4 Post- writing:

- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again

- Give remarks on the writing

5 Consolidation

Confirms the content of the lesson

The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education, primary and secondary education The children start Grade/ Year 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 eleven 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 schools 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 at the end of Mayor 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 with a week holiday and the second term finishes in May before a long summer holiday

6 Homework:

Asks Ss to revise their writing