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WARM-UP: What kind of school do they study at?
Kindergarten
UNIT 4
SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
READING
1. com’pulsory (a)

2. cur’riculum (n)
: chuong trỡnh h?c
3. core (a)

= es’sential, main, most im’portant
4. aca’demic year (n)
= school year

= o’bligatory, re’quired
5. state school (n)
: trường quốc lập
7. Free (a)
: miễn phí

6. Inde’pendent/ ’Public School
: Trường dân lập
: phải trả phí
8.fee-paying (a)
:b.buộc
*Checking vocabulary
*Checking vocabulary
4. The students do not have any examinations when they finish secondary school.
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
& ends in late May.
5. A school year consists of two terms.
Read the facts below & say they are true or false about schools in Vietnam.
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F
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Match the words or phrases with their definitions
WHILE YOU READ
Task 1:
Answers : 1 – d, 2 – c, 3 – a, 4 – b, 5 – d, 6 - e




Task 2
Answer the questions
(pairs work)
WHILE YOU READ

Task 2 : Answer the questions
When do children in England start their compulsory education at school?
How many terms are there in a school year in England?
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?
6) When can students take the GCSE examination?
LUCKY NUMBERS
3
2
4
5
6
1
Answer the question

1.When do children in England start their compulsory education at school?
 From the age of 5.
Answer the question

2. How many terms are there in a school year in England ?
3 terms
Answer the question
3. What are the two school systems in England ?
The state school and the “independent” or “public” school systems.

There are 3 core subjects (English, Mathematics and Science).
Answer the question
5) How many core subjects are there in the national curriculum?

When the students finish the secondary school, they can take an examination called the General Certificate of Secondary Education.
Answer the question
6) When can students take the GCSE examination?
Lucky Number
Fill a suitable word in the blank :
There are (1)_____parallel school systems in England. The first is the (2)______ school system, which is free to all students and paid for by the (3)______. The second category is the “independent” or (4)________school system, which is (5)__________.The state school system, which educates (6)_____of the pupils in England, can be (7)_______ into two levels of education : primary education and (8)__________education.
two
state
state
“public”
fee-paying
93%
divided
secondary
ENGLAND
SCHOOLING
__ (1) ___ year
__(2)___term
__(3)___term
__(4)___term
__(5)___school 93% of the pupils
__(6)___school fee paying
__(7)__ school
__(8)___school
GCSE
Unit 4: School education system
After you read
Fill in the diagram with correct information:
Fill in the diagram with correct information:
ENGLAND
SCHOOLING
year
term
term
term
school 93% of the pupils
school fee paying
school
school
GCSE
Unit 4: School education system
Academic
Autumn
Spring
Summer
State
Public
Primary
Secondary
GCE “A” Level  University
EXERCISES: Choose the best answer:
1.In England, primary education is provided by state schools run by the government and by _______ fee-paying schools.
a. independent b. independently c. depended d. independence
2.He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a. academic b. academy c. academician d. academically
3.Fee-paying schools, often called "independent schools", "private schools" or “_______ schools"
a. college b. primary c. secondary d. public
4.In the UK, _______ schools refer to government-funded schools which provide education free of charge to pupils.
a.state b. secondary c. independent d. primary
5. School uniform is compulsory in most of Vietnamese schools.
a. depended b. required c. divided d. paid
6. _______ is the study of the events of the past.
a. Geography b. History c. Arts d. Literature
HOMEWORK

Write a short passage in 50 words about the topic: “What do you think about School Education System in Viet Nam?“
Prepare the “Speaking“ part in advance
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTIONS !
What kind is this school?
What kind is this school?