Lesson: Writing
Unit 4
School education system
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Warm-up: “CROSS WORD”
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(1) A set of questions, exercises to measure students’ knowledge.
(2) A level of students at a particular school year.
(3) An area of knowledge that you study at school.
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(4) Subjects included in a course of study.
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(5) Tests of students’ knowledge by questions
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(6) A planned way of doing something.
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(7) Available for everyone to use.
(8) A place where pupils are usually up to 18 years old, are taught.
(9) An institution of learning and researching at the highest level where you study for a degree.
Vocabulary
Compulsory (adj):
Term (n):
Optional (adj):
Academic year (n):
Primary education (n):
Secondary education (n):
bắt buộc
học kỳ
 compulsory
niên học, khóa học
giáo dục tiểu học
giáo dục trung học
Checking vocabulary
(adj): bắt buộc
(n): học kỳ
(adj):  compulsory
(n): niên học, khóa học
(n): giáo dục tiểu học
(n): giáo dục trung học
Compulsory
Term
Optional
Academic year
Primary education
Second education
Discussion
Read the given information in text book and discuss the answers to the following questions
1. How many levels of education are there in our school system? What are they?
2. How long does it take to finish the primary / lower secondary / upper secondary education? What age for each level?
3. What levels of education are compulsory?
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 when students are from 6-10 years old.
- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary education. when students are from 11-14 years old.
- It takes 3 years to finish the upper secondary education. when students are from 15-17 years old.

3. Primary education and lower secondary education are compulsory.
4. Students can take the national examination for GCSE at the early June, when they have finished upper secondary.
5. The academic year in Vietnam takes 35 weeks, run from September to May.
6. There are 2 terms in school year in Vietnam:
- 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: The academic year consists of 2 terms
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:
- Move to :
Chuyển lên
Ex: Students move to kindergarten when they are 4 years old.
- Tense:
Simple present tense
- S + Vs/es + O
- S + is/am/are + O
- Last + a period of time:
Kéo dài 1 khoảng thời gian …
Ex: The optional education in Vietnam lasts 3 years.
- There are + Ns:
có
Write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam, using the information above, in about 150 words.
You can start with: “The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education …”
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.
Homework
- Look at the table given in the Speaking lesson and write about any information which is not mentioned in the Writing lesson. (Pre-school, levels of education or respective school age).
- Prepare for the next lesson.