Education

Discussion questions•CRECHE•PRESCHOOL•NURSERY•PLAYSCHOOL•INFANT SCHOOL

What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?Are they educational?

Discussion questions

•KINDERGARTEN•ELEMENTARY•PRIMARY SCHOOL•JUNIOR SCHOOL•MIDDLE SCHOOL

What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?

Discussion questions

•SECONDARY SCHOOL•COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL•STATE SCHOOL•LYCEUM•VOCATIONAL / TRADE SCHOOL•PRIVATE SCHOOL•INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?

Discussion questions

•HIGH SCHOOL•SIXTH FORM COLLEGE•ACADEMY•COLLEGE•UNIVERSITY

What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?

Typical UK structure…

Is this good? Could it be better?

SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UK

STATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

EDUCATION IS COMPULSORY FROM:

5th BIRTHDAY TILL 16th BIRTHDAY

Curriculum vocabulary

• What subjects do you study?

• How they will help you in your future?

• Which subjects do you like and dislike? Why?

• Do you have good facilities?

Discussion…

• 16 YEARS OLD – GCSE

• 17 YEARS OLD – AS LEVEL

• 18 YEARS OLD – A LEVEL – ADVANCED LEVEL

What exams do you have at your school?

What do you think of exams?

What grades do you need to do what you want?

English school exams

OTHER SUBJECTS

archaeologybotany

business studiesdancedrama

economicsgames (sport)

geologyhome economics

psychologyreligious education

sciencesociology

Do any of these sound interesting?

Discuss what you would like to study at…

UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE etc.

What kind of job do you want afterwards?

What grades do you need to get?

What do you need to know?

Discussion questions

to cheat

to examine

an examiner

an examination

to fail

to get through

to pass

to take an exam

to retake

to revise

to study

a test

Some exam vocabulary…

• Now practice using the vocabulary…• Do students cheat at your school?• What happens to people who cheat?• What tests have you passed or failed?• How well are you doing at school?• Are you good in particular subjects?

People vocabulary

graduate

head-teacher

undergraduate

lecturer

pupil

schoolboy

schoolgirl

student

teacher

instructor

• What do think your teaching staff?• Do you have a good headmaster?• Are the pupils well behaved?• Which teachers do you like? Why?• Do you have a private tutor?

Think about what makes a perfect school…

•What subjects would your school offer?

•What kind of rules would you have?

•What time-table would you have?

•When would the school year start and finish?

•What homework would students get?

•What school trips would your school offer?

•Draw your perfect school…

Now…

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