- •Punishment
- •General
- •I. Translate the vocabulary into Russian or Ukrainian.
- •II. Discussion point.
- •III. Read the text and answer the questions after it. Primary and secondary education
- •In england and wales
- •IV. Study the following table for the stages of education in Britain.
- •V. Now complete the same table for the stages of education in Ukraine.
- •IX. Fill the gaps in this story.
- •X. Correct the mis-collocations in these sentences.
- •XI. What questions could you ask to get these answers?
- •XII. Discussion point.
- •General pattern of education in the usa
- •XVI. Choose the right answer.
- •XVIII. Read the text and answer the questions after it. Penalties against the fixed rules
- •XXI. Discussion point.
- •Managing your study time
- •XXIII. Writing essays.
EDUCATION
Types of schools
Maintained (state)
County
Voluntary
Nursery
Primary
Infant
Junior
Secondary
Grammar
Modern
Technical
Comprehensive
All-through
Two-tier
First
Middle
Upper
Mixed (co-educational)
Single-sex
Special
Independent (fee-paying, private)
Pre-preparatory
Preparatory
Public
Sixth-form college
Tertiary college
Stages of education
Compulsory
Pre-school
Primary
Secondary
Further
Higher
Education policy
Administration
Schooling
Statutory requirement
To formulate national education policy
Full-time education
Part-time education
Tripartite system
Class-divided and selective system of education
To sustain inequality of opportunity
To go comprehensive
The Department of Education and Science
Local Education Authorities (LEAs)
To be responsible for national education policy
To run a school
To prescribe curricula or textbooks
Administration is decentralized
The provision of schools
To provide maintained school education
Management
Head teacher (master)
Principal
Assistant principal
Acting head teacher
Staff
Governing body
To have responsibility
To employ teachers
To provide and maintain buildings
To supply equipment
To supply grants
Appointment and dismissal of staff
Admission
To admit
To allocate
To apply for admission
Selective procedure
Intelligence tests
To substitute for the abolished 11+ exam
To measure inborn abilities
To have a time limit
To coach for
Without any reference to a child`s ability or aptitude
To transfer (promote) from one class to another
Curriculum
Broad curriculum
Academic course
Non-academic course
Vocational bias
Foundation course
Foundation subjects
To meet special interests
Common curriculum
Simplified curriculum
Education with a practical slant for lower-attaining pupils
To be encouraged to do smth.
The three R`s
Subject teaching
Specialist teacher
To have set periods
Remedial teaching
Examinations
Dual system of exams
To sit up for an exam
External exam
GCE exam (General Certificate of Education)
Internal exam
To hold (conduct) exams at two levels (`O` level and `A` level)
Scholarship
CSE exam (Certificate of Secondary Education)
To be set and marked by
To hand the papers out
Examining board
Grades
GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education)
Reseats and retakes
Unsuccessful pupil
To repeat the year
To keep up with the group
To catch up with the group
To fall behind
Punishment
Corporal punishment
Detention (after school or during the dinner hour)
Lines
Exclusion from normal routine
Exclusion from privileges (loss of privilege)
Collection of litter
Suspension from school
Withdrawal from lessons
Setting extra work
Putting `on report`
Telling the parents
General
High school
Kindergarten
Nursery school
Common-school system
Institutions of higher learning
Junior high school
Secondary school
School year = academic year
Vacation
Attendance
To attend classes
Compulsory
Free attendance
Free studying
What is your major?
To complete a certain number of courses
To receive (get) a diploma
To charge a fee for tuition or registration
To require a certain scholastic average
Average of high school grades
To have rigid scholastic requirements for entrance
To meet the requirements for a Bachelor
Bachelor of Science
Master of Arts
Master of Science
To obtain
Additional year
Doctor of Philosophy
To complete the original research
To be governed
A board of regents
A board of trustees
The executive head of college
The president of university
To enter the university
To take (have) an exam
To pass an exam in
To fail an exam (to fail in an exam)
Faculty
Dean
Dean`t assistant
Chairman (chairwoman)
Department
Laboratory
A first-year student (freshman)
A second-year student (sophomore)
To be dropped out of
Dean`s office
Term
Classroom (auditorium)
Lecture-hall
Period (lecture)
To give lectures
Class in
Lecture on
Seminar in
Set of exams
Mark in
Monitor
Register of attendance
Lecturer
Break=recess=interval
To achieve discipline and order
To control the class
To cope with the situation
To be of educational importance
To retake an exam=to resit an exam
To get through (coll.)
To flunk an exam
To play truant from=to skip
To read up for an exam=to revise the material for=to review the material
To make progress in studies
Final exams=finals
School-leaving exams
A school-leaver
Student
Junior student
Senior student
A graduate student (a graduate)
Under-graduate
Post-graduate
Assessment of knowledge
Qualifying exams
A grad-course
To swot = to cram
Swotting
To cheat in an exam
Cribs
Boarding school
a boarder
To examine
Examiner
Examinee
I. Translate the vocabulary into Russian or Ukrainian.
II. Discussion point.
Step A. Work in groups and write down explanations to the following terms:
maintained school, two-tier system, pre-preparatory classes, further education, full-time education, part-time education, assistant principal, governing body, staff. If you need, you may consult an English-English dictionary. Then share your explanations with the rest of the class. Are they the same?
Step B. Work in groups and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of education:
full-time, part-time, correspondent education.
Then share your ideas with the class. What main disagreements do you have? If you can, would you change the type of education you are having now?