Independent schools
T ranscribe the following words and read them:
System, type, conduct, small, often, total, private, proceed, lead, use, geography, include, respect, start, before, thirteen, their, function, kindergarten, vary, knowledge, scripture, preparatory, depend, Latin, history, criterion, standard, mathematics, continue, preparation, algebra, independent.
Practice reading aloud the following word combinations:
For about six per cent; is one of the functions; within the state system; of the total school population; they vary widely in type; until the age of eighteen; of the independent preparatory schools; about the age of eight; they are started in the grammar schools; for the selection of new entrants; about thirty per cent subsequently proceed; the great majority of pupils
Translate the following words and word combinations:
Kindergarten schools; public schools, to vary, set standards, a good standard of knowledge, the selection of pupils, new entrants, the Common Entrance examination, to depend upon ability.
Give the nouns derived out of these verbs:
To proceed, to provide, to conduct, to continue, to select, to prepare, to examine, to populate.
Write the names of school subjects you know.
Read and translate the following sentences. Mind the prepositions:
Independent schools which children of the rich go to are also called public schools. 2. Independent schools vary widely in type. 3. The independent school may be the small kindergarten school in a private house and the famous public schools. 4. The usual age of entry to a public school is thirteen. 5. The majority of pupils leave a public school at the age of eighteen. 6. The criterion for the selection of new entrants the Common Entrance examination in most public schools. 7. The Common Entrance examination demands a good standard of knowledge in scripture, English, history, geography, French, Latin and mathematics. 8. Preparation for this examination is one of the functions of the independent preparatory schools. 9. Pupils from about the age of eight until the age of thirteen may go to the independent preparatory schools. 10. Set standards for the grammar and for the public schools are in many respects alike.
Independent schools
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ndependent
schools vary widely in type, from the small kindergarten school
often conducted in a private house to the famous public schools. The
latter have in many respects set standards for the grammar schools
within the state system; their curriculum is very much the same and
their pupils take the same public examinations.
The usual age of entry to a public school is thirteen and the great majority of pupils continue until the age of eighteen. Most public schools use as their criterion for the selection of new entrants the Common Entrance examination, which demands a good standard of knowledge in scripture, English, history, geography, French, Latin and mathematics (including algebra and geometry). Preparation for this examination is one of the functions of the independent preparatory schools, which admit pupils at about the age of eight and keep them until the age of thirteen. In these schools Latin, French, and algebra and geometry are begun at the age of nine or ten, depending upon ability, which is one or two years before they are started in the grammar school.
Answer the questions:
Do independent schools vary in type? 2. Do public schools in many respects have set standards for the grammar schools or for the modern schools? What about their curriculum and examinations? 3. Is the usual age of enry to a public school thirteen or eleven years old? 4. Do the great majority of pupils continue until the age of sixteen or eighteen? 5. Do most public schools use as their criterion for the selection of new entrants the Common Entrance examination? 6. Does the Common Entrance examination demand a good standard of knowledge in two or more subjects? 7. Preparation for this examination is one of the functions of the independent preparatory schools, isn’t it? 8. Do they admit pupils at about the age of eight or six? 9. How long do independent preparatory schools keep the pupils? 10. Does the beginning of Latin, French and mathematics depend upon the age or ability? 11. Do they begin learning these subjects earlier or later than in the grammar schools?
Read the article and translate in the written form
TYPES OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
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ndependent
schools in England and Wales must be registered with the Department
of Education and Science to show that they conform to certain
minimum standards. The largest and most important of the independent
schools in Britain are known as public schools, although not all
schools classed as public schools are independent ( those which are
not are mostly direct grant schools) and public schools form only a
minority of all independent schools. These schools shouldn’t be
confused with the state-supported public schools in Scotland. The
public schools today is characterized by a high staffing ratio and
high proportion of pupils doing advanced work and is often, although
not necessarily, a boarding school. The usual age of entry to the
independent public schools for boys is 13 and the leaving age about
18. There are some girls’ public schools modeled to a certain
extent on the public schools for boys.
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ndependent
schools also include preparatory schools, many of them,
boarding-schools, for boys aged from 8 to 13 years, most of whom are
intending to enter public schools; a few similar schools for girls;
and a wide range of other day and boarding-schools covering every
age group and grade of education and many types of educational
method. Some of these schools are owned and managed, often under a
trust deed, by independent non-profit-making bodies. Others are
privately owned by proprietor for whom the running of the school
provides a living.