Revision
TASK 1. Check up your knowing of the
subject answering the following questions:
Is public education in the USA centralized?
Is there a unified system of education in the USA?
At what age do children begin to attend school in the USA?
What is a high school in the USA?
What is an elementary school in the USA?
If a person studies at a state university
or college, does it mean that his education is absolutely free or
does he still pay tuition fee?
Is tuition fee the same for those who live in the state and
for those who come from outside the state?
Do private colleges and universities
require an admission examination?
Do private colleges and universities have
rigid scholastic requirements for entrance?
What is the duration of a school year in
the USA?
Which are the best higher educational
institutions in the USA, are they private or public?
What is the classification of the first-,
second-, third- and fourth-year students in the USA?
TASK 2. TALKING POINTS
The pattern of education in the USA and in
Russia.
Teaching profession in the USA and in
Russia.
Higher educational institutions in the USA,
public and private, the quality of education in them.
History of establishing some of the
colleges in the USA.
Elementary and high school in the USA.
The system of pre-school, school and higher
education in Russia.
Types of schools in the USA and differences
between them.
