- •Study plan
- •Starting vocabulary
- •I. Western education systems
- •1. Comment on the following quotations:
- •2. Reading
- •Western education systems
- •II. Homeschooling
- •1. Comment on the following quotations:
- •2. Reading
- •How Ruth made history at Oxford
- •3. Listening
- •4. Speaking
- •III. Difference between american and british system of education
- •1. Comment on the following quotations:
- •2. Reading
- •Great Britain
- •IV. The difference between Western and Eastern education
- •1. Comment on the following quotations:
- •1.Introduction:
- •2.Thesis:
- •III. Conclusion:
- •Introduction
- •Higher education: free or not
- •V. Education in the Muslim world
- •1. Comment on the following quotations:
- •2. Reading
- •Thinking skills
- •For the final lesson
- •Difference between Western and Eastern education
- •Passive Voice
- •Passive
- •Causative Form
- •Infinitive
- •Vocabulary list
2. Reading
Pre-reading Tasks
Task 1. Compare the terms used in the USA and Britain
THE USA |
BRITAIN |
Public school (a school paid by the government) |
Public school (an expensive private school) (Eton, Harrow, Winchester) |
Kindergarten (the first year of school at the age of 5) |
Kindergarten – nursery for children aged 4 or 5 |
Elementary school (grade school) - children aged between 5 and 11 |
Primary school - children aged between 5 and 11 |
Grade |
Form |
Junior high school (12/13-14) |
Secondary school (11-18) |
High school (14-17) |
Sixth form college |
To graduate from school |
To finish school |
A university = a college = a school (gives a degree) |
A college does not give a degree. A university gives a degree. |
A graduate course = a course taken after graduation from the university or college |
A post graduate course |
To be in School / College / University |
To be at School / College / University |
A freshman |
A first year student |
A sophomore |
A second year student |
A junior |
A third year student |
A senior |
A fourth year student |
A semester – one of the two periods that a year is divided into at schools and universities |
A term - one of the three periods a year is divided into at schools and universities |
First semester |
Autumn term |
Second semester |
Spring term |
A quarter – one of the four main periods a year is divided into at some American schools |
Summer term |
Instructor |
Lecturer |
Dean |
Professor |
Department |
Faculty |
Student |
Pupil |
To take a class (in business) |
To take a course (in business) |
To flank out – to leave school before you have finished it |
To drop out – to leave school before you have finished it |
Task 2. Discuss the questions.
What do you know about the systems of secondary education in Great Britain and America?
What are their similarities? What about differences?
Task 3. Work in pairs. Student A will read the text about Great Britain, Student B – about the USA. Ask each other questions given below the texts in order to exchange information (Student B asks Student A questions about Great Britain, Student A asks Student B questions about America).