Bài giảng Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 4: School education system (Writing) - Trường THPT Bình Chánh

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TIẾNG ANH 12


UNIT 4
SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
PART D –WRITING


Pre-writing
Read the information below, then answer some questions
- Levels of education: primary (5 years: start from the age of 6)

lower secondary (4 years)
upper secondary (3 years)
- Compulsory education: 9 years (primary & lower secondary)
- The academic year: 35 weeks (9 months, from September to May)
- School terms: 2 terms: term 1 (Sept. - Dec.), term 2 (Jan. - May)
- Time of the national examination for GCSE (early June)


Answer the questions

1.How many levels of education are there in Vietnam?
- There are three:
+ Pre – school
+ Primary education
- lower secondary education.
+ Secondary education

- upper secondary education.
2. How many classes are there in each level?
- There are 2 classes in pre – school, 5 classes in primary
education and 7 classes in secondary education.
3. How long does it take to finish the lower
secondary education/ upper secondary education?
- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary education
and 3 years to finish the upper secondary education.


4. When do children start to go to primary school?
- When they are 6 years old.

5. How many weeks are there in the academic year?
- There are 35 weeks in the academic year.
6. How many terms are there in a school year ?
- There are 2 terms in a school year. The first term is from
5th September to December, the second term is from January
to May.

7. When can students take the national
examination for GCSE?
- Students can take the national examination for GCSE at the
beginning of June.


* Look back some useful expressions:
-There are three levels of education.
+ Pre – school
+ Primary education

- lower secondary education.
+ Secondary education - upper secondary education.
- There are 2 classes in pre – school,5 classes in primary
education and 7 classes in secondary education.
- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary education
and 5 years to finish the upper secondary education.
- There are 35 weeks in the academic year.
- There are 2 terms in a school year. the first term
is from 5th September to December, the second term
is from January to May.
- Students can take national examination for GCSE
at the end of May or beginning of June.


While-writing

Write a paragraph on the formal
school education system in
Vietnam in about 150 words.


* The suggested writing
There are 3 levels of education in the formal school system in
Vietnam: Pre – school, Primary education, Secondary education.
The Secondary education consists of lower secondary education
and upper secondary education. Primary and lower secondary
education are compulsory in Vietnam. Children start going to
primary school at the age of 6 and after 5 years they move to lower
secondary school where they study for 4 years. The upper
secondary education lasts 3 years, from the age of 15 to 17. In

order to study at a university, students have to pass the national
examination held in early June every year for the GCSE. The
academic year is divided into 2 terms. It lasts 9 months from
September 5th to the end of May. The first term is from September
to December and the second term lasts from January to May.
Students have a 3-month-summer holiday after the second term.


Post-writing
Exchange your writings with your friends
and check:
1. Does the paragraph include all the information given
before?
2. Find out any wrong spelling words.
3. Find out any grammatical mistakes.


Homework

- Rewrite the writing in your
notebook.
- Prepare for the next part –
Language Focus.


Thank you for your attention
Goodbye!