e12, unit 4-writing

Unit 4
School education system
Teacher:
DO VAN HUNG


Warm-up: “CROSS WORD”
T E S T
G R A D E
S U B J E C T
C U R R I C U L
E X A M I N A T
B L I CU
U M
I O N
T H O D
O O LHCS
U N I V E R S I T Y
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T E S T
(1) A set of questions, exercises to measure
students’ knowledge.

(2) A level of students at a particular school
year.
G R A D E

(3) An area of knowledge that you study at
school.
S U B J E C T

(4) Subjects included in a course of study.
C U R R I C U L U M

(5) Tests of students’ knowledge by questions
E X A M I N A T I O N

(6) A planned way of doing something.
E T H O DM

(7) Available for everyone to use.
P U B L I C

(8) A place where pupils are usually up to 18
years old, are taught.
S C H O O L

(9) An institution of learning and researching at
the highest level where you study for a degree.

U N I V E R S I T Y

Vocabulary
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Compulsory (adj):
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Term (n):
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Optional (adj):
•
Academic year (n):
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Primary education (n):
•
Second education (n):
bắt buộc
học kỳ
≠ compulsory
niên học, khóa học
giáo dục tiểu học
giáo dục trung học

Checking vocabulary
(adj): bắt buộc
(n): học kỳ
(adj): ≠ compulsory
(n): niên học, khóa học
(n): giáo dục tiểu học
(n): giáo dục trung học
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Compulsory
•
Term
•
Optional
•
Academic year
•
Primary education
•
Second education

Level
of education
Grade/Year
(from – to)
Age
(from
– to)
The
academic
year
School
terms
Primary
education 1 - 5 6 - 10
Compulsory
education
35 weeks
(9 months,

from
September
to May)
2 terms:
term 1
(Sept- Dec),
term 2
(Jan - May).
Secondary
education
Lower
Secondary
6 - 9 11 - 14
Upper
Secondary
10 - 12 15 - 17
National
examination
for GCSE

Discussion
Read the given information in text book and discuss
the answers to the following questions
1. How many levels of education are there in our school system? What
are they?
2. How long does it take to finish the primary / lower secondary / upper
secondary education? What age for each level?
3. What levels of education are compulsory?
4. When can students take the national examination for GCSE?
5. How long does the academic year in Vietnam take? When?

6. How many terms are there in a school year in Vietnam? What and
when are they?

1. There are two levels of education:
+ Primary education
+ Secondary education:
- Lower secondary education
- Upper secondary education

2. - It takes 5 years to finish the primary
education when students are from 6-10 years
old.
- It takes 4 years to finish the lower secondary
education. when students are from 11-14 years
old.
- It takes 3 years to finish the upper secondary
education. when students are from 15-17 years
old.

3. Primary education and lower secondary
education are compulsory.

4. Students can take the national examination for
GCSE at the early June, when they have
finished upper secondary.

5. The academic year in Vietnam takes 35
weeks, run from September to May.

6. There are 2 terms in school year in Vietnam:

- The first term is from September to
December.
- The second term lasts from January to May.

Write a paragraph on the
formal school education
system in Vietnam, using the
information above, in about
150 words.
You can start with: “The
formal school system in
Vietnam consists of two
levels of education …”

Work in pairs: share and compare your
products based on the check-list:
1. Does the passage start with the given sentence
above?
2. Does the passage include all the information
of 6 questions?
3. Does the passage contain any irrelevant
information?
4. Underline any wrong spelling word.
5. Circle any grammar mistake.

Homework
- Look at the table given in the Speaking
lesson and write about any information
which is not mentioned in the Writing
lesson. (Pre-school, levels of education or

respective school age).
- Prepare for the next lesson.