Unit 4: School education system (new)

Tran Phu High School
Presented by Nguyen Hoang Linh

Warm – up : Netword
main subjects at school
Chemistry
English
History
Maths
Literature
Physics
Geography
Biology

Unit 4
Lesson 1 - Reading
School education
system

I. Before you
read
Read the facts below and decide whether the
statements about schools in Vietnam are true (T) or
false (F). Then compare your results with your
partners’ .
Fact s about schools
1.Children start Grade 1 when they are 6 years old.
2.Schooling is compulsory from the age of 6 to 16.
3.The school year generally begins in September
and ends in late May.

4.The students do not have any examinations
when they finish secondary school.
5.A school year consists of two terms.
V
T
F
V
V
V
V

I. Before you read
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Vocabulary:
- aca demic‘ [,ækə'demik] year = school year : n¨m häc
- parallel ‘ ['pærəlel] (n): song song
- to achieve(v) = to gain(v) : ®¹t ®­îc
- core subject = main subject (n): m«n häc chÝnh
- com pulsory ‘ [kəm'p lsəri]ʌ (adj): b¾t buéc / compel (v).
- category ['kætigəri] (n): lo¹i, h¹ng.
- curriculum [kə'rikjuləm] (n) ch­¬ng tr×nh gi¶ng d¹y.
Task 1. Match the words or phrases in A with the blank in B.
A B
1. compulsory
2. academic year
3. curriculum
4. category
5. parallel
A. The road runs ............. with the railway
B. The period of the year during which

students go to school or university: ...
C. It is ......... for all motorcyclists to wear
helmets.
D. Students over 25 fall into a different .....
E. Maths is in our ..........