Unit 4. School education system

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CLASS



Read the facts below and decide whether the
statements about schools in Viet Nam are true (T) or
false (F). Then compare your answers with your partners’.
Facts about schools in Viet Nam
1. Children start Grade 1 when they are 6 years old.

____
T

2. Schooling is compulsory from the age of 6 to 16.
3. The school year generally begins in early September
and ends in late May.
4. The students do not have any examinations when they
finish secondary school.

F
____

5. A school year consists of two terms.

T
____

T
____
F

____


2 to 16. The academic year in England runs from September to
July and
3 is divided into 3 terms. Autumn Term is from the beginning of
4 September to mid-December. Spring Term is from the
beginning of
5 January to mid-March and Summer Term from early April to
mid-July.
6 Each term is separated by one-week break called half term,
usually
7 at the end of October, mid-February and the end of May.
8 There are two parallel school systems in England. The first
one is the state
9 school system, which is free for all students and paid for by
the state.
10 The second category is the “ independent” or “ public”
school system,
11 which is fee-paying. The state school system, which


16. The National Curriculum is set by the government and
must be
17. followed in all state schools. It is made up of the following
subjects:
18. English, Design & Technology, Geography, Maths,
Information
19. Technology, Music, Science, Arts, Physical Education,
History, and a

20. Modern Foreign Language. English, Maths, and Science
are core
21. subjects, which are compulsory in the national
examinations at certain
22. stages of the school education system.


School education in England
Level of
education

Grade/year (fromto)

Age
(from-to)
3-4

Pre-school

Childcare
environment
In an Infant of
Primary school

4-5

1-3

5-7

4-6

8-10

7-9

11-14

10-11

14-16 (end of
compulsory
education)

Primary
education

Secondary
education

General Certificate
of Secondary
Education (GCSE)


July and
3 is divided into 3 terms. Autumn Term is from the beginning of
4 September to mid-December. Spring Term is from the
beginning of
5 January

to mid-March and Summer Term from early April to
= School
mid-July.
year
6 Each term is separated by one-week break called half term,
usually
Hệ thống GD công lập
7 atSong
thesong
end of October,
and
the
end of May.
(nhà
nước)
Táchmid-February
biệt
8 There are two parallel school systems in England. The first
Hệ thống GD dân lập hay tư
one is the
Mục

thục

9 state school system, which is free for all students and paid for
by the state.
10 The second category is the “ independent” or “ public”
school system,
11 which is fee-paying. The state school system, which

16. The National Curriculum is set by the government and
must be

Chương trình
học quốc gia

17. followed in all state schools. It is made up of the following
subjects:
18. English, Design & Technology, Geography, Maths,
Information

Chính

19. Technology, Music, Science, Arts, Physical Education,
History, and a
20. Modern Foreign Language. English, Maths, and Science
are core
21. subjects, which are compulsory in the national
examinations at certain
22. stages of the school education system.


School education in England
Level of
education

Grade/year (fromto)

Age

(from-to)
3-4

Pre-school

Childcare
environment
In an Infant of
Primary school

4-5

1-3

5-7

4-6

8-10

7-9

11-14

10-11

14-16 (end of
compulsory
education)

Primary
education

Secondary
education

Kỳ thi tốt nghiệp

General Certificate
of Secondary
Education (GCSE)


vocabulary
-compulsory (a)[kəm'pʌlsəri]

- bắt buộc

- Academic year /,ækə'demik]

- = Shool year

-Separate (v) / 'seprət/
- Parallel (adj) / ['pærəlel]
- state school (n) [steit skul]
// public school
-core (a) [kɔ:]= main
-curriculum (n) /kə’rikjuləm/
- certificate (n) [ sə’tifikit ]

- Phân biệt
- Song song
-Trường công lập
Trường tư thục
- chính
- chương trình học
- chứng chỉ, chứng nhận


Task 1: Read the paragraph again then match the
right paragraph with their right heading/ideas

A

B

Paragraph 1

1. National Curriculum

Paragraph 2

2. Academic year

Paragraph 3

3. School Systems


Task 2: Filling in this network below

ENGLAND SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM
Academic year
1……..………
2……………….
Autumn term

Spring term
3………………

4……………
Summer term

5.……..…
State school

Independent or public school
6………….……….........

(educate 93% of the pupils)

Fee- paying

primary school
7……………..

secondary school
8…………………
GCSE

Task 3. Choose the best answer to each of the
following questions.
1. The word compulsory in line 1 paragraph 1 is closet in meaning
to _____ .
A. necessary B. put in force by law C. optional D. difficult
 break between two terms of a school year in
2. The one - week
England is called ________
A. Autumn Term
B. Spring Term
C. Summer Term
D. half term

3. Which stage of study is for children aged from 11 to 16 ?
A. pre-school
B. primary education
C. secondary education
D. higher
education
4. How many subjects are there in the National Curriculum in
England ?
A. 12
B. 5
C. 6
D. 3


5. All of the following are mentioned as core subjects in the
national examinations in England EXCEPT __________ .

A. Maths 
B. History C. Science D. English
6. The word “ It ” in line 3 paragraph 3 refers to ____
A. the state school
B. the school education system
C. the core subject
D. the National Curriculum
7. Which of the followings is NOT true about the school
education system in England ?
A. The state school system is free for all students, but the
“public” school system is fee-paying.
B. The academic year in England runs from September to July
and is divided into 2 terms.
C. There are two parallel school systems : the state school
system and the “ public” school system
D. English, Maths and Science are compulsory in the national
examinations.


HOMEWORK
- Learn new words by heart.
- Read the text and do the tasks
again.
- Answer the questions again.
- Prepare for the next lesson :
Unit 4: Speaking