Lesson 2

The lesson plan

1. Introduction (10 min)

2. Lexical exercises. Active vocabulary (15 min)

3. Reading text (15 min)

4. Reading comprehension (15 min)

5. Speaking practice. Work in pairs. On/offline activity (30-35 min)

6. Homework ()

Introduction

This is the building of the oldest Universities in Great Britain – Oxford University. It has got the name of the city it is situated in. The history of the University and the city started at the same time in the 12^th century as the result of the migration of students. There is no “university” as such. Each college is practically autonomous, with its own set of rules for its good government. There is a central administration, providing services such as libraries and laboratories. This is a photo of ALL SOULS COLLEGE – The lovely twin towers which are a memorial to Hawksmoor, the 18^th century architect.

Recommended resources http://www.ox.ac.uk

LEXICAL EXERCISES

Active vocabulary

Ask students to find suitable definitions to the following words and word combinations, which they learned at the previous lesson. The definitions are given in random order.

Secondary school– a school for pupils aged from 6-7 to 17-18.

Private school – a school providing education that the children’s parents pay for directly.

Higher education– the education, which you get after secondary.

Natural science– sciences that deal with the physical world, considered as a group or as individual subjects such as physics, chemistry, or biology.

Total number– general quantity.

Entrance exam– exam which you need to pass before to be accepted by some school.

To pay for tuition– teaching cost.

Non-government– something, which doesn’t belong to the government.

Applicant – someone who applies for something; a person who wants to be a student.

Graduate– someone who has finished their studies at university or college, usually by getting a degree.

Employers – a company or a person that employs people.

Link– a connection between two people, places or facts.

Optional – elective.

Compulsory – obligatory.

New words:

Ask students to give synonyms or close meanings of the following words and word combinations and to try to pronounce them correctly:

Primary school, comprehensive school, craft, domestic science, woodwork, campus, nursery, tutor, Bachelor degree, preparatory, public schools.

Primary school– a school for children between the ages of four of five and eleven.

Comprehensive school – a school for students of different levels of ability between the ages of 11 and 18.

Craft – a traditional skill of making things by hand.

Domestic science – the householding.

Woodwork– the activity or skill of making things of wood.

Campus – an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university.

Nursery – a school or a place where very young children are looked after.

Tutor– a teacher in a college or university.

Bachelor’s degree– a first university degree.

Preparatory– done as preparation for something else.

Public school– an expensive private school in Britain; a school that is controlled and paid for by the government in the USA.

Macmillan Essential Dictionary for learners of English,

International student Edition.

SPEAKING PRACTICE

Reading text

Ask students to read the text “Education system in Great Britain” paying attention to pronounce the new words and word combinations correctly.

Divide students into groups of 3-5 and ask them to discuss this point in groups.

Students like to discuss this theme very much, especially when the teacher tells them a few words from own experience to motivate them to start to talk. Encourage students to work together in groups and to appreciate the benefits and pleasures of working with partners, try to listen to everybody about their opinion, advise them to use the phrases of agreements, disagreements and opinion expressions.

Homework

Ask them to find additional information from the Internet resources about education in Britain and to divide into two teams. The first team finds the differences and the second one – similar features between education systems in Great Britain and Russia.

Resources recommended:

http://www.eng.umu.se/education/Default.htm

http://www.eng.umu.se/education/hist27.htm

Explain shortly the formation of the Present Simple Tense and ask to do grammar and revision tests.

Ask students to write a short composition about themselves “My routine day” using the Present Simple Tense sentences