- •Text 1 educational institutions and their work
- •I. Types of institution
- •2. Independent, private
- •Pre-school institutions in england
- •3. Nursery school
- •4. Day nursery
- •5. Kindergarten
- •7. Play group
- •10. County school
- •11. Voluntary school
- •13. Primary school
- •14. Elementary school
- •16. Grammar/technical/modern school
- •17. Comprehensive school
- •18. High school
- •19. Special school
- •Independent (Private) Schools
- •21. Public school
- •22. Preparatory school
- •In the soviet union
- •24. Средняя (общеобразовательная) школа
- •26. Школа-интернат
- •1. In Text 1 find equivalents to the following words and
- •2. Translate
- •3. Translate:
- •4. Prepare words and phrases from Ex.1 for dictation-translation.
- •5. Fill in the gaps in the story of a British woman.
- •6. Below is the outline of Text 1 with key words to support each point. Study the outline and the key words and use them to tell about educational institutions and their work in class.
- •I. General.
- •III. Schools and Examinations.
- •Text 2. State primary and secondary schools in england and wales
- •1. In Text 2 find equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •2. Match the following definitions with words and phrases from Text a:
- •3. In Text 2 find equivalents to the following words and phrases:
- •4. Prepare words from Ex. 1 and 3 for dictation-translation.
- •6. Insert prepositions where necessary.
- •10, Represent information about the system of exams in graphic form (charts, schemes, tables, etc.) and comment on it. Be ready to comment on other students' presentations.
- •Text 3. Listening. Listen to the recorded text. Fill in the gaps. Education in great britain
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •Text 4.
- •Independent schools
- •1. Explain the following terms and realia:
- •2. Translate using the vocabulary of the Text. Pay special attention to words and phrases in bold type:
- •3. Explain and comment:
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4. Prepare words and phrases from Ex.1 for dictation-translation.
5. Fill in the gaps in the story of a British woman.
At 5, Nelly Dawes went straight to (1) school because there were very few ..…….. (2) schools for younger children in those days. When she was ready to go on to secondary school, she passed an exam and so got into her local (3) school. Nowadays her own children don't do that exam, since most children go to a (4) school. She left school at 16 and did not go on to..........(5) education, but she works during the day, then goes to.............(6) at the local school once a week to learn
French. She would like to take up her education again more seriously, if she could get .........….(7) or a scholarship from the government. Her ambition is to go to a................ ………… ……….(8) and become a school-teacher.
6. Below is the outline of Text 1 with key words to support each point. Study the outline and the key words and use them to tell about educational institutions and their work in class.
I. General.
The Department of Education & Science (DES): national educational policy.
The Secretary of State for Education & Science/the Education Secretary: to head.
3. The local education authorities (LEAs): providing and maintaining schools, in accordance with national policy, the day-to-day administration of schools, the employment of teachers, the curriculum, much of this responsibility is delegated to head teachers, post-school education, except for universities.
The chief education officer/director of education: to be at the head of.
Independent school: such independence is not complete, must register with the DES and be open to inspection by the Department.
Private school: is used in the same sense as ..., especially in non-formal style, run mainly for the profit of its owner(s), in contrast to non-profit-making institutions, controlled by some form of governing body.
Preschool Institutions.
Nursery school: age group, attendance is not compulsory, give little formal instruction (in the sense of systematic teaching), some sort of play activity, as far as possible of an educational kind, state institutions provided by the local education authority, is more positively concerned with the children's development, operate during normal school hours (approx. 9 a. m. - 4 p.m.) and observe normal school holidays.
Day nursery: take children from ... to ... years, are run by the local health authority, the difference is in the word school, a day nursery meets a social need: it minds children while their parents are at work, open for longer, and remain open virtually all the year round.
Kindergarten: of German origin, for developing the intelligence of young children by object-lessons, toys, games, singing, etc., certain private schools, in a wider sense, refers to foreign countries.
Crèche: of French origin, a public nursery for infants, are taken care of while their mothers are at work, denotes something temporary, arranged to fulfill a specific need, to enable both parents to attend.
Play group: organised on a voluntary basis, by the parents themselves, who cannot get into a nursery school or day nursery.