Vocabulary

free – бесплатный

to provide – обеспечивать

compulsory – обязательный

nursery school – дошкольное обучение (детсад)

primary school – начальная школа

Infant school – младшая начальная школа

junior school – старшая начальная школа

private school – частная школа

secondary school – средняя школа

the Common Entrance Exam – Единый Вступительный экзамен

General Certificate of Secondary Education – Аттестат о получении среднего образования

Answer the questions

1. What education is considered to be compulsory?

2. What is a primary school?

3. What is a private school like?

4. What is a public school?

5. What exam do the children pass at the age of sixteen?

6. What can the pupils do when they are sixteen?

7. What can you say about universities in Britain?

• Make up your own examples with the vocabulary:

For example: private school – частная школа

My best friend goes to the private school and she really likes to study there but unfortunately I can see her only on weekends.

• Find the equivalents in the text for:

1. Школы обеспечивают учащихся учебниками и необходимым оборудованием.

2. Обучение является обязательным с пяти до шестнадцати лет.

3. Около семи процентов британских детей учатся в частных школах.

4. Этот экзамен считается вступительным в самые лучшие школы.

5. Дети аристократов и богатых людей, как правило, учатся в тех же частных школах, что и их родители.

6. Они могут закончить обучение, если пожелают.

• Retell the text under following plan:

1. Name the types of schools in Britain

2. Name the difference between these schools

3. Speak about higher education in Britain

II. Read about two famous Universities in England

Oxford and Cambridge are the most beautiful and oldest universities in England. Every year hundreds of young people whose parents have enough money to pay for university education come to Oxford or Cambridge from school. They spend three or four years at the university.

People from other countries like to visit Oxford while they are in England because it has many interesting buildings. The most important street in Oxford is High Street. Cambridge consists of many different colleges which make a picture of Cambridge as one of the most amazing towns in Great Britain. Parts of the town of Cambridge have not changed since they were built hundreds of years ago.

III. Read the text, translate it and make the tasks The usa Educational System

Each state in the USA has its own system of schools but there are some common features in the organization of school education in the country. Schools can be divided into state or public schools and private schools. State schools are free and private are fee-paying. Four of five private schools are run by churches, synagogues and other religious groups.

Most schools start at nursery level at the age of three. Elementary education starts at the age of six and continues till eleven years. Secondary education is provided from the age of twelve. It is divided into junior (from twelve to fourteen) and high school (from fifteen to eighteen). High schools may be classified in three major categories: comprehensive, general, and vocational. Comprehensive offers a broad program of academic education. General offers a limited program. Vocational is for those who want to get a general education plus some training.

There are also specialized schools for children who are interested in a particular area of study and ho are artistically or musically gifted.

Out of more than three million students who graduate from high school each year, about one million go on for higher education. A college might receive applications from the school graduates and then decide who enters and who doesn’t. They chose on the basis of their high school records and recommendations from high school teachers. The system of higher education in the USA comprises three categories of institutions:

1. The university that may contain several colleges – the students get bachelor (four years of education) or master or doctorial (five to seven years) degrees;

2. The technical training institutions – the students take courses ranging from six month to four years in duration and get technical skills,

3. The two-year college – the students get the basis of any profession and may transfer to four-year College.

The most selective are Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Princeton, Cornel and other universities.