education questions
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This slideshow is aimed at students studying English as a Second Language. It uses vocabulary from the English Matura. The questions are designed to help teachers get the students talking.TRANSCRIPT
Education
Discussion questions•CRECHE•PRESCHOOL•NURSERY•PLAYSCHOOL•INFANT SCHOOL
What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?Are they educational?
Discussion questions
•KINDERGARTEN•ELEMENTARY•PRIMARY SCHOOL•JUNIOR SCHOOL•MIDDLE SCHOOL
What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?
Discussion questions
•SECONDARY SCHOOL•COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL•STATE SCHOOL•LYCEUM•VOCATIONAL / TRADE SCHOOL•PRIVATE SCHOOL•INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?
Discussion questions
•HIGH SCHOOL•SIXTH FORM COLLEGE•ACADEMY•COLLEGE•UNIVERSITY
What are they?Do they have a special purpose?What is the difference between them?
Typical UK structure…
Is this good? Could it be better?
SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE UK
STATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS/ INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
EDUCATION IS COMPULSORY FROM:
5th BIRTHDAY TILL 16th BIRTHDAY
Curriculum vocabulary
• What subjects do you study?
• How they will help you in your future?
• Which subjects do you like and dislike? Why?
• Do you have good facilities?
Discussion…
• 16 YEARS OLD – GCSE
• 17 YEARS OLD – AS LEVEL
• 18 YEARS OLD – A LEVEL – ADVANCED LEVEL
What exams do you have at your school?
What do you think of exams?
What grades do you need to do what you want?
English school exams
OTHER SUBJECTS
archaeologybotany
business studiesdancedrama
economicsgames (sport)
geologyhome economics
psychologyreligious education
sciencesociology
Do any of these sound interesting?
Discuss what you would like to study at…
UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE etc.
What kind of job do you want afterwards?
What grades do you need to get?
What do you need to know?
Discussion questions
to cheat
to examine
an examiner
an examination
to fail
to get through
to pass
to take an exam
to retake
to revise
to study
a test
Some exam vocabulary…
• Now practice using the vocabulary…• Do students cheat at your school?• What happens to people who cheat?• What tests have you passed or failed?• How well are you doing at school?• Are you good in particular subjects?
People vocabulary
graduate
head-teacher
undergraduate
lecturer
pupil
schoolboy
schoolgirl
student
teacher
instructor
• What do think your teaching staff?• Do you have a good headmaster?• Are the pupils well behaved?• Which teachers do you like? Why?• Do you have a private tutor?
Think about what makes a perfect school…
•What subjects would your school offer?
•What kind of rules would you have?
•What time-table would you have?
•When would the school year start and finish?
•What homework would students get?
•What school trips would your school offer?
•Draw your perfect school…
Now…
The end
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