Schools in England and Russia

vocabulary

School level – школьная ступень Primary school – начальная школа Secondary school – средняя школа High school – старшая школа Higher education – высшее образование Be good at – быть успешным в I am good at Maths – У меня хорошие успехи

в математике

Lets have a talk

- What subjects are you good at?

- I am good at … .

- What subjects is your friend good at?

- My friend… is good at… .

- What school are you at now?

- I am at … school.

- What school were you last year?

- I was at … school.

Let’s compare British and Russian education

British education diagram

Primary school

(5 – 11)

Secondary school

(11 – 16)

Sixth form

(16 – 18)

University

(18 +)

Russian education diagram

Primary school

(6 – 11)

Secondary school / high school

(11 – 17)

University / Higher education

(17 +)

In Britain children start school at the age of 5 and in Russia….

In Britain children study 6 years at primary school and in Russia they …

In Britain they have a Sixth Form and in Russia we don’t ………………….,

we have high school.

Summary

The system in Russia is different from the English system. It doesn’t have a Sixth Form and there are four years in Primary school and seven years in Secondary school.