Primary and secondary education. Московский государственный университет

МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

ИМЕНИ М.В.ЛОМОНОСОВА

ФИЛИАЛ МГУ В Г. СЕВАСТОПОЛЕ

КАФЕДРА ИНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ

ГЛОТОВА А.В., КУЗИНА О.А.

Education (Intermediate)

(Учебно-методическое пособие по общему английскому языку для студентов I курса (квалификация бакалавр))

Севастополь

Учебно-методическое пособие предназначено для занятий по дисциплине «Английский язык» со студентами I курса всех направлений подготовки.

Пособие включает в себя задания на развитие всех видов речевой деятельности (аудирование, говорение, чтение, письмо) и содержит грамматические задания по темам «Степени сравнения имен прилагательных и наречий», «Специальные вопросы во временах Present Simple, Past Simple, Present Perfect», «Предлоги направления и места».

Пособие составлено на основе оригинальных текстов по темам: «Туризм», «Виды отдыха», «Размещение в гостинице», «Виды транспорта».

Пособие рассмотрено и одобрено на заседании кафедры иностранных языков Филиала МГУ в г. Севастополе. Протокол заседания кафедры № 7 от 26.03.2012

Unit Structure:

1. Primary and secondary education: · Reading 1: Primary and secondary education………………………4 · Reading 2: Private sector in the UK……………………………….…9 · Listening: Misbehaving students punished with Mozart………..….13 · Writing: Description of the education system in your country.........18

2. Getting Ready for University: · Reading 1…………………………………………………………..…..19 · Reading 2: High Schools in the United States…………………......21 · Listening: School Leaving Age Set to Rise to 18…………………..23 · Speaking: Role-play “TV Debate” …………………………………..29 · Writing: Informal letters ……………………………………………....30

3.Further and higher education: · Reading 1: Basic facts about the process of studying in the USA system of Higher Education ……………………………………………..34 · Reading 2: Advantages and disadvantages of distance learning...38 · Speaking: Role-play “International conference on the problems of education”……………………………………………………………….…39 · Reading 3: Great Britain. Categories of Universities………...…….40 · Reading 4: Quality of education……………………………………...43

4. Tasks for independent work: · Reading 1……………………………………………………………….47 · Vocabulary practice ……………………………………….………….49 · Education word search ……………………………………………….52 · Reading 2 ……………………………………………………….……..53 · Reading 3………………………………………………………..……..56 · Reading 4……………………………………………………………....58

5. Appendix …………………………………………………………………..….62

6. References……………………………………………………………………66

Part 1. Primary and secondary education

Task. 1Discuss the following questions in pairs

1. When do children usually start school in your country?

2. How many years do they stay in the primary school?

3. Do they pass any exams to move to secondary schools?

4. How long is the academic year and how is it divided?

5. Are there any private schools in your country? If yes are they popular?

6. What subjects do pupils learn at school? Can they choose any subjects?

Task 2. a) Read the following text about primary and secondary education

Text 1

Primary and secondary education

Schooling is compulsory for twelve years, for all children aged five to sixteen. There is usually a move from primary to secondary school at about the age of 11, but schools are organized in a number of different ways. There are two voluntary years of schooling thereafter. Children may attend either state-funded or fee-paying independent schools. In state funded or maintained schools no fees are charged to parents and books and equipment are free. Schools supported from public funds are of two main kinds in England and Wales: county schools and voluntary schools. County schools are provided and maintained by local education authorities wholly out of public funds. Voluntary schools, mostly established by religious denominations, are also wholly maintained from public funds but the governors of some types of voluntary schools contribute to capital costs. Nearly a third of primary and secondary maintained schools in England and Wales are voluntary schools, most of them Anglican or Roman Catholic. All children in the county or voluntary schools receive religious education unless their parents choose otherwise.

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland the primary cycle lasts from 5 to 11. Generally speaking, children enter infant school, moving on to junior school (often in the same building) at the age of 11. Roughly 90 per cent of children receive their secondary education at ‘comprehensive’ schools. These schools take pupils without reference to ability or aptitude and provide a wide range of secondary education for all or most children from their local area. For those who wish to stay on, secondary school can include the two final years of secondary education. In many parts of the country these two years are spent at a tertiary or sixth-formcollege (a historical name), which provides academic and vocational courses.

The content of the curriculum is the responsibility of local education authorities and of the schools’ governors. Secondary pupils up to the age of 16 follow a broad curriculum including English, Mathematics and Science, some study of the humanities including History, Religion and Physical education, and opportunities for both practical and aesthetic activities. Most pupils should also study a foreign language. A programme of development projects has been introduced to provide a more effective education with a practical slant for lower-attaining pupils who do not benefit fully from existing courses.

Schools in Britain have 3 terms a year each with a short half-term break in the middle, and longer holidays at Christmas and Easter and in the summer.

The academic year begins in late summer, usually in September, and is divided into three terms, with holidays for Christmas, Easter and for the month of August, although the exact dates vary slightly from area to area. In addition in each term there is normally a mid-term one week holiday, known as a ‘half-term’.

(adapted from http://rudocs.exdat.com/docs/index-148646.html?page=32 and Аракин В.Д. Практический курс английского языка 3 курс, стр. 92)

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