This document discusses different levels and types of education systems. It begins by listing and asking questions about early childhood education facilities like creches, preschools, nurseries, and playschools. It then discusses and compares primary schools like kindergartens, elementary schools, and middle schools. The document also lists and asks questions about different types of secondary schools like state schools, private schools, vocational schools, and more. Finally, it discusses post-secondary education options like high schools, sixth form colleges, universities, and colleges. The document provides vocabulary related to subjects, exams, educational roles, and discusses designing a perfect school.

1. Education

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Typical UK structure…
Is this good? Could it be better?

7. SECONDARY
SCHOOLS IN THE UK
STATE SCHOOLS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS/
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
EDUCATION IS COMPULSORY FROM:
5th
BIRTHDAY TILL 16th BIRTHDAY

8. Curriculum vocabulary

9. Discussion…
• 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?

10. English school exams
• 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?

11. OTHER SUBJECTS
archaeology
botany
business studies
dance
drama
economics
games (sport)
geology
home economics
psychology
religious education
science
sociology
Do any of these sound interesting?

12. Discussion questions
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?

13. Some exam vocabulary…
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
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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?

14. People vocabulary
graduate
head-teacher
undergraduate
lecturer
pupil
schoolboy
schoolgirl
student
teacher
instructor
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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?

15. Now…
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…

16. The end
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