Education Unit 5

About Education

Task 01 A. B. 1. people’s ideas on permanent education 2. One is an ordinary “man on the street”. The other is an educational psychologist. 3. The first person thinks this idea of permanent education is crazy. He can’t understand people who want to spend all their lives in school. The second person thinks that the idea of permanent education is practical because people are never really too old to go on learning. B. 1. When I was at school, I hated it. I couldn’t stand it. I wasn’t happy until I got out. 2. …But I can’t understand people who want to spend all their lives in school. 3. Of course, there are certain limits, but there aren’t age limits.

Primary Schooling

Task 02 B. 1. He stayed there for a year. Age Schooling Four Nursery School Five The Infants’ School Seven The Junior School B. 1. He stayed there for a year. 2. He has faint, but very pleasant memories of it. He had fun and played games, including story-telling, drawing, singing, and dancing. 3. He began to have more formal lessons and even worry about exams. 4. The exam was called the “eleven plus”. Students took the exam to see what kind of secondary school they would get into.

Task 4 A. Topic of This Discussion: Corporal Punishment Interviewees Position on This Topic For/Against Arguments/Reasons Kate For It’s difficult to teach children these days, when many of them know they won’t get jobs. It’s hard to control the class if you can’t punish them. Some children need discipline. Rolf Against It always has been difficult to be a teacher. But you don’t have to use violence. It’s impossible to teach students about nonviolence and being good citizens when you are violent yourself. Jane   Raoul Its’ impossible to teach the rest of the class of you have one student who constantly misbehaves. It’s bad for the others. B. 1) F  2) F

Task 7 A. I. spoken; written A. saying poetry aloud; giving speeches B. advanced degrees; field of study; custom; candidates; doctor’s degree II. written A. nineteenth B. the great increase in population; the development of modern industry C. 1. objective; personal opinions; memory of facts and details; range of knowledge; a fairer chance; easier; quicker; learning 2. essay; ling answers; broad general questions; the element of luck; put facts together into a meaningful whole; really knowing much about the subject; have trouble expressing their ideas in essay form; examiner’s feelings at the time of reading the answer. III. unsatisfactory; along with B. b

Education System in Britain

Task 03 A. Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape. 1) Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory for everyone between the ages of 5 and 16 and is provided by two kinds of schools: stated-funded schools and independent (or free-charging) schools. 2) Pre-school education is available in both the independent and the state system. Many children start their education at the age of 3 or 4 at a nursery school or in the nursery class at a primary school. 3) In the independent system, preparatory (or primary) education is available for children aged 5 to 13. 4) Most children in the United Kingdom enter the state education system when they go to primary school at the age of 5 and generally move to secondary school at the age of 11.

Task 03 A. 5) Most pupils enter independent boarding schools at the age of 7, 11, 13 or 16. To gain admission at 11 or 13, some pupils sit an exam called the Common Entrance Examination. 6) Following these, students can do one further year of academic study before taking Advanced Supplementary Examinations. After another year of study, they can take Advanced level examinations. 7) On any GCSE course, you receive formal tuition in the classroom and laboratory but are also encouraged to work independently and undertake research for projects, often outside school hours. 8) One vocational GCSE is equivalent to two conventional GCESEs. 9) Sixth-formers usually finish their secondary education at the age of 18 with A-levels or equivalent qualifications, then go on to study at either further or higher education level.

Task 03 B. Answer the following questions. 1) GESE stands for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. It is normally taken at the age of 16. 2) Students usually study from 8 to 12 GCSE subjects over two years. 3) Some subjects take account of the work students do throughout the year, while others are assessed entirely by examinations