1. Číslo projektuCZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0028 Číslo materiáluVY_32_INOVACE_174 Název školyGymnázium, Tachov, Pionýrská 1370 Autor Mgr. Eleonora Klasová Předmět Anglický jazyk Ročník 4.4. Datum vytvoření24. 3. 2014 Anotace Výklad nové látky – Education in the United Kingdom - prezentace Metodický pokynprezentace je určena jako výklad do hodiny i jako materiál k samostudiu Pokud není uvedeno jinak, použitý materiál je z vlastních zdrojů autora. Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám

2. Education in UK Most children in England and Wales follow this route in the state system: Age: a nursery school 3- some children go to a nursery school primary school 5- everyone starts primary school a secondary school 11- they go to a secondary school /comprehensive or grammar/ a joba college 16- some leave school and get a job, or go to a college for vocational /= job/ training; e.g. hotel management, secretarial courses; or six formers stay at school for 2 more years as six formers. go to university 18 - they leave school and get a job or go to university or go to a college college for further education / training, e.g. teaching, business studies

3. Comprehensive schools Comprehensive schools in UK are for students with mixed abilities Grammar schools Grammar schools are for students with acadmic abilities Public schools Public schools in the UK are private schools Polytechnics Polytechnics are similar to universities. Courses are more practically oriented Colleges Colleges include teacher-training colleges and general colleges of further education

4. Some useful words and expressions: Exams / qualification take / do / sit / resit an exam pass / do well in exam fail / do badly in an exam revise before exam testsschool-leaving exams Some schools give the students tests. The school-leaving exams are held in May or June. graduateget a degreea graduate If you pass your university exams, you graduate /get a degree/, then you are a graduate.

5. Questions: 1/ What age do children start school? 2/ What is the school-leaving age? 3/ Where can students study after their school-leaving exams? 4/ What are public schools? 5/ What is the difference between comprehensive and grammar schools?

6. Studying at a British university. If you want to go to /enter/ university, you must pass examinations. /most students take them at the age of 18/. The exams are called “A”levels. Most students take 3 “A”levels, in 3 different subjects and after passing them they get / obtain a place at university. Aproximately 30 % of students go to uni in Britain. The tuition /=teaching/ at uni is free, and some students get /=receive/ a grant /=money to pay for living expences, e.g. food, accommodation/. University and college teachers are called lecturers or tutors. University students are called undergraduates, while they are studying for their first degree. Most university courses last 3 years, some last 4 years and some /e.g. medicine/, may be longer.

7. When they finish the course and pass their exams, they receive a degree. This can be a BA /=Bachelor of Arts/ or BSc /=Bachelor of Science/. When you complete your first degree, you are a graduate. Some students go on to do a second course or degree /postgraduate course, postgraduate degree/. These students are postgraduates. There are 3 possible degrees: MA /=Master of Arts/, MSc /=Master of Science/, usually 1 year. MPhil /=Master of Philosophy/, usually 2 years. PhD /=Doctor of Philosophy/, at least 3 years.

8. British universities are devided into 3 groups: 1/ Oxford and Cambridge / or Oxbridge / - they are the oldest and the most famous. Oxford was founded in the 12 th century and Cambridge in the 13 th century. 2/ Redbrick Universities which were founded in the 19 th century/in London, Durham, Manchester/. These universities provide technological training in industrial areas. 3/ The new universities established after 1960 /in Sussex, York, Kent and others/.

9. Answer these questions: 1/ Do you need to pass examinations before you can go to uni? 2/ Do some students get a grant to study at uni? 3/ Is the tuition free if you go to uni? 4/ Do most students go to uni at the age of 18 or 19? 5/ Do most degree courses last 3 years? 6/ What is your equivalent of the British BA, BSc? 7/ Do you have similar postgraduate degrees in our country? 8/ How are teachers at university called?

10. Zdroje: REDMAN, Stuart. English vocabulary in USA pre-intermediate and intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1997, ISBN 0 521 55737 2.