Schools in Great Britain

Schools in Great Britain

The objectives: To speak about education and schools in Great Britain. To broaden students` knowledge about Great Britain, its traditions, culture. To develop pupils` listening, speaking, reading, writing skills through various creative activities. To revise the grammar material – modal verbs.

The type of the lesson: New lesson
Equipment: Text-books, computers, computer presentations, cards for group work.

Procedure

I.                  Greeting

T: Good morning everybody! Students, please greet our guests! Glad to see all of you in good health and mood!  (slide 1)

II.               Warm-up activities

T: Who is on duty today? Who is absent? What day is it today? What is the weather like today?
Today we are going to speak about education and schools in Great Britain. (slide 2)
But first look at the screen and try to match the advice with the possible situations. (slide 3)

You should take an umbrella.	It might be cold.
You shouldn`t smoke.	It might rain.
You should wear a coat.	You might cause an accident.
You shouldn`t drive fast.	It might be bad for your ears.
You should sunbathe less.	It might be bad for your skin.
You shouldn`t listen to loud music.	You might have health problems.

III.           The main part of the lesson

1.     Practice in reading. Ex.1, p. 68.

1)    Pre-reading activity

Presenting new vocabulary. (slide 4)

2)    While-reading activity (slide 5)

Practise the new vocabulary. Find the following words and expressions in the text and give their English equivalents:

-         типова школа,

-         початкова школа,

-         середня школа,

-         однакові предмети,

-         складати іспити,

-         національні екзамени,

-         інформатика,

-         однокласник,

-         ніхто з них.

3)    Post-reading activity (slide 6)

Match the parts of the sentences

1. British schoolchildren take national GCSE exams	A   at 11.
2. British schoolchildren take “A” level exams	B   at 13.
3. British schoolchildren leave the primary school	C   at 16.
4. British schoolchildren choose the subjects to study for the national GCSE exams	D   at 18.

2.     Watching the video

1. Activities before watching

T: Boys and girls! Before you watch the film let us do an exerсise.

Put the words below into the correct columns. (slide 7)

Geography, badminton, Science,  primary, Literature, drama club, orchestra, boarding, Religion, History,  independent,  rugby,  football, state,  secondary.   

School Subjects	Extra-curriculum activities	Schools

2. Activities while watching

T: Now you will watch the first sequence. Try to complete the table with words and numbers from the box. (slide 8)

                                                          

Sequence 1

training, university, 17, 5, 70, secondary, advanced, primary, certificate, 20, 16

Age	Education
----11	100% of students go to ________ school.
11 ----	100% of students go to ________ school.
----	In England, they take GCSE examinations (General ______ of Secondary Education)
---- 18	______% of students continue at school. At 18 they take A – levels ( _____ level examinations)
18 ----	20% of 18 – year – olds go to _______ .
---------	Another ______ % of 18- year- olds go on to other kinds of education and _______ .

T: Watch the sequence again and check your answers. And now is sequence 2. (slide 9)

Look at the pictures and see if you can identify what class is taking place just from the pictures. Watch the sequence and number the pictures 1 – 7 in the order that you see them and write a subject under each one.

T: Watch the sequence 3 without sound and tick the activities you see.(slide 10)

football      cooking

hockey       badminton

netball        athletics

rugby          music

chess         lunch

T: Watch again with sound. Cross out the incorrect answer in the sentences below.(slide 11)

1.     Students have a break of  an hour/ half an hour for lunch.

2.     Most /Some students bring sandwiches for lunch.

3.     School finishes  at  four/five  o’clock.

4.     Students also play rugby / chess.

3. Activities after watching

Group work. (slide 12)

Group 1 - introduce  information about the education system  in Britain;

Group  2 - introduce information about school  day,  school  subjects  &  extra – curricular activity;

Group  3 - introduce information about  British students. What do they think about their schools?

IV. Summing-up

T: It's time to get homework for the next lesson. You’ll write a letter  to your  pen friend  telling  him or her  about your school  &  your  life  at school.

Thank you for being active and hardworking. Our Lesson is over. Have a nice day! Bye!