Read the following sentences.

1.Literacyand numeracyare skills no one can afford to be without.

2.Curriculum reformis often done for political reasons rather than for good educational ones.

3. Nowadays, lifelong/continuing educationis an issue, and creating opportunities for mature studentsis important.

4. Special needs educationis expensive because class sizes need to be small or one-to-one.

5. He was unhappy at his new school because the older boys were bullyinghim.

Which words or expressions from above mean …

1. the ability to count and do basic maths?

2. changes made to the official programme of education in a country?

3. frighten or threaten

4. a student who is older than the typical age, for example, in a university?

5. teaching with one teacher and just one pupil?

6. the ability to read?

7. education for all ages

8. education for children who cannot learn in the normal way, because they have some disability

PART TWO

READING COMPREHENSION

Text 1. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLING IN BRITAIN

Lead-in.

Discuss the following questions concerning schooling in your country.

- What age do children begin school?

- What age does compulsory education end?

- What time do schools begin and end?

- What are the different school stages called? (e.g. nursery, secondary, etc.)

- What subjects are taught at what ages?

- Do students have to pay to attend university?

- What are you memories of education?

Read the text and compare English and Russian school systems.

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