Match some of the words above to the definitions below.

ENGLISH SCHOOLING

PART ONE

VOCABULARY

Discuss the following questions in pairs.

- Did you enjoy school?

- Did your teachers make you work hard?

- What was your favourite / least favourite subject?

Look at the different types of educational establishments below (1-7). Match them to the sort of person (a-g) who might attend them.

1) a co-educational secondary school 2) a primary school for infants and juniors 3) a sixth-form college 4) a nursery school 5) a further education college offering evening classes 6) a university 7) a public school

a) a five-year-old and a nine-year-old b) a thirty six year old office worker who wants to get better at computer skills c) a seventeen-year-old who hopes to go on to higher education d) a twenty-year-old who wants to be a doctor e) a thirteen year old girl and a fourteen year old boy f) a fifteen-year-old whose parents want to pay for his/her education g) a three-year-old

Read the passage below, filling in the gaps with the names of the educational establishments mentioned in exercise 2.

The school system in England.

Pre-school education is provided by state or private ………. . Children as young as two are often left by their parents while they go to work. Children usually start ………. when they are five. Then they go on to a state ………., often called a comprehensive school. In the private sector, children often go to a prep school, before going on to ………. when they are five or six. Many children leave school at sixteen, after they take their GCSE exams, but some stay on to take their A level exams at school or ………., before going on to ………. .

Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right. The words refer to people involved in education.

1 PTA 2 school governors 3 supply teacher 4 peripatetic teacher 5 tutor 6 principal 7 examiner

a) teacher who works in a school when needed (e.g. if someone is sick) b) someone who writes the question papers of an examination c) group consisting of teachers and parents who meet regularly d) the head of the school e) teacher who works in different schools and travels between them f) a teacher who works with one student or a very small class g) group which oversees all the business of the school

Look at the phrases below. Which phrases would you expect to find mentioned in a state secondary school, which in a university, and which in both?

- pay course fees

- play truant (British) / hooky (American)

- take an exam

- get a grant

- cram for end-of-term exams

- graduate with honours in Chemistry

- have a weekly tutorial

- do homework

- attend a lecture

- pay attention

- give a seminar on William Shakespeare

- take a degree

- take the register

Match some of the words above to the definitions below.

a. study really hard

b. get a degree

c. a one-to-one talk

d. government money to help you pay for the course

e. not go to school, even though you’re not ill

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