Make up questions to ask your group mates about different ways of spending free time. Mingle and discuss, then report your findings in writing.

What’s the best museum you’ve been to?

What’s the most interesting TV programme/ series for you?

What type of music do you like?

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

TOPIC 6. Education

Put these school subjects into the correct columns.

English physics Russian Spanish IT history

geography chemistry art music maths biology

You can do/ study these subjects at a university:

medicine engineering architecture agriculture law psychology

politics philosophy sociology business studies economics

What other subjects did you study at school? What subjects do you do at university?

2. Explain the difference in meaning:

student vs pupil

subject vs topic

college vs university

teacher vs professor

lesson vs lecture

Discuss the questions with a partner.

1) When do you start/finish your education in Russia?

2) What are famous schools and universities in Russia/ Moscow/ your town?

3) What subjects do pupils study at schools in our country?

4) Did you enjoy your schooldays? Why/ why not?

5) Were you a good pupil at school? Why/ why not?

6) Who was your favourite teacher? Why?

7) Do you think everyone should go to college or university? Why/ why not?

A) Read and translate the text paying attention to the underlined words and word combinations.

The educational system in the UK

In England and Wales, the education system goes from reception (the first year at primary school) to year 12 (the final year of sixth form college or secondary school). Parents can send their children to nursery school between the ages of about three or five. The children spend a few hours at nursery school each day, playing and doing activities with other children. From the age of five, education is compulsory. Between five and eleven, children go to primary school. Primary schools are usually divided into an infant school (for children aged five to seven) and a junior school (for children aged seven to eleven). When they are 11 years old, children go to secondary school and take their GCSE at the age of 16. They can leave school when they are 16, but if they want to stay in education, they study for two more years and take A-levels at the age of 18. They either stay at school, or go to a sixth form college or a technical college.

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