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EDUCATION Education systems Lessons Student life Relationships between teachers and students

Explore education systems in Slovakia, Great Britain, and the USA. Discuss subjects, exams, extracurricular activities, and the student-teacher relationship. Learn and engage with diverse educational practices.

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EDUCATION Education systems Lessons Student life Relationships between teachers and students

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  1. EDUCATION Education systems Lessons Student life Relationships between teachers and students

  2. Comment on the following quotations. “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin It's possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. Alec Bourne

  3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:

  4. Describe the education system in Slovakia. EDUCATION in Slovakia HIGHER SECONDARY Colleges PRIMARY Grammar school PRE-SCHOOL Universities Professional school Primaryschools Kindergartens Vocationalschools

  5. Describe the education system in Great Britain. Colleges Grammar school Universities Comprehensive school Infant school (5-6 years) Nursery school Junior school (7-10 years) Private school

  6. Describe the education system in the USA. Junior college Middle school (7 – 8 grade) Senior college Elementary school High school (9 – 12 grade) Nursery school Universities Kindergartens

  7. What subjects are taught at school? Compare subjects in primary and secondary school. humanities subjects, science, languages, physical education Compulsory (Obligatory) SUBJECTS Elective (Optional) humanities subjects, science, foreign languages What are your favourite and least favourite subjects? What new subjects would you like to introduce?Why?

  8. Look at the following timetable and describe it.What type of school is it? What subjects are there?What do you like about this timetable? Talk about similarities and differences with your timetable.What foreign languages are taught and how? What would you change about the education system? Talk about breaks, lessons, their length, subjects, evaluation, etc.

  9. What types of exam can you name? Explain their advantages and disadvantages. What exams do students in Slovakia, Great Britain and the USA have to take? entrance exam, school leaving exam, final exam (maturita exam) What exams do you prefer and in what subjects? Explain your choice. How do you feel before/after a test?How do you prepare for a test? What do you think about the maturitaexam as a fair way of testing your knowledge? What do you think of the evaluation system in Slovakia?

  10. What activities are students involved in at school? Which activities do you like and dislike? Why? participate be involved in practise perform do/write homework hand in assignment apply sign up be rewarded entertain enjoy learn study acquire

  11. What activities do teachers do at school? Which activities are the least favourite among teachers? Why? share encourage support teach explain facilitate examine mark test evaluate provide consult recommend

  12. What extracurricular activities can students do? What extracurricular activities does your school offer?How do you spend your time after school?

  13. Look at the pictures and compare them. Which situation resembles your lessons at school? What memories does it evoke for you? Which lesson would you like to take part in? Explain your choice. How would you describe the relationship between pupils and teacher in the pictures? How do you get on with your teachers? What is it influenced by?

  14. Where do you want to continue your education?What do you plan to study?Do you think a university degree guarantees success in life? 6 Do the following crossword.1. school provides you with2. commonly done during writing a test3. student after finishing university4. subject taught at school, not popular among girls5. to take up a course at university6. drawing and painting at school7. synonym of evaluation8. biology, chemistry belong to .....(click on thenumbers to checkyouranswers)The hidden word is: ... ... ... V ... ... ... ... ... ... E D U C A T I O N A R T 1 8 M I S T A K E S S C I E N C E 2 7 P O S T G R A D U A T E A S S E S S M E N T 3 4 5 S I G N U P P H Y S I C S U N I V E R S I T Y

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