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Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám

Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám. Education in UK. Most children in England and Wales follow this route in the state system : Age : - some children go to a nursery school - everyone starts primary school

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Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám

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  1. Výukový materiál zpracován v rámci projektu EU peníze školám

  2. Education in UK Most children in Englandand Wales followthisroute in thestate system: Age: • - somechildren go to a nurseryschool • - everyonestartsprimaryschool • - they go to a secondaryschool/comprehensiveorgrammar/ • - someleaveschoolandgeta job, or go to a college forvocational /= job/ training; e.g. hotel management, secretarialcourses; or stayatschoolfor 2 more years as sixformers. 18 - theyleaveschoolandget a joborgo to university or go to a collegeforfurthereducation / training, e.g. teaching, business studies

  3. Comprehensiveschoolsin UK are forstudentswithmixedabilities • Grammarschoolsare forstudentswithacadmicabilities • Public schoolsin the UK are privateschools • Polytechnics are similar to universities. Courses are more practicallyoriented • Collegesincludeteacher-trainingcolleges and generalcollegesoffurthereducation

  4. Some useful words and expressions: • Exams / qualification • take / do / sit / resitanexam • pass / do well in exam • fail / do badly in anexam • revise beforeexam • Someschoolsgivethestudentstests. Theschool-leavingexamsare held in May or June. • Ifyoupassyour university exams, yougraduate /get adegree/, thenyou are a graduate.

  5. Questions: 1/ What age do children start school? 2/ What is the school-leaving age? 3/ Where can students study after their school-leaving exams? 4/ What are public schools? 5/ What is the difference between comprehensive and grammar schools?

  6. Studying at a British university. If you want to go to /enter/ university, you must pass examinations. /most students take them at the age of 18/. The exams are called “A”levels. Most students take 3 “A”levels, in 3 different subjects and after passing them they get / obtaina place at university. Aproximately 30 % of students go to uni in Britain. The tuition /=teaching/at uni is free, and some students get /=receive/ a grant /=money to pay for living expences, e.g. food, accommodation/. University and college teachers are called lecturers or tutors. University students are called undergraduates, while they are studying for their first degree. Most university courses last 3 years, some last 4 years and some /e.g. medicine/, may be longer.

  7. When they finish the course and pass their exams, they receive adegree. This can be a BA /=Bachelor of Arts/ or BSc /=Bachelor of Science/. When you complete your first degree, you are a graduate. Some students go on to do a second course or degree/postgraduatecourse, postgraduate degree/. These students are postgraduates. There are 3 possible degrees: MA /=Master of Arts/, MSc /=Master of Science/, usually 1 year. MPhil /=Master of Philosophy/, usually 2 years. PhD /=Doctor of Philosophy/, at least 3 years.

  8. British universities are devided into 3 groups: • 1/ Oxford and Cambridge / or Oxbridge / - they are the oldest andthe most famous. Oxford was founded in the 12th century andCambridge in the 13th century. • 2/ Redbrick Universities which were founded in the 19thcentury/in London, Durham, Manchester/. These universities providetechnological training in industrial areas. • 3/ The new universities established after 1960 /in Sussex, York,Kent and others/.

  9. Answer these questions: 1/ Do you need to pass examinations before you can go to uni? 2/ Do some students get a grant to study at uni? 3/ Is the tuition free if you go to uni? 4/ Do most students go to uni at the age of 18 or 19? 5/ Do most degree courses last 3 years? 6/ What is your equivalent of the British BA, BSc? 7/ Do you have similar postgraduate degrees in our country? 8/ How are teachers at university called?

  10. Zdroje: • REDMAN, Stuart. English vocabulary in USA pre-intermediate and intermediate. Cambridge: Cambridge university press, 1997, ISBN 0 521 55737 2.

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