Брейн-ринг “Education in the UK, the USA, and Ukraine”

Education in the UK, the USA and Ukraine

Objectives:  to activate students` knowledge of the subject;

  to develop the ability to work in groups;

  to teach students to feel responsible for doing work well;

  to use gained skills and knowledge in practice.

Procedure:

1. Introduction

I`m glad to see you all. Today we will watch the competition among two teams on the theme “Education in the UK, the USA, and Ukraine”.

Let`s pass on to the presentation of our teams. Tell us the name of your team and your slogan.

You have to follow the rules. They are the following…

1. Speak English.
2. Respect others
3. Wait your turn.
4. Don`t shout out the answers.
5. Answers have to be complete.

II. Main part

 Round 1. Warming up. Each team has to answer 3 questions.

How much do you know about our school?

1. How many students are there in our school?
2. How many teachers are there in our school?
3. How many teachers are teaching you?
4. How many lessons a week do you have?
5. Do you know the full name of our secretary?
6. Where was this picture taken?

Round 2. Vocabulary practice.

 Match to halves to make the phrase

1. freshman    a) attention
2. get     b) from school
3. make      c) an exam
4. pass      d) to one`s neck
5. pay     e) year
6. attend      f) a course
7. comprehensive   g) school
8. sit for     h) progress
9. be up      i) a test
10. graduate    j) education 
11. equal      k) good marks

Keys: freshman year, get good marks, make progress, pass a test, pay attention, attend a course, comprehensive school, sit for               an exam, be up  to one`s neck, graduate from school, equal  education

Round 3. Expert`s question

The student of our school has a task for you. You`ll hear the definition of three words; your task is to guess these words and write them on paper.  (the teacher shows the video)

1. You go to school to get it. The process of teaching and learning is called so.

2. Its activity never stops. It is the organ inside your head that controls how you think, feel, and move.

3. There are many subjects you have to learn at school. This science studies a system of communication that consists of sounds and written symbols. People use it for talking or writing.

Keys: education, brain, language

Round 4. True or false.

Education in Ukraine.

1. Pre-school education in Ukraine is compulsory. (F)
2. Compulsory secondary education begins at the age of 6-7. (T)
3. Education is fee-paying in state schools and free in private schools. (F)
4. The school year begins on 1st June.  (F)
5. In regular secondary schools, children start learning foreign languages from the fifth grade. (F)
6. There are many new types of schools in Ukraine. (T)
7. Institutions of high learning include universities and institutes. (T)
8. Shevchenko Kyiv National University is among the unknown higher educational establishments. (F)
9. At universities students give lectures to their professors. (F)
10. If you want to become a doctor you have to enter the Pedagogical University. (F)

Education in Great Britain

1. Children go to school at the age of 5. (T)
2. Primary education takes place in senior schools. (F)
3. Students study for 8 years at a primary school. (F)
4. Many people in Britain stand for equal educational opportunities. (T)
5. There are only independent schools in Britain. (F)
6. The private schools are cheap in Britain. (F)
7. Children take GCSE at the age of 18. (F)
8. No more than 5% attend state school. (F)
9. In a boarding school children live as well as study. (T)
10.  Nowadays, many public schools offer scholarships. (T)

Round 5. How attentive are you?

Look at the two photos (from Oxford Exam Excellence) and try to remember them. You have two minutes to do that.

Read these sentences and decide if the sentence describes pictures A, B, or both.

1. There are about half a dozen students in the class. (both)
2. The teacher is at the front of the class. (B)
3. The teacher is handing out the student`s work. (A)
4.  The students look interested. (B)
5. One student seems to be sleeping. (A)
6. The students seem to be from different countries. (B)
7. One student seems to find the task difficult. (A)
8. You can see a nice garden in the background. (B)
9. The teacher is a woman. (both)
10. The teacher is wearing a dress. (B)

Round 6. Error Correction.

Now you have a great opportunity to be a teacher. There are twenty words spelt incorrectly. Find each one and write the correct spelling above it. But you are a very busy teacher. you`ve got a lot to do today. So you have only three minutes to do the task.

Round 7. What comes after what?

Put them into the correct order.

Round 8.  Matching.

Match the beginnings with their endings to get a proverb.

1. If you want a thing well done,   a) you`ll get a lot of money.
2. If you run after two hares,   b) you`ll have bad luck.
3. If you walk under a ladder,   c) you will catch neither.
4. If you break a mirror,    d) do it yourself.
5. If you see a small spider,   e) it will.
6. If something can go wrong,    f) you`ll have 7 years of bad luck.