Урок за темою "Schools in Britain and Ukraine@

The subject: Schools in Britain and in Ukraine

Level: Pre–intermediate

The objectives:

•          to practice learners in using topical vocabulary;
•          to develop learners’ listening and speaking skills;
•          to develop learners’ critical and logical thinking;
•          to encourage learners to work in groups;
•          to practice learners in using different digital tools;
•          to broaden learners outlook

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the lesson the students

• will be able to use the topical vocabulary in their speech;
• will be able to speak about the peculiarities of the education system оf Britain and Ukraine;
• will be able to make a list of similarities and differences between two systems of education

Pre-lesson Task:

1.Vocabulary work ( Follow the link https://quizlet.com/ua/980054452/education-in-great-britain-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=0db5ad65-7184-4c43-be69-c32df82812d6) and do the test following the link https://naurok.com.ua/test/education-in-britain-and-ukraine-vocabulary-3133012/set

2.Students are required to read the text of Ex.1, p.48-49 (Alla Nesvit, English, Year 8 A textbook for the eighth form of secondary schools)

Procedure

I. Introduction

1. Warming-Up

Greeting. Information about the subject of the lesson and the aims.

Teacher:

You can see the quote. Do you agree with the author? Comment on it. Share your ideas about it.

"School is a building which has four walls with tomorrow inside."

                                                                                        Lon Watters

Learners: …

2. Vocabulary Practice.

Teacher:

According to pre-lesson task let’s make a mind-map about what kinds of schools you know and say what they are like in short, in one sentence ( follow the link

https://app.mindmup.com/map/_free/2025/01/a5846690d0f411ef8d74bf7731e136ee ) (if you can’t open the link, copy it and open in the browser)

Complete the sentences with the correct type of school.

1.    Students live and study in … schools.
2.    … schools are run by private organizations.
3.    Children under 5 years go to ...
4.    … school provides equal opportunities for learning to everyone.
5.    The … school provides a more academic program for its learners.
6.    Children can attend the … school at the age of six.

II. Main Part

Listening    

Teacher:

Listen and watch the video following the link

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/900278

While-listening task

1. Read and complete the sentences with the numbers:

22, 30, 5, 20, 3, 27, 11, 16, 92

7.    Most children start school at the age of …
8.    At the age of … they go to the secondary school and study there till …
9.    After GCSE … leave school, the others learn … subjects for two more years.
10. About … of eighteen-year-old students go to university.
11. There are about … students in the secondary school and … students in the primary school.
12. … of British schools are state schools.

Post-listening task

2. Say True or False. If the statement is False, correct it.

1.    GCSE examination is a main exam after which a student gets a certificate of general secondary education.
2.    In high school students take A levels exam to go to University.
3.    Students start school at 8.30 a.m. in John Mayson School.
4.    They study 6 days.
5.    Students wear school uniform.
6.    British children have no wide choice of subjects.
7.    Children in British schools start learning foreign languages in the primary school.
8.    Most students learn Italian as a foreign language.
9.    Children can go home to have lunch or enjoy it in the school canteen.
10.          School finishes at five o’clock.
11.          Children do sport and learn to play musical instruments.
12.          Eton is a state school and students don’t wear school uniform.

Speaking

Teacher: …

Summarize the information about the system of education in Britain and in Ukraine (according to the video and the texts you’ve read before (Ex.1, p.48-49; Ex.2, p.46 by Alla Nesvit, English, Year 8 A textbook for the eighth form of secondary schools)

 and compare the secondary education in Britain and in Ukraine.

What is common and what is different?

Work in groups. Class is divided into two groups (if it’s an online lesson, students work in break-out rooms).

Group 1 makes a list of similarities of secondary education in Britain and in Ukraine.

Group 2 makes a list of differences of secondary education in Britain and in Ukraine.

Presentation.

Each group presents its work (if it’s an online lesson, digital whiteboards can be used for the presentations of the groups).

III. Final Part.

1. Summing-up.

2. Homework.

Write a short post on your blog about the educational system and schools in Great Britain.