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STORY OF ENGLISH

EDUCATION IN GB

1. Full time education in the UK is compulsory between the ages of __________ and __________.
2. ________ of children receive free education, ________ attend private schools.
3. Except for __________ state schools in Britain follow a national curriculum.

      Find the answers to the questions while watching the video:

1. What is the average number of students in class at primary/secondary schools?
2. What do children study at primary/secondary schools?
3.  What type of school is called a boarding school?
4.   What are the three core subjects?
5.  When do students take national exams in these subjects? 
6.   What is the difference between GCSE exams (General Certificate of Secondary Education) and “A” levels exams?
7.   How many students go on to higher education? 
8.  Some students enter a university and some do vocational training. What do you think it is?
9.  What is tuition?

LONE PARENTS

  You are going to watch 2 videos. 

1. Watch the first and answer the questions.

a.       What is gingerbread?

b.      What kind of a video is this?

c.       What’s the purpose of it?

 

1.       Watch the second one and then answer the following questions.

a.       Why do people get in contact with Gingerbread?

b.      Who does it help? Why?

c.       Who are the people you have seen in the video? Where are they? What are they doing?

2.       Both commercials aim at __________________________________________.