EDUCATION AS A SOURCE OF BACKGROUND VOCABULARY EDUCATION

EDUCATION AS A SOURCE OF BACKGROUND VOCABULARY

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE UK Education State education State schools Private education Independent schools Public schools 2

Public schools: history Character-building Team spirit Clothes Boarding schools Schools for boys vs schools for girls Special structure (houses, housemasters, prefects, fags) Team sports Corporal punishment School leavers: ruling elite, a closed group 3

Public schools: present time Academic achievement Clothes Boarding schools vs day-schools only Schools for boys vs schools for girls vs mixed schools Special structure (houses, housemasters, prefects, fags) Team sports e. g. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester 4

Compulsory education (up to the middle teenage years) Primary (age of 5 -10) Secondary (age of 1117) Tertiary (18+, college, university) 5

In the past Primary school (eleven-plus exam) Grammar school (academic subjects) Secondary modern school (practical and technical subjects) 6

At present Primary school (eleven-plus exam) Comprehensive schools 7

School system: current state Government funding Primary schools (5 y. o. ) Class teacher all subjects National tests (at the age of 7 and 11) Secondary schools Autumn, spring and summer terms Christmas, Easter and summer holidays The age of 16, O-level exams A-level exams 8

EXAMS Independent examining boards No unified school-leaving exam or certificate English, Math, science subject, foreign language 9

Higher education A-level results and an interview Open University Oxbridge Fellows, tutorials, supervision The redbrick universities (Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds) The campus universities (Lancaster, Sussex, Warwick) 10

The educational system of the USA (state dependent) Nursery school (3 -4 y. o. ) Elementary school (5 -10 y. o. ) 5 th (6 th) grade Secondary – junior high school (6 th - 8 th grades 7 th -9 th Secondary - high school (9 th – 12 th grades 10 th – 12 th) 11

The educational system of the USA (state dependent) Compulsory education till the age of 16 Public schools vs private schools Basic requirements Students’ choice Shop classes Electives Summer school Extracurricular activities 12

Higher education in the USA Universities for undergraduates Graduate schools Colleges Technical schools BA, BS, BFA, MS, Ph. D, DSc Credits, majors, minors 13