SPEAKING Exercise 21. Try to compare the educational systems of Russia, the UK and the USA and complete the grid. Share your vision using the following phrases: to my mind, in my opinion, it seems to me, as far as I remember, etc. №
Questions
Russia
The UK The USA
1 Who is responsible for organizing and
regulating the educational system?
2 What stages is formal education divided
into?
3 What stages of formal education are
compulsory?
4 Are there private schools in the country?
5 In what types of schools can children get
general education?
6 In what types of educational institutions can
people get vocational education?
7 In what types of educational institutions
can people get higher education?
8 What are specific features of the educational
system in the country?
Exercise 22. Make up general and disjunctive questions, and answer them ac- cording to the models to enhance your speaking skills. Model A: Education includes different kinds of learning experiences. Does education include different kinds of learning experiences? — Yes, it does. Education includes different kinds of learning experiences, doesn’t it? — Yes, it does. 1. Informal education involves people in learning during their daily life.
2. This student comes to college regularly. 3. General education aims at pro-
ducing intelligent, well-informed citizens. 4. Vocational education prepares
students for a job. 5. A student takes some general education courses and voca-
tional training in a technical school.
Model B: He is learning a foreign language. Is he learning a foreign language? — Yes, he is. He is learning a foreign language, isn’t he? — Yes, he is. 1. He is training different kinds of skills. 2. She is speaking English. 3. She
is taking tests and exams at the university. 4. He is making a telephone call.
5. He is working at about the same speed as his classmates.
