Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 12 Unit 4: School education system - Lesson 4

Teacher’s activities

Students’ activities

Warm-up: (3 minutes)

- Ask students some questions about school education systems in Vietnam.

1. How many levels of educations are there in your school system?

2. How long does it take to complete each level?

3. How many classes are there in each level?

4. When do children start Grade I?

- Lead Ss to the new lesson: “write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam”

Pre-writing: (15 minutes)

- Teacher introduces the task: In about 150 words, write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam, using the information given in Speaking Tasks on page 47. You may follow the suggestions below:

- Levels of education:

primary (5 years; start from the age of 6)

lower secondary (4 years)

upper secondary (3 years)

- Compulsory education: 9 years (primary & lower secondary)

- The academic year: 35 weeks (9 months, from September to May)

- School terms: 2 terms: term 1 (Sept - Dec.), term 2 (Jan. - May)

- Time of the national examination for GCSE (early June)

- Guide Ss to write.

1. Topic Sentence

2. Supporting Details

3. Closing Sentence

- Walk round the class to give Ss assistance.

While-writing: (20 minutes)

- Ask Ss to write

- Call on some Ss to read out their writing in front of the class.

- Ask Ss to exchange their writings for peer correction

- Correct mistakes.

Suggested answer.

The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education, primary and secondary education. The children start Grade/ Year 1 at the age of 6 and they normally complete the primary education at the age of 10. They move to lower secondary school to study in Grade 6 when they are eleven years old. They will finish nine-year compulsory education when they complete Grade 9 at the age of 14. The children may go to upper secondary schools if they pass all the subjects tested at the end of Grade 9. They will stay there until they complete Grade 12 at the age of 17. If they want to sit for the entrance exam to universities or colleges they have to take the national examination for GCSE which takes place at the end of Mayor beginning of June. The academic year in Vietnam runs from September to May and is divided into two terms. The first term ends in January with a week holiday and the second term finishes in May before a long summer holiday comes.

Post- writing: (5 minutes)

- Ask Ss to read the paragraph again.

- Give remarks on the writing

Homework: (2 minutes)

- Rewrite the paragraph at home.

- Prepare the section D (The Language focus part of Unit 4).

- Work in pairs, discuss and find out the answers.

1- 3

2- Primary: 5 years/

Lower secondary- 4 years/ upper secondary - 3 years

- Understand the aim of the lesson.

- Study the task carefully.

- Work in pairs to give outlines

1. Topic Sentence

The formal school system in Vietnam consists of two levels of education, primary and secondary education.

2. Supporting Details

3. Closing Sentence

- Use main ideas in the outline to write a paragraph on the formal school education system in Vietnam

- Exchange their writings for peer correction

- Correct mistakes.

- Read the paragraph again

- Correct mistakes

- Rewrite the paragraph at home.

- Prepare the section D (The Language focus part of Unit 4).