1. Learn the pronunciation of the given words.

   advanced age – stage arithmetic award bachelor basic boarding Cambridge certificate charge child – children commerce comprehensive comprise compulsory entrance course education

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   faculty junior kind master medicine natural parallel per cent physical polytechnic primary private range result science secondary taught technology

   ‘fæk lti ‘d u:nj kaind ‘ma:st ‘medisin ‘næ t r l ‘pæ r l l p ‘sent ‘fizik l ,p li ’teknik ‘praim ri ‘praivit reind ri ’zΛ lt ‘sai ns ‘sek nd ri ‘t :t tek ’n l d i

2. Read and guess the meaning.

1. (n) system, arithmetic, information, technology, training, class, course, certificate, result, polytechnics, college, faculty, medicine, music, commerce, type.

2. (a) primary, basic, elementary, physical, public, parallel.

3. Words and expressions to remember.

as well as leading private abilities to comprise two stages the state system of education to give a wide range of courses to start compulsory education to get primary education a certificate of secondary e. higher education a higher educational institution elementary science information technology art classes the faculty of commerce education entrance examinations the public examination to take an e. at an advanced level a year of study for two more years to leave school an infant school a junior school a comprehensive school a boarding school at the age of 5 to charge fees to get a bachelor’s degree / the degree of bachelor to award the degree of master besides

а также ведущий частный способности включать два этапа государственная система образования давать много разных курсов начать обязательное образование получать начальное образование аттестат о среднем образовании высшее образование высшее учебное заведение (вуз) основы естествознания информатика уроки художественного воспитания (рисование и т.п.) экономический факультет педагогический факультет вступительные экзамены государственный экзамен сдавать экзамен более высокого уровня один год учебы еще два года окончить школу школа для малолетних начальная школа общеобразовательная школа школа-интернат в возрасте 5 лет взимать плату получать степень бакалавра присуждать степень магистра помимо, кроме

4. Let us see how much you remember of the above words and expressions.

Set yourself a mark according to the table below:

words/expressions 25 - 31 18 - 24 12 -17 6 –11 5

mark 5 4 3 2 1

5. Listen to the topic twice for understanding.

In Great Britain, education is compulsory for all children from 5 to 16 years of age. There are three stages in the British system of education: primary, secondary and higher. Primary education comprises two stages: an infant school and a junior school. Basic education begins in infant schools when a child is five. At the age of seven, children go to junior schools where they are taught three R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic as well as elementary science and information technology. They also have music, physical training and art classes.

At the age of eleven, children start secondary education. Over 82 per cent of pupils go to comprehensive schools (which are for children of all abilities). These schools give a wide range of courses leading to the public examination at 16 and a certificate of secondary education.

. Parallel to the state system of education there is a private system. Private schools are boarding schools and they charge fees.

Any child may leave school at 16. Those who want to continue their education at a University stay at school for two more years and take another examination at an advanced level. On the results of this examination, the Universities and Polytechnics choose their students, as there are no entrance examinations.

The leading universities in England are Oxford, Cambridge and London. Each university consists of a number of faculties: medicine, arts, law, music, natural science, commerce and education. After three years of study a student gets a Bachelor’s degree. After two or more years of study the degrees of Master or Doctor are awarded. Other types of higher educational institutions besides universities are Colleges of different kinds and Polytechnics.