Education

TALKING POINTS:
What do you know about organization of Education system in your country?

Compare Education system of Kazakhstan and Britain?
The British Education System

Would you like to study abroad? Which university would you choose? Why?

WATCH THE VIDEO AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN NOTE FORM (65 MIN=40%):
What did you think of the film?
What did the students say they enjoyed about being at Coventry
University?
What do students get after the course?

WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIOТЫ IN WRITTEN FORM:
What facilities does Coventry University offer for students?
Would you like to go to Coventry University? Why/Why not?
Which cities do you think are good university cities? Why?

GLOSSARY
University Degree – a course of study at a university.
Facility – smth. such as a room or piece of equipment that is provided at a place for people to use.
Social activity – relating to activities that involve being with other people, especially activities that you do for pleasure.
Course – a series of lessons or lectures in an academic subject or a practical skill: secretarial/Spanish course
Career – a job, especially a profession that you spend a lot of your working life in.
Placement test – a test which identifies the level of students’
Application form – a printed list of questions that you answer in order to try to get a job, get a place at university.
Accommodation – a place for someone to stay, live, or work in.
University staff – the people who work for a particular university
Experience - knowledge and skill that is gained through time spent doing a job or activity.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WHICH DESCRIBES THE COURSES OF COVENTRY UNIVERSITY:
Coventry University has
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CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS AND PREPARE A SPEECH USING ABOUT 120-150 WORDS (2 MIN) RECORD YOURSELF
Which of the Universities are you interested in Almaty?
Think of the best Universities which dominated in Kazakhstan. Why?
What evidence is given Kazakhstan's educational success?
What changes would you plan for educational system in Kazakhstan?
Do you think you would enjoy studying in Britain? What advantages and disadvantages would be there?
What are the main differences between university course in Britain/ USA and in your own country?
What sort of activities do students do in your group to improve their knowledge? What do you do?
What measures would you take to reduce the problems of learning English?
What do you think of the educational system of grades and the rules in Kazakhstan?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of individual learning?
Will progress of new technology bring a new approach to comprehensive school?
Do you think education should be free?
Do you think children should be tested at the ages of seven and eleven? Why? Why not?
What are your views of boarding schools? Would you like your child to have attended one yourself