Конспект урока по теме "The educational system of the USA"

Form-10
Date 22/11/2016
The theme: «The educational system of the USA»

Objectives of the lesson:

1. Teaching : the development of oral communication skills

-To teach the pupils to work independently in groups and individually.

1. Developing: -To develop pupils' habits of reading;

-To develop listening comprehension;

-To develop creative activity, memory, imagination;

-To develop abilities of comparing and translation.

1. Up-bringing:

-To arouse pupils' interest in the English speaking countries;

-To arouse love to English lessons.

The course of the lesson

Teacher gave cards (with variants of greeting) to the children before the lesson is started;
Children prepare their workplaces.

1. Organizational moment

1. Greeting

Teacher: Good morning, pupils! I am glad to see you!

Pupils: (Looking at the cards) Good morning teacher! We are glad to see you too!!

Morning exercise

3) Dialogue.

Teacher: Good! Children, now I give you a dialogue. Let's divide into 2 groups and read this dialogue in roles.
Children: Yes, of course!
(Children read the dialogue altogether)

1. Is your school large or small?

2. How many floors does your school have?

3. What subjects do you study?

4. What are your favorite subjects?

5. The American system of education is the same as ours, isn't it?

6. In what way does the American system differ?

Teacher: Good fellows! Now, please, look at the board. Would you mind to guess the theme of our lesson?
Children: (Looking at the ciphered theme with the flag of the USA) Yes! That’s a good idea! The theme of our lesson is “Education in USA”
Talking about main aims of the lesson.

Teacher: Children! Look at these verbs! Now can you select the main aims of your

lesson?
Children: (Looking at the board and read the given verbs). They are: to read, to write, to translate, to speak.

1. School talk about the previous lesson (Revision)

Educational system of the USA.

The American system of school education differs from the systems in other countries. There are state public schools, private elementary schools and private secondary schools. Public schools are free and private schools are fee-paying.

Elementary education begins at the age of six or seven, when a child goes to the first grade (form). The programme of studies in the elementary school includes English, Arithmetic, Geography, History of the USA, Natural sciences and, besides, Physical Training, Singing, Drawing, wood or metal work, etc.

At the age of sixteen schoolchildren leave the elementary school and may continue their education at one of the secondary schools or high schools, as they call them.

High schools give general education and also teach subjects useful to those who hope to find jobs in industry and agriculture or those who wants to enter colleges or universities.

In universities students follow a basic programme during the first two years of studying. It means that every student must select at least one course from each of the basic fields of study: English, Natural sciences, Modern languages, History or Physical education. After the first two years every student can select subjects according to his professional interest.

Americans place a high value on education. That's why Kennedy said, "Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education".

WORDS

differ [ˈdɪfə] отличаться
state public [ˈpʌblɪk] schools - Государственные школы
private [ˈpraɪvɪt] elementary [ˌelɪˈmentərɪ] schools - частные начальные школы
private [ˈpraɪvɪt] secondary [ˈsekəndərɪ] schools - частные средние школы
free [fri:] бесплатный
fee-paying [fi:] платный
agriculture [ˈæɡrɪkʌltʃə] сельское хозяйство
field [fi:ld] of study - сфера обучения
Natural sciences - естественные науки
swift [swɪft] быстрый