Preschool-educational Institutions

Тема: Дошкольные учреждения в стране изучаемого языка

Preschool-educational institutions

Ex.1. Scan the text Work in pairs to answer the questions that follow.

E ducational institutions for preschool education in Britain include crèches, playgroups, and nursery schools. A nursery school is a schoolfor children aged between 2 and 5. Children are not required by law to go to nursery school, and may go instead to other groups such as playgroups or crèches. A playgroup or a playschool is a place where children who are below school age go regularly to play together and to learn through playing. A crèche is a place where babies and small children are taken care of while their parents are working, studying, or shopping. Educational institutions for preschool education in the US include nursery schools and kindergartens. Children from 3 to 5 years old attend nursery school, an optional school where children play together and learn to socialize. Children from 5 to 6 years old are to attend kindergarten, which is compulsory and is considered a part of elementary education. Kindergartens in the US prepare young children for elementary school and develop basic skills and social behavior by games, exercises, music, and simple handicrafts. Crèches as educational institutions for preschool education are attended by children not only in French-speaking countries but also in such places as Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, and Israel. In Italy, a child goes from the nursery school directly to the primary school. In Germany, in addition to the kindergarten, there is the school kindergarten, which is for children of school age who are not considered sufficiently mature, and which therefore serves as a kind of preparatory school for primary school.

Preschool-educational institutions – учреждения дошкольного образования/ учебные заведения дошкольного образования; infancy – раннее детство (the period of a child's life before it can walk or talk); vary - меняться, изменяться; educational institution – учебное заведение; crèche – детские ясли; playgroup =playschool – детская группа, дошкольная группа, детская площадка (разновидность детского сада для детей от 3 до15 лет); playschool - «play school – играем в школу»); nursery school –детский сад; to socialize – подготавливать к жизни в коллективе, в обществе; kindergarten – детский сад; handicraft - ремесло, ручная работа; Israel - Израиль; sufficiently mature - достаточно зрелый; to be mature - to behave in a sensible and reasonable way; primary education –начальное образование; primary school – начальная школа.

1) What educational institutions does preschool education inBritain include? 2) A nursery school in Britain is a school for children aged between 2 and 5, isn't it? 3) Are British children required by lawto go to nursery schools? 4) May British children go to playgroups o (riches instead of going to nursery schools? 5) What do British Children do in playgroups? 6) What do British children do in crèches? 7) What educational institutions does preschool education in the Us include? 8) American children from 3 to 5 years old attend nursery schools, don't they? 9) Are American nursery schoolsoptionalschools? 10) What do American children do in their nursery schools?11) Must American children from 5 to 6 years old attend kindergartens? 12) American kindergartens are compulsory educational institutions, aren't they? 13) American kindergartens are considered a part of elementary education, aren't they? 14) What do kindergartens in the US prepare young children for? 15) What do kindergartens in the US develop basic skills and social behavior by? 16) Crèches are attended by children in France, Poland, Russia, and Israel, aren't they? 17) What children go from the nursery school directly to the primary school? 18) What do German school kindergartens serve as?

Ex.II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1) British educational institutions for preschool education exclude crèches. 2) A crèche in Britain is a school for children aged between 2 and 5. 3) British children are required by law to go to nursery schools.4) British children are forbidden from going to playgroups. 5) British playgroups allow children to play together and to learn through playing. 6) A nursery school in Britain is a place where babies are taken care of while their parents are working, studying, or shopping.7) One can find nursery schools and kindergartens in the US.8) American children from 7 to 8 years old attend nursery schools.9) American nursery schools are unrequired schools. 10) American children are trained in their nursery schools to behave in a way that is acceptable in the society they are living in. 11) American children from 2 to 3 years old attend kindergartens. 12) American kindergartens are obligatory educational institutions. 13) American kindergartens can hardly be considered a part of elementary education.14) Kindergartens in the US prepare young children for secondary schools. 15) Kindergartens in the US develop basic skills and social behavior by games. 16) Crèches are attended by children not only in France but also in Russia.

Ex.III. Complete the following sentences.

1) Educational institutions for preschool education in Britain include ... 2) A nursery school in Britain is ... 3) British children are not required by law to go to ... 4) Instead of going to nursery schools, British children may go to ... 5) A playgroup in Britain is ... 6) A crèche in Britain is ... 7) Educational institutions for preschool education in the US include ... 8) American children from 3 to 5 years old attend ... 9) American nursery schools are ... schools.10) American children play together and learn to socialize in ...11) American children from 5 to 6 years old are to attend ...12) American kindergartens are ... educational institutions. 13) American kindergartens are considered a part of ... 14) Kindergartens in the US prepare young children for ... 15) Kindergartens in the US develop ...16) Crèches as educational institutions for preschool education are attended by children not only in ... but also in ... 17) In Italy, a child goes from ... to ... 18) In Germany, in addition to the kindergarten, there is ... 19) German school kindergartens serve as ...

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