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Lesson objective: Culture: Education in Britain and in the USA
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* Quiz - Secondary school in Britain and in the USA * * *
1 What do you remember about secondary school in Britain and in the USA? Decide if the sentences
are true (T) or false (F).
1 Students start secondary school in the UK when they are 13.
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2 PE is an obligatory subject in British secondary schools.
3 When students in the UK leave school, they get a high school diploma.
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4 In the USA, children go to junior high school when they are 12.
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5 Senior high school in the USA is for children from 13-16.
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6 Students have to get their high school diploma if they want to go to college in the USA.
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2 Read the article and choose the best title.
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A Independent schools in the UK
B The cost of education in the UK
Boarding schools in the UK
93% of children in the UK go to state schools. State schools are free, but parents usually
have to buy their children's school uniforms and have to pay for their school lunches
7% of children go to independent schools. There are around 2,500 independent schools
in the UK. These schools are not free and the school fees are often very high. However
many of these schools offer scholarships for students who are very good at sport
music, art or drama.
Students at independent schools go to assembly, hand in their homework and get
Eton College is one
detention, just like students at state schools! However, their school day is usually very
of the most famous public long because they do their homework at school and then hand it in to their teachers.
schools in the UK. Independent schools also usually have a large number of after-school activities.
There are two kinds of independent schools: 'prep' schools for children aged 4-13 and public schools' for
children aged 11-18. Most public schools don't accept all students. If you want to go to a public school, you
take an exam called the 'common entrance. You can take this exam at the age of 11 or 13. Many independent
prep and public schools are boarding schools. If you go to a boarding school, you live at the school during
the school term and only go home for holidays or special weekends.​