Lesson 2. Schools in Different Countries
Getting ready for the task:

- How does school education differ around the world?

Key words:

- core - the most important part of an object
- compulsory – that must be done because of a law or a rule
- innovative - introducing or using new ideas/ ways
- to provide - to give, to grant, to tender, to afford
- compulsory - that must be done because of a law or a rule
- to include – to make smb/smth a part of something; to add in

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CW. Look at the pictures and say where these schools are situated. Find out what countries these flags represent.

Curriculum -

a new-educational program/a new innovative program the subjects that are included in a course of study or taught in a school/a college, etc.
LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. Answer the question according to the passage.
   What does the Curriculum cover?
   The Curriculum covers … .
   A) a number of students at school
   B) a number of years at school
   C) short education
   D) three subjects
   E) different jobs
2. Which statement is not mentioned?
   A) Curriculum is a new educational program
   B) Science is one of the core subjects
   C) Curriculum covers a number of subjects at school
   D) Curriculum has core subjects
   E) Schools provide free education
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
   A) Holidays at schools
   B) Secondary education at schools
   C) Curriculum as an educational program
   D) Different subjects at schools
   E) The longest education in the world
4. Which word in the passage means “an area of knowledge that you study at a school”?
5. Complete the sentence according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   The Japanese pupils have … for summer holiday.

Curriculum is a new educational program or a new innovative program. There is a National Curriculum for all students in each country. The curriculum covers a number of hours in the given subjects. School Curriculum mainly includes 12 subjects. English, Math, Science are the “core” subjects. The curriculum also covers a number of years at schools. For example, secondary education lasts 12 years in America. Secondary education in Germany is the longest in Europe. It lasts 13 years. Students have the opportunity to learn 2 or more foreign languages. They choose their own subjects. In Japanese schools secondary education lasts 12 years. The Japanese school year begins in April. They have only one month for summer holiday. A school year has three terms: summer, winter, spring.

1. Answer the question according to the passage.
   What does the Curriculum cover?
   The Curriculum covers … .
   A) a number of students at school
   B) a number of years at school
   C) short education
   D) three subjects
   E) different jobs
2. Which statement is not mentioned?
   A) Curriculum is a new educational program
   B) Science is one of the core subjects
   C) Curriculum covers a number of subjects at school
   D) Curriculum has core subjects
   E) Schools provide free education
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
   A) Holidays at schools
   B) Secondary education at schools
   C) Curriculum as an educational program
   D) Different subjects at schools
   E) The longest education in the world
4. Which word in the passage means “an area of knowledge that you study at a school”?
   Answer: “subject”
5. Complete the sentence according to the passage. (no more than three words)
   The Japanese pupils have … for summer holiday.
   Answer: “only one month”