Education Pre-school education: crèche, nursery school, kindergarten Primary education: primary/elementary school Secondary education: in the CR secondary grammar school secondary technical school secondary vocational school in the UK grammar school comprehensive school in the USA high school Higher/Further education: university – Masaryk University, Charles University college - Teacher’s Training College faculty - the Faculty of Education department – the Department of History degree – Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree school attendance to attend a state X private school to go to school/university to learn X to teach a school report grades/marks an entrance exam to sit for an entrance examination a school-leaving exam to take/sit/do an exam in English to pass an exam/to do well in an exam X to fail an exam/to do badly in an exam to revise for an exam obligatory/compulsory X optional subjects to study at the Faculty of Education to study foreign languages to apply for university to give a credit to award a scholarship a state exam to defend a thesis to receive a diploma to graduate from a graduation ceremony to get a degree a lecture a course a seminar a lesson to take a course in literature to give a lecture on something to write a paper/thesis on something a pupil a student an undergraduate a graduate a postgraduate PRACTICE 1 In pairs list the differences in school education in the CR and the UK. Can you also find or think of any similarities? Differences Similarities the czech education system the uk education system Primary education Secondary education Classroom organization Homework School day Uniforms Exams Tuition fees 2 Paraphrasing. Explain the following words in English. gymnasium boarding school university graduates state-run institutions compulsory subject high school curriculum two-tier system 3 Matching. Match the definitions with the following expressions. continuous assessment, tuition fees, teacher training, staff, GCSE * ………………………………………. group of teachers who work in a school * ………………………………………. the system in which the quality of a student’s work is judged by various pieces of course work and not by one final examination * ………………………………………. the money that someone pays to be taught, esp. in a college or university * ………………………………………. General Certificate of Secondary Education * ………………………………………. the process of teaching or learning the skills needed to become a teacher 4 Complete the text with appropriate verbs in the correct form. get passed did go took study lasted give got doing When he was 8, my brother’s main ambition in life was to 1 …..…………….to university. He was very hard-working and 2…………………well at school. He 3………….….three ‘A’ levels at the age of 18, and fortunately he 4………….……..them all. In fact, he got such high marks that he managed to 5………..……….a place at a very good university, where he decided to 6……..…………biology. The course 7…………………..three years, and at the end he 8…………………a very good degree. As a result, he got the chance to go on to postgraduate studies, and he is now 9………………..research at Bristol University. Last month he was asked to 10 ……….………a lecture to a group of young doctors.