Lesson Plan
Teacher
Irina Labukova
Grade 10
Unit
Title “Educational
system in the UK”
Lesson
Title “Secondary
education in the UK and Kazakhstan”
Projected
Time for Lesson(s)
45 minutes
Students,
Setting and Lesson Background: Twelve
15-16 year old students of upper-intermediate and advanced level. The students
study at school-gymnasium the profile of which is studying languages. The
students are motivated in learning English and speaking it fluently. Thus
there are several extra courses in English except English Oral Practice. They
are Basis of Economy (for 10th and 11th Grade students),
Basis of translation (for 10th and 11th Grade students),
Country Study of the USA ( for 11th Grade students), Country Study
of the UK (for 10th Grade students), Business English (for 9th
Grade students), Guide translator (for 10th and 11th
Grade students). This lesson is one of the lessons in the course of Country
study of the UK. At the previous lesson the students got general idea about
educational system of the UK and at this lesson they will enlarge their
knowledge and make comparison of two educational systems – in Great Britain and
Kazakhstan. At the following lessons the students will learn what unites two
systems of education in universities in two countries; they will be also able
to find out differences in educational systems of these two countries; they
will learn what characterizes the best universities in the UK and Kazakhstan.
Lesson Purpose: by the end of the lesson students
will learn facts about educational system in the UK from authentic video film “Schools
in the UK”, from the text “Educational System of the UK” (prepared by the
teacher) and oral report supported with Power Point presentation “Private
Schools in the UK” prepared by a student, systematize their knowledge of
educational system in the UK and Kazakhstan, will be able to analyze and compare
these two systems and see differences and similarities; they will be able to
speak about educational systems of the UK and Kazakhstan in general
Materials
Needed During Lesson:
Teacher’s Power Point presentation of the lesson, Student’s Power Point
presentation “Private schools in the UK”, video course “Windows on Britain:
Schools in the UK”, text “Education in Kazakhstan”, students’ self-assessment
table, rubric “Oral answer presentation” (“Assessing learning in the classroom”
Jay McTighe and Steven Ferrara).
Procedures
/ Timing:
Teacher does/says . . .
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Students do/say . . .
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Approximate time needed
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1.
Defining the theme and tasks of the lesson: Look at the pictures presented on
the slide, define the theme of the lesson and write it on your drawing
boards.
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Students
look at the pictures on the teacher’s Power Point presentation slide and
write down the theme of the lesson “Educational systems of the UK and
Kazakhstan”. It will be necessary to learn some new facts about two
educational systems from watching a video film, listening to a group mate and
reading some texts.
Problem
of the lesson:
to define peculiarities and differences in two educational systems: in the UK
and Kazakhstan.
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1 min
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Watch
the video “Schools in the UK” fill in the gaps, and write down the lessons
included into the time-table of schools in the UK. Then write a time-table of
one day in Kazakhstani schools. Compare that with your partner in pair,
find the similarities and differences, discuss with other students.
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While
watching the video the students make the time-table of British schools. Then
they make the time-table of one day in schools of Kazakhstan. After
discussing the results in pair they discuss the question with
other students.
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7 min.
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Student’s Power Point presentation “Private schools
in the UK”. Listen
to the presentation “Private schools in the UK” and answer the questions:
What are the peculiarities of the UK private schools? How do they differ from
state secondary schools? Assess the answer according to the criteria of oral
presentation. (the students already know how to do this and always do this
quickly filling in the rubric “Oral answer presentation”(“Assessing learning
in the classroom” Jay McTighe and Steven Ferrara)
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Students
answer the questions orally. They assess the student’s oral answer.
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5 min.
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Group work: Create a scheme “Educational system in the UK”
paying attention to the peculiarities of the educational system of Great
Britain.
Strategy “Merry-go-round” (“Karusel”) Study your classmates’ scheme,
assess it using the method: “Two stars, one mission”
Groups:
Study the assessment and prepare your comments.
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Working
in small groups the students analyze the studied information and make
conclusions in the scheme “Educational system in the UK”. Then they study the
schemes of other groups assessing them using the strategy “Two stars, one
mission”. After all the schemes studies and assessed they prepare the answers
on the missions from other groups. They do it in the round discussion.
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9 min.
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Read the text “Education in Kazakhstan”. Pay attention to the
peculiarities of the educational system in Kazakhstan. Write them down.
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Students
read the text “Education in Kazakhstan” and write down the peculiarities.
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4 min.
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Group work: Make Vienna scheme “Differences and similarities in
two educational systems: in the UK and Kazakhstan”
Group discussion: Name differences and
similarities (one from each group) without repeating each other.
Problem
solving:
defining peculiarities and differences in two educational systems: in the UK
and Kazakhstan.
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The
students make Vienna scheme defining similarities and differences in two
educational systems. After that they name them one by one without repeating
their classmates.
The
students name the main peculiarities in two educational systems.
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8 min
1 min.
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Feed-back: 1 minute essay “Education is…”
After
learning a lot of facts connected with education in two countries will you
express your opinions in one-minute essays “Education is…)
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Students
sum up the conversation held at the lesson in the one-minute essays.
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2 min.
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Self-assessment: “Today at the lesson I …” (Answer
the given questions filling in the table making a choice) (the table is given
below)
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The
students make self-assessment filling in the table.
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3 min
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Homework: prepare for the seminar “Education in the UK and
Kazakhstan”, (for advanced students) “Universities in the UK,” “Universities
in Kazakhstan (in Ust-Kamenogorsk)”
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The
students choose one of the topics to prepare a presentation on it for the
next lesson seminar.
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2 min
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1. I worked at the
lesson …
2. Assessing the
results of my work at the lesson…
3. The lesson
seemed to be …
4. My mood …
5. By the end of
the lesson I …
6. The lesson
material and information was …
7. The homework
seems to be …
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1. Actively/passive.
2. Pleased/displeased
3. Short/long.
4. Became better/worse.
5. Became
tired/didn’t become tired.
6. Clear/not clear;
useful/useless.
7. Interesting/dull;
easy/difficult.
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“Education
in Kazakhstan”
The educational
system in Kazakhstan is conducted in two languages - Kazakh and Russian and
consists of several levels of state and private educational establishments:
infant schools, elementary (or primary) schools, comprehensive schools,
colleges and academies. The constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan fixes
the right of citizens of the republic on free-of-charge secondary education
which is obligatory. The constitution prohibits any discrimination on the basis
of language or ethnicity and guarantees equal rights in education regardless of
nationality. Children start school at the age of 7 and finish at 17. As a rule
a child attends the school, located in the neighborhood. However, in big cities
there are so-called special schools, offering more in depth studies of the
major European languages (English, French, German) or the advanced courses in
physics and mathematics and children, attending one of this may have to commute
from home.
The school year
starts on the first of September and lasts for 210 days, excluding weekends,
holidays, and breaks. The grading system is based on a scale from one to five,
with five being the highest. The lessons last for 45 minutes with a 10-minute
break between them and one 20-minute snack break. There are usually four to
five lessons a day in the primary schools, and five to six lessons in the high
schools. Homework requiring several hours of study is common. Since admission
to universities is highly competitive, many parents hire tutors for their high
school children, thus turning the other half of the day, and often weekends,
into a second school.
The first stage of
education in Kazakhstan is elementary (or primary) school for grades one
through four. The second is secondary school for middle grades from five
through nine. Upon graduation from secondary school students are given the
choice of either continuing to attend the same school (high school -senior
grades 10-11) or entering a vocational or technical school. Both of these
schools are meant to provide one, along with the certificate of secondary
education with a number of useful skills (e.g. those of an electrician,
technical or computer operators.) Having completed one's secondary education,
one can either become a part of work force or go on college (institution of
higher learning-Institute).
To be admitted to
the institute one has to pass a series of oral or written tests. Students may
get free-of-charge higher education in the higher educational institution and
the limited number of the state grants is given each academic year on a
competitive basis. Some college departments (law, journalism, foreign
language-especially English) have dozens of applicants for one prospective
student's position. The system of higher education prepares highly - skilled
experts on economy, transport, agriculture, medicine, languages and others.
Today the young people of Kazakhstan have the opportunity to choose and acquire
various types of education and build their lives according to their ambitions.
Studying of
foreign languages and development of computer skills of pupils is of a special
importance. More opportunities appear for the interested persons to be trained
abroad on the basis of local and state grants, scholarships.
“Praising sandwich” (“Pohvalnii buterbrod”)
Fill in
the gaps while watching the video:
1. Most
children start primary school at the age of …
2. They go
to secondary school at …
3.
Children study at secondary school till the age of …
4.
Children pass the General Certificate of Secondary Education examination at the
age of …
5. After
the examination about … % of students continue their education.
6.
Children take A ‘levels examination at the age of …
7. About …
% of eighteens go to universities
Assess
your partner’s work.
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Keys:
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5, 2. 11, 3.
16, 4. 16, 5. 70, 6. 18, 7. 20
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Criteria:
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“5” – 0, 1
mistake.
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“4” – 2
mistakes.
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“3” – 3
mistakes
At the
lesson the students will demonstrate their knowledge of the studied topic and
ability to get new information from different sources: from video films, from
the text prepared by the teacher and based on the materials from Kazakhstani
papers; from Power Point and oral presentation made by one student as a
homework and containing information taken from text books, internet sites and
from her own experience while visiting the UK (pictures, video). While working
in pairs the students can compare the results of their individual work with
those of the partner and prepare for round discussion. Group work in creating
schemes and Vienna scheme is a wonderful opportunity for deep analyses and
demonstrates high level of speaking on the problem of the lesson. They are
ready to speak about high education in two countries and at home they will be
able to prepare some oral presentations on the topic.
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