British Education System and PenPals

The British Education System
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This lesson contains 13 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 60 min

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The British Education System

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What do you know about
English schools?

Slide 2 - Mind map

The British school system explained

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Slide 5 - Video

Boarding schools
A very British phenomenon. Think of Harry Potter for example. Boarding school stories make up an entire literary genre.

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  • What do you think are the perks of attending a boarding school?
  • What about the other side of the coin? What are the drawbacks of life at a boarding school?


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What do you know about the British school system now, that you didn't know this morning?

Slide 8 - Open question

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Work in pairs: 
- Find as much differences between our school system and that in the UK and write them down.
- Example: ''’In the UK they wear school uniforms, but we can wear our own clothes’’
- Let's get to work!

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Write down a few of the differences you found.

Slide 10 - Open question

PROJECT

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PenPals
  • You have been matched with a school in Ireland and have been set up with penpals.
  • Approximately once every 2 weeks you will write either an e-mail or a letter to your partner.

http://cbsroscommon.ie/

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First assignment PenPals
  • Click on reply in the e-mail your partner has sent you (save their e-mail address!)
  • Respond to their message appropriately.
  • Tell them something about yourself, your life and your study. 
  • Talk about what you did during the Christmas break.
  • Ask them about theirselves and end the mail appropriately.
  • Let me check your work before sending your reply and put me in the CC.

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