The document compares and contrasts the educational systems of Great Britain and Ukraine. It begins with aims and procedures for a lesson where British students visit a Ukrainian school. The students learn that in Great Britain, education is compulsory from ages 5-16 and can be attended at comprehensive, selective, or private schools. Key stages include primary school, secondary school, GCSE exams at age 16, A-Levels for university entrance, and a wide choice of subject areas. Ukrainians then showcase their system, which has three stages: primary, basic secondary, and upper secondary school, along with new school types like gymnasiums and opportunities to continue education at institutes or universities. The students participate in dialogues comparing their experiences and find many

1. The system of education in Great Britain and in Ukraine
Aims:
 To widen pupils’ knowledge on the topic;
 To compare educational system in Great Britain and Ukraine;
 To practice pupils’ skills in oral speech;
 To teach logical saying on the topic;
 To develop pupils' skills in dialogue speech;
 To use English creatively;
Equipment: pictures, cards, a computer, a blackboard, a tape-recorder, a DVD-player.
PROCEDURE
I. Introduction.
1. Greeting.
Teacher: Good morning, dear students! How are you? OK. We are very glad and
happy because we have a lot of guests. They are the English teachers from our
districts. Let’s welcome them to our school and our English lesson.
Students: Good morning, dear guests. We are glad to see you at our lesson.
2. Introduce the topic of the lesson.
We have a great possibility to show them our knowledge and preparations.
Today we have an unusual lesson in the form of project devoted to the education.
The topic of our lesson is “The System of education in Great Britain and in
Ukraine”.
At our lesson two groups of guests are present. One group is students from our
Ukrainian school.
Another group is students from one European country. We don’t know where they are
from. What to do?
Let’s invite a journalist. She will help us to solve a puzzle. She will put some questions
and help us to know more about them.
II. A microphone.
A journalist:
- Hello! I’m Zoriana, I’m a journalist. I work on 1+1 channel. Do you need my help?
Of course, everybody needs my help. We have some guests but we know nothing
about them. And we want to guess where they are from, let’s put some questions.
1) Is your country big or small?
- Our country is big.
2) What oceans and seas is your country washed by?
- Our country is washed by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the English
Channel.
3) Do you have the President in your country?
- No, we don’t. We don’t have the President. The Head of our country is the Queen.

2. 4) What parts does your country consist of?
- Our country consists of three parts.
5) Can you name them?
- Yes, we can. They are England, Scotland and Wales.
6) What is the capital of your country?
- The capital of our country is London.
7) London? Do you know where they are from? Please and say they are from…..
- Great Britain.
8) Yes, of course, we have guests from Great Britain. Thank you very much for
your attention. Zoriana was with you. Bye-Bye.
III. The main part of the lesson.
1. Teacher: Yes, it’s true. Our guests are students from British school. And they
want to tell us a lot of interesting things about their schools.
British1: Hello, dear friends! We are very glad to visit your country and meet
the polite Ukrainian students. We love your country. And we want say you
something interesting about our system of education.
British 2: Everybody knows that education in Great Britain is compulsory from
5 to 16. Schools are organized in many different ways. Parents can send their
children to schools they like.
British 3: There are many different types of schools in Britain. But there are
only three main systems:
- comprehensive
- selective
- and private
British 4: Within three main systems, there are several varieties of schools. You
can find:
1) Schools for boys only
2) Schools for girls only
3) Mixed schools – for boys and girls
4) Voluntary schools- often with a religious background- such as Roman Catholic
schools.
British1: But we think that it will be more interesting to speak about the British
Education watching a special scientific program. This program was made by our

3. British students and it helps you to imagine yourselves a real citizen of our
country.
British 2: we hope you will like it. Let’s start.
2. Pre- watching activity:
Before watching this film you have to read the title of it and say what is this
film about.
You can start this way:
- In my opinion…
- I think…..
- I suppose….
- To my mind….
- I guess…
(THE FILM)
Teacher: Thanks a lot, the film was very interesting. I hope everybody understand
everything. And I want to check your knowledge. There are ten petals with phrases
on the table. Your task is to put the petals in the correct order to form the flower.
And you have to say everything you know about each petal.
Primary school
At the age of 5 most children go to primary school where they spend 3 years. They play
different games, run and jump. They sing songs, act and play a lot. They draw in pencil
and color, they learn how to read, count and write.
Education
Primar
y
School
Secon
dary
school
GCSE
A- level
University
Wide choice
of subjects
Foreign
languages
After-school
activities
Independ
ent
school
Boarding
school

4. Secondary school
Secondary education begins when children are 11 or 12 and lasts for 5 years: one form to
each year. Secondary schools are generally much larger than primary ones. Pupils in
England begin studying different subjects such as English, Math, History, Geography, Art,
Music and PE. Religious education is available in all schools.
GCSE
At 16 in England children take GCSE examinations. That is the General Certificate of
secondary Education. Students usually have to take tests in English, math, and science,
and they have to choose classes from the fields of arts, modern languages and technology.
After passing their GCSEs, students can leave school or attend another two years of upper
secondary school.
A- Level
After finishing the fifth form pupils can make their choice: they may either leave school
and go to a Further Education College or continue their education in the sixth form. Those
who stay at school study for 2 more years for "A' (Advanced) Level Exams in two or three
subjects which is necessary to get a place at one of British universities.
University
After leaving secondary school young people can enter the university. Universities usually
select students basing on their A-level results and an interview.
Wide choice of subject
British students have a wide choice of subjects. They study Art, Food technology, Design
technology, History, Geography, English literature and religion.
After school activities
After school many students do other activities like sport. Football is very popular. They
also play netball, rugby and badminton. Some students learn music and they play different
music instruments.
Independent schools
8per cent of the children in England go to independent schools. Independent schools are
private schools. Parents pay for their children to attend these schools.
The most independent schools are Eton, Harrow and Winchester.
Boarding schools

5. Some independent schools are boarding schools. The students don’t live at home
during term time, they live in a school. Some of these schools have traditional uniforms.
TEACHER: Look at the picture; we have created a magic flower- a flower of
education. This flower helped you to learn about the system of education in Great
Britain.
Teacher: Now, dear guests, The Ukrainian students will show you round our school
to understand the system of education in Ukraine. Their project will help them.
Let’s give them floor.
Ukrainian1: Education is the knowledge and skills that you gain when somebody
teaches you. The citizens of Ukraine have the right for education which is
guaranteed by the Constitution. Education in Ukraine receives special attention
from government and other state or private educational institutions.
Ukrainian 2: At the age of 3-5 children go to nursery school or kindergartens.
They spend all day long there because their parents work. Children are taught to
count, read and write the letters, they draw and play. Sometimes they learn English.
In Ukraine pre-school education is not compulsory; children can get it at home.
Ukrainian 3: The main link in the system of education in Ukraine is the general
secondary education which begins at the age of 6. It is free of charge in state
schools and fee-paying in the private schools.
Ukrainian 4: There are three stages of secondary education:
a) Primary or elementary school is from the 1st
to 4th
grades.
b) Basic secondary school is from the 5th
- to 9th
grades.
c) Upper secondary school is from 10th
to 11th
grades.
Ukrainian 5: At primary school children study such subject as Ukrainian, Math, I
and Ukraine, Health and Body Care, Physical education, Music, Foreign languages
and others. They start learning a foreign language in the second form in all
secondary schools.

6. Ukrainian 1: Basic Secondary school represents more interesting subjects such
as Geography, Chemistry, Biology, History of Ukraine, Physics, Art , handicrafts
and Physical Education.
Ukrainian 2: In Upper secondary school children study the same subjects like in
basic secondary schools and some additional courses. They are Economics,
Geometry, World Literature, Algebra, Computer science.
Ukrainian 3: Now in Ukraine there are new types of schools:
- gymnasiums
- Lyceums
- Colleges
In these schools capable students develop their skills. The curriculum in those
types of schools include such new subjects as: History of World Culture, History
of religion, two foreign languages together with the traditional school subjects.
Ukrainian 4: The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has developed the
National Curriculum and the State Standards in the main fields of science.
Ukrainian 5: All the subjects in the secondary schools are obligatory but there are
also some elective courses that students can choose.
Ukrainian 1: The Independent Testing System in core school subjects has been
introduced recently.
Ukrainian 2: After finishing a secondary school and after the results of tests students
have a chance to continue his or her education in institutes and universities.
3. Dialogues:
Teacher: Thank you very much. It seems to me everybody understands
everything. And now for the deep acquaintance and to summarize our knowledge
about the systems of education in two countries, we will make a short speech in
the dialogue form.
Now you must change the seats with your friends and I will give you two minutes to be
ready with dialogues. I will give some phrases which help you in your work.

7. Group1: Group 2:
- Enjoy; - school subjects;
- To be disciplined; - obligatory;
- To be strict; - elective;
- An opportunity; - foreign languages;
- To work hard. – to be popular.
Group 3:
- A circle; - to prefer; - to be fond of; - to be crazy about; - similarity.
Dialogue 1
A: Oh, Den. Did you like our school? How do you feel yourself?
B: Great. Your school is good. I liked it very much. I enjoyed your lessons. They do not like in
our school.
A: Why do you think so?
B: Because you are much disciplined and your teachers are very strict.
A: I agree with you. It gives us an opportunity to know more and work hard.
Dialogue 2
A: Hi, I’m Tom.
B: I’m Olga. Let’s speak about school subjects in your school.
A: We study many interesting subjects. Some of them are obligatory, some of them are elective.
B: What foreign languages do you study? Because we study English.
A: French, Spanish and Italian are very popular. But there are schools where children study
Ukrainian. Do you know why?
B: I know, there are districts in Great Britain where Ukrainian people live.
Dialogue 3
A: I learned a lot of interesting about education in your country. What about your rest?
B: We have many circles in our school. The girls sing, dance, embroider and knit.
A: What about boys? What do they prefer?
B: Our boys are fond of sport. Football is the most popular. But there are boys in our school who
is crazy about wrestling.
A: Oh. Great. We have the same thing in our school. We also play different games with balls.
B: We have many similarities in our schools.
A: of course, we are young people.

8. 4. Summary.
Teacher: Thank very much, your dialogue were very interesting, and I hope
you have found a lot of friends abroad.
In a few minutes our talk will come to an end. Let’s sum up what we have
done at the lesson.
Pupil 1: We have spoken about the system of education in Ukraine.
Pupil 2: We got acquainted with the system of education in Great Britain.
Pupil 3: We have had a good practice in English.
Teacher: My dear friends, I am very pleased that you were active and you have come to
know many interesting things about school and school life.
The lesson is over. Good- bye.