Билет № 24

Билет № 24

     1.      Let’s talk about education. What can you tell me about your school?

       In Belarus there are 4 stages of education: preschool education, primary school education, secondary school education, and higher education.

Primary and secondary school education is compulsory. All in all it last 11 years. Children come to school at the age of 6 or 7. School year begins on September 1st and ends at the end of May. It’s divided into 4 terms. At the end of each term pupils have holidays. The basic goal of school is to provide pupils with knowledge of particular subjects: Russian and Belarusian Language and Literature, Maths, a foreign language, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography, IT, PE.

After the 9th form pupils can either enter a college or lyceum or continue education at school. To receive the Certificate of Secondary Education pupils have to take 4 compulsory exams in Russian or Belarusian Language, Mathematics, History of Belarus and Foreign Language. After graduation from secondary school pupils usually take part in the Centralized Testing the results of which afford them to enter a higher educational establishment or to get a profession at college.

I study at school number 13. The school building itself is of a typical design with classrooms, administrative offices, the canteen, 2 gyms and the library.

All classrooms of our school are light and spacious. There are physics and chemistry labs where we can make experiments. There are new computers in the computer sciences room. Our pupils often win the city academic competitions.

My favourite subject is …. because…

I like my school very much. Our school provides children not only with knowledge. It’s also a place where we spend our free time. There are many different subject groups or circles and sport sections in my school. Special teachers help children to develop their creative abilities either in sport sections, a school choir or theatre, or to improve English after classes. Ecology and tourism are also very popular today. So, schoolchildren can also be engaged in these activities.

     2.      Have you decided what you will do after leaving school?

Yes, I have. I made my choice last year. I want to be a doctor. This is an interesting and noble profession. I want to help people who face health problems. Doctors should be kind and attentive to people. It’s one of the greatest professions in the world.

     3.      Ask me about the school I went to when I was young.

1. Was your school life interesting?

2. What was your favourite subject at school?

3. Who was your favourite teacher?

4. Did you have a computer class when you were at school?

5. Was your school big?

     4.      Give me a piece of advice on how to make all pupils more attentive at the lesson.

I think you should give them good marks. You should give your students individual tasks.  Tell them interesting stories. You shouldn’t give them a lot of hometask.

     5.      Some people think that education is a key to success. Do you agree with it?

I agree with it. I think education is a key to success.  If you are an educated person you can get a good job and you can become a good person. But education is not only schooling, it’s a long-life process of learning different things, discovering and inventing, understanding not only the world around us, but also our inner self.