The system of education in great britain

T
HE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN 
G
REAT 
B
RITAIN
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dences; ............ an elected group of students in a high school, college, or university 
who represent the students in meetings and organise school activities; ........... is an 
association of students in a particular college or university; ............ is the governing 
body of a university or (in the US) of a university or college. 
Ex. 13. WHAT IS TAUGHT. Fill in the gaps with a suitable word from the quiz. 
1. Are there any exams at the end of .....? 2. Sue decided to go to college to continue 
her ..... . 3. I’m taking a one-year journalism ..... . 4. They established psychology as 
an academic ..... . 5. My ..... is English Literature. 6. History was my best ..... at 
school. 7. Details of this ..... are given below. 8. The ..... subjects of English, math, 
and science are included in the national curriculum. 9. I’m taking French as my ..... . 
Ex. 14. FORMS OF TEACHING OR LEARNING. Match the word with its definition. 
class 
correspondence course 
distance learning 
e-learning 
laboratory work 
lecture 
role-play 
self-study 
seminar 
teaching practice 
tutorial 
1. ..... is a discourse giving information about a subject to a class or other audience. 
2. ..... is a period or time during which someone teaches a group of people. 3. ..... is 
an exercise or game in which participants act the part of another characters, used in 
language-teaching. 4. ..... is a small class at a university etc. for discussion and re-
search. 5. ..... is a period of tuition given by a university etc. tutor to an individual or 
a small groups. 6. ..... consists of experiments or other work done in a laboratory by 
students who are studying science subjects. 7. ..... is a period of teaching done by 
someone who is training to be a teacher. 8. ..... is education by correspondence 
course or from broadcasts, telephone tutorials etc. 9. ..... is a course of study con-
ducted by post. 10. ..... is a method of study that involves using the Internet and 
communicating with teachers using e-mail. 11. ..... is a form of study in which you 
learn on your own, using books etc.