A) Using the table and the Vocabulary get acquainted with the main stages of secondary and higher education in the UK and the US and the terms to describe them.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 452.
If you don't know the following words, consult the Dictionary. Make up 5 – 7 sentences of your own with the words to compose a short text. Start with the sentence given below.
· decide
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apply (for, to)
· enter
· enrol (on / in)
· finish
· graduate (from)
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| UK | US | high school- / college- / grad course- / … graduate | ||
| age | ||||
| Primary School | 5/6-11 | Elementary School | ||
| Secondary School | - 16/17 | High School | ||
| GCSE | SAT, High School Diploma | |||
| Sixth-Form College | 17/18 | about 4 Years | College / University | |
| A-Levels | ||||
| University / Polytechnic Undergraduate student | about 3 Years | 18/19 – 21 | ||
| Bachelor's Degree (BA, BSc) graduate student | Bachelor's Degree (BA, BS) | |||
| Post-Graduate Course / School post-graduate student thesis | 21/22 – 23/… | Graduate / Grad Course/ School graduate / grad student thesis | ||
| Post-Graduate Diploma Master's Degree (MA, MSc) | Post-Graduate Diploma Master's Degree (MA, MS) | |||
| Doctorate Degree Study thesis | Doctorate Degree Study Dissertation | |||
| Doctor's Degree (PhD) | Doctor's Degree (PhD) |