Английский язык. Александрова Г.А. - 89 стр.

       c)   French
       d)   History
       e)   English
       f)   Chemistry

       Answer the following questions:
1.   What ages do you attend school in Russia?
2.   What subjects must you study?
3.   Are there some subjects you can choose?
4.   Did you take music lessons at school? For how long?
5.   What exams must you take when you finish school?
6.   Why did you decide to study at our Institute?
7.   What are your future plans?
8.   Are you fond of reading? Do you read much?
9.   What is the difference between «to take an exam» and «to pass an
     exam»?

                                  Text 4
       Read text 4 without dictionary and discuss it.

                                Examinations
        Exams are a very important part of the British education process.
Sometimes the work that students have done during the year (essays and
projects) will be given a mark by the class teacher and this may count for
up to 20% of the final mark. The actual written exams are set by Examina-
tion Boards and are marked by outside examiners. Papers are marked
Annonymously - that means that the marker does not know the name or
the school of the student. Student don’t know the questions beforehand so
they must know their subject thoroughly so as to be able to answer the
questions. Most exams last for about two hours and at «A» Level students
will have 2-3 exams in each subject.
        If students are planning an academic career they will do «A» Levels
but now more and more are studying for their GNVQs (General National
Vocational Qualifications). These Qualifications focus on vocational skills
such as business and finance, information technology.
        At the age of 14-15 in the third or fourth form of secondary school,
pupils begin to choose their exam subjects. In 1988 a new public examina-
tion - the General certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) was intro-
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