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I don’t know how many years of compulsory education are in the UK or in the USA. I know some of the subjects the English and American students study (for example Maths, Science, Biology, Physics, Grammar and Literature). I know, in the UK there are two exams: one is called GCSE exam, while the second is the A – Level exam. Sometimes, schools in the UK and USA have a canteen or a swimming pool.

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1. The secondary education begin at the age of 11, in the UK.

2. GCSE is the short form of General Certificate of Secondary Education and it’s a series of exams: each subjects has a different GCSE exam.

3. The students can leave secondary schooling after GCSE, or they may continue their studies in colleges.

4. US children enter in formal education at the age of 5/6

5. No, there isn’t. Every State has is required courses for high school graduation.

6. The highest grade a US student can have is A

7. The three Rs are the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic

8. A “prom” is a big dance. Students go there after the end of the 12^th grade.

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1. publicly – founded nursery / pre school

2. GCSE

3. vocation or technical college

4. A – Level exam

5. elective or optional subjects (History, Geography, Languages..)

6. commencement

7. college

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I always take notes during the English lessons

Sometimes, I use the Latin dictionary

I always use a reference book

We always speak in class during the English lesson

We often use the web during the languages lessons

Rarely, we ask questions

We don’t use handouts

We don’t use vocabulary learning techniques

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If you want to learn a new language:

1. you must listen to the teacher very well and you mustn’t make noisy during the lesson

2. you have to practice orally frequently, but you don’t have to do a lot of homework and writing exercises

3. you should watch series and films in the language you want to learn. You shouldn’t learnt by heart sentences, but you should before understand the grammar rules.

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FRENCH EDUCATION SYSTEM STRUCTURE

Age 2: Pre – nursery school (pre – maternelle)

From age 3 to 5 : Pre – school (maternelle)

From age 6 to 10 : elementary school (Ecole elementaire)

From age 11 to 14: middle school (college)

From age 15 to 18: High school (Lycee)

From age 18: college (public university)

Mandatory skills in General Education exam in France: Scientific skill, Literary skills and Economic science skills.

Exams : at the end of the first cycle of education (diplome national du brevet); at the age of 17 (CAP); at the age of 18 (Baccalaureat professional, technologique, general)

A school day in France: lessons start at 9.00 am and you have the first period of lesson. After that there’s the break; then you may have some different courses, like Mathe, Sciences, PE; at 1.11 pm you can eat your lunch in the school canteen. After lunch, there’s another period of lesson. The lessons finish at 3.15 pm.

French students go to school from Monday to Saturday, from September to June. Students don’t go at school on the 1^st of January (New Year’s Day), on the 1^st of May (Labour Day), on the 8^th of  May ( Victory Day), on the 26^th of May (Mother’s Day), on the 10^th of June (Father’s Day), on the 1^st of November (All Saint’s Day), on the 11^th of November (Armistice Day), and on the 25^th of December (Christmas Day).

ITALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM STRUCTURE

From age of 3 to age of 5 : pre – school

From age of 6 to age of 11: primary school

From age of 12 to age of 14: secondary school (1^st degree)

From age of 15 to age of 19: secondary school (2^nd degree)

From age of 20: university or job

In Italy, you have to prepare for some exams to get the diploma, at the age of 19. There’s lots of subjects, but the most frequently ones are Maths, Physics, Latin, Italian and Greek.

A school day in Italy : lessons start at 8.00 am and finish at 1.00 pm. There are five periods of lesson. Students go to school from Monday to Friday, at the primary school, and from Monday to Saturday at the secondary school. At 11.00 am there’s the break.

Italian students go to school from Monday to Friday or Saturday, from September to June. Students don’t go to school on the 1^st of November, on the 8^th of December, on the 25th of April, on the 1^st of May and during the Christmas holidays (generally from the 29^th of December to the 6^th of January) and during the Easter’s holidays.