1. One of you is an American teacher, the other – a Russian teacher. Discuss the differences and similarities of American and Russian school life. Use as many lexical units of the text as possible.
2. One of you is the authority on Russian education, the other – on American. Share your ideas on the problems of both systems.
3. An English student and a Russian student are exchanging information on schooling in their countries.
4. An English student and a Russian student are discussing systems of higher education in their countries.
5. One of your is the mother of a schoolboy. You are talking to your son who is doing badly at school.
6. You have a talk with your father about higher education in Russia. He insists that the quality of it has become worse. You are of the opposite opinion.
II. Make up monologues on the following situations.
1. Speak on the educational system in Russia.
2. Point out similarities and differences between the Russian and the British systems of schooling.
3. Speak on similarities and differences between the Russian and the British systems of higher education.