MEKNES ENGLISH CORNER

Unit-3: Vocabulary related to ‘Formal, Informal and Non-formal Education

1/Formal Education is a type of education which is provided by the state for school goers.
-It is state supported / structural educational system/ students learn through a program/ students get certificate. Example : primary school
2/Informal Education is a type of education which takes place outside the classroom / it is a lifelong process whereby individuals acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values from daily experience.
3/Non-Formal Education is a type of Education which is partly supported by the state.
-students learn through program but it is not usually evaluated and doesn’t lead to certificate
- it provides basic Education for children or Adults not attending school; It is an integral part of Formal Education-it is voluntary
Example : Adult literacy, evening classes or classes of reinforcement
4/ Vocational Education: it prepares learners for a career related to a specific occupation
Example : learning for job market
5/ Special Education : it refers to Educating students with special ( behavioral, health, academic or physical) needs that can’t be met using traditional programs or techniques.
Example : students with specific needs ( handicap : physical or mental unfitness)
6/ Inclusive Education : an education that addresses the learning needs of children, youth and adult ; Especially those who are vulnerable to marginalization and exclusion
Example : marginalized students
7/ Gifted education : educating children who have been identified as gifted or talented
Example : Gifted students
8/ Basic education: all types of education which aim to meet basic learning needs such as reading, writing and arithmetic ;Example : Illiterate people

Boarding school : a place for students who live away from their home and family
Literacy : the ability to read and write
Critical thinking : logical thinking that draws conclusion from evidence
Portfolio: the collection of students work such as writing assignments and presentations that stands for
Competencies or the student’s developmental progress
Problem solving : a way of learning in which students evaluate their thinking and progress while solving problems
Dropouts : students who left school without completing basic education
Compulsory : obligatory
Skill : an ability to perform actions
Note taking : writing pieces of information related to study
E-learning : Learning based on both computer and communication technology. The use of internet
Brainstorming: technique for producing ideas in a group by letting the mind think without interruption
Gifted : having superior mental ability or intelligence
Active learning : students learn by doing things
Universal values : common values to the world’s culture such as honesty, integrity and tolerance
Cooperative learning : students work together to do a task or mission
Partenership:a relation in which two or more people, organization or countries work together as partners

Receive: get or obtain / Support : help, subsidize, sponsor, bear /

structured : organized, arranged / Priority : essential. /

Eradicate: eliminate, wipe out. /

Bring about : produce /Firm(adj) : rigid, hard / Firm(n) : company
To fund : finance, pay for /

Straightforward : direct, simple, honest

deep : profound and bottomless/ Insight : understanding /

Aware : conscious / Refute : reject /
To isolate : separate, exclude / Enormous, : huge, tremendous /

 Eventual : final, ultimate

Earn: gain, get, acquire

B-SYNONYMS &ANTONYMS

C.Write bellow each type of education its sources of learning from this list (associations, extra 5hours, television, primary school, evening classes,  the internet, elementary school, literacy classes, dictionaries, the university, family, magazines, theatre, libraries, koranic school)

1. D.      Fill in the gaps with the following vocabulary words:

(illiteracy, diploma/ certificate, graduation, cheating,  scholarships, break, library, research)

1. The place where students can go to read books is ……………………………………….
2. The ……………………………… is the time that students take between lessons.
3. ……………………………… are offered by some universities to excellent students to study for free.
4. When students go to the university, they have to conduct a …………………………………….
5. You get a …………………………………… when you graduate from university.
6. Copying from books, notes, or another student’s paper during an exam, is called ……………………………..
7. …………………………………. Is the inability to read and write.