Formal, non-formal and

informal education
Unit one

Teacher: Mohammed Nouarat

 Introduction to unit 1
• What are formal, informal and non-formal education?
The following diagram shows you the difference betwen formal, informal and non-formal education

Education
Formal (inside school) Informal: Outside school
a certificate is given
(Evaluated)

Non-formal (to fight illiteracy)

No certificate (not always eveluated)
Examples of formal, informal and non-formal education

• Formal education:
University studies

Informal education:
Newspapers
• Non- formal education:

Illiteracy classes

Evening classes
 Part 2
• Vocabulary:

•Collocations
 What is collocations?
• Collocations: a pair or group of words that are habitually written
together.
• Example: School uniform/ private schools/ equal opportunities/
School subject
A list of collocations that are mentioned in bac program:
- goals education
Educational - system Basic:
- background needs
 uniform graduate
• School: subject University: Generation: gap
year degree

school background
Private : lessons Free: acces Cultural:
institutions education diversity

opportunities background illiteracy

Equal: rights Learning: Adult:
status needs literacy

education discrimination poverty

Higher: Gender: Rural:
degree gap areas
 Part 3

•Communication
Making and responding to request

Teacher: Mohammed Nouarat

Read this Short dialog and underline the requests and
the responses,