- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
- •Contents
- •University tutor
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to be»
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to have»
- •Succeeding in College
- •Task 2
- •I think that… я думаю, что …..
- •Introducing yourself
- •Introducing someone
- •Introduce your partner to the groupmates and tell them about him/her.
- •Rules of Success: a Message for Students
- •Smile with us
- •Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text
- •Higher Education in Russia
- •Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions
- •Summary
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Five advantages of Russian educational system
- •Smile with us
- •Exercise 2
- •Insert by or with into the gaps
- •Higher education in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Insert the right prepositions. Consult the text
- •Introduction
- •Communication
- •Smile with us
- •Grammar exercises
- •Exercise 1
- •Fill in the gaps with the Modal verbs: can, can’t, could, couldn't
- •Insert into the gaps may, might, to be allowed to/ not to be allowed to
- •Close the door behind you
- •Exercise 6
- •Higher Education in the usa
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Reading
- •Unit system
- •Introduction
- •In pairs, take it in turns to make requests and refuse politely in the following situations
- •3. Would you like to study in a foreign country? Why (not)?
- •Smile with us
- •Value of Higher education
- •Task 2
- •Important ones from your point of view
- •If you had the possibility to choose the university what university would you choose among the suggested ones? Give reasons for your choice
- •South Ural State University
- •If you were asked to give the three most striking facts about the university what facts would you choose?
- •Present the information you find to your groupmates using the following scheme:
- •Speaking
- •2. Facts about the university
- •Grammar Exercises
- •Asking for Information
- •Student life at Oxford
- •Task 7
- •My Specialty is Computer Science
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Exercise 1
- •Homework
- •Insert the required form of the verb into the gaps
- •Computer Support Specialists
- •Grammar Tables Степени сравнения имен прилагательных (The Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives)
- •Образование настоящего неопределенного времени
- •Образование Past Simple (Indefinite)
- •Образование Future Simple (Indefinite) Tense Утвердительная форма
- •Вопросительная форма
- •Образование Past Progressive (Continuous)
- •Образование Future Progressive
- •Образование Present Perfect
- •Образование Past Perfect
- •Модальные глаголы can, may, must и их эквиваленты
- •Условные предложения
- •References
Vocabulary practice
Exercise 1
Complete the gaps using the phrases given: research, the cost, community, school, educational, degree, coursework, related, a major, to advance
undergraduate _______
_______ paper
_______ background
to lower ______
associate _____
_______ college
to select ______
_______ one’s career
_______ fields
full-time _______
Exercise 2
Fill in the prepositions and make up the sentences of your own
1. prior ___
2. to transfer ___
3. to major ___ maths
4. to depend ___
5. ___ addition ___
6. ___ order to
7. to graduate ____ a degree ___ major
8. to be operated ___
Reading
Task 1
Read the abstract about the assessment system in an American University and answer the questions after it
Unit system
College courses are given a value, which are called “credits” or “units.” The number of units assigned to a course corresponds to the number of hours that a student will attend class for that course. For example, a course that consists of three class sessions per week will be assigned a value of three units. Typically, colleges require that students complete a minimum number of units in order to graduate, rather than a minimum number of courses. This gives students more flexibility in what courses they decide to take to complete their graduation requirements.
Most colleges and universities follow either a quarter-based calendar system or a semester–based calendar system. In a quarter system, the academic year is divided into three sessions called quarters. Each quarter lasts about 12 weeks. There is usually an additional quarter in the summer, where registration is optional. In a semester system, the academic year is divided into two sessions called semesters. Each semester lasts 16 weeks.
Students who have registered for at least 12 units in a session are said to be “full-time” students. Students who have registered for fewer than 12 units in a session are called “part-time” students.
What is a unit system?
What students may be called “full–time students”?
What students may be called “part–time students”?
Problem solving
Introduction
The American system of Higher education has some peculiarities. It is considered a democratic one. But the democracy introduced into the universities as well as in secondary schools seems to cause some troubles for the teaching staff. Very often it results in the low level of education. Among the reasons that strongly influence on the level of higher education the American professors call:
– the absence of core curriculum. Students may choose both the course they would like to study and the lecturer. The lecturer is free to choose the textbook to deliver lectures on, he is free to choose the themes to be learnt, he may omit some themes, which he considers unimportant.
– the absence of oral examinations. All the examinations in American universities are done in a written form. A professor can not call a student to the blackboard and discuss the results of his work in class in front of the classmates.
– the absence of set groups as any student has an individual program of study.
Task
How do you think why the reasons mentioned above worry the American professors?
Express your opinion using the following phrases: I think, to my mind, first of all, on the other hand, I firmly believe that, there are plenty of proofs to the fact that.
Give arguments to the following:
Is it good or bad to have no core curriculum?
Can all the skills and knowledge got by the student be evaluated by written tests?
Is it good when a lecturer chooses the textbook for studying and creates the course of study according to his likes and dislikes?
What are the disadvantages and advantages of studying in groups and individually?
Communication
Making requests and refusing politely
Task 1
Practice the following phrases and use them in the dialogue below
Making requests Would you mind my V-ing? Вы не против, если я
I was wondering if you could… Интересно, не могли бы вы
Could you possibly… Не могли бы вы…..
I am terribly sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you could Извиняюсь за беспокойство, но не могли бы вы
Can you please…? Не могли бы вы…? |
Refusing politely Well, actually, I’m a bit busy at the moment… На самом деле, я немного занят сейчас
I’m afraid I can’t… Боюсь, что не могу вам помочь
I’m really sorry, but… Мне очень жаль, но |
A: ______________lend me your textbook on Maths. I want to prepare for the Friday seminar.
B: _______________I’ll be using it myself. You can have it tomorrow if you like. A: Thanks. I’ll collect it tomorrow then.
Task 2