- •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
Student life at Oxford
What is it like, being a student at Oxford? Like all British universities, Oxford is a state university, not a private one. Students are selected on the basis of their results in the national examinations or the special Oxford entrance examination. There are many applicants, and nobody can get a place by paying a fee. Successful candidates are admitted to a specified college of the university: that will be their home for the next three years (the normal period for an undergraduate degree), and for longer it they are admitted to study for a postgraduate degree. They will be mostly taught by tutors from their own college.
Teaching is pleasantly informal and personal: a typical undergraduate will spend an hour a week with his or her 'tutor', perhaps in the company of one other student. Each of them will have written an essay for the tutor, which serves as the basis for discussion, argument, the exposition of ideas and academic methods. At the end of the hour the students go away with a new essay title and a list of books that might be helpful in preparing for the essay.
Other kinds of teaching such as lectures and seminars are normally optional: popular lecturers can attract audiences from several faculties, while others may find themselves speaking to two or three loyal students, or maybe to no one at all. So, in theory, if you are good at reading, thinking and writing quickly, you can spend five days out of seven being idle: sleeping, taking part in sports, in student clubs, in acting and singing, in arguing, drinking, having parties, in practice, most students at Oxford are enthusiastic about the academic life, and many of the more conscientious ones work for days at each essay, sometimes sitting up through the night with a wet towel round their heads.
At the end of three years, all students face a dreadful ordeal, “Finals”, the final examinations. The victims are obliged to dress up for the occasion in black and white, an old-fashioned ritual that may help to calm the nerves. They go into the huge examination building and sit for three hours writing what they hope is beautiful prose on half-remembered or strangely forgotten subjects. In the afternoon they assemble for another three hours of writing. After four or five days of this torture they emerge and stagger out for the biggest party of them all.
Task 5
Find proofs in the text to the following:
Teaching at Oxford is informal.
Teaching at Oxford is personal.
“Finals” is a dreadful ordeal.
You can’t buy a place to study at Oxford.
Speaking
How does your life at South Ural State University differ from that of a British student? Do they have anything in common? Describe the life of a Russian student. Do not forget to mention:
Procedure of entering the university.
Teaching (formal/informal, personal/impersonal).
Free time.
Exams.
Lesson 7. My Future Specialty
Task 1
Brainstorming activity
Try to give all the possible answers to the following question
Why do you think students choose this or that speciality?
Active vocabulary
Task 1
Read the Active Vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher
artificial intelligence – искусственный интеллект
since – как правило
school-leaver – выпускник
to face − cталкиваться
computer science – вычислительная техника (область знаний)
теория вычислительных машин и систем
support engineer – инженер технической поддержки
eliminate – исключать
to provide – обеспечивать
hardware design – проектирование оборудования
10. in one’s own right – сам по себе, благодаря собственным
заслугам, самостоятельный
consumer – потребитель
remote – удаленный
troubleshoot – искать локализовать
systems software – системное программное обеспечение
to be in demand in – пользоваться спросом в
to be likely – быть вероятным
to cope with – справляться с ч.–л.
to take a post-graduate course – поступить в аспирантуру
to make final decision – принимать окончательное решение
to be qualified – получить диплом
would-be specialist – потенциальный, будущий специалист
Lead-in
Task 1
Look at the job titles and say where each person works.
Researcher Physicist Flight Attendant
Executive Teacher Programmer
Task 2
Which of the jobs: are
done indoors/ outdoors?
require qualifications?
have career prospects?
are well-paid/poorly-aid?
need the most training?
are the hardest?
need a degree?
Which of the jobs do you personally find: rewarding, secure, creative, stressful?
Task 3
Think of a job and talk about it without telling anyone what the job is.
The class have to guess which job you have chosen. Talk about
What you do
Qualities you need for the job
Salary
Reasons you like/dislike it
Task 4
Paraphrase the quotations. Which do you agree with? Why? Why not?
Discuss them in pairs
I’d rather be a happy street cleaner than an unhappy millionaire.
It doesn’t matter what job you do. It’s how you do it.
Task 5
Which of the following people could help you most in choosing a career? Why?
Parents, teachers, friends, relatives
Model: To me, the people who could help me most in choosing a career would be my teacher because…
Task 6
Which of the following is the most important to you when deciding on a career? Rank them (starting with the most important) and then compare your list to your partner’s.
long-term career prospects
personal satisfaction
a good salary
an opportunity to travel
using your initiative
a chance to meet a lot of people
a possibility to use your creativity