- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
- •University tutor
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to be»
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to have»
- •Succeeding in College
- •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
- •Task 1 Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text Higher Education in Russia
- •Task 2 Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions
- •It lacks? Give your own variant of the summary. 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
- •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
- •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 Past Perfect Tense
- •Модальные глаголы can, may, must и их эквиваленты
- •Условные предложения
If you were asked to give the three most striking facts about the university what facts would you choose?
Task 6
Find additional information about the following organizations and places of the university
School of Physics and Mathematics
Linguistic Center
“Applicant” center
Gifted Child Center
SUSU Scientific library
Open Institute
Mechanical and Technological Faculty
University Newspaper “Technopolis”
SUSU International Department
SUSU Teleradiocenter
Present the information you find to your groupmates using the following scheme:
Place (Where is it located in the university?)
Year of foundation (When was it founded?)
Purpose of creation (What for was it created?)
Activities (What services does it provide?)
Benefits (What benefits does it provide for those who participate (schoolchildren, students)?)
Speaking
Task 1
A delegation of students and teachers from Cambridge are on a visit to your university. You are asked to tell the guests about it. Present information on:
the name of your university;
the place it is situated;
the departments there are at your university (day-time, correspondence, distance, evening);
the time the complete course of study lasts;
the number of students who study at the university;
information resources
the equipment the university is provided with;
the students life;
what you like and what you don’t like about your university.
You may use the following algorithm:
1. Greeting Dear guests, I would like to give you a tour about our university.
2. Facts about the university
First I’d like to give you some general information about our university.
Our university is called …….
It is situated in ……
There are ……. day–time faculties at our university.
The teaching staff accounts to …..
The complete course of study lasts …..
After a successful completion of a course of study a student gets a Specialist degree.
There are about ……. students studying at the university.
I am a student of the ………. faculty.
I study such subjects as ………..
3. Teaching aids
Now I’d like to say a few words about the teaching aids used to improve the educational process.
There are a number of well-equipped laboratories in the university.
The modern teaching aids used are …….
4. Information resources
As for the provision with information resources out university is among the leaders.
The SUSU scientific library is ….
It contains a great number of resources ….
5. Students life
Both students and the administration of the university understand that much work and no joy make students dull people.
That’s why there are quite a number of university organisations occupied with providing an active social life of students.
They are ………..
6. Personal opinion
What I like about the university is ……
On the other hand, there are some things to improve.
They are….
Nevertheless our university is one of the best higher institutions in Russia.
Vocabulary Practice
Task 1
Fill in the correct word from the list below: equipment, dreadful, personal, open, education, regional, linguistic, reading, complex, assistant
a _________ campus
a _________ center
postgraduate ________
an _________ professor
_____ access
sports _______
________teaching
a ________ordeal
a _______ hall
study _______
Task 2
Insert the right verb phrases into the sentences using the appropriate Tense form: to be founded in, to prolong, to be noted for, to account for, to a large extent, to exploit, to be keen on, to emerge.
Technologically minded teachers of the university ________ computer technologies into academic practice.
Students that _______ Maths, Physics, Programming can take part in competitions and take some additional training.
If you want ______ the book you need to come to the library.
Our university __________ its graduates who work in different spheres of industry and social life.
Moscow State University ______________ 1755 on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
As science is rapidly developed new technologies ________ every day.
_________ the popularity of the university among the applicants depends on the high standard of education provided.
The fact that university is considered to be one of the best higher educational institutions in Russia ________ high competition among the applicants.
Task 3
Use the phrases from exercises 1 and 2 to make up 10 sentences of your own