Posobie_po_anglyskomu_yazyku

less than 4 years of training and you need 5 or 6 years of training to get the Diploma of a Specialist, which is the traditional final qualifying degree in Russia and you can get Master’s degree after 6 years of training.

6. Give your own variant of the summary.

Vocabulary practice

1.March phrases in column A with their translation in column B and make up sentences with them.

A

1.образовательная система

2.среднее образование

3.сдавать вступительные экзамены

4.проводить научное исследование

5.высшее образование

6.поступать в государственный университет

7.программа профессионального образования

8.ввести многоуровневую систему

9.успешно пройти курс обучения 10. выбрать область обучения 11. сдавать государственные экзамены 12. диплом

B

а. to enter state university

b.vocational education curricular

c.to pass final state examinations

d.educational system

e.to introduce a multilevel system

f.secondary education

g.to successfully complete the course of education

i.to pass entrance exams

j.to choose the field of training k. to perform scientific research

l.graduation paper m. higher education

2. Distribute the words given below into three columns.

To grant, secondary, entrance, to cover, Master’s, Bachelor’s, higher, postgraduate, final, further, academic, qualifying, vocational.

Degree	Education	Exam(s)
1. to grant	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.
4.	4.
5.	5.
6.
7.

3. Fill in the correct word from the list below.

Sciences, to grant, secondary, multilevel, to give, paper, entrance, individual, mobility, research.

1.________ studies

2.________ the possibility

3.scientific ________

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4._______ exams

5.Natural _________

6.________ education

7.________ system

8.graduation _______

9._________ a degree

10.to provide _______

4.Make up a dialog on the situation. Student A

You are a second-year student of the SUSU. Help the American student to

understand the rules and regulations of being accepted to Russian university, being granted a degree. Explain the difference between the types of Russian educational institutions. You may also suggest him some tips for studying, clarify the peculiarities of students’ life in Russia. It’s your first meeting with the person. Don’t forget to introduce yourself.

Student B

You are an American student. You want to get a higher education in Russian. You love Russia very much as your grandmother is Russian. So you’ve come to Russia to find out as much details as possible about the system of Higher education in Russia, about the types of educational institutions and about the hardships (difficulties) of students’ life. You’ve met a Russian second–year student. Introduce yourself and remember you are a very inquisitive person.

Communication: Reacting.

1.Look at sentences. Then choose phrases from the list and in pairs act out short exchanges reacting positively or negatively.

•OK. • Never mind. • Not at all. • Go ahead• Pity • Why not • I'd love to.

•Yes, actually. • You'd better not. • Let's not. • Poor • Quite reasonable.

•I'd rather not. • Terribly

1.I won't be able to make it.

2.Shall we go?

3.Do you mind?

4.How did it go?

5.Are you coming then?

6.What are my chances?

7.Can I try?

8.I tried really hard.

Example: A. I won’t be able to make it. B. Pity.

2.Enlarge the situations given in Task 1.

Example: - Will you go to the disco this evening?

-I won’t be able to make it. I am sitting with my sister this evening.

-Pity. May be next time?

-With pleasure.

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Homework

1. Use the phrases given below to fill in the gaps into the sentences.

Secondary education, training, final state examinations, vocational education curricula, to provide mobility, entrance exams, degree of a Specialist, to provide access, competition, distance learning students.

1.To enter the higher institution every applicant should pass ________.

2.____________ is compulsory in Russia.

3.____________ is awarded after 5 or 6 years of study.

4.Institute is and independent higher educational institution which applies__________ in specific areas of science, technology and culture.

5.The Intermediate Higher degree is designed _________ between various higher educational institutions.

6.Final state certification includes the presentation of the graduation project and

________.

7.In many modern universities large computer centers are established __________

to Internet resources for the students.

8.________ to enter state university for the specialties that are in great demand nowadays is 5 applications for one place.

9.To get a Bachelor’s degree a student needs not less than four years of __________. 10. Part-time and __________ constitute one third of the overall number of students

in the country.

2.Choose the right variant: Present Perfect or Past Simple.

1.She is happy. She (passed/has passed) her exam in Maths.

2.When (did you pass/have you passed) your laboratory work?

3.Ann is upset. She (lost/has lost) 500 rubles.

4.Pete feels uneasy. He (missed/has missed) his classes and (met/has met) his teacher on the street later today.

5.Yesterday I (read/have read) an interesting articleaboutthenatureofearthquakes.

3.Translate from Russian into English using the active vocabulary of the lesson.

1.Система высшего образования в России находится в стадии реформирования.

2.Среднее образование является обязательным для всех граждан России.

3.После четырех лет обучения студент получает диплом Бакалавра.

4.Университет это высшее учебное заведение, чья деятельность направлена на образование, развитие науки и культуры.

5.При поступлении в университет абитуриенты должны сдавать вступительные экзамены.

6.Министерство образования предлагает принимать в университет абитуриентов на основе результатов Единого Государственного Экзамена. (Unified State Exam)

7.Студенты вечернего отделения и студенты, получающие образование дистанционно, составляют третью часть всех студентов.

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8.В Российской Федерации существует несколько типов высших учебных заведений: университеты, институты, академии.

4.Read the text and match the abstracts with the titles given below.

a.Leading role in humanities and in applied sciences

b.Russian Diplomas Competitiveness

c.Great variety of educational institutions

d.High Standard of Education

e.Higher Education in Russian is much cheaper than in other countries

FIVE ADVANTAGES OF RUSSIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1.The Russian national education system is generally regarded to be of a high standard. It is founded upon a solid theoretical base. Leading Russian Universities are primarily scientific research centres. Many of the greatest achievements of 20th century science took place in Russia.

2.In 2002 31 Russian students took part in international mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, informatics and geography competitions, 29 of them became International Competition winners. No country in the world has ever achieved such a brilliant result!

3.The Russian Educational System has two types of further education institutions: universities, like Lomonosov Moscow State University, which offer a variety of subjects, and institutions of a smaller size, which concentrate on specific fields. Many new institutions and colleges have appeared in recent years. The level of achievement in these institutions is as high as those in traditional universities, but tuition fees are much lower. There are nearly 400 non-state owned institutions of higher education in Russia and the total number of students is nearly 270 thousand.

4.Russian graduates are considered to be among the top competitors for jobs worldwide. A Classical Russian University Education is considered by many to be an excellent starting point for any career. Bill Gates, the computer king, who has made a fortune of 90 billion dollars has 20 former graduates of Novosibirsk University. According to Bill Gates his staff made him one of the richest people in the world.

5.Tuition fees in Russia are considered to be much lower than anywhere else in the world. Additional costs such as accommodation, textbooks, use of libraries etc., are also low. Take the UK, for example. Accommodation in London will cost a student 360$ a week. In Moscow a student may rent a two-room apartment for 300$ a month, or pay just the same amount for bed-and breakfast accommodation. In London a student has to spend 1000$ a month for textbooks and supplementary literature compared to 100$ in Moscow. The fees in Oxford Westminster College, for example, are usually 25000–30000$ a year and in Plekhanov Academy of Economics in Moscow are only 5000$ per year.

Did you know that…..

There are 1041 institutions of higher education in Russia; 610 institutions are state; 44 % of state institutions' freshmen pay for their education.

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5. Find what the following figures refer to? Give answers as in the example.

31, 29, 400, 270, 25 000 $, 300$, 20, 100$

Example: 31 is the number of students taking part in the international competitions in 2002.

6.Answer the questions to the text.

1.Why can we be proud of Russian system of higher education?

2.What are the advantages of Russian system of higher education over the Western ones?

3.Why do you think our specialists are highly competitive in the world market?

4.What problems does our system of higher education have?

7.Find information in the Internet on the following topics and present it in the form of a report.

1.What is the Bologna process?

2.Why has Russia decided to become the part of the Bologna process?

3.What is the main purpose of the Unified State Exams?

4.Why is the Russian system of higher education is among the best in the world?

Smile with us

Professor: A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer. Student: No wonder so many of us failed our exams!

LESSON 3. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

Brainstorming activity

Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.

Why do many children of “new Russians” study in Great Britain?

Active Vocabulary

Pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.

1. academic year	– учебный год
2. Advanced Level examinations	– экзамен по программе средней школы
	повышенного уровня cложности
3. applied technology	– прикладные разработки
4. apply to a university	– обращаться с заявлением о приеме в
	университет
5. approximate number	– приблизительное количество
6. attend a university	– посещать университет
7. be dedicated to	– быть посвященным чему-либо
8. be founded in	– быть основанным в
9. be free	– быть бесплатным (зд.)
10. be tested in	– проходить тестирование по
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11. extension courses	– курс повышения квалификации
12. foreign student	– студент иностранец
13. foremost (a)	– выдающийся
14. General Certificate of
Secondary Education	– аттестат о среднем образовании
15. give a lecture	– читать лекцию
16. interview (n)	– собеседование
17. it goes without saying	– без сомнения
18. methods of instruction	– методы обучения
19. resident (n)	– житель страны
20. sandwich course	– курс обучения, чередующий теорию с
	практикой
21. study centre	– учебный центр
22. summer school	– летняя школа
23. tutorial (n)	– консультация

Lead-in

Try to answer the following questions using your background knowledge.

1.What do you know about the system of Higher Education in Great Britain?

2.Why do you think many new Russians send their children to the UK colleges to get degrees?

3.Do you know any world famous colleges of the UK?

Grammar: Perfect Tenses.

1.Put the verbs in brackets into the right form of Present Perfect and translate them.

1.He ____ (gain) a lot of weight recently.

2.Tom ____ just (clear out) the garage.

3.They ____ (sell) their house and ____ (go) on a tour of the world.

4.I ___ (be) to New York several times.

5.Martin is not here. He ____ (leave) for Moscow.

6.I ____ (not see) Kate since my weeding.

7.Pam ____ already (finish) his test.

8.She ____ (quarrel) with her mother 5 times this week.

9.This year I ___ twice (be) abroad.

2.Choose the right variant: Past Simple или Present Perfect.

1.We (not/have) a holiday last year.

	a) didn’t have	b) haven’t had
2.	My parents (be) to the USA many times.
	a) have been	b) were
3.	It (stop) raining?
	a) Did it stop	b) Has it stopped
4.	I (buy) a new dress last week.
	a) have bought	b) bought
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5.	Don’t worry about your letter. I (send) it the day before yesterday.
	a) sent	b) have sent
6.When Jill (finish) school?
	a)When has Jill finished	b) When did Jill finish
7.	When I was a child, I (be) always late for school.
	a) have always been	b) was always late
8.	– Are you tired? – Yes, a little. I (paint) the ceiling today.
	a) have painted	b) painted
9.	My husband (work) in the bank for three years since 1990 to 1993.
	a) has worked	b) worked
10. He (call) you yesterday?
	a) has he called	b) did he call
11.	One of the passengers (die) in that accident.
	a) died	b) has died
12. Mom (lose) her key, so we have to open the door by force.
	a) has lost	b) lost

3. Choose the right variant: Past Perfect or Present Perfect.

1. Aunt Polly punished Tom Sawyer because he (be) naughty boy. a) has been b) had been

2. Why are you so unhappy? – I (lose) my purse. a) have lost b) had lost

3. Sam was upset because Judy (not/come). a) hasn’t come b)hadn’t come

4.Mother asked the children if they (buy) some biscuits for tea.

a)has bought b) had bought

5.I (leave) some photos to be developed. Are they ready?

	a) have left	b) had left
6.	Tell Tommy about these wonderful islands. He never (hear) about them.
	a) has never heard	b) had never heard
7.	I’m so happy to see you again. I (not/see) you since I left Berks.
	a) hadn’t seen	b) haven’t seen
8.	She said she (not/see) him since she left Berks.
	a) hadn’t seen	b) hasn’t seen
9.	When she returned home, he (already/cook) dinner.
	a) had already cooked		b) has already cooked
10.	Who (read) this book?
	a) has read	b) had read

4.Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Future Perfect Tense.

1.She __________ (to cook) dinner by the time you come.

2.The tutor __________ (to look through) all our tests by the end of the week.

3.The film already _________ (to start) when we get there.

4.I _________ (to finish) this book by next month.

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5.My parents _________ (to go) to bed when we come back from the theatre.

6.The lecture _________ (to be over) by 5 and the last student will have left the hall.

7.It _________(to stop) raining by the time we get there.

8.By the time you get home you __________ (to forget) everything.

9.Ann ________ (to come) back by the moment the play starts.

10.By 2100 computers _____ (to take over) many of the jobs that people do today.

5.You are first year students. You spent not much time at the university. What have done yet?

Example: I have already twice visited the library.

6.React to the suggestion using the Present Perfect Tense as in the model. The following adverbial phrases may be of some help to you:

this week, this month, this year, this morning, this evening.

1.Let’s go to the library this evening to prepare for our physics classes.

2.Let’s go to the cinema to see “Quantum of Solace”.

3.Why don’t we go to visit our grandmother this week.

4.Let’s dedicate this poem to Svetlana.

5.Let’s go to see Paris this summer.

6.Let’s not miss lectures on History this week.

7.You are 18years old students. You are young but I am sure you have some achievements in your life. Think of them and formulate them using the model. Model: I have finished a secondary school and the Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical

University. I have visited many foreign countries: Germany, the USA and Great Britain are among them.

Reading

1. Read the text and do the tasks after it.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

The percentage of young people entering universities in Britain is lower than in the United States, where more than half attend. In Britain the proportion was one in three in 1996.

Nowadays the higher education in UK is not free. For a resident of the country the fee for a year of study is 2000 pounds, while for a foreign student this fee is much higher. A foreign student has to pay 16 thousand pounds a year.

So after finishing secondary school you can apply to a university. At the age of 16 students are tested in various subjects to earn a General Certificate of Secondary Education. If they wish to go on to higher education at a university, they take Advanced Level examinations, commonly known as “A” Levels. Good A-level results in at least 2 subjects are necessary to get a place at a university. However, good exam

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passes are not enough. Universities choose their students after interviews.

British universities are comparatively small, the approximate number of students studying there is about 7–8 thousand students. A university usually consists of colleges. The departments of the colleges are organized into faculties. The academic year in Britain's universities is divided into 3 terms. In the university students have a series of lectures, seminars, tutorials and laboratory classes. Lectures are given to large groups of students while seminars are much smaller than lectures. Lectures and seminars are all one hour in length, laboratory classes last 2 or 3 hours. After three years of study a university graduate will leave with the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine, etc. Later he may continue to take Master's Degree (I year of study) and then a Doctor's Degree (from 2 to 5 years). It goes without saying that research is an important feature of university work.

Britain has more than 90 universities. The oldest and best–known universities are located in Oxford, Cambridge, London, Birmingham. English universities differ from each other in date of foundation, size, history, tradition, general organization, methods of instruction, way of student life.

The foremost universities are the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, both founded in the Middle Ages. Another type of university is the so– called redbrick variety – old and solid schools built in the 19th century when bricks were the standard building material. The large number of ultramodern universities that appeared in the last half of the 20th century are often called cement block and plate glass universities.

Students interested in advanced education can also attend polytechnics, which are schools dedicated to the sciences and applied technology. They offer the so–called sandwich courses (for people who work). An education act in 1992 changed the status of these colleges to universities.

Higher education can also be obtained through the Open University, founded in 1969, which offers extension courses taught through correspondence, television and radio programs, and videocassettes. It also sponsors local study centers and residential summer schools. The purpose of the Open University is to reach people who may not ordinarily be qualified for university study.

Did you know that....

The University education in Britain was only for men until 1871, when the first women's college was opened. Now almost all colleges are mixed.

2. Give the main idea of the text in one sentence.

The main idea of the text is ….. The text is about …….

3.Answer the questions to the text.

1.Is the education in the UK free?

2.Why do you think a foreign student has to pay much more money than a resident of the country?

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3.What is the procedure of entering the university in the UK?

4.What is the approximate number of students studying in the UK colleges? Is it more or less in comparison with Russian higher institutions?

5.What types of classes do the British students have?

6.How many years should an English student study to get a Master’s Degree?

7.What are the three types of universities in terms of date of foundation?

8.How do the methods of instruction in the Open University differ from the methods of instruction in a traditional university?

9.What information in the text was new personally for you?

4.Try to explain the purpose of the following educational institutions. Make use of the model given to you.

University Polytechnic

Open University

Example: University aims at giving the traditional type of education with students studying on campus where after three years of study a student can get a Bachelor's Degree.

Vocabulary practice

1. Match the English phrases with their Russian equivalents.

1. summer school	1.	приблизительный
2. to be dedicated to	2.	учебный год
3. to be founded in	3.	читать лекцию
4. applied technologies	4.	посещать
5. extension course	5.	обращаться с заявлением о приеме
6. to apply to	6.	летняя школа
7. to attend	7.	быть посвященным чему–либо
8. academic year	8.	прикладные разработки
9. to give a lecture	9.	курс повышения квалификации
10. approximate	10.	быть основанным

2. Fill in the correct word from the list below: approximate, a university, to give, summer, life, instruction, course, student, academic, applied.

1.sandwich _____

2._____ year

3.methods of _____

4._____ technology

5._____ a lecture

6.student _____

7.to attend _____

8.a foreign _____

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