- •University
- •1.8. Read an extract from the vocabulary entry ‘School’. It is taken from Roget’s Thesaurus of English words and expression. Discuss why all these words appeared under the same headline.
- •1) The structure2 of Vilnius University
- •2) The structure of the Belarusian State University
- •3) The structure of the Faculty
- •Chart 1. The Structure of Vilnius University
- •Chart 2. The Structure of the Belarusian State University
- •Chart 3. Faculty Structure
- •3.3. Examine Chart 4 and comment on a possible career of a student, if one chooses the academic field. Use the following structure in your comments:
- •Chart 4. Academic Career
- •3.5. Each of sciences has a definite code of majors. Find a proof that specializations presented in Table 2 belong to philological sciences.
- •Informational texts
- •1St year
- •1St term
- •2Nd year
- •3Rd term
- •Sociology
- •Monday 21st – Friday 25th September 2009
- •Is looking for talents!
- •If you want to know more about song and dance culture of your country, learn to dance and sing and see the world with our theatre, join us!
- •6:00 – 7:30 P.M., Main Building,
- •4.2. Which of informational texts from task 4.1. Do you need, if:
- •4.5. Recall the announcements you have read recently in your university (faculty, institute). Share the information you have received with your classmates in English.
- •4.6. Read the General Note about proper communication patterns accepted in university surroundings.
- •6.6. Fill in the Self-Assessment Checklist:
- •Self assesment checklist
6.6. Fill in the Self-Assessment Checklist:
Use the following symbols:
In column 3 (Importance): ! it’s important for me !! it`s especially important for me |
In column 4 (My assessment): I know and I can do it I know it very well and I can do it easily |
80% of ticks mean that you have coped with the topic successfully.
Self assesment checklist
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I have learnt/I know |
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My Assessment |
Teacher’s Assessment (points) |
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words on the topic that are enough for initial communication |
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what university is, how it functions and how it is structured |
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names of the university courses |
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university academic degrees and positions |
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patterns of communication |
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I can
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Importance |
My Assessment |
Teacher’s Assessment (points) |
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communicate in some situations in the Chair, Dean's Office, Centre of International Programmes employees |
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find core textual information (themes/rhemes) and render texts in a flexible way (not depending on its initial line) |
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read and understand schemes and tables |
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present my University |
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find necessary information in informational texts on the topic |
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1 There exists a certain number of citation standards such as MLA style (the Modern Language Association Method) APA style (American Psychology Association style), The Columbia Style, etc. In this book we use APA style as the one of the most commonly used standards. If you want to know more about this style or are asked to use APA style, the book to consult is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). It contains guidelines for every aspect of writing, especially in the social sciences (e.g. how to avoid plagiarism, construct accurate reference citations, etc.).
2 There exist different traditions in presenting structural elements of the university. In particular, such one as a faculty, department, chair. In our book the widest notion is a faculty with a dean as a head of it. Different departments train students in different professions and specialization. Chairs organize the teaching staff for training of the students of their departments and so do faculties. For example, the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences has four departments (philosophy, social communication, psychology, and sociology). There are five chairs – the Chair of Philosophy and Methodology of Science, Philosophy of Culture, Sociology, Psychology, Social Communication. Besides, there are chairs that do not affiliate to faculty directly, such as Chairs of Foreign Languages (English, German, etc.), the Chair of Physical Education, the Chair of Pedagogy. These Chairs train students of different Faculties simultaneously.