4.6. Reproduce a communicative situations proposed in Table 1.8.

Table 1.8.

№		Who with whom is communicating (communicative cortege)	Greeting and introducing the issue of communication of an addresser (адресант)	Specifying questions of the addressee (адресат)	Thanks and good-bye clichés
1		student  student	the origin of the word “university”	What is an etymological dictionary?	For clichés of expressing thanks and gratitude see Attachment 1.4.
2		student  student	how to prepare text summarizing	What is a cognitive map?
3		student  librarian	how to find a necessary book in an electronic catalogue	Key words for searching
4		student  at the department of international affairs	how to apply for becoming a participant of the Erasmus program	Language and terms of the program
5		student  at the department of international affairs	the number of the credits for chosen courses in the Erasmus program	Which course (compulsory or elective)
6		student  at the dean’s office	change the group	Reason for changing
7		student  at the chair	search for the teacher	Reason
8		student  at the head of the chair	conflict with a teacher	Lack of literature for doing home tasks, other reasons
9		student who writes a research paper his/ her scientific supervisor	lack of understanding how to process data collection	Which material was collected and with what aim
10		PhD student  at the postgraduate department	date for exam	second attempt or postponing examination
	1  Check yourself!

5.1. Choose a word (an article from Collins Dictionary) and build a cognitive map on any of its definitions, then render it. Check yourself with a key.

Colloquium – 1) an informal gathering for discussion; 2) an academic seminar;

Seminar – 1) a small group of students meeting regularly under the guidance of a tutor, professor, etc., to exchange information, discuss theories, etc

2) one such meeting or the place in which it is held.

 5.2. Are the ideas presented right for the situation? If not, give the right variant.

Table 1.9.

No.	Situation	Expression	Your answer
1	At the rector`s office:	а) Hello, I would like to move from philological faculty to the faculty of journalism.
		b) Good afternoon. I`m from the Warsaw University. I`m Professor Tsybulsky. I was asked to bring you the papers on our universities.
2	At the chair:	а) Good afternoon, please, could you tell me when professor Maslow comes?
		b) Hello, I need to talk to my English teacher. He is of a middle age, with a short haircut and he usually wears glasses.
3	Taken from a conversation:	а) Our faculty trains in journalism, editorship and management.
		b) We can study Basics of international journalism, editorship and foreign languages at our faculty.
4	Taken from a notice:	Today, 15^th of September, University Academic Council is held at the Chair of Communication.
5	At the centre of international programs:	Good afternoon, I`m a second year student of The Institute of Journalism of the BSU Pavel Petrov. I`d like to hand in an application for training at Madrid University.

 5.3. Speak about the university with the help of the semantic map (read Attachment 1.5. about the notion ‘Semantic map’ if necessary). It is a good idea to record your retelling, listen to and assess yourself.

  Project work
	Interview 5 people from your university on the topic what the university means for them. Write down their answers, translate them into English and present in a written (printed) form.
  Lexical test

1. Fill in three tables by choosing proper words from the vocabulary (nouns).

   Words that name types of logical thinking	Words that name university personnel	Words that name different types of academic publications
   …..	….	….

2. Write down academic degrees in accordance with academic career perspectives.

3. Give collocations (коллокации или словосочетания) to the following words:

   be interested in major in carry out enter evaluate

   gather hand in learn look through miss

   read run down scan source of technique for

4. Give connotations (коннотации или слова одной лексической парадигмы) to the following words:

   lyceum

   trait

   look though

5. Write down one sentence using not less than 10 words from the vocabulary.

	Check if you fill in the portfolio on topic 1 ‘The world a part of which you have become’ (see an example in Attachment 1.1).
APPENDICES TO TOPIC 1