Vocabulary notes

faculty of library and information science

(информационно-библиотечный факультет)

librarian – библиотекарь

book business specialist– специалист книжного дела

information resources manager – менеджер информационных ресурсов

data analyses assistant – референт-аналитик

documentation manager – документовед

information science manager – информатик-менеджер

faculty of music and choreography

(факультет музыкального и хореографического искусства)

academic choir director – худ. рук. академического хора

folk instrument orchestra director – худ. рук. оркестра народных инструментов

popular music orchestra and ensemble director – худ. рук. эстрадного оркестра, ансамбля

choreographic group leader – худ.рук. хореографического коллектива

academic choir conductor – дирижёр академического хора

folk instrument orchestra conductor – дирижёр оркестра народных инструментов

choreography teacher – педагог-хореограф

folk(modern, sport)dancing teacher – преподаватель народных (современных, спортивных) танцев

faculty of social and cultural activities

(факультет социальной и культурной деятельности)

social and cultural activities manager – менеджер СКД

social and cultural activities methodologist – технолог СКД

mass performances and shows director – режиссёр массовых представлений и праздников

culture expert – культуролог

museum expert– музеевед

teacher – преподаватель

faculty of economics, management and tourism

(факультет экономики, менеджмента и туризма)

economist-manager in the sphere of culture – экономист-менеджер в сфере культуры

tourism manager – менеджер туризма

Institute of National Arts (Институт Национальных Искусств)

folk song soloist – исполнитель народных песен

academic choir director – худ. рук. академического хора

folk instrument orchestra director – худ. рук. оркестра народных инструментов

decorative applied аrts’ studio director – худ. рук. студии декоративно-прикладного искусства

ethnocultural centre director – худ. рук. этнокультурного центра

Institute of Theatre (Театральный Институт)

amateur theatre director – худ. рук. любительского театра

drama actor – актёр драмматического театра

puppet show actor – актёр театра кукол

variety actor – актёр эстрады

film director – режиссёр кино

television director – режиссёр телевидения

Answer the questions:

1. What is the background of the Kazan State University of Culture and Arts?

2. When was the University founded?

3. When did the University obtain the status of the university?

4. Where is it situated?

5. How many departments are there in the University?

6. How many faculties are there in the University?

7. What kind of specialists does the faculty of library and information science (the faculties of music and choreography, of social and cultural activities, of economics, management and tourism, the Institutes of National Arts, of Theatre) train?

8. What does the faculty of extra education provide?

9. How long does the training course on the day and correspondence departments last?

10. Why is the correspondence department so important?

11. What subjects are taught to the students?

12. When do the students have an examination session?

13. Why is it necessary for the students to have practice?

14. How many creative musical ensembles are there in the University and what are they?

15. Name some popular artists who teach at the University.

16. What medal was the University awarded? When and what for?

17. What other awards does the University have?

18. Which anniversary did the University celebrate in 2004?

19. Does the University have scientific and creative relations with different countries?

20. Why is it so significant to have higher education?

Dialogue Bert Atkins talks about his school days

I = Interviewer

B = Bert

I: When did you start school, Bert?

B: Well, … er, I was born in, 1919 and I started school when I was five, so that was 1924. It was just a little village school, only 20 of us in all. I don’t think it had a name, we just called it ‘ The Little School’. And we stayed there till we were ten, and then we moved to ‘ The Big Boys School’ in the next village. I don’t think that had a name either, it was always just ‘ The Big Boys School’.

I: And what can you remember about your first school?

B: Well, you know the first thing they taught us, all of us, boys and girls? The very first thing they taught us … was knitting. It seems strange, doesn’t it? But we all had to learn to knit. We couldn’t learn to read and write till we’d learnt to knit!

I: Why was that? Was there a reason?

B: Oh yes, there was a reason all right. You see, all had to knit our own cloth to clean our slate. We weren’t allowed to use paper and pencils, at least on until we were seven years old. They were too expensive, so we had to use chalk and a slate for the first two years. So you see it was a good idea, knitting a cloth. I think that’s what I remember most about the Little School.

I: And when you were ten you moved to the Big Boys? Did you have to take any exams to go there?

B: Oh, no, I don’t remember any exams. When you were ten you just started walking to the next village to “The Big Boys”. There was no transport, you see, you had to walk. It was about four miles. I didn’t get a bike till I was fourteen, and of course I’d left school by then. You had to leave at fourteen in those days.

I: And what about ‘The Big Boys’? Did you enjoy it?

B: Ooh, in the beginning I was terrified. There were so many really big boys, and the teachers were really strict. You had to behave in ‘The Big Boys’!

I: What did you have to do?

B: Well, we had to stand behind our desks at the start of every lesson, we weren’t allowed to talk at all in class, ever, well … er, only if the teacher asked a question. The headmaster, Tom Bevan he was called – we called him Bossy Bevan. He was really strict, we were terrified of him, terrified of him, terrified. Once he hit a boy so hard he broke his nose. But he never hit me, no. the worst punishment I got was writing lines after school, and that was for coming late. In the winter, it was, and in all the snow and I arrived ten minutes late. Huh …, I had to write one hundred times, ‘I must leave home early. I must not arrive late’. One hundred times. But I was never hit, never.

I: And did you have to do much homework?

B: Homework? No – we never got homework. I don’t remember any homework. We didn’t have to do any. The teachers never thought about it. I think they’d had enough of us after each day. They didn’t want more work!

I: so were your schooldays the happiest days of your life?

B: Ooh no! Never. I don’t think I had an education really. The happiest time of my life was when I was in India during the war. It’s the only time I’ve been abroad.

Compulsory vocabulary.

Educational establishments

сomprehensive – всесторонний, глубокий

higher education – высшее образование

educational institution – образовательное учреждение

to be situated in – быть расположенным в

to be named – быть названным

to rename – переименовывать

Educational institutions structure

branch – отрасль, ветвь

department – отделение

day – дневной

extra-mural (correspondence) – заочный

faculty – факультет

term – семестр

training course – курс обучения

stratus – статус

to be divided into – быть разделённым на

to consist of – состоять из

to combine – совмещать, комбинировать

sphere – сфера

Educational activities

session – сессия

subject – предмет

class – класс; занятие

to acquire – приобретать

to teach – обучать

to study – учиться

lecture – лекция

seminar – семинар

to widen – расширять

outlook – мировоззрение

professional skill – профессиональные умения, навыки

to pass exams – сдавать экзамены

to take exams – держать экзамены

credit test – зачёт

to last – продолжаться

experienced – опытный

specialist – специалист

to practise – практиковаться,

practice - практика

to improve – улучшать

improvement – улучшение

qualification – квалификация

to obtain – получать; добиться

to enter – поступать в вуз, входить

to train – обучать

Contests/ rewards

to be awarded – быть награждённым

abroad – за границей

scientific – научный

creative – творческий

relations – отношения

winner – победитель, призёр

contest – конкурс

anniversary – годовщина

memorable – памятный

to celebrate – отмечать, праздновать

all-Russian – всероссийский

recognized – признанный

to depend on – зависеть от

Projects:

1. a) Think of a problem with work or study – it can be a real or invented. Use the ideas below to help you:

Exams, deadlines, money, illness, travel, relationships.

b) What problems have you had learning English? Have you had difficulties with:

- Grammar - Understanding spoken English

- Vocabulary - Pronunciation

- Memorizing new language - Finding enough time for your studies

- Something else? (What?)

c) How have you tackled the problems you have faced in learning English? How successful have you been?