СИБИРСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

ПУТЕЙ СООБЩЕНИЯ

О.А.ДЕМИНА, Е.Т.КИТОВА

Образование education

Методические указания по английскому языку

для студентов 1и 2 курсов всех специальностей СГУПСа

Новосибирск 2005

УДК 802.0

Образование. Education: Метод. указ. по английскому языку для студентов 1 и 2 курсов всех специальностей СГУПС / Сост. О.А.Демина, Е.Т.Китова. – Новосибирск: Изд-во СГУПСа, 2005. - 34 с.

Методические указания включают материалы о системах образования Великобритании, США, России, а также о Сибирском государственном университете путей сообщения. Упражнения направлены на развитие навыков устной речи. Предусмотрены упражнения для студентов разного уровня подготовки.

Указания предназначены для студентов 1 и 2 курсов всех специальностей СГУПСа.

Методические указания рассмотрены и рекомендованы к печати на заседании кафедры «Иностранные языки».

О т в е т с т в е н н ы й р е д а к т о р

ст. преп. кафедры «Иностранные языки»

Е. Г. Жарикова

Р е ц е н з е н т :

Кафедра лингвистики и межкультурной коммуникации Новосибирской государственной медицинской академии (завкафедрой к.фил.н. Т.Ф.Извекова)

к.пед.н., доцент О.С.Шалопаева

© Демина О.А., Китова Е.Т., 2005

© Сибирский государственный

университет путей сообщения, 2005

UNIT 1 Education in Great Britain

1. Warm-up

1. Do you like to study?

2. Is it difficult for you to study?

3. Is it important to get a good education?

4. Look at the scheme and try to answer the questions:

a) What age do children start school at in the UK?

b) What’s the school-leaving age in the UK?

c) Is the system of education in the UK the same or different from Russian educational system?

Compulsory Schooling	Age	School	Level	Exams
	5 6 7 8 9 10	Infant Schools Junior Schools	Primary Education	Assessment Test
	11 12 13 14 15 16	Secondary Schools (Comprehensive, Modern, Grammar, Technical)	Secondary Education	Exam for General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
Further Schooling	16 17	Sixth Form		A-Level exam
	18 19 20 21	University or College or Polytechnic 3 or 4 year course	Higher Education	Final exam for the first degree Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Science (B.Sc.)
	22 23 24 25	Post-graduate studies at the University		Research paper or theses for the higher degree Master of Arts (M.A.) Important research for a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Part 1 Primary and secondary education in Great Britain

1.1 Reading

Before reading Text 1 look at these word combinations and give their Russian equivalents:

to enter school primary education secondary education Infant School Junior School compulsory attendance full-time education private (public) school boarding school to give a good academic background physical and mental disability unified school-leaving exam educational establishment to provide general education free of charge to ban corporal punishment to lay foundation of a successful future to fail (in) an examination

the education is available comprehensive (grammar, modern) school to take (do) exam to pass exam for all abilities and sexes to develop the talents to move to the next class at the age of 5 school leavers General Certificate of Secondary Education A-Level (Advanced Level) high fees wide range of subjects academic year to fund the school strict discipline a mark (grade) in Physics to sit papers