10. Students’ meals

- How much time do students spend at the university during a day?

• When do they have a lunch break? How long is it?

• Where can students go to have their lunch?

• Are there canteens, coffee shops and cafeterias in every university building?

• What’s on the menu there?

• Is it crowded there during the lunch break?

• Is it expensive to eat there?

• What is students’ favourite food?

• Are the canteens nice and light?

• Are there vending machines at the university? What do they sell?

Слова:

lunch break - большая перемена (перерыв на обед)

canteen - столовая

university building - корпус университета

it is crowded - много народа

it is expensive - дорого

vending machines - машины-автоматы по продаже чего-либо

11. Academic performance

- How often have students their examination sessions?

- When are they?

- How many exams do they usually take?

- What scale is used to evaluate students’ academic performance?

- What is an excellent (good, satisfactory, unsatisfactory) mark?

- What is the lowest mark to pass an exam?

- Where are the results of student’s academic performance recorded?

- Are exams written or oral?

- Are they difficult?

- How many reexaminations are students allowed to have if they fail an exam?

Слова:

academic performance - успеваемость

examination sessions - экзаменационная сессия

take exams - сдавать экзамены

scale - шкала (оценок)

to evaluate - оценивать

excellent mark – отличная оценка

satisfactory, unsatisfactory – удовлетворительная, неудовлетворительная

to pass an exam - сдать экзамен (успешно)

are recorded - записываются

written (oral) exams - письменные (устные) экзамены

reexaminations - переэкзаменовка

fail an exam - провалить экзамен

12. University campus

- Has the university a big and nice campus?

- What can you see in front of the administrative building?

- There is a monument there. To whom is it?

- What do you know about that person? (his childhood, studies, scientific work etc/)

13. University press and website, university museum

• Has the university its newspaper or magazine?

• What’s its name?

• What can you read in it?

• Who writes for it? Where is it published?

• Has the university its website?

• What information is it possible to find there?

• The university has a museum, hasn’t it?

• What is possible to learn there about?

• Does the museum organize any exhibitions?

• What can you say about them?

14. Science and research

- Does the university / faculty conduct any research?

- In what fields?

- Do they have any practical application?

- Do students carry out any scientific and research work?

- Where are the outcomes of the research reported (scientific conferences, scientific papers)?

- Do students participate actively in the students’ conferences?

- Who organizes them?

- When do the conferences usually take place?

- Do students make reports also in English?

- Do students go to international conferences and to conferences in other cities of Russia?

Слова:

science - наука

conduct research – проводить исследования

in what fields - в каких областях

practical application – практическое применение

carry out any scientific and research work – заниматься научной и

исследовательской работой

the outcomes of the research – результаты исследований

scientific papers - научные труды

participate - принимать участие

take place - иметь место, происходить

make reports - делать доклады

international conferences – международные конференции