Мельникова Евгения Михайловна
Уральский государственный педагогический университет
Ассистент кафедры иностранных языков
г. Екатеринбург
Практическое занятие по английскому языку по теме: education
Курс, группа: группы первых курсов нефилологических специальностей
Цель:
формировать профессиональную компетенцию студентов;
систематизировать знания студентов по теме
Задачи:
- практические и образовательные: введение нового вокабуляра.
- развивающие: развитие навыков устной и письменной речи, навыков чтения
Конспект занятия:
Exercise 1. Read, translate, and study the use of the new words:
Provide, provides the country with smth. Higher education provides the country with highly qualified specialists.
Competition. It was difficult to enter the university because the competition was rather high.
Grant, receive state grant. If I study well I’ll receive state grant.
Vacations, to have vacations. Students have vacations twice a year.
Get through instructions. The first – and the second – year students get through instructions.
Science, fundamental science. At the first and at the second course we’ll study fundamental sciences.
Bachelor’s degree, get a bachelor’s degree. After four years off study I can get a bachelor’s degree.
An engineer, get the qualification of an engineer. At the end of the fifth year I’ll get the qualification of an engineer.
Master’s degree, get a master’s degree. At the end of the sixth year I’ll get a master’s degree.
To take a postgraduate course. After graduating from the university I want to take a postgraduate course.
Hostel. Our university has own students’ hostels.
Distance education system. Distance education system helps you to continue your education even if you are a working professional.
Exercise 2. Read and translate the text:
Higher education in russia
Higher education plays an important role in the life of any country as it provides the country with highly qualified specialists. It trains people to become teachers, engineers, doctors and other professional workers.
There are many colleges and universities in our country. It’s not easy to enter a university or a college as the competition is rather high. Most of the universities are public and students don’t have to pay for their education. Students who do well in all subjects receive state grants.
The academic year usually lasts nine months and is divided into two terms. Students take exams at the end of each term. Twice a year they have vacations – two weeks in winter and two months in summer.
As a rule, the first – and second – year students get through instruction in the fundamental sciences. In the third year students begin to study specialized subjects. Specialized courses and practical training help students to become specialists and prepare them for the future work.
After four years of study students can pass examinations and get a bachelor’s degree. Then the students can go on with their studies and get the qualification of an engineer at the end of the fifth year or a master’s degree at the end of the sixth year. After graduating students can take a postgraduate course and get a still higher degree.
Universities and colleges have their own students’ hostels and some of them have large and excellent sport centers. Most higher educational institutions have modern computer centers.
At present a new system of education is being introduced in Russia. It’s a distance education system which helps working professionals to continue their education while remaining at their jobs. Education is a way to success.
Exercise 3. Translate the following definitions of the words:
Grant – an amount of money that the government or an organization gives you for a specific purpose and does not ask you to pay back.
Term – one of the periods of time the year is divided into for students.
Degree – a course of study at a university, or the qualification that you get after completing the course.
Hostel – a building where students living away from home can stay.
Job – work that you do regularly to earn money.
Exercise 4. Match verbs with its correct definition:
to provide |
to start or reach a particular period of time in a process or activity |
to enter |
to give someone something that they want or need |
to divide |
to bring something into use for the first time |
to graduate |
to stay in a particular place or position and not leave it |
to introduce |
to separate people or things into smaller groups or parts |
to remain |
to complete your studies at a university or college usually by getting a degree |
Exercise 5. Answer the questions using the text in exercise 2.
1. Why is higher education important in the life of any country? 2. Do students in Russia pay for their higher education? 3. Do all students get grants? 4. What degree do students get after four years of study? 5. Can they continue their education after four years of study? 6. What degree do students get after three years of further study and research? 7. What new system of education is being introduced in Russia now? 8. Why does higher education play an important part in our life? 9. Can you compare the Russian system of higher education with those in other countries?
Exercise 6. Read and translate the sentences; memorize the use of the Complex Object:
Teachers expect students to come to the university regularly and on time.
Teachers suppose students to work at about the same speed as their students mate.
Teachers wish students to pass exams successfully.
Our teacher wants the material about the educational system to be memorized.
The parents made him to enter this university.
We consider education to be the ways in which people learn skills, gain knowledge and understanding about the world and about themselves.
Exercise 7. Make up six sentences of your own using the following words:
to expect, to pass exams
to suppose, to work hard
students mate, pass exams successfully
new English words, to memorize
to wish, to gain knowledge, to learn skills
to consider, my education
Exercise 8. Read, translate, and study the use of the new words:
Fierce. The competition to get into this university is fierce.
A grade. You need to improve your grades.
To apply, to apply to universities. Students apply to universities months before they take their A-level.
To award, to award a degree, award a diploma. Students who complete the course successfully will be awarded a diploma.
Undergraduate. Undergraduate is a student who is studying for a first degree at a college or university. A student who already has a first degree is a graduate.
A tutorial, to have tutorials. We had a very interesting tutorial on climate change.
Local education authority. Some students whose parents do not earn a lot of money are given a grant from the local education authority.
To drop out. Too many students drop out of college after only one year.
To fail, to fail to finish the course. Examiners failed nearly 30% of the candidates.
To study full time. Not all students study full time.
Scheme, in-house training schemes, to have in-house training schemes. Large companies often have their own in-house training schemes.
To be enthusiastic about. The British government is very enthusiastic about such training schemes.
Exercise 9. Read the text and translate it: