1. Topical vocabulary

1.	score	балл
2.	to сom­prise	қамту
3.	to contain	болу, бар болу
4.	to seek	іздеу
5.	to account	(солай) деп ойлау, есептеу
6.	source	қайнар көзі
7.	to gain	иемдену, ие болу
8.	to challenge	шақыру, өзіне тарту
9.	to establish	орналастыру
10.	reputation	репутация
11.	to occupy	орналасу, орын алу
12.	particularly	әсіресе
13.	criteria	критерий
14.	to admit	қабылдау
15.	in addition	бұған қоса
16.	entrance	оқуға түсу
17.	equirement	талап
18.	fee	төлемақы
19.	award	сый беру
20.	proficiency	тәжірибе
21.	involved	күрделі
22.	to earn	еңбек сіңіру, лайықты болу, ақша табу
23.	to equal	теңестіру
24.	to accumulate	жинастыру, жинау
25.	ultimately	біржолата, үзілді-кесілді

Ex.1. Suggest the Kazakh for:

1.successful applicants 10. established reputations

2.their scores on the SATs 11.entrance requirements

3.the system com­prises three categories 12.fee

4.to obtain a master's degree 13.proficiency

5.the source of its funding 14.award

6.challenging courses 15.successfully

7.higher quality of education 16.the number of credits

8.amount of funding 17.to be earned by a student

9.they occupy a position 18.to be famous for

Ex.2. Suggest the English for the words in brackets. Read the whole sentence and translate it into Kazakh.

1.A college at а (алдыңды қатардағы) university might receive (арыз) from two per cent of these high school graduates, and then (қабылдау) only one out of every ten who apply.

2. (Сәтті) applicants (мұндай) colleges are usually chosen (негізінде) of a) their high school records; b) (қолдау хат) from their high school teachers;

3.(Жоғарғы оқу жүйесі) in the United States (қамту) three categories of institutions: 1) the university, which may (болу, бар болу) a) several colleges for undergraduate students seeking a (бакалавр дәрежесі) and b) one or more graduate schools for those continuing in specialized studies beyond the bachelor's degree (иемдену) a master's or a doctoral degree.

4. Any of these institutions, in (кез келген санаттағы), might be either (қоғамдық немесе жеке меншік), depending on the source of its funding.

5. Some universities and colleges have, over time, gained reputa­tions for offering particularly challenging courses and for pro­viding their students( білімнің жоғары сапасы).

6. The factor determining whether an institution is (ең үздіктердің бірі) or one of the lower prestige is quality of the teaching faculty.

Ex.3.Give nouns corresponding to the following verbs.

to account,to establish, to admit,to require,to involve, to accumulate,

to select,to decide,to graduate,to examine,to enter, to complete,to assign.

Ex.4. Find in the text the factors which determine the choice by in individual of this or that college or university.

Ex.5. Answer the questions on the text and summarize the text in three paragraphs.

1. What are the admission requirements tо the colleges and universities?

2. What are the three types of schools in higher education?

3. What degrees are offered by schools of higher learning in the USA? What are the requirements for each of these degrees?

4. What are the peculiarities of the curricula offered by a college or a university?

5. What is a credit in the US system of higher education?

6. How many credits must an undergraduate student earn to receive a bachelor's degree? How can then be earned?