- •Высшее образование в великобритании, россии и сша
- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •World declaration on higher education
- •World declaration on higher education for the twenty-first century: vision and action
- •2. Express your point of view about missions, functions and problems of higher education in modern world.
- •1. Before you read and translate the following text, study the vocabulary and learn the words by heart. If you are not sure how to pronounce the word correctly, consult the dictionary.
- •2. Give the adequate Russian variants for the following word combinations:
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations:
- •5. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. Try to do it in your own words using the information from the text.
- •6. Choose the correct translation and explain your choice:
- •7. Open the brackets and complete the sentences.
- •8. Say if the following statements are true (t) or false (f). Use the following phrases:
- •9. Match the question and the answer:
- •11. Here are the answers. Your task is to put questions.
- •12. Make up the plan and retell the text.
- •13. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •Oxbridge
- •5. Complete the following sentences and use them as a plan to retell the text:
- •6. Translate the sentences into English.
- •7. Read the passage about people in education and choose the correct article a/the. Sometimes there is no need to use any article, so cross out both.
- •8. Check your knowledge. Match the definitions with one of the given words:
- •10. Put the following sentences in the correct order to make up a story:
- •Higher education in russia
- •1. Give the adequate Russian variants for the underlined word combinations.
- •2. Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations and learn them by heart:
- •3. Find in the text words, which correspond to the following definitions:
- •4. Explain in English what is meant by:
- •5. Make up the words of different parts of speech. You can use the following suffixes:
- •8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •9. Tell about the system of higher education in the Russian Federation.
- •10. Make a report about the outstanding scientist, poet and founder of the Moscow State University m.V. Lomonosov. The murmansk state technical university
- •Give the adequate Russian variants for the following word combinations:
- •Find in the text and give the English equivalents for the following word combinations:
- •7. Work in pairs. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Read and translate the dialogue between the students of the university:
- •Higher education in the usa
- •4. Read the text about the education in The United States of America and put the paragraph titles in the correct place in the text.
- •The world famous universities.
- •5. Translate the words and word combinations into English:
- •6. Find the words in the text which mean:
- •9. Correct the statements.
- •11. Do the translation into English.
- •12. Discuss the following issues:
- •Yale university
- •1. Before reading the text translate the following words and word combinations into Russian using a dictionary:
- •2. Yale University is one of the oldest and best-known universities of the usa. Read the text and find the information about:
- •3. Comment on the quotation of Richard c. Levin naming the main institutional priorities of The Yale University.
- •Write the summary of the text.
- •Would you like to get higher education in one of the American universities? If yes, read this information for International Applicants and fill in the application form. Good luck! (see Appendix)
- •Role play
- •Durability of higher education
- •Appendix список использованной литературы
5. Complete the following sentences and use them as a plan to retell the text:
These universities are often called Oxbridge…
The first college at Cambridge…
The universities were only for men until 1871…
People from different parts of the world…
Oxford and Cambridge universities consist of…
Within a college there is…
The cost of education depends on…
Teaching is carried out by…
Every student has a tutor…
After three years of study…
Oxford and Cambridge universities respect…
There are religious societies…
6. Translate the sentences into English.
Самые известные университеты Великобритании находятся в Оксфорде и Кембридже.
Образование в этих элитных университетах очень дорогое, стоимость обучения зависит от колледжа и специальности.
Очень мало студентов получают стипендию, она не покрывает плату за обучение и всех расходов на жилье.
После окончания университета студенты получают степень бакалавра, которая присуждается на торжественной церемонии.
Студенты, которые интересуются политикой, могут вступить в Дискуссионный клуб (to join the Debating society) и обсуждать актуальные проблемы с ведущими политиками и писателями.
7. Read the passage about people in education and choose the correct article a/the. Sometimes there is no need to use any article, so cross out both.
A/The professor is not a/the teacher in a/the secondary school but has a/the highest academic position in a/the university. A/The lecturer is a/the university teacher. Lecturers and professors give a/the lectures. A/The students in Britain usually have a/the tutor who gives them a/the advice and teaches them in a/the small groups. You graduate from university with a/the degree. If you do a/the postgraduate work, you will have a/the supervisor to help and advise you.
8. Check your knowledge. Match the definitions with one of the given words:
tutor; professor; lecturer; undergraduate; groupmate; supervisor |
someone who is still at university studying for the first degree;
someone who is in the same group as you;
someone who helps and advises postgraduate students;
someone who teaches at a college or university;
someone who is responsible for teaching a small group of students;
someone with the highest academic position in a university.
9. What do you know about schools in Great Britain? Read the passage and fill the gaps with an appropriate word from the list. The first letter of each missing word is given to help you.
grammar school; nursery school; state school; infant school; play school; primary school; public school; middle school; secondary school; comprehensive school |
A n... or p... is for children aged two to five. A p... includes i... and lasts from the age of 5 to 11. In Britain, at the age of 9 some children go to m... before going to s... . Bright pupils sometimes go to g... after taking an examination, but most children go to a mixed ability c... . A p... in Great Britain is private and parents pay for education. A s... is free.
– Ask your teacher to find out more information about schools in Great Britain.
e.g. What does comprehensive school mean?
Make true/false statements and ask your partner to comment upon them.
Compare school education in Russia and Great Britain.