- •Сборник текстОв для самостоятельного чтения и экзаменационные темы
- •Contents
- •Выписка из программы курса "Иностранные языки для неязыковых факультетов и вузов"
- •Требования, предъявляемые к студенту по окончании курса
- •О работе с англо-русским словарем
- •Term 1 my working day Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Read and translate the text “My Working Day”
- •Our university Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Read and translate the text “Our University”.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Great britain Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Mind some proper names:
- •Loch Lomond – озеро Ломонд
- •House of Commons – Палата Общин
- •Conservative party – консервативная партия
- •Read and translate the text “Great Britain”
- •What languages are spoken in the uk?
- •Read the texts about some British sights
- •Term 2 london Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Mind some proper names:
- •Practice the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Read and translate the text “ London”
- •Read the texts about some London sights
- •My future profession Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Read and translate the text “My Future Profession”
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read about some school policies of one of the English schools
- •Heinrich pestalozzi
- •Learn the following words and expressions:
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Read and understand the text “Heinrich Pestalozzi”
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read the text about Friedrich Froebel
- •Term 3
- •The faculty of primary schooling
- •The faculty of pre-school psychology and pedagogics
- •Higher Education
- •Elementary and Secondary Education
- •Adult and Continuing Education
- •The faculty of mathematics The Whole Numbers
- •Addition of Whole Numbers
- •Subtraction of Whole Numbers
- •Multiplication of Whole Numbers
- •Division of Whole Numbers
- •Fractions
- •Addition of Fractions
- •Subtraction of Fractions
- •Multiplication of Fractions
- •Division of Fractions
- •Addition and Subtraction of Decimal Fractions
- •We discard the digits 2 and 3. But we do not simply ignore these discarded digits. They may cause a change in one of the digits we intend to use. If we have 45.6723
- •Multiplication of Decimal Fractions
- •Division of Decimal Fractions
- •Quotients with Repeated Decimals
- •The faculty of biology The Cell
- •Some Familiar Proteins
- •Enzymes and Genes
- •The faculty of geography a Country Across the Channel
- •The faculty of physical culture Sports and Recreation
- •Term iy
- •The faculty of primary schooling
- •The faculty of pre-school psychology and pedagogics
- •Standards
- •The United States Educational Structure
- •Reform and Progress
- •Examining Schools
- •The faculty of mathematics Numbers
- •The faculty of biology What Is a Mutation?
- •Evolution and Heredity
- •Animal Behaviour
- •The faculty of geograpgy The Face of Britain
- •The faculty of physical culture Sports and Money
- •Leisure Sports
- •Anything That Has Wheels
- •Список литературы
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Adult and Continuing Education
The concept of continuing (or lifelong) education is of great importance to Americans. In 1991, 57 million Americans 17 years and older furthered their education through participation in part-time instruction, taking courses in universities, colleges, professional associations, government organisations or even churches and synagogues. Most participants in continuing or adult education have a practical goal: they want to update and upgrade their job skills. As a result of economic changes and the rapid advance of the "information age," the necessity to acquire new occupational skills has increased. Adult education thus fills a need of many Americans who want to improve their chances in a changing job market. This is one explanation for the continuing growth of adult education classes over the past several years. Of course, not all people who take courses in adult education do this for job-related purposes. Many simply want to broaden their knowledge or learn something they would enjoy doing such as printmaking, dancing, or photography.
Continuing education courses are provided mainly by community or junior colleges and mostly take place in the evenings. The types of courses adults enrol in range from hobby and recreational activities to highly specialised technical skills. Courses in business, health care and health sciences, engineering, and education are most popular. Most of these courses are taken by employees because the employer provided major support for educational programs, either by paying part of the fees, giving time off, or providing other incentives. While some 50 percent of all people in adult education are enrolled in programs sponsored by educational institutions, about 15 percent were sponsored directly by business and industry. Over 80 percent of all companies today conduct their own training programs. Many large corporations offer complete degree programs, and some even support their own technical and business colleges and universities.
In the 1980s about 5 million students took industry-sponsored university programs and roughly twice that number were involved in corporate education of some kind. A great many universities and colleges, public and private, also admit part-time students to their programs. Many offer evening courses so those who work can attend, and most institutions have summer semesters, as well. This way many American are able to earn a university degree, bit by bit, and year by year. State universities have long "taken education to the people" by setting up extension campuses in small towns, or largely rural areas. Therefore, someone at home in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, for example, will be able to take courses taught by professors from the University of Wisconsin’s main campus in Madison.
The faculty of mathematics The Whole Numbers
Generally when numbers are written the numerals are grouped by threes so that it becomes easy for the eye to distinguish them. Thus five million six hundred seventy-five thousand four hundred ninety two is written as 5 675 492. The groups of threes are often separated from one another by commas, that is: 5,675,492.
Numbers, when written, are often described by the number of numerals they contain, the number of places. Thus 72 is a two place number and 4895 is a four place number. Four place numbers, especially dates, are often written without commas or spaces, as 1905, 1943.