- •Module 1 education in great britain
- •Match the words with their translation.
- •2. Now listen to the track and say what these numbers refer to.
- •Uk Education System
- •3. Read the text carefully. Find and correct 7 spelling mistakes in it.
- •4. Make up questions to the words or expressions in italics. Practise asking and answering questions in pairs.
- •5. Work in pairs, a and b.
- •My Oxford
- •7. Look through the text and say what was Naomi’s attitude to her University.
- •8. Fill in the gaps in the interview with these questions. You have one extra question that you do not need to use.
- •Listen to the interview with Dr Philip Camp from Edinburgh University. Are these sentences true (t) or false (f)?
- •Listen to the interview again. Answer the following questions:
- •Write down 10 sentences about your University and its traditions. Use the key words from exercises 13-15.
- •19. Match the words to make collocations and match them with their translation
- •20. Complete the sentences with the collocations from ex. 2
- •21. Watch the clip again. Answer the questions?
- •23. Write an essay (about 120-170 words) on one of the following topics:
- •Module 2 education in the usa
- •Practise the pronunciation of the following words
- •Match the terms with their definitions. Think of possible Russian equivalents for these words
- •3. Read the text. The words in brackets are to be used in the correct form the system of higher education in the usa
- •4. Mark the statements as true (t) or false (f). Give comments wherever possible
- •Answer the following What-questions
- •Are the aspects of higher education the same or different from those in your country? Tick the correct box
- •7. Using the material above make up a dialogue on one of the following situations:
- •Work in pairs. Student a reads the first text, student b reads the second one. Ask and answer each other’s questions.
- •9. Discuss the following questions.
- •11. Try to write an equation mentioned in the talk.
- •12. Make a list of advice Melissa gives to scientists on their presentation of the material. Think of two more things to add to it.
- •13. Match the words to make collocations which match the definitions. Watch the video-clip “Standard academic questions and how to answer them” to check your answers.
- •14. Watch the video- clip again and complete the following summary of the presenter’s speech. The first letters of the necessary words are given to help you.
- •15. Match the words with their opposites
- •16. Fill in the gaps in the text with the words from the box
- •17. Look at the stimulating material (written information, pictures, headlines). Answer the questions after it.
- •Harvard Students in Cheating Scandal Say Collaboration Was Accepted By richard pérez-peña Published: August 31, 2012
- •In Harvard Now!
- •18. Choose one of the quotes about Harvard and explain what it means.
- •19. Project
- •Internet Search Task: Search the net to find information on the following points. The results are to be summarized in the form of presentation. The task can be done in groups of two or three.
14. Watch the video- clip again and complete the following summary of the presenter’s speech. The first letters of the necessary words are given to help you.
The whole speech covers several 1) k______ q_____________ and a_______________ . The speaker has some information presented on a 2) s_______________. The presenter gives advice to focus on several points and 3) p______________ the answers in order to produce a good impression. Then, she mentions that sometimes you are asked questions to check whether you have 4) p___________ l______. After that, the presenter dwells on 5) b_____________- b_______ questions and provides 6) e___________. The speaker passes to describing some practical questions such as 7) c______________ l______. At last, she concentrates on the students’ ability to focus on the 8) m_____ p__________.
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15. Match the words with their opposites
coeducational
benefactor
full time
athletic
complete
academic
single-sex
part time
start
consumer
16. Fill in the gaps in the text with the words from the box
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full time "Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" complete coeducational athletic Reasoning benefactor Cambridge emphasizes
Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation. Harvard University is an American private Ivy League research university. It is located in 1)…, Massachusetts. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature.
Harvard was named after its first 2)…, John Harvard. The college primarily trained clergy. Many years of history transformed the college and its professional schools into a centralized research university, and Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. The undergraduate college became 3)… after its 1977 merger with Radcliffe College.
Harvard is a large, highly residential research university. The four year, full-time undergraduate program 4)… instruction with an "arts & sciences focus". Since 2008, undergraduate students have been required to 5)… courses in eight General Education categories: Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding, Culture and Belief, Empirical and Mathematical 6)…, Ethical Reasoning, Science of Living Systems, Science of the Physical Universe, Societies of the World, and United States in the World. Harvard's academic programs operate on a semester calendar beginning in early September and ending in mid-May. Undergraduates typically take four half-courses per term and must maintain a four-course rate average to be considered 7)….
Harvard has several 8)… facilities. Harvard's athletic rivalry with Yale is intense in every sport in which they meet. Harvard has several fight songs, the most played of which, especially at football, are 9)… and "Harvardiana." While "Fair Harvard" is actually the alma mater, "Ten Thousand Men" is better known outside the university.
Harvard has the largest financial support of any academic institution in the world, standing at $32 billion as of September 2011.
(Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University)
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