- •Unit 5 education
- •1. Answer the following questions.
- •2. Speak in class what you feel when:
- •3. Match the English idioms in the left column with their Russian Equivalents in the right column. Illustrate the meanings of the English idioms by your own examples.
- •4. Translate into English.
- •5. Translate the proverbs into Russian and comment upon them.
- •6. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
- •7. Write an essay on one of the following topics.
- •Education
- •1. Correct the mis-collocations in these sentences.
- •Education: debates and issues
- •1. Complete the collocations by filling in the missing words according to the meaning given in brackets.
- •2. Change the underlined words, using more formal and more appropriate word from a. Make any other changes that are necessary.
- •3. Which words or expressions from b mean …
- •4. Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right. The words refer to people involved in education. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •Cramming for success: study and academic work
- •1. Correct the wrong usage of words to do with written work in these sentences.
- •2. Here are some idiomatic expressions about studying and exams. Use the context to guess what they mean and choose the right answer.
- •3. Answer these questions.
- •Home education
- •1. Find the synonyms in the text.
- •2. What do we call:
- •3. Fill in the blanks using the following words in the necessary form.
- •4. Discuss the following questions.
- •How to pass exams
- •1. Discuss the following questions in groups
- •2. Read the list below and tick the things you should do when preparing for an exam, and write a cross next to the things you should avoid.
- •6. Match the following phrases from the text with the definitions below.
6. Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
1. ‘Knowledge is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.’
Ralph W. Emerson
2. ‘Knowledge is power.’
Francis Bacon
3. ‘Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.’ Alfred Tennyson
7. Write an essay on one of the following topics.
1. Our College Life Needs Changes.
2. Some Advice for University Students.
3. Why Psychology/Sociology/… is So Popular with Students.
4. Education Reform. To Be or Not to Be?
Education
A Stages in a person’s education
Here are some names that are used to describe the different types of education in Britain.
play school/group nursery school |
pre-school (2 – 5 years old) |
mostly play with some early learning |
infant school junior school |
primary (5/6 – 12/13) |
basic reading, writing, arithmetic, art, etc. |
comprehensive school or grammar school sixth form college (16 – 18) |
secondary (12/13 – 16/18)
|
wide range of subjects in arts and sciences and technical areas |
college or university |
further/higher (18+) |
degrees/diplomas in specialized academic areas |
Comprehensive schools in the UK are open to all and are for all abilities. You can only get into a grammar school by competitive entry (an exam). Public schools in the UK are very famous private schools. Colleges include teacher-training colleges, technical colleges and general colleges of further education.
B Exams and qualifications
take/do/sit an exam resit an exam (take it again because you did badly first time) pass (get the minimum grade or more) / do well in (get a high grade) an exam fail (you fail, or don’t do as well as expected / as well as you wanted) an exam
Before an exam it’s a good idea to revise for it. If you skip classes/lectures, you’ll probably do badly in the exam. [informal; miss deliberately]
Some schools give pupils tests regularly to check their progress. The school-leaving exams are held in May/June. In England, these are called GCSEs (age 16) and A-levels (age 18). In some schools, colleges and universities, instead of tests and exams there is continuous assessment with marks, e.g. 65%, or grades, e.g. A, B+, for essays and projects during the term. If you pass your university exams, you graduate (get a degree), then you’re a graduate and you may want to go on to a post-graduate course.
C Talking about education
In colleges and universities, there are usually lectures (large classes listening to the teacher and taking notes), seminars (10-20 students actively taking part in discussion etc.) and tutorials (one student or a small group, working closely with a teacher).
A professor is a senior university academic who is a well-known specialist in his/her subject. University and college teachers are usually called lecturers or tutors.
Asking somebody about their country’s education system.
What age do children start school at?
What’s the school-leaving age?
Are there evening classes for adults?
Do you have state and private universities?
Do students get grants for further education?