- •I семестр. Topic 1. About myself
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary (пополни свой активный словарь):
- •Ivan studies at the (Dnipropetrovsk Welding and Electronics) Technical School.
- •Topic 2. My working day
- •Vocabulary:
- •Add to your active vocabulary
- •Topic 3. The time-table
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 4. My relatives.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 5. My friend.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 6. Hobby
- •Vocabulary:
- •Hobbies and leisure-time occupations
- •Indoor activities or home interests
- •Outdoor activities or activities outside the home
- •Topic 7. Art Text 1.Music
- •You can't do without this vocabulary:
- •Text 2. Cinema
- •Topic 8. Sports and games.
- •You can't do without this vocabulary:
- •Topic 9. Travelling
- •Topic 10. Our technical school
- •Word List:
- •Topic 11. The educational system in ukraine.
- •Vocabulary:
- •II семестр. Topic 12. Application of computers.
- •Telltale computers
- •Vocabulary:
- •Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:
- •Topic 13. Internet.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 14. Ukraine and english-speaking countries.
- •Topic 15. “I want to be…”
- •Vocabulary:
- •1) What kind of work are you interested in?
- •2) What position would you like to have?
- •Topic 16. My future profession (career).
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 17. Code of conduct
- •Vocabulary|:
- •Topic 18. About interviews.
- •Good luck to you!!!
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 19. Some outstanding people of ukraine.
- •Vocabulary:
- •Taras Shevchenko.
- •New Words:
- •Topic 20. At the doctor's
- •Topic 21. Spring festival
- •New words:
- •Topic 22. Television in our life
- •Vocabulary:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Topic 23. Mass media
- •Vocabulary:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Література:
- •Приложение. Topic 24.
- •Questions:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Topic 25. The Seasons of the Year. My Favourite Season.
- •Questions:
- •Vocabulary:
Topic 11. The educational system in ukraine.
Ukraine has got rather developed system of education.
General secondary education is free and compulsory. There are many gymnasiums, lycees and private schools in Ukraine. The secondary school must secure a uniform level of knowledge necessary for each student. Post-secondary education is provided by technical schools, colleges and institution of higher learning: universities, academies and institutes. At each institute or university there is a postgraduate course with post-graduates working for their scientific degrees.
There are many scientific, educational and academic centres in Ukraine. Kyiv with its famous National University named after T. Shevchenko, Polytechnic University, Kyivo-Mohylyanska Academy which resumed its work in 1991. There are three faculties in the Academy : the humanities, social and national sciences. Lviv is the leading scientific and cultural centre of Western Ukraine. It has a number of research institutes of high level.
Kharkiv University has 10 faculties: mechanics, mathematics, physics. physics-technology, radio-physics, chemistry, biology, economics, history, philology and foreign languages. Ukraine numbers a total of 1.5 million college and university students. Graduates from the Ukrainian institution of higher learning become famous writers, prominent diplomats, economists, chemists, mathematicians and others.
Vocabulary:
free - безкоштовний
compulsory – обов'язковий
uniform level – єдиний рівень
humanities – гуманітарні науки
to resume – відновлювати
post-secondary education – вища освіта
Exercise 1. Answer the questions:
1. The general educational school Ukraine has three stages, hasn't it?
2. The education is free, isn't it?
3. What is Kyiv famous for?
4. What is the leading scientific centre of Western Ukraine?
5. How many faculties are there in Kharkiv University?
II семестр. Topic 12. Application of computers.
Computers are getting deeper and deeper into our life. They are indispensable in space research, communication, medicine, metallurgy, light industry, information technology and many other branches of industry.
Many countries have introduced computers into agriculture, education, transport and many other spheres.
Computers provide security and safety of various processes, diagnose numerous eases and do a lot in monitoring different developments. In short they help to carry out increasingly complex tasks and their application sometimes helps lo prevent disasters, tragedies and accidents.
Many people have a high degree of computer literacy. Computer games are also now very popular with children, young men and grown-ups.
Here is a short curious newspaper item about rather unexpected application of computers:
Telltale computers
The managements of some American schools have found an original application for computers. Now teachers simply feed into the memory of the machine names of the absentees and it begins to phone their parents and warn that their children have missed lessons.
The teachers and parents like the new system and only pupils fаll out of favors with it.