Unit 4. School life. Student’s life

Vocabulary

pre-school – дошкільна

primary / elementary – початкова

Education secondary – середня

освіта higher – вища

vocational – професійна

Entrance

a school-leaver (Br.) / graduate – випускник

an entrance examination – вступний іспит

an applicant – абітурієнт

Structure

studies (study) – навчання

a short (long) break – коротка (довга) перерва

a study programme; curriculum – навчальний план закладу

a syllabus – програма курсу, лекції з предмету

a college of education – педагогічне училище

a teachers’ (training) college – педагогічний інститут

an education faculty /pedagogical department – педагогічний факультет

specialty – спеціальність (What is your speciality? What do you specialize in?)

to work in one’s own field – працювати за спеціальністю

a day / full-time department – стаціонарне відділення

an evening department – вечірнє відділення

an extramural department – заочне відділення

a department’(s) staff room / chair – кафедра

Teaching Staff Administration

a headmaster/ headmistress (director of the school) – директор

a teacher/ teaching assistant)/ (assistant) lecturer – асистент

a (university) teacher/ professor (esp. am.) – викладач

a teacher/ senior lecturer– старший викладач

an associate professor (англ.)/ reader (Br.) – доцент

a professor / full professor (esp. am.) – професор

an academician – академік

a head of a department/ chair; department head – завідувач кафедри

a deputy dean/ assistant dean – заступник декана

a dean (dean’s office ) – декан (деканат)

a tutor – куратор

a rector/ president, principal – ректор

a vice-rector/ vice-president/ vice-principal – проректор

pedagogy/ pedagogics/ theory and methods of education – педагогіка

a teacher/ (pedagogue) – педагог

teaching practice (Br.)/ student teaching (Am.) – педагогічна практика

Tests and Types of Control

homework / home assignment (university) – домашнє завдання

a class/ class hour/ period – заняття

to take a class / to teach a class – проводити заняття

to go to a lecture, to attend a lecture – відвідувати лекцію

tutorial – консультація

a subject/ class – предмет

to miss a class – пропустити заняття

to skip a class/ to play truant (from a class)/ to cut (a class) – прогуляти

notes – конспект (to take notes – конспектувати)

a mark/ grade – оцінка

a (first-year / second-year / etc.) paper/ term paper – курсова робота

a degree/ diploma paper – дипломна робота

a master’s thesis – магістерська робота

a credit – залік

a (grade) record book – залікова книжка

an examination card – екзаменаційний білет

an examination period – сесія

mid-year examinations – зимова сесія

end-of-year examinations – літня сесія

to take an exam – складати іспит

to fail an exam – не скласти іспит

to pass an exam – скласти іспит

cheating – користуватися шпаргалкою (crib/ cheat sheеt – шпаргалка)

to grade / to check up (papers) – перевіряти

Students

the 1^st/2/3/4-year student = freshman / sophomore /junior /senior /fifth-year student

a bachelor – бакалавр

a master – магістр

a subgroup – підгрупа

a monitor / head-student – староста

scholarship – стипендія

a fee-paying student – платник

tuition / fees - плата за навчання (to pay fees)

a (students’) hall of residence (Br.) / hostel (Br.) / (students’) dormitory (am.) – гуртожиток

a campus – територія вищого закладу (часто разом із приміщенням), студентське містечко

to chatter – базікати

to cram a lesson – зубрити урок

Subjects and Lessons

a timetable / schedule – розклад

algebra – алгебра

anatomy – анатомія

arithmetic – арифметика

astronomy – астрономія

biology – біологія

botany – ботаніка

chemistry – хімія

drawing/ art – малювання

geography – географія

geometry – геометрія

handicraft – трудове навчання

history – історія

the humanities – гуманітарні науки

law – право

literature – література

mathematics/ math – математика

philosophy – філософія

physical training (PT) – фізкультура

physics – фізика

psychology – психологія

singing – співи

technical/ mechanical drawing – креслення

zoology – зоологія

Premises

an assembly hall – актовий зал

a library – бібліотека

a dining room/ canteen – столова

a gym/ gymnasium – спортивний зал

a teacher’s / staff room – учительська

School Things

a register – журнал

a record-/ day-book – щоденник

a board/ blackboard – дошка

chalk – крейда

a duster/ cloth – ганчірка

a sheet of paper – аркуш паперу

a pencil-box/ pencil-case – пенал

coloured paper – кольорова папір

water-colours/ oil paint – акварельні/ олійна фарба

a brush – пензлик

Exercise 1. a) Match the subjects given in the box to the things they study.

b) Write down your school timetable of the final year. Add any other subjects you had.

Algebra Chemistry Music Arts Geometry English

History Biology Home Economy Classes World Literature Physical Education (PT) Ukrainian (Language)

Ukrainian Literature Handicraft Classes Geography Computer Studies Medicine Physics

1. This science studies forces or qualities such as heat, light, sound pressure, gravity and electricity and the way they affect objects.

2. A branch of mathematics in which letters are used to present possible quantities.

3. The study of the countries of the world, land formation, climate, seas, towns and population.

4. The scientific study of the characteristics and composition of substances and the way they react with other substances.

5. Sports and games.

6. A mathematical science concerned with the measurement of lines, angles, curves and shapes.

7. Activities such as embroidery, knitting, pottery, carving, etc. which involve making things with your own hands.

8. Classes that teach students to use electronic machines that can quickly make calculations, store and rearrange information.

9. A subject that deals with the past.

10. A study of novels, plays and poetry.

11. The science which is concerned with the study of living beings.

12. A science that studies a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country for talking or writing.

13. A school subject at which students create paintings or sculptures by themselves.

14. Classes where students get knowledge how to lead a healthy life.

15. Classes in which students learn how to do work about the house.

16. Classes where students sing and learn various songs.

Exercise 2. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.