It’s never too late to learn.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Do exercises from Macmillan English grammar in use.
Prepare a report on one of the suggested topics:
a) The higher education system in the UK
b) The key role of education in the scientific and technological revolution
Make a presentation of Higher education in the UK.
Lesson 4. Higher education in the UK
Modal verbs and their equivalents
Make up a round table discussion
The system of higher education prepares highly-skilled experts, doesn’t it?
Exercise 1. Put adjectives in comparative or superlative degree.
1. Cambridge University is (large) University in Europe. 2. Strength of materials is (difficult) than chemistry. 3. Is it (interesting) to study at the institute than at school? 4. My friend works (hard) at his English than I. 5. My brother is (old) than I but he is (short). 6. The University is one of the (tall) buildings in Almaty. 7. Days in summer are (long) than in winter. 8. This group studies (good) than that one. 9. Oxford is (old) University in Britain.
Read the text. Underline any new words and look them up in the dictionary and write 5-6 questions to the text.
Oxford University
The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University or simply Oxford) is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom.. It is the second oldest surviving University in the world and the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back as the 11th century. The University grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. In post-nominals the University of Oxford was historically abbreviated as Oxon. (from the Latin Oxoniensis), although Oxf is nowadays used in official University publications.
Oxford is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It didn`t come into being all at once. Oxford had existed as a city for at least 300 years before scholars began to resort to it.
The end of the 12th century saw the real beginning of the University. The first group of scholars at Oxford may have been joined by others from Paris, from other parts of Britain. A characteristic feature of Oxford is that many traditions of the Middle Ages are still current there. One of them is that the students have to wear gowns.
The earliest college buildings seem to have no definite plan. They expanded as the need for more room arose.New College had the first regular quadrangle.
Perhaps the most famous colleges are Christ Church, University College and All Souls. Nowadays there are 29 colleges for men, 5 for women and another 5 have both men and women members.
Oxford is a place of great beauty, but it is not just a shrine to the past. It is a living entity and its historic buildings are the homes of masters and students whose learning, thinking and ideas have a profound influence on culture, education, science and politics. Many eminent world- known scholars and scientists have been educated at Oxford. All the graduates of Oxford never forget "spirit Oxford".
Most undergraduate teaching at Oxford is organised around weekly essay-based tutorials at self-governing colleges and halls, supported by lectures and laboratory classes organised by University faculties and departments. League tables consistently list Oxford as one of the UK's best universities and Oxford consistently ranks in the world's top 10.
The University is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities, the Coimbra Group, the League of European Research Universities, and International Alliance of Research Universities and is also a core member of the Europaeum. It forms part of the “Golden Triangle” of British universities.For more than a century; it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship, which brings students from a number of countries to study at Oxford as postgraduates or a second bachelor's degree.
Questions for the texts ‘Oxbridge and Oxford university.’
1. Why is the short name Oxbridge used in England?
2. What is the normal course year?
3. When was the beginning of Oxford university?
4. What is the average number of colleges for men, women and mixed ones?
Translate from Russian into English, use a dictionary.
Оксфордский университет — старейший англоязычный университет в мире, а также первый университет в Великобритании. Основан в 1117 году, расположен в городе Оксфорд, графство Оксфордшир. Входит в группу «старинных университетов» Великобритании и Ирландии, а также в элитную группу «Рассел» лучших 20 университетов Великобритании.
Сейчас в Оксфорде учится 18,5 тысяч студентов, около четверти из них — иностранные. Их количество резко увеличивается летом, когда открываются летние языковые школы.
Женщин в Оксфорд начали принимать только в 1920-х гг., однако уже в 70-х было отменено раздельное обучение.
Основные направления подготовки студентов — гуманитарные, математические, физические, социальные науки, медицина, науки о жизни и окружающей среде.
Оксфорд — не только университет, но ещё и крупнейший научно-исследовательский центр, у Оксфорда больше сотни библиотек (самая обширная университетская библиотека в Англии) и музеев, своё издательство.
Read the text. Speak about the features of training at Cambridge University.
