Language Work

1. Match the words and word combinations with their meanings:

1) competitive basis	a) to go regularly to a place;
2) undergraduate	b) a person who knows a lot about particular subject because they have studied it in detail;
3) graduate	c) a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it;
4) postgraduate	d) a place in a university or college in which students can relax, play games;
5) recreational complex	e) a situation in which applicants compete against each other;
6) scholar	f) a person who has completed the first degree at a university or college;
7) research	g) a person who has finished the first degree and is doing advanced study or research;
8) to attend	h) a student is studying for his first degree at a university or college.

2. Complete the text using the information in the box.

admitted entrance graduate applicants Bachelor’s Master’s Specialist’s

In Ukraine most ____(1) have to take competitive ____(2) examinations to be ____(3) to university. They take an ____(4) course first, and then may proceed to the ___(5) and ____(6) courses if they wish so, and if they meet the necessary requirements. However, they may ____(7) from university even on getting their first degree.

3. Complete the text using the information given in the table „Levels of Study” from Topical Vocabulary.

____(1) is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who on the basis of complete secondary education has attained basic higher education. The normative period of training takes 4 years. ____(2) is an educational-proficiency level of higher education of a person who on the basis of Bachelor’s degree has attained complete higher education. The normative period of training makes 1 year. ____(3) is a level of higher education of a person who has attained complete higher education, special skills and knowledge of innovative character. Training specialists of the educational-proficiency level of Master may also be carried out on the basis of ____(5) of Specialist. The period of training makes typically 1-1,5 year. During his/her studies at the Master’s level, a student is required to write his/her ____(4) on the selected subject and make its presentation.

4. Fill in the gaps in the text using the information and terminology given in the table „Academic Year Structure in Ukraine”. Academic Year Structure in Ukraine (approximately)

September 1 – January 30	FIRST SEMESTER WINTER SESSION END-OF-SEMESTER EXAMS
January 31 – February 10	Winter vacation
February 11 – June 30	SECOND SEMESTER SUMMER SESSION END-OF-SEMESTER (FINAL) EXAMS
Jule 1 – August 31	Summer vacation

In contrast to English universities, the ____(1) in Ukrainian universities is broken only into two ____(2). The school year starts earlier than in Britain, in ____(3), and it is over at ____(4). The first ____(5) lasts from ____ (6) to the end of____(7). The second semester lasts from____(8) to ____(9). At the end of each semester the students take their ____(10). Those exams are called ____(11). However, the exams of the fourth year are called ____(12) or ____(13).