- •Module 2 The Students’ Life and Studies
- •Read the quotation and explain the meaning of it. Why do we need education?
- •2. Give your definition of word education.
- •3. Read the words and practice their pronunciation.
- •A) Read and translate the text.
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Find English equivalents in the text.
- •5. Give possible combinations of the following verbs with adverbs.
- •6. Complete the sentences using the word combinations of ex. 5.
- •7. Choose the appropriate word from the right-hand column to complete each of the sentences.
- •9.Match following words with their definitions.
- •Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct word.
- •British universities
- •In what order do these things happen?
- •A) Listen the audio file “What's a university education worth?” and decide if each of the statements about the text are true or false.
- •Complete the sentences using vocabulary from the table.
- •13. Answer the following questions.
- •15. Continue the sentences and tell about studying at the university.
- •Work in pairs. Imagine that one of you is an interviewer and the other is an interviewee. Discuss the question about the importance of higher education in modern society.
- •Look at the following table and try to describe the system of education in Ukraine.
- •Read and translate the following text.
- •Discuss in your group advantages and disadvantages of higher education in Ukraine.
- •Read sentences, translate and define the Grammar Tense. Explain your choice.
- •21. Put these time adverbials in the correct part of the table.
- •Write the verb in brackets in the correct form, present simple or present continuous, in each gap.
- •Write one word in each gap.
- •Circle the correct word or phrase.
- •Write a verb from the box in the correct form, present simple or present continuous, in each pair of sentences.
- •Each of the words or phrases in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly.
- •Circle the correct word or phrase. If both are correct, circle both.
- •Write the verb in brackets in the correct form, present perfect simple or present perfect continuous. Use contractions where possible.
- •Write a word from the box in each gap. You can use each word more than once.
- •Write one word in each gap. Humans and other life forms
- •31. Open the brackets and put the verbs into the proper tense (the Present Indefinite, the Present Continuous, the Present Perfect Continuous or the Present Perfect Tense).
- •32. Translate into English.
- •Collect information and complete the following table about the systems of education in our country, in the United States of America and in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland.
- •Collect information about university you study and your faculty and make a report about it and be ready to answer the following questions.
- •Grammar Test. Choose the correct answer.
- •2. Vocabulary in Use.
- •Put each of the following words in the correct space in the passage below.
- •Put each of the following words in the correct space in the passage below.
- •Put each of the following words in the correct space in the passage below.
- •What's on the timetable?
What's on the timetable?
What should or should not be included in the National Curriculum for schools in the UK has always been a controversial issue. How much time should be dedicated to core subjects such as Maths, English and Science? Should a foreign language be started at primary school or should a foreign language be compulsory at all? Many people still question the validity of having a curriculum imposed by government in the first place and would prefer to see more control over what is given to the schools themselves. So, plans for significant changes to the curriculum over the next few years will undoubtedly provoke heated debate.
What are these plans? Well, firstly concern over the general health of
the population has caused experts to call for five hours compulsory sports lessons per week. Increased rates of obesity in the population have been put down to our more sedentary lifestyle today and it is hoped that more exercises at school will put young people on the right path and encourage good habits for when they leave school. It is also hoped to offset the amount of their free time children spend in front of computers and TVs today.
Another health issue that is affecting the curriculum is food and nutrition. Changes in eating habits have meant that more and more fast food is being eaten and cooking proper meals seems to be going out of fashion. So, a minimum of an hour a week of compulsory cooking lessons for all eleven- to fourteen-year-old students is going to be introduced at secondary schools to ensure that they leave school able to cook at least eight nutritious meals!
As well as improving the health of the nation, the government also wants to improve its intellect. Up to five hours a week of compulsory 'culture lessons' are set to become a part of the curriculum. This will include, amongst other things, visits to cultural centres such as museums and galleries as well as more traditional lessons.
Most schools believe that the thinking behind these ideas is sound but are inevitably wondering how they are going to manage to timetable all the compulsory changes the government wants. A week is only a week and an increase in time allocated to one subject will mean less time for another. So which will go? The debate begins.
1. Many people think that
A. controversial subjects shouldn't be taught
B. these matters need further discussion
C. schools should decide what they teach themselves
2. Sports lessons should
A. distract children from their computers
B. encourage children to do more exercises
C. become a habit
3. In cookery lessons students will learn
A. the dangers of fast food
B. some fashionable recipes
C. to cook a few good meals
4. Lessons about culture will
A. take children out of schools
B. make us more intelligent
C. take place in the classroom
5. These changes may be a problem because
A. not everyone agrees about them
B. school time is limited
C. students will have to make a choice
4. Writing. Think and try to write answers on the following questions.
Should students work hard? What for?
Is it exciting to be a student?