- •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?
9.Match following words with their definitions.
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Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct word.
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campus / scholarships / tutorial /attend compulsory / obtaining / keen/ afford/ arranges / residential / admissions / admit / provide
British universities
British universities can be divided into 3 main groups: the old universities: Oxford and Cambridge (or Oxbridge), Civic universities (or “Redbrick”) and the new universities (founded after 1960).
Oxford is the oldest English university. Like Cambridge it is organized on the basis of some 20 1)______________ independent colleges. The two universities are similar in most respects and differ from other universities in Britain. The 2) ______________ system is a traditional feature of the colleges of Oxbridge. Every undergraduate receives individual attention from a tutor. Each college has about 20-30 tutors (“dons”). The university may be called a “federation” of colleges. It 3)_______________ courses and lectures, conducts examinations and awards degrees. Most dons give one or two lectures a week, which students from any college may 4)_____________. No lectures are 5)___________________ and tutors usually advise their students which lectures they should attend.
6)__________________ to Oxford and Cambridge are controlled by the colleges. A college has about 10 candidates for every place, so that competition is very 7)_______________. Oxford and Cambridge take a special place among the universities. It is much more expensive to study there, but they clearly 8)_______________ an education for the top people.
Redbrick universities were founded in the large industrial towns and are used to educate those, who couldn't 9)________________ to study away from home. Most of these universities are non-residential and nearly all are non-collegiate.
The new universities are planned on the “10)______________” system, that is to say, students live in halls of residence, grouped round the main building. Each university can 11)____________ each year a specified number of students for each course. The admission depends on school teachers reports, good G.C.E. “A” levels, sometimes on written & oral tests, there may also be an interview. Some students receive 12) ____________________ or grants from either LEAs or from university funds.
Degree titles vary according to the practice of each university; most common titles are: Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BSc), Master of Arts/Science (Ma or MSc), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
About 15 per cent of British university students leave university without 13_________________ a degree.