1. The system of admission to the Institute:

1. How is our Institute called?

2. Where is it situated?

3. When was it founded?

4. How many students does it admit every year?

5. What must applicants do for being enrolled in the first year?

6. What entrance exams do they usually take?

7. Are those who have got the greatest number of the points during the final examinations (the Common State Exams) at school and entrance exams to our University initiated into students?

1. The system of training at the sstti (psnru):

1. What departments are there in our Institute?

2. What specialities are students trained in?

3. How long does the University course last?

4. What does the curriculum consist of?

5. What groups of subjects do future teachers study?

6. What kinds of schools and other educational establishments does your Institute prepare teachers and other specialists for?

7. How long does an academic year last?

8. What are the students to do in term-time?

9. What activities does the students’ practical work include?

10. Is there any research society at the SSTTI?

11. Are the students involved in scientific work writing their course-work and diploma project?

12. How often do the students have an examination session?

13. How many exams and credit-tests do they usually have during a session?

14. What does the diploma give them on graduating from the University?

1. Students’ life

1. What year are you in?

2. Why have you made up your mind to enter this University?

3. What speciality (direction of training) have you chosen?

4. What does the curriculum (syllabus) of your speciality (direction of training) include?

5. Is it easy or difficult for you to study?

6. How many classes a day do you usually have?

7. What credit-tests and exams will you take this term?

8. What can you tell about the activity of different students’ unions and organizations in the SSTTI? What are they?

9. Do you take part in any of them?

10. Do you take an active part in the life of your group and the University on the whole?

14. Make up a booklet “Our Institute (University)” (See Appendix 1). Include the following points:

1. description of the building;

2. inner structure of education (departments, chairs, specialities);

3. different educational facilities;

4. organization of study (subjects, types of the lessons);

5. students’ life (clubs and societies).

14. Read the following dialogue in parts and make up your own one about your studies in our University:

A foreign delegation is visiting the Moscow Teachers Training State University: the guests have been received by the University authorities in the main building and now they are talking to the students in the hostel.

Helen: Here we are. This is our hostel. My room is on the third floor. This way, please.

Mary: Oh, it’s such a cosy room with furniture and all the conveniences. Is it all your own?

Helen: No, it isn’t. I share it with my groupmate. We are getting on wonderfully.

Paul: You must be paying a lot of money for it.

Vera: Nothing of the kind. We pay 200 roubles a month. It’s a fixed rent for students in all universities and institutes.

Mary: Is it? It’s too good to be true. I wonder how much you have to pay for your course of studies at the Institute.

Peter: Higher education in our country is free. What is more, we get money while we study. Our academic scholarship is 2300 roubles a month and in some higher educational establishments it may be even more.

Tony: Do all students get a scholarship?

Helen: No, not all. Only those who have passed all credit-tests and examinations successfully. Besides we certainly do get some financial support from our parents.

Ann: Now I see what your equal opportunities of higher education for all school-leavers mean.

Paul: In what way are your studies at the University organized?

Vera: The academic year lasts from September till the end of June and is divided into three terms, at the end of which we take credit-tests and exams.

Paul: All this is very interesting. But what about your future prospects? How soon do you think you’ll find the position of a teacher after graduating?

Peter: We don’t have to find it. City and district Boards of Education see to it that all the vacancies are filled in. So we are offered the position of a teacher in our 4^th year before we graduate.

Mary: It’s wonderful, isn’t it? The way you don’t have to worry about the future. Well, thanks a lot. Now we have a clear idea of how to become a teacher in Russia.

Irene: Would you like to go down and see our Students’ Club, a students’ amateur concert is beginning in ten minutes.

Steve: Most willingly, thank you.

XVIII. What are your chances this term?

1. Have you attended lectures this term?

1. all of them

2. half of them

3. none of them

2. Have you read the books on your list?

1. all the books

2. half of the books

3. just a few

3. Have you read any additional material?

1. a lot

2. only a little

3. none

4. Have you made any notes at the lectures?

1. very detailed notes

2. just the main points

3. none at all

5. Have you made any reports at the seminars?

1. at every seminar

2. only a few

3. none at all

6. Have you been active during the discussions at your seminars?

1. very active

2. just listening

3. sleeping through the discussions

7. Have you made any cribs?

1. a lot of them

2. just a few

3. none at all

8. Have you missed any classes?

1. a lot of them

2. just a few

3. none at all

9. Have you studied late into the night?

1. very often

2. not very often

3. never

10. Have you had your meals regularly?

1. always

2. only at weekends

3. hardly ever

11. Have you kept fit this term?

1. fairly fit

2. not really

3. not at all