- •General english
- •For university students
- •How does it feel to be a student?
- •Think-pair-share
- •I am at university
- •Is it true about you?
- •New life Challenges
- •What do we have in common?
- •Fight the gossip!
- •Learning and learners
- •How to be a five-star student
- •What learner type are you?
- •Study Tips for Everyone
- •My university
- •Vspu-2015
- •Memory game.
- •Vinnytsia state pedagogical university (vspu)
- •Fact and Gossip
- •Say it otherwise!
- •How do you feel about it?
- •Agree-Disagree Game
- •Getting around the university
- •Problem-solving
- •Hot Potato Game:
- •Basic info
- •How Can We Make Our University a Better Place?
- •The People on the Campus
- •Your infos
- •Pros and cons battle
- •What's the best option?
- •Perfect roommate search
- •Doing the chores.
- •Vacuuming
- •House Rules
- •Things to pack for university
- •Things and Habits
- •Five things
- •What is this? a guessing game
- •Everyday problems
- •The university stressors
- •I don't mind…
- •It's hard for me…
- •It takes time to…
- •Ways to relieve stress (a survey).
- •Reading infographics
- •I don’t spend a lot of money on food as I bring a lot from home. I sometimes have lunch at the canteen or a cup of tea in the cafeteria. But it's usually cheap.
- •What Do You Spend Your Money On?
- •Money management (tips for students)
- •How to avoid freshman 15
- •More Tips:
- •Food pyramid
- •Vegetables
- •Foods and Nutrients
- •Harmful Combinations
- •Choosing a career: what factors matter?
- •What job is best for you?
- •Reading and speaking part 1
- •Part 2 Business Vs. Job: Should We Go For It?
- •It's a work world
- •What Jobs are These?
- •Life swap
- •Two Pluses and a Minus
- •Guess what my job is! (Typical job questions)
- •Job Satisfaction and Work Burnout
- •Men and women at work
- •5 Major differences between men and women at work
- •Success and Failure
- •Team Players and Team Play
- •Ideas and Solutions
- •Goals vs. Processes
- •Generations of workers
- •Who gets the job?
- •Speaking about work
- •Comment on the remarks of the following people using the expressions from the box:
- •Complete the comments using your own ideas.
- •What do employees typically do if…Answer the questions using the collocations from the box.
- •5 Dialogues have been mixed up. Join the parts together and set them right!
- •Giving Advice
- •Work idioms
- •Match the phrasal verbs and idioms with their definitions:
- •Say the same replacing the parts in italics with the expression from a):
- •Working in the 21st Century
- •Teleworking: the Working Style of the Future?
- •Future of Work
- •Unit 11
- •Job hunting
- •How to Organize Your Job Search. Find the 5 Hidden Tips!
- •Headhunters and Job hunters
- •Job Interview: The Classic Do's And Don'ts
- •1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
- •2. An old friend who once saved your life.
- •3. The perfect man (or) woman you have been dreaming about.
- •Bad answers.
- •Taboo interview questions
- •Interviews aren't just about giving the right answers—they're about asking the right questions.
- •Think outside the box!
- •Curriculum vitae
- •Cover letter
- •Good and Bad cVs
- •Personal details:
- •Personal Profile Statement:
- •Achievements:
- •Education and Qualifications
- •Employment and Work History
- •Hobbies and Interests
- •Referees:
- •Cover Letter
- •Editing the Cover Letter
- •Use the words in the box to complete the statements below:
- •2. Paraphrase the following statements using the words and collocations below:
- •Use the official rules of transliteration to fill in the table in English:
- •Story without ending
- •Unit 2 learning and learners
- •Use Present Simple or Present Continuous to put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.
- •Bring the words together to make collocations. Write your own sentences in Present Simple or Present Continuous using these collocations.
- •Mark the following statements as true or false.
- •Revise the vocabulary of Issue 1 (I am at university) and choose the correct option.
- •Use the word bank of Module 1 (see the Student's Book ) to solve the crossword puzzle
- •Who does what?
- •Supply the words for the following definitions:
- •Match the parts of the collocations:
- •Fact file
- •In what order do you do these things?
- •Divide the statements into fact and opinion ones and put them down in two columns:
- •Write your own ad for a roommate. Include the important details about yourself and about your possible partner.
- •Guess what these people are looking for or need:
- •What's the problem?
- •Fill in the gaps with appropriate question words:
- •Use the word bank of Issue 3 (Student Accommodation) to complete the sentences:
- •Restore the questions to which the following answers can be appropriate:
- •Do the crossword puzzle (the vocabulary of Issue 3).
- •Refer to the text in you Student's Book or use your own ideas to answer the following questions:
- •Refer to the infographic image in your Student's Book and write the tips that concern:
- •Some of the following sentences contain grammar mistakes. Correct those that are wrong.
- •Review the vocabulary of the previous issues and mindmap the following words and collocations:
- •Choose the proper option:
- •Say the same using the vocabulary list of this issue:
- •Now use the words from ex. 1 to make the sentences complete:
- •Correct the mistakes.
- •Write random questions for your fellow-students with the following words:
- •Put questions to the following statements:
- •Underline the correct word:
- •Write who the following things belong to:
- •Use the information of the text (the Student's Book) and give answers to the following questions:
- •What nutrients will you get if you eat:
- •What are your "happy" foods?
- •How is your diet different in winter, in summer, in spring and in autumn?
- •Useful:______________________________________________________________________________________________
- •Choose the proper list of foods to match each food category:
- •Write three easy-to-cook recipes good for busy students to cook, and share them with the rest of the class.
- •Using the information of this issue make up a list of questions to find out how healthy your fellow-students' diet is. You can also develop it into a quiz. These two may be used as an example.
- •Write the plural of the following nouns.
- •Module 3 work and employment
- •Fill in the gaps choosing a suitable word from the box below.
- •Supply words for the following definitions (go back to 2. What job is best for you in the Student's Book).
- •Go back to the text "Job vs Business: Which is Better" in your Student's Book and complete the statements below using the author's ideas:
- •Go back to the text "Job vs Business: Which is Better" in your Student's Book and rephrase the following statements using the words and phrases in bold:
- •Go back to the text "Business Vs. Job: Should We Go For It?" and continue the statements showing the benefits of having a business in opposition to having a job:
- •Match the parts of the collocations. Complete the statements below using them.
- •Choose one word that collocates with all the three other words in each set:
- •Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
- •The words in italics have been mixed up. Set them right to make 7 correct collocations:
- •It's a work world
- •Match the parts of word combinations identifying jobs:
- •Write the questions to match the answers (go back to Ex. 5 in your Student's Book)
- •Solve the crossword puzzle:
- •Working people
- •Job Satisfaction vs. Job Dissatisfaction. Complete the lists of factors with the words from the box:
- •Write the following sentences in English:
- •"Translate" the idioms in the following text into common English, reorganize the sentences if necessary.
- •Fill in the correct possessive adjective or pronoun:
- •Complete the questions with the initial questions words, modal verbs or auxiliaries (How many, Do, Can, Are etc.):
- •Using the information provided by the infographic image below to create 10 tips for a successful job interview:
- •Read the cover letter below. Choose from a-h the one which best fits each space 1-8. There are two choices you do not need to use:
- •Read the Resume and find proof for the following statements. Copy the corresponding infos from the text into the spaces after each statement:
- •Iryna Mazur
- •67 Vulytsia Zamostianska, Vinnytsia, Ukraine, 21000
- •Write your own resume using Iryna's one as an example.
- •Use your personal information to complete the Cover Letter template. Stick to the formal writing style.
- •Module 1
- •Module 2
- •Module 3
- •Read the text and define if the statements are true or false (t/f).
- •Complete the definitions with highlighted words from the text. Change the form of the word when necessary.
- •Module 4
- •4. Read the text and complete the tasks below.
- •Match the headings a-h to the paragraphs 1-6. There are two extra headings that you do not need to use.
- •Complete the definitions with highlighted words from the text. Change the form of the word when necessary.
I don't mind…
It's hard for me…
It takes time to…
What would you recommend these people to do in order to reduce the stress levels and feel better about the new university life?
Ways to relieve stress (a survey).
Being a freshman means having a new life. It is the time of positive life experience but it can also be a time of stress and anxiety. How do you manage university stress? How do your fellow-students?
Two students will be conducting the survey. The rest will be answering the questions. The students who ask the questions should also do some statistics and make a report.
You may follow this example: 5 out of 10 respondents play sports to relieve stress. The majority of the respondents watch comedies and talk to their mothers on skype.
Ways to relieve stress |
Number of students |
Exercise or walk |
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Read |
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Watch a good comedy |
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Listen to music |
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Hang out with friends |
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Play video games |
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Surf the Internet |
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Social media |
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Shop |
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Play sports |
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Spend time doing a hobby |
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Sleep a lot |
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Eat chocolate |
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Talk to Mom on skype |
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Have a good laugh watching a comedy |
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Other |
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Consider the expert advice on how to manage university stress. Which of the tips work well in your case? Which ones don't?
HOW TO MANAGE UNIVERSITY STRESS
Think positive!
Try to see the positive sides of your new life. Be optimistic and calm. Don't let negative emotions set in your mind. The way you think shapes the way you feel. You may feel homesick or tired of you university life, this is natural. Just wait and things will get better. Try to be happy with what you have and say thank you for it.
Over to you: Think of five things you can thank your life for.
Eat healthy balanced meals!
Eat light, low-fat, high-protein meals, such as low fat cottage cheese, grilled chicken or fish with a baked potato and green salad. Cut down on coffee, tea, fizzy drinks and cocoa. Drink water, herbal teas and fresh fruit juices instead. Water is essential in managing stress. Choose foods such as pasta, potatoes or rice for your evening meal, as these help the body to produce cortisol the anti-stress hormone. Eating green vegetables and lots of fruit is really important. Juices filled with vitamin C, such as orange or grapefruit juice, are good for your immune system so can help with stress. Cooking can be a relaxing activity too.
Over to you: Which of the foods mentioned above really help you feel better? What are your anti-stress foods? What about water and other drinks? Do you find cooking relaxing?
Get plenty of sleep!
From 7 to 9 hours. No all-nighters! The same schedule every night. Remember that between10 and12 pm is the time for beauty sleep. Sleep is always the best medicine and can help you work more effectively and thus feel better about yourself. As students we spend too much time on social media sites and answering emails, texts and phone calls. Social life is fun – but too much of it, and too much computer time, instead of sleeping, can lead to more stress.
Do your hobbies or exercise.
Listen to music, it's a great anti-stressor. You may even put on some quiet music while you work. Handwork is a great thing too. It helps you relax and feel better. Doing sport at least once a week is the best way to reduce stress. It helps your body produce endorphins, which make you feel good. 30 minutes of walking can reduce stress levels but it's even better to work out. Joining a sports club could also help with stress as the regular contact with other people makes you feel good. And why not try yoga? It's a great way to ease your mind and relax your muscles.
Over to you: What activities help you reduce stress? Do you do your assignments to music? Do you put on music as you do housework? How about sports? Do you exercise a lot?
Socialize and laugh!
Make as many friends as possible. University friends are friends forever. Besides, you have a chance to make important contacts which may be useful in your professional work later in life. Also, keep in touch with your family! Just talking to the people who love you makes you feel happy, relaxed and confident. Laugh and smile! It's the best medicine for stress.
Over to you: Do you already have friends at university? What do you talk about with them? How often do you talk to your parents? What do they usually ask you about? Do you usually laugh in class or during breaks?