- •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.
Fact and Gossip
Here is a blog post from a VSPU student, some of which is gossip. Help clear out the gossip! If the statement is true mark it with T.
This university is only for people who see themselves as future teachers. ____________________________________________
You can get a scholarship only if you are a student of pedagogy___________________________________________________
All the courses are compulsory_______________________________
The academic year is divided into two semesters___________
If you fail a course exam, you drop out of university______
If you don't go to class, you can't get your credit__________
You can't get a room at the residence halls if you come from Vinnytsia_____________________________________________
Students get rooms in student halls free___________________
Say it otherwise!
Choose the variant which is closer to the statement in meaning.
You are supposed to attend lectures, seminars and practical classes.
It's your right to come to lectures, seminars and practical classes.
As a student you must attend lectures, seminars and practical classes.
Students undergo practical trainings as juniors and seniors.
Students have internship in their third and fourth years.
Third- and fourth-year students have practical classes.
If a student fails an exam for the third time, he/she has to repeat a course for a fee.
If a student fails an exam for the third time, he/she has to do an exam again for a fee.
If a student does not pass an exam for the third time, he/she has to do the course again for an extra pay.
How do you feel about it?
Do the speakers sound scared/worried/excited/critical/motivated/relaxed?
e.g. This person feels critical about….
I have missed a lot of classes, but I can make up the missed assignments. I'll just contact my instructor and ask him to work me in. No problem -)
Why should they give a chance to truants? They can miss the whole semester and then they still get through.
My God! You will have to retake your exam again! Do prepare well or you will drop out!
Wow! My groupmate has won the beauty contest! That calls for a celebration!
That's the end. Next time it will be a board of examiners, not just my instructor and me!
I do want to take up some elective courses, like Logics, for example. I feel I need to exercise my brain!
What things at your uni make you feel scared/ worried/ excited/critical motivated or relaxed?
Agree-Disagree Game
Put flash-cards with AGREE and DISAGREE on them face down on the table. Choose a statement to speak on. Then choose a card. If you choose AGREE, you have to support the idea with your arguments whether you agree with it or not in reality.
Streamed classes are better than mixed ability classes.
We have to organize more group trips.
It's a good idea to have a part-time job if you are a student.
PE must be elective, not obligatory.
Getting around the university
What are these people looking for? Try to figure it out from the answers they receive. Choose three options out of the following: the cataloguing section of the university library, the serials section (відділ періодики), the admissions office (приймальна комісія), the fountain area, the department of philology, the office of English teaching methodology, the finance department, the cafeteria, the HR office (відділ кадрів)
1
Sorry, how do I come to the…?
It depends on what section you are looking for. There are three of them.
I need an article from a journal.
Oh, then go to the main building. The section you need is on the ground floor. Walk past the main entrance in the direction of the main road. You will see two brown doors. Take the one on your left.
Thanks!
No problem!
2
Hi! Could you tell me how I can get to the…
You take Tram 4, 6 or 1 and go to the "Vinnytskyi Derzhavnyi Pedagogichnyi Universytet" stop. Then you walk straight until you see a green gate. You enter the door in the gate, walk straight to the five-storied building on your left. It is on the ground floor.
Thank you so much!
You are welcome!
3
Listen, I need to talk to our English instructor. Where can I find her?
I think she is at … in building 3.
Where is it?
Look, you enter the building and turn right past the stationery and the book store. You walk up the stairs and walk straight past another book store. Then you turn left and walk to the end of the hall. The office is to your right.
Fine. I'll find it now, thanks!
Not at all! Good luck!
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