- •1. (A) Read the text and look up the abbreviations in a dictionary (if needed). Fill the gaps, for (1), (4), (5) choose between:
- •Getting a Higher Education in the uk
- •2. (A) Complete the Higher Education Glossary with the terms given below.
- •Tutorial teaching
- •4. Read the text and do the tasks below: The Degree Classification System in Great Britain
- •Unit 8 “Live and Learn”
- •Vocabulary Commentary on the text “How I Got My First-Class Degree”
- •From Ex. 1, p. 166-167
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •1. Translate the following English phrases from the text “How I Got My First-Class Degree” into Russian:
- •2. Find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian phrases:
- •4. Match the following words and phrases with their meanings: morale to discard as useless iconoclastic social outcast undergraduate perseverance
- •5. Translate from Russian into English. Refer to the Vocabulary Commentary if necessary:
- •6. (A) Match the verbs or phrases (from Ex. 3a, p. 168) to their definitions: cram edit revise highlight proofread summarize take notes
- •7. (A) a university has a web-based self-assessment questionnaire on time management.
- •8. Here are some students’ comments about study habits and problems associated with studying.
- •9. Fill in the missing words:
- •10. (A) Use the words or phrases (from Ex. 1a, p. 168) to match the definitions:
- •11. Complete the table. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- •12. (A) Find Russian equivalents to the following adjectives from Ex. 4, p. 169:
- •Bias biased unbiased tolerance intolerance
- •Intolerant tolerant (2 times)
- •15. (A) Match the words or phrases (from Ex. 6-7, p. 170) with their definitions:
- •A correspondence course a diploma a medical certificate a refresher course tuition fees
- •16. Fill in the missing words in these emails with following words:
- •Lecturer residence supervisor term tutorial
- •17. Correct the mis-collocations in these sentences:
- •18. (A) Use the idioms from Ex. 8 p. 170 to match the definitions:
- •19. (A) Search Ex. 9-10, p. 171 for the English equivalents of the following:
- •20. (A) Read the passage and answer the questions below: Are exams a fair means of assessment?
- •Unified State Examination
- •Scholastic Assessment Test
- •The Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Management
- •22. (A) Read this information about preparing an application for postgraduate study. What are the requirements for international students?
- •The Master of Business Administration
- •24. (A) Study the table below:
- •25. (A) Read the passage:
- •Resources community feedback online web means virtual assignment collaborative links submit click quiz
- •Profile of Students Seeking Online Degrees
24. (A) Study the table below:
In UK schools and universities, many of the words for people and events are the same as those used in the UK, but there are some differences:
in the UK |
in the US |
In Britain, especially in England, secondary schools for young people, whose parents pay for their education, are called public schools and schools run by the government that provide free education are state schools. e.g. Over half of current Cabinet Ministers were educated at famous public schools. |
In the US, Australia and other countries public schools are free local schools paid for from taxes; schools that receive no money from the government and where the education of the students is paid for by their parents are private schools. e.g. As of 2012, quality private schools in the US charged substantial tuition, close to $40,000 annually for day schools in New York City, and nearly $50,000 for boarding schools. |
Faculty refers to a group of departments with similar interests. e.g. The faculty will have to come to a decision on this. |
If you are faculty, you are a member of the academic staff. e.g. Are you faculty or student? |
In the UK finals are the last exams taken by university students at the end of the entire degree course. e.g. I took my finals last summer. |
In the US finals are exams taken by school, university or college students at the end of an academic term, usually in a topic that they will not study again. e.g. At our university the finals schedule is published about four weeks before a semester ends. |
In British English, a graduate is a person who has completed a first degree at a university or college. A postgraduate is a student with a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) who is enrolled in a Master’s degree programme. |
In North American English ‘graduate’ is usually used with another noun and can also apply both to a person who has finished high school (a high school graduate) and to one who has finished a first degree and is doing advanced study or research at a university or college (a graduate student). |
A rubric is instructions on an exam paper or in a textbook as to how a task must be done. e.g. Some students misread the exam rubric and didn’t answer enough questions. |
A rubric is a set of criteria or guidelines which tells how an assignment will be graded or scored. e.g. The grading rubric for term papers has been revised. |
(b) Who is more likely to be speaking – a British person or an American?
1.”Only faculty can eat here.”
2. “All professors use the same rubric for grading term papers.”
3. “Now the only downside I can see to sending your kids to a public school is the fact that you are secluded from the 'mainstream' population.”
4. “My department is within the Faculty of Engineering.”
5. “The rubric required students to answer all three questions on the exam paper.”
6. “The task of educating students is easier in private schools, which can expel or refuse to accept students who lag behind their peers16 in academic achievement or behavior, while public schools must continue to attempt to educate these students.”
7. “Graduate students who are admitted to our university under such approved exchange agreements may be registered as Visiting International Exchange Students.”
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