- •My Profession
- •1. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •8. Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the choice of your profession.
- •Welcome to dstu.
- •I Read and translate the text, learn the italicized word combinations:
- •II Students are divided into pairs.
- •III Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the dstu.
- •Entertainment
- •Entertainment
- •Give Russian equivalence to the following English words.
- •Complete sentences 1-13 using each of these words only once
- •Cross the odd word out.
- •The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- •Practise saying, translate and learn the vocabulary:
- •Read the text and translate the italicized word combinations.
- •III. Language work
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words and phrases.
- •2. Unscramble each of the clue words. Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number. Give the Russian equivalents for the following word combinations:
- •3. Do the crossword:
- •4. Do You Know Britain?
- •5. Special Days in Britain
- •6. Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the Russian Federation.
- •4. Do You Know Britain?
- •5. Keys
- •Healthy way of life
- •Read, translate and retell the text
- •Match the items with the idioms below:
- •Fill in the gaps with the phrases from the list
- •Mass media
- •Benjamin Franklin
- •Read and translate the text.
- •Language work.
- •Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •Give the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •In pairs, comment on the qualities which help to become a great scientist or an outstanding politician using some of these words.
- •Rostov – on – Don
- •Read the text and translate the italicized word combinations. Rostov – on – Don.
- •Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the history of Rostov – on – Don.
- •Discussion.
- •The Role of Foreign Languages
- •Practise saying, translate and learn the vocabulary:
- •II. Read the text and translate the italicized word combinations. The Role of Foreign Languages.
- •II. Language work
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words and phrases.
- •2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •4. Paraphrase the underlined word combinations using the following:
- •5. Translate into English:
- •6. Expand the following sentences using the information from the text:
- •7. Complete the table:
- •8. English is the world’s top tongue. Prove it. Speak in pairs.
- •9. Study the bar chart and fill the gaps in the sentences with the appropriate modifiers from the box.
- •11. Why do you study English? Speak in pairs:
- •12. Complete the sentences and use them as a plan for your future talk on the role of the foreign language.
- •13. Read the text for obtaining the information
Welcome to dstu.
Warm up
Answer the following questions:
Why have you made up your mind to study at DSTU?
Who has encouraged you? Your school teacher or parents (friends)?
What was the most difficult exam in your entrance university examinations?
What is your favourite subject? Why do you like it?
Have you got any difficulties with study? Why?
I Read and translate the text, learn the italicized word combinations:
DSTU
Don State Technical University (DSTU) is the biggest dynamically developing centre of science, education and culture. During its activity the University has trained more than 60000 engineers, technologists, programmers, economists and other specialists. Hundreds of Doctors of Philosophy (Ph.D.) and Doctors of Science (D.Sc.) successfully defended their thesis. About three thousand specialists have been trained in DSTU for 58 foreign countries.
Having the state certificates of degree DSTU graduates work in Russian and foreign scientific and design organizations, firms, banks, in governmental, educational and private enterprises.
Nowadays more than 7000 students, including 300 foreigners, and 150 post-graduates get education at 12 faculties and there are 4 representative-universities in Volgodonsk, Taganrog , Azov and Essentuki.
Highly qualified scientists carry out their professional activity in many areas of up-today science and techniques. 20 members of Russian and International Science Academies and 6 Honoured Workes in Science of The Russian Federation are among them. More than 75 per cent of the staff has the scientific degrees in different knowledge.
Our University has 6 buildings for studies, scientific and practical work. There are libraries, computer halls, workshops, health center, sport halls and summer campus for students and professors at the sea-shore of the Black Sea, comfortable students hostels, and university cultural center. DSTU gives you a chance to be well-educated, mobile and creative.
Don State Technical University takes a special place in the educational complex of the South region. About 13 thousand of students study at 12 faculties in 43 specialities. None of other university in our region has such a unique range of professional suggestions. There is a great number of different traditions at our university; among them there is succession of generations, special atmosphere of mutual understanding and mutual support.
TUITION
The Preparatory Department works for the foreign citizens coming to DSTU to study the Russian language and common natural sciences. The whole course of study at the Preparatory Department takes a year. The Russian language Courses are also available at DSTU.
DURATION OF PROGRAMS OFFERED
Academic degrees or diplomas awarded
Training duration
Bachelor of science (B.Sc.) 4 years
Engineer (Specialist) 5 years
Master of Science (M.Sc.) 2 years more after Bachelor's degree award
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 3 years more after Master's or Specialist`s degree award
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) 3 years more after Master's or Specialist`s degree award
POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION
Don State Technical University trains scientific specialists at post-graduate and Doctorate courses.
The post-graduate courses for the future Ph.D. and D.Sc. degree specialists include more than 20 specialities (follows).
There are six thesis defense councils on 13 specialities at our university.
SIENTIFIC ACTIVITY AND RESEARCHES
Don state technical university is a powerful scientific center of the North-Caucasus region. DSTU embraces scientific schools of 6 directions:
• physics and mathematics; technics; economics; history; philosophy; pedagogy.
The most important scientific researches, which are being carried out in DSTU.
The most essential task of the scientific, experimental, developmental work and researches is to bind together the university science and manufacture. It is provided, on the one hand, through collaboration of DSTU with a number of industrial associations of region, in particular, through participation in the association “High technology”, which embraces large-scale industrial enterprises of the South of Russia and, on the other hand, through the activity of the South-Russian scientific training center of innovational business placed in DSTU.
Also, the regional departments of three professional academies operate on the basis of DSTU: the International academy of science, ecology and life safety, Russian academy of technological sciences and Russian academy of problems of quality.
Language work