Vocabulary

faculty - факультет

public education - государственное образование

to be responsible – быть ответственным

teaching method – метод обучения

curriculum - расписание

to finish school – закончить школу

to graduate from the University – окончит университет

degree - степень

pedagogical skill – педагогические навыки

public school – бесплатная средняя школа

Exercise 1. Answer the question:

1. When did I. Ulyanov enter the physics and mathematics faculty of Kazan University?

2. Who propagated the brilliant ideas about the art of teaching expressed by Dobrolyubov, Chernyshevsky and Ushinsky?

3. What did Ulyanov do when he was appointed director of the Simbirsk Province people's schools?

4. What qualities should a teacher possess according to Ulyanov?

5. How were the teachers, whom Ulyanov had trained, called?

Exercise 2. Are the statements true or false?

1. In 1850, despite great obstacles, I. Ulyanov entered the physics and mathematics faculty of Kazan University.

2. In 1854 he graduated from the University and received the deg-ree of Candidate of Social Sciences.

3. In 1874 Lenin was appointed director of the Simbirsk Province people's schools.

4. Ulyanov did not put great energy ,his whole heart and soul into his work.

5. Ilya Nikolayevich was responsible for opening the schools for girls.

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences from the text.

1. A teacher by calling….

2. In 1854 he graduated from the University and…….

3. Speaking of the qualities….

4. He thought that school discipline depended……

5. Under his guidance…..

6. He did a great deal…..

7. Through the efforts……

8. As a teacher……

Exercise 4. Make up your own questions and discuss them with the group mates.

Exercise 5. Translate into Russian.

1. I am a student of the Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University.

2.Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical Institute was founded in 1932.

3. In 1994 it became the University.

4. About 5000 students are at the University.

5. Today there are 10 faculties at our University.

6. Our University prepares teachers for primary and secondary schools.

7. The students attend lectures and seminars.

Text c The Ulyanovsk Teachers Training University

When a person leaves school he understands that the time to choose his future profession has come. Leaving school is the beginning of the independent life. As a rule it is difficult for, many school-leavers to give a definite and right answer. As far as I am concerned I am a "would be" teacher. I left school in June and began to prepare for my entrance exams. As both my mother and father are teachers I have made up my mind to be a teacher too. I think teaching is a noble profession. I had to take four entrance exams and I passed all of them with good marks. Now 1 am a first-year student of the Ulyanovsk Teachers Training University at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics.

Look at the main building of our University which is situated on the Volga embankment. It is a magnificent building and we can't help admiring it.

There are faculties at our University which train teachers in many subjects: Russian, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Chemistry, Biology and others. Many scientists teach at our University. There are students who are fond of doing research work. After completing a course of five years our graduates can continue their studies and defend thesis (a dissertation).

We have a lot of classrooms, laboratories, a library, a reading-room, an assembly hall, a hostel, two dining-rooms and for those who go in for sports there are good gymnasiums. I am happy that I have entered this University I come to the University with pleasure and enthusiasm.