6. Match each word with its correct definition on the right

truant	balls given by a teacher to represent how good someone’s work is
terms	to be successful in an examination
cheat	a period of time in which students are taught
revise	to be unsuccessful during an exam
fail	a group of students or pupils who study together
memorize	to do something dishonest to get something
mark	periods of time the school year is divided
class	to learn and remember something exactly
lesson	a student who stays away from school without permission
pass	to prepare for a test by studying

Speaking

Remember your school years and discuss the following questions

1. Did you enjoy your school years?

2. Were your teachers strict?

3. Did you have many friends?

4. Did you play any sports or musical instruments during your school years?

5. Did you have any teachers or subjects that you especially liked and disliked?

6. How often did you have to take exams?

7. How did you feel about exams? Did you enjoy or hate them? Did you get nervous about them?

Writing

Write about one of the following subjects:

1. A Teacher Who Had a Lot of Influence on Me

2. My Memories of School Years

UNIT II

MY UNIVERSITY

Docere est discere

(“First study then teach” – the slogan of VSSPU)

Pre-reading task

1. Answer the questions

1. What is the name of the university you study at?

2. What faculty do you study at?

3. Are you a first year student?

4. What exams did you have to pass to enter the university?

5. Do you like studying at the university? Why?

2. Look through the new words

Vocabulary

institution – учреждение

immediately – сразу же

scientific research center – научно-исследовательский центр

graduate – выпускник

establishment – учреждение

part-time student – студент заочного отделения

postgraduate – магистрант, аспирант

boys’ pedagogical lyceum – мужской педагогический лицей

kindergarten – детский сад

to carry out – проводить, вести

staff – штат сотрудников

corresponding member – член-корреспондент

degree – степень

activities – деятельность

to prepare – подготовить

Reading

1. Read and translate the text

Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University

Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University is one of the major and leading pedagogical institutions of higher learning in the Russian Federation. It was founded on May the 22^nd 1931 as Stalingrad Industrial Pedagogical Institute. On October the 1^st 1931 the first lectures began in four departments of the Institute. In 1932 the Institute got the name of Stalingrad State Pedagogical Institute.

The Institute was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. But the reconstruction of it began immediately after the victory over the fascists in Stalingrad in 1943.

After the Great Patriotic War Stalingrad State Pedagogical Institute was situated in the building of Akademicheskaya Street (now it is Building No. 2). The Main Building of the Institute was constructed in 1959. Building No. 1 was built next to it in 1998.

On January 19, 1949 the Institute was named after the famous writer Alexander Serafimovitch.

During the 60s and 70s of the 20^th century the famous scientific research centers were opened at the institute.

In 1992 the institute got the status of the university and the name of Volgograd State Pedagogical University (VSPU).

In 2004 the university won the “International European Quality Contest” in the nomination “100 Best Universities”.

During the last ten years the university is among ten best pedagogical and linguistic universities in Russia due to the high standards of knowledge and professionalism of the graduates.

Since 2011 our university has the name of Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University (VSSPU).

Nowadays the university is one of the most popular educational establishments in our country. There are full-time students, part-time students, foreign students and postgraduates.

Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University is an educational complex. It has its branch in Michailovka, Volgograd Region. There are three pedagogical colleges, the gymnasium, the boys’ pedagogical lyceum, schools and kindergartens which are the part of the complex.

Teaching and research are carried out by highly qualified staff. There are Academicians, Doctors of Science, and Candidates of Science. Many of them are professors and corresponding members of the Russian Education Academy and International Academies.

The university offers courses leading to higher degrees in all areas of education and other professional fields: Bachelor (4 years of studying), Master (2 years of studying), Candidate of Science (3-4 years of studying), and Doctor of Science (3-4 years of studying).

Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University consists of the following Academic Departments:

Institutes:

• Pre-school, Primary Education and Special Pedagogy,

• Foreign Languages,

• Arts Education,

• Institute of Confucius;

Faculties:

• Natural Sciences,

• History and Law,

• Mathematics, Physics and IT,

• Management,

• Psychology and Social Work,

• Service and Technology,

• Physical Training and Life Safety,

• Philology,

• Faculty for Foreign Students.

 Since the time the university was founded it has prepared thousands of teachers and has become one of the greatest scientific centers of methodical and pedagogical activities in our country. Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University is well-known not only in Russia, but in other countries as well. Many students from different countries study here.

2. Find the new words in the text you have just read and read the sentences with them aloud.

3. Check the meaning and the pronunciation of the words from the text in your dictionary:

major (adj) psychology (n)

scientific (adj) pedagogical (adj)

establishment (n) immediately (adv)

lyceum (n) status (n)

gymnasium (n) research (n)

4. The following suffixes are used to form different parts of speech:

Nouns -ment; -ness; -sion; -tion; -ty; -al; -ance Adjectives -ful; -ic; -able; -ous; -y; -ive; -al; Verbs -ize/ise