- •My Studies
- •II. Word list
- •III. Assignments
- •Answer the following questions.
- •2. Make a short presentation of the educational institution you studied at before entering the university. Include information about:
- •3. What do you know about education?
- •Tell about your course of studies.
- •Read the dialogue on dress code and using it as a model express your own ideas on the topic.
- •V. Text Siberian State Transport University
- •Answer the questions.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Tell some facts about your student’s life. Present information on:
- •2. Reports
- •V. Supplementary reading
- •The Significance of University-level Education for Person’s Development
- •Choose the statement that expresses the main idea of the text most accurately.
- •Answer the questions.
- •International Cooperation and Academic Mobility in the Sphere of Higher Education and Research
- •Education in Great Britain
- •Skim the text to understand the topic and the main points.
- •Read the text carefully to understand the peculiarities of the British educational system. When you have finished reading, see how much you can recall.
- •Try to work out the meanings of any words you don’t know from the context. Try to find Russian equivalents to the underlined word combinations.
- •University Education in Great Britain
- •Read the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •Some Aspects of British University Life
- •Read the text and make a list of topical vocabulary.
- •Supply answers to the questions.
- •Us University Education
- •Read the text.
- •Mark the statements as True or False.
EDUCATION
TEXT
“The aim of all education is, or should be,
to teach people to educate themselves.”
Arnold J.Toynbee
My Studies
This year I finished a secondary school # 276 in Barnaul and decided to enter The Altai State University. It’s one of the finest higher educational institutions. Another advantage is that the University is situated not far from my home. So it takes me only 20 minutes to get there. I passed my entrance exams successfully and now I am a first-year student of this University. I study at the Economic Faculty. There are more than 20 students in my group. Some of them are out-of-town students, so they live in the hall of residence.
In the first year we have a lot of different subjects. I’ m especially good at Maths and English. The course of training involves the following forms of instruction: lectures, seminars, practical training, laboratory work. Our timetable is rather convenient. We usually have three classes a day. They start at 8:30 and finish at 2 p.m. But we are also required to do self-study.
I prefer to work regularly and to get good marks in all subjects. I also try not to miss classes. All this helps me to make steady progress in my studies.
The academic year consists of two terms and at the end of each term we pass our tests and are allowed or not allowed to take our exams. The examination session lasts three weeks. After it we have vacation. I hope I won’t fail my exams.
II. Word list
academic year учебный год
advantage преимущество
an out-of-town student иногородний студент
class in урок по
convenient удобный
course курс
English comes easy to me. английский дается мне легко.
entrance exam вступительный экзамен
forms of instruction формы обучения
hall of residence общежитие
higher educational institutions ВУЗ
I’m a first/second...-year student. я – студент первого/второго… курса.
It takes me … Мне требуется …
lecture on лекция по
practical training практические занятия
secondary средний
seminar on семинар по
subject предмет
term семестр
timetable расписание
to attend classes/lectures посещать занятия/лекции
to be good at... у него способности к …
to be weak in … иметь слабую подготовку в …
to enter the institute поступить в институт
to fail an exam провалиться на экзамене
to get (to) добираться (до)
to get good/bad marks in получать хорошие/плохие отметки по
to graduate from the institute закончить институт
to last длиться
to make progress делать успехи
to miss classes пропускать занятия
to pass an exam in сдать экзамен
to prepare for готовиться к
to require требовать
to study at the institute/faculty учиться в институте/на факультете
to take an exam in сдавать экзамен по
to work by fits and starts работать урывками
to work regularly работать регулярно
training обучение
vacation каникулы
School Subjects: Russian language, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, literature, history, basics of social sciences, computer science, physical education.
University Subjects: History of Russia, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Engineering Graphics, Descriptive Geometry, Theoretical Mechanics, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Basics of Transport Services, etc.