Speaking

Learn some classroom expressions.

I am sorry, I am late – Простите, что я опоздал.

Who is staying away? – Кто отсутствует?

All students are present. – Все студенты присутствуют.

Are you ready? – Вы готовы?

(I am afraid) I am not ready yet – (Боюсь,) я еще не готов.

Who is the monitor? – Кто староста?

Begin reading! – Начинайте читать!

Go on working! – Продолжайте работать!

Will you translate this word, please? – Пожалуйста, переведите это слово!

What’s the Russian for “establishment”? – Что значит по-русски «establishment»?

Shall I read or translate the text? – Мне читать или переводить текст?

The time is over. Hand in your papers, please! – Время закончилось. Сдавайте работы, пожалуйста!

There goes the bell. – Звенит звонок.

The bell has gone. – Звонок прозвенел.

Let’s have a break. – Давайте сделаем перерыв.

Let’s air the classroom. – Давайте проветрим аудиторию.

Write down your home assignment (home task) – Запишите домашнее задание.

Sample Dialogues

1. Teacher: Good morning! Let’s begin our classes. Who is the monitor?

Monitor: I am.

Teacher: Who is staying away?

Monitor: All students are present.

2. Student: I am sorry, I am late.

Teacher: Why are you late?

Student: I got stuck in a traffic jam.

Teacher: Go to your seat and don’t be late next time.

3. Teacher: I checked up your test-papers yesterday.

Students: What are our results?

Teacher: Two papers are excellent, five papers are good, three papers are satisfactory. One student got a bad mark: he made too many mistakes.

4. Student A: Who is the monitor in your group?

Student B: Dasha Petrova is.

Student A: Where is she now?

Student B: She is at the Dean’s Office.

Student A: What is she doing there?

Student B: She is talking to the Deputy Dean.

Student A: What are they speaking about?

Student B: I think they are speaking about the timetable.

Role play: “The teacher and students in a class”.

Use the phrases from the dialogues and the classroom expressions and make your own dialogues.

Lexical Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

1. Are you a student? (first-year, study, faculty)

2. How many faculties are there at the University? What are they? (train/trains teachers of, the course of studies)

3. Are there many laboratories? (is/are equipped, of advanced design, Internet facilities)

4. What does our University provide good conditions for? (research, laboratories, carry out, various fields of knowledge).

Exercise 2. Read the sentences translating the words in brackets into English.

1. Perm Technical University is one of the (высших образовательных учреждений)

3. Nowadays it is an important centre of training specialists (в различных областях) of technology and engineering.

4. The laboratories are equipped (приборами современной конструкции).

7. Professors, lecturers and instructors (вносят свой вклад) to science and technology.

9. Technical University provides good conditions for (научного исследования).

10. All students (выполняют исследовательскую работу) in various fields (под руководством опытных преподавателей).

Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with prepositions and adverbs if necessary.

1. Pedagogical Universities train specialists … various fields … knowledge.

2. There are 13 faculties … our University, and … them the Faculty … Philology and the Faculty … History.

3. My friends and I study … the Faculty … Psychology.

4. Our University is a centre … training teachers in the Urals.

5. It provides good conditions … scientific work.

6. We carry… research … various fields … knowledge.

7. Here many laboratories are equipped … apparatus … advanced design.

8. Our University plays an important part … developing public education in the Urals.

9. The teachers … our University make a contribution … various fields … knowledge.

10. The psychological school … integral individuality was founded ... V.S. Merlin.

11. The Rector is … charge … the University.

12. The Dean is responsible … the faculty.

13. The monitor is the leader … the group.

Exercise 4. Translate into English.

Пермский государственный университет – старейший вуз г. Пермь. Каждый год множество молодых людей поступает на его факультеты. Многие студенты получают стипендию и живут в общежитии. В университете много лабораторий, оборудованных современными приборами. Все студенты проводят научные исследования в различных областях знаний. ПГУ играет важную роль в развитии российской науки.

Exercise 5. Fill in the table.

Thing	Person	Thing	Person	Thing	Person
science			friend		educator
psychology		profession		design
chemistry		library		research
physics		history			lecturer

Exercise 6. Write the verbs from which these nouns are formed and translate them into Russian.

Establishment, department, knowledge, equipment, development.

Exercise 7. Fill in the table.

Noun	Verb	Adjective
		research
education
	produce
		responsible
		free
		advanced
design
science	----------

Exercise 8. Choose the right word (use it in the correct form).

1. Students carry out research in all fields of … . … research is an important part of higher education. Young … have many advantages. (scientist, scientific, science)

2. The faculty of … trains … . Many of the teachers are brilliant …, their … produce a great impression on the listeners. (history, historian, lecture, lecturer)

3. … is a fashionable science nowadays. Our University … hundreds of young people every year, and a lot of … get their … here. After graduating from the University they will devote themselves to the solution of … problems of children and adults. (educate, education, psychologist, psychological, psychology)