Vocabulary
war [wL] – война
to house [hauz] – размещать
to produce – производить
1. Read the text and answer the questions.
1. What title would you give to the text?
2. How old is our University?
3. What kind of centre is Perm Pedagogical University nowadays?
Perm Pedagogical University is the oldest higher educational establishment of this type in the Urals. It was founded in 1921 and the number of students was small. During the next two decades (the 20s and the 30s) our University grew greatly. In 1940 there were 1085 students and more than 100 professors and lecturers.
During the wartime a military hospital was housed in the main building, the department of chemistry produced medicines. In the years of the Great Patriotic War a large group of students, graduates and teachers went to the front. We shall never forget those who fell in the war, and among them Tatyana Baramsina, Hero of the Soviet Union, who had studied at our University.
Nowadays Perm Pedagogical University is an important centre of training teachers in the Urals.
2. Ask 5 questions on the text.
TEXT B
Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and the most prestigious universities in Great Britain. They are often called collectively Oxbridge. Both Universities were founded in the medieval period.
They are federations of semi-independent colleges, each college having its own staff, known as “Fellows”. Most colleges have their own dining hall, library and chapel (часовня) and contain enough accommodation for at least half of their students. The Fellows teach the college students either one-to-one – or in small groups, known as “tutorials” in Oxford and “supervisions” in Cambridge. Oxbridge has the lowest student/staff ratio (соотношение) in Britain. Lectures and laboratory work are organized at university level. Before 1970 Oxbridge colleges were single-sex (mostly for men). Now they admit both men and women.
Say if these statements are true or false.
1. Oxbridge is a collective name for the oldest and most prestigious universities in Britain.
2. Oxford and Cambridge consist of faculties.
3. Fellows are students at these universities.
4. Lectures are called tutorials and supervisions at Oxbridge.
5. There are fewer teachers at Oxbridge than at other universities.
6. Oxford and Cambridge admit both men and women.
TEXT C
Work Experience and Internship Programs
Through our student work experience program, the education authority provides over 9,000 work experience placements (= jobs for students who want to get work experience) for young people each year. Our program is designed to give chance to work for students that will enrich their academic studies and help them gain valuable work-related skills in order to find a good job after graduation. A job does not need to be related to a particular field of study and so participants may even discover areas of work they have never considered before.
All post-secondary school students in full-time education can apply for the program. Individual case managers will determine the minimum level academic achievement required for each job. During an academic term, a student may work part-time. During the summer holidays a student may work full-time or part-time. The education authority is responsible for the recruitment (=giving jobs) of all students under the work experience program. Candidates apply in person to our office and we refer them to the appropriate department.
Our internship program (= the program under which young people can work while still studying) is designed specifically for post-secondary students, whether part-time or full-time. Students on the internship program are given an assignment related to their research area offering them the chance to use their academic knowledge in an actual work setting. The academic institution plays an important role in the placement of students under this program and they will determine the duration of a work assignment. These traditionally last four months, but internship assignment may vary from 4 to 18 months. Students in this program normally work full-time.