- •1 A. Look at the pictures. What do they have in common?
- •2 Let’s investigate the idea of education.
- •Active Vocabulary
- •6 Match Russian words and phrases (1 – 14) with their English equivalents (a – n).
- •7 Match the underlined words in the text with their synonyms below.
- •8 Give definitions of the following words and word combinations; illustrate their meaning in the sentences of your own:
- •9 Scan the text and fill in the gaps in the phrases with the prepositions from this list (at, to, for, into, in).
- •10 Answer the following questions about the Altai State University (asu).
- •1 Read the text to find the answers to the activities after it.
- •2 What do the following figures in the text refer to?
- •3 Complete the following sentences both with the information from the text above and some new facts you can find in the site (www.Law.Asu.Ru).
- •1 A Answer the following questions using information from the texts above.
- •1 Make up nouns from the given verbs.
- •2 Cross-one-out.
- •3 Put the words in the box under the following headings.
- •4 Read the definition and guess the word / word combination.
- •5 Fill each gap with the correct preposition, then translate the phrasal verbs into Russian.
- •6 Underline the correct word in each of the sentences below. Are there similar idioms in your language?
- •Studying abroad
- •1 Listen to a teacher comparing British and American education systems and complete the chart below.
- •2 What about your country? Compare your educational pattern with American and British ones (What age do you start elementary / secondary/ senior school?)
- •8 Compare the exam structure in Britain with your country. Are exams the best way to judge a student’s performance? Are there alternatives to exams?
- •1 Do you think there are some peculiarities in studying abroad? What world famous universities do you know? Can you guess what universities are among top ten in the uk?
- •2 Watch the video about Oxford University and do the activity after it.
- •3 Complete the gaps with a word from the box.
- •4 Read the texts and answer the questions. Law Faculty at University of Oxford
- •Active Vocabulary
- •5 Mark the following statements as true (t) / or false (f).
- •6 Make the following sentences complete by matching the phrases (figures) from these two columns.
- •Active Vocabulary
- •If you are interested in additional material on law faculties in other world-famous universities, go to the following web-sites:
10 Answer the following questions about the Altai State University (asu).
When was the ASU founded?
What place does it take among other institutions?
What departments are there in it?
Does it provide preparatory study for applicants?
How many students are enrolled in the University studies?
What is the teaching staff like?
Does the ASU keep close connections with other educational centres?
What educational facilities does it offer to its students?
Reading 2
1 Read the text to find the answers to the activities after it.
FACULTY OF LAW
Founded in 1963 as a department of Tomsk State University, since 1973 is a part of Altai State University.
Forms of education: full-time, part-time.
Courses provided: bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, postgraduate studies.
Academic degree: Law.
Specialities: Law.
Methods of assessment: credit-tests, essays, and examinations.
Number of students: approximately 1900
Departments of: Theory and History of the State and Law; Constitutional and International Law; Civil Law; Labor, Environmental Law and Civil Procedure; Criminal Law and Criminology; Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics.
Teaching staff: Certified staff includes Doctors of Sciences, Candidates of Sciences, teachers who are professional, dedicated and committed to their students’ success.
Facilities:codification study-room, 3 computer terminals, court room, criminalistic lab, criminalistic polygon, investigation methods and techniques lab etc.
Research: The Faculty of Law supports a wide variety of legal research. Thus, among its graduates there are both practicing lawyers and scientific workers. During their course of studies some initiative students start to conduct research studies on law and engage in scientific conferences, participate in student scientific society of the Faculty of Law. The best ones take part in the Annual Summer Law School.
The faculty has designed several research areas on which it places special value. These areas include research on constitutional law, administrative law, municipal law, international law, criminal law etc.
Career opportunities: Graduate students are able to work in courts, procurator’s offices, in the sphere of preliminary investigations, at legal advice offices, arbitration bodies etc.
Dean: Vitaliy Sorokin, Dr. habil., Full Professor
www.law.asu.ru
2 What do the following figures in the text refer to?
1963, 1900, 1973, 3.
3 Complete the following sentences both with the information from the text above and some new facts you can find in the site (www.Law.Asu.Ru).
1. The Faculty of Law was founded in ...
2. The dean of the Faculty is … who is …
3. The faculty provides a great variety of teaching methods and methods of assessment: …
4. There are 6 departments at the Law Faculty: …
5. The teaching staff includes … among them there are such honored specialists as …
6. During their course of studies some initiative students start to …
7. After graduation from the University the students are able to work in … What speciality do you major in? What subjects comprise your curriculum?
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