1. A first-year university student.

2. Someone who is in the third year at university or high school.

3. A member usu. of the lowest rank of a college or university faculty whose duties may include grading papers, supervising laboratories or teaching classes.

4. A faculty member in a college or university who ranks immediately bellow a professor and above an assistant professor.

5. A faculty member assigned to advise students on personal, academic and vocational matters.

6. A person on a university staff who provides counseling and consultation service to help in decisions regarding courses, majors, vocational plans, career opportunities and personal matters.

7. The entire teaching staff at an educational institution.

8. …Consists of professors and instructors.

9. Department chairman.

10. The rank that corresponds to the British rank of readers or senior lecturers.

11. The head of the university.

12. The vice-president of the department.

13. A period of one year associated with the university activity;

14. The last date for a retake;

15. A period of time occupied by the exams;

16. A brief stopping of study;

17. One of the four parts of the academic year;

18. One or more days to read up for an examination;

19. A half-year, especially one of the two terms of the year in the colleges of Germany, USA and other countries.

20. A period of one year associated with the university activity;

21. The last date for a retake;

22.A period of time occupied by the exams;

23.A brief stopping of study;

24.One of the four parts of the academic year;

25.One or more days to read up for an examination;

26. A half-year, especially one of the two terms of the year in the colleges of Germany, USA and other countries.

27.An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination; an examination consisting of a few short questions;

28.to go through a course of exercises, tasks, questions ect.;

29.to test carefully a person’s knowledge or ability;

30.Grade Point Average – a grade allowing to continue in school and to graduate;

31.To fail an exam or course of study;

32.To make somebody fail an exam;

33.To have to leave school or college because your work is not good enough;

34.To stop going to classes before finishing the course;

35. An exam or course with no mark given for it (the only thing the students are told about their performance is whether or not they have passed);

36.An exam or question in which you are given a list of answers and you have to choose the correct one;

37.A test demanding a short piece of writing on a particular subject;

38.The Scholastic Aptitude Test (in mathematics and verbal ability). The SAT is taken in the 11^th grade of high school;

39.The Preparatory Scholastic Aptitude Test – a test to give students a warm-up exercise for the SAT and indicate their probable SAT scoring range;

40.An American College Testing program (in social and the natural studies). The ACT is taken when required by certain colleges or universities;

41.To make another attempt to pass an exam;

42. A person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees conferred by university usually by spending several years in advanced study of a specialized field by writing an acceptable dissertation and by passing numerous rigorous examination.

43. To take up an additional course for personal interest, not for a credit and to pay for it additionally.

44. Lengthy written essay submitted for a university degree.

45. Set of printed examination questions on a given subject.

46.To abandon or give up the course.

47. To request financial support, usually officially, especially by writing or sending in a form;

48.A sum of money given especially by the government to a student for studies;

50. An amount of money given by a school, college, university or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money;

51.Any kind of work in summer at the college you study (to earn money);

52.The money paid for half a course;

53The.financial support given to a student;

54.The money paid for the whole course;

55.To fulfill the conditions for receiving financial support;

56.Money paid for studying;

56.Money paid for housing.

Exercise 4. Give the synonyms to the following words and word-combinations:

- Readers or senior lecturers

- The entire teaching staff

- A chairman of the university

- A chief of he department

Exercise 5. Fill in the blanks:

Chance…or, a…istant dean, department ch…rman, fac…lty, assoc…te pro…essor, c…nselor, ten…re, ch…f, se….er, t..m, qua…, per…, …ak, dead….

Exercise 6. Match the words from the first column to the second one.

- A period of one year associated with the university activity; - The last date for a retake; - A period of time occupied by the exams; - A brief stopping of study; - One of the four parts of the academic year; - One or more days to read up for an examination; - A half-year, especially one of the two terms of the year in the colleges of Germany, USA and other countries

quarter; Reading days/period; Break/recess; Semester/term; Academic/school year; Deadline; Exam period/days

An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination; an examination consisting of a few short questions; to go through a course of exercises, tasks, questions ect.; to test carefully a person’s knowledge or ability; Grade Point Average – a grade allowing to continue in school and to graduate; to fail an exam or course of study; to make somebody fail an exam; to have to leave school or college because your work is not good enough; to stop going to classes before finishing the course; exam or course with no mark given for it (the only thing the students are told about their performance is whether or not they have passed); an exam or question in which you are given a list of answers and you have to choose the correct one; a test demanding a short piece of writing on a particular subject; the Scholastic Aptitude Test (in mathematics and verbal ability). The SAT is taken in the 11th grade of high school; the Preparatory Scholastic Aptitude Test – a test to give students a warm-up exercise for the SAT and indicate their probable SAT scoring range; an American College Testing program (in social and the natural studies). The ACT is taken when required by certain colleges or universities; to make another attempt to pass an exam;				GPA; an essay test; quiz; SAT; to flunk out; to retake an exam; to flunk a course; PSAT; to take an exam; to flunk somebody; to give an exam; a pass-fail test; a multiple-choice test; to retake an exam; withdraw
- an amount of money given by a school, college, university or other organization to pay for the studies of a person with great ability but little money; - money paid for housing; - to request financial support, usually officially, especially by writing or sending in a form; - the money paid for the whole course; - money paid for studying; - a sum of money given especially by the government to a student for studies; - to fulfill the conditions for receiving financial support; - financial support given to a student; - any kind of work in summer at the college you study (to earn money); - the money paid for half a course;			Housing fees; Full-time fees; A college work-study job; Scholarship; Part-time fees; Academic fees; To apply for financial aid; To be eligible for financial assistance; Grants; Student financial aid

Exercise 7. Correct the mistakes

Samester, querter, academec jear, ixam piriod, reeding deys, breek, deedline, discusion session, educational record, to majour, pass-failed course, cource, seminares, accademic class, elactive, to graduete.

Exercise 8. Complete the following word combinations.

Fall …; reading …; summer …; … recess; … year; … period a course…A-student…,a minor…,a student-teacher…,pass-fail course…,discussion session, to give an …; to … a course; an ... test; to ... out; to retake an …; to flunk …; a multiple-… test; a …-fail test; to drop …

Exercise 9. Explain the the meaning of the following wоrds and word-combinations:

a course

A-student

a minor

a student-teacher

pass-fail course

discussion session

a minor

discussion session

seminars

a more academic class, usually with grad students

TEXT 1

The System of Higher Education in the USA.

There are two types of colleges and Universities in USA: state and private colleges (that are run by the church and private groups).Usually colleges receive money in three ways:

• Subsidized by the taxpayers,

• Donated by the private individuals;

• Due to the tuitions

Even at state schools exists the tuition requirements but it's much lower that at private school.

Moreover, private individuals supply the money either to private or to sale colleges just to help to run it. College itself has to have its own physical facilities (buildings, computers, chalk, faculty etc.) So the tuition (being very low) is not the very thing that supports it but only helps; thus private contributions and donations are to do it.

There also so called Summer schools that allow students to repeal the course they failed, to improve their grades or to get some additional skills. They are very popular with the foreigners how can get certain knowledge there.

The tuition for schooling is greatly variegated according to the college or university. It may be from 10000$ per year (Faulkner University) to 50000$ per year (Harvard University). But despite this, every student gets some sort of financial aid.

All schools provide scholarships (10%-50% of the whole tuition fee), which is very competitive and is of different kinds: general abilities, music, theatre or sport abilities etc.) Apart from, since some time federal government has been loaning money to students.

Admission is very competitive as well. The most important skill is academic ability. There are two entrance tests for most American colleges- standardized tests (SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), ACT (American College Testing Program)). Nevertheless, all colleges and Institutes acquire your being potential civil leader or your being getting well along with other people. A great importance has the financial state of the family as the credits are very expensive -300$ for each one. These are the dominant acquirements for the admission in American colleges.

Application pack of required papers:

• School tests (SAT, ACT, RYE (puzzles in Math, Geography), they are not free of charge;

• Educational record (a set of all marks and grades received during the high schooling), on special request;

• 2-3 recommendational letters from some schoolteachers to show how good you are.

There are different types of colleges in the USA. The term "college" refers to a school that specializes at only one subject area (mathematics, art...).

While studying there a student may have 2-year degree- 72 credit hours per year (4 credit hours per week - 1 hour in the classroom and 3 hours for the study elsewhere). Most colleges usually have 3 credit hour courses per week. This is so called associate degree, an introductory college degree.

Most schools have 4-year degree (132 credit hours for the whole course) and at the end of the study get a Bachelor's degree. Actually, it composes of 2 areas of study:

• General Study Courses (Core courses) gives you a background in a lot of different subjects (Grammar, Literature, History, Mathematics, Science, Bible, Music, Art, Physical Education, Computer Science, Psychology, Rhetoric etc.) At the end of it the student gets an associate degree (2 years of study = 72 hours). It's so called Preliminary college.

• Major Field of Study (Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Physical Education, primary and secondary education, music, art etc.)

For example, the introductory course of History - overview - is the USA History (6 hours) and Western Civilization (6hours). Introductory courses don't require deep studies. The deepest are:

* American Civil War (Reconstruction period);

* Research Methods of History;

* The History of the State (Alabama);

* Philosophy of History (Theory of History, the

changing of meaning of Historic events);

* Courses in American Government;

* Sociology and anthropology;

University is more than one college in the same campus and may include over 3000 students.

Colleges are of common structures - Arts and Sciences. Lectures are very few, the dominating is seminar (discussion on different subjects), very popular are topics for written projects.

For example, the Faulkner University includes:

Schools	Colleges
School of Arts and Sciences	Biblical studies B. degree (36 hours a week) 132 hours for year	Business (45 semester hours) M. degree	Law (90 semester hours) Dr. Of Law

Most of the Universities in USA follow the same pattern, but some of them have much more schools in their campus.

Many schools have set admission standards. First of all students have to set their Syllabus – the individual academic program (students decide what subjects they wish to study and at what time) and to register for the next semester classes, state the dates to add some more classes or to drop some classes according to their abilities. They are to pass one final exam during the week at the end of the year and two or more midterm exams during the midterm week. Not the dean's office states the deadline, but professors have some liberties in setting exams and determine the number of them. During the session all grades come together and form a final grade. Tests and Written Papers are popular.

A-student (graduates with straight A/ with credit/ honours)

More advanced courses have 20 grades and more that 3 midterm exams and 1 final exam. In mostly every subject individual research is very important and compulsory. There even special subjects are provided about how to do researching and some courses are given specifically for research subjects.

As American Schooling is very competitive, teachers are usually required with terminal degree (Dr. of Philosophy) to teach at the college level in every school. But some teachers with Master's Degree can teach at college level as well. But those with terminal degree have 20% added to their celery. So all colleges and Universities are very competitive to attract best students and best teacher. But great majority of Americans prefers to get only Bachelor degree.

2/3 of American students is occupied with part-time jobs, specially in summer, to pay their tuition fee. The most popular jobs are salesmen, in fast-food shops, assistants in elementary schools, day-care situations (relatively low-paid jobs).