- •Module I
- •II. Reading
- •Lutsk National Technical University
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Tell what sentences are true and what are false.
- •2. Choose the right answer:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •5. Find as quickly as possible and read out the sentences containing the following important information:
- •Word Study
- •1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following.
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following.
- •3. Match each word in the left-hand column with the best in the right-hand column.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the words from Vocabulary Notes in the appropriate form.
- •5. Translate sentences into English using words and word combinations from the Vocabulary Notes.
- •Grammar in Use The Present Simple Tense
- •1. Put the following into the singular.
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple..
- •3. Put sentences of ex.1 into negative and interrogative form.
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Complete the following statements:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Do the following tasks:
- •Text 2. My Future Speciality is Computer Systems and Networks
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Complete the following statements:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Do the following tasks:
- •Text 3. My Future Speciality is Professional Training
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Complete the following statements:
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •3. Do the following tasks:
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Tell what sentences are true and what are false.
- •2. Choose the right answer:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •4. Answer following questions.
- •5. Find as quickly as possible and read out the sentences containing the following important information:
- •Word Study
- •1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following.
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following.
- •3. Make up pairs or groups of words close in meaning.
- •4. Fill in the gaps with the words from Vocabulary Notes in the appropriate form.
- •5. Translate sentences into English using words and word combinations from the Vocabulary Notes.
- •Grammar in Use The Past Simple Tense
- •1. Put down the following sentences into the Past Simple Tense.
- •2. Open the brackets using the Past Simple Tense. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •3. Make up sentences using the following words. Don’t forget about word order in English.
- •Additional Text (for individual work) Read, translate the text and answer the following questions:
- •The Need for Computer Literacy in Modern Society
- •II. Reading Read, translate the text and point out the main characteristics of pc. Personal Computers
- •Vocabulary Notes
- •Comprehension
- •1. Tell what sentences are true and what are false.
- •2. Choose the right answer:
- •3. Complete the sentences:
- •4. Answer following questions.
- •5. Find as quickly as possible and read out the sentences containing the following important information:
- •2. Make the sentences interrogative and negative.
- •3. Replace the Infinitive in brackets by the Future Simple Tense. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •Additional Text (for individual work) Read, translate the text and answer the following questions:
- •Application of Personal Computers
- •1. Find in the texts:
Module I
Computer Literacy for All
Unit 1
Text Study: Lutsk National Technical University
Additional Texts:
Text 1. My Future Speciality is Automation
Text 2. My Future Speciality is Computer Systems and Networks
Text 3. My Future Speciality is Professional Training
Grammar: The Present Simple Tense
Text Study
I. Pre-reading Exercises
1. Repeat the words in chorus:
Accreditation, establishment, correspondence, agreement, competition, comprehensive, qualified, reorganized, the curricula, to envisage, well-equipped, bilateral, representatives, facilities.
2. While reading the text you will come across a number of international words. Try to guess what Ukrainian words they remind you:
Technical, history, faculty, institute, polytechnical, industrial, interest, speciality, programme, specialist, result, candidate, economics, complex, laboratory, apparatus, international, conference, basis, method, contact, profession, music, club, concert, popular, sports, regional.
3. Pay attention to some grammatical points:
1) Lutsk National Technical University is one of the youngest higher educational establishments of Ukraine. 2) The University widely opens the way for young people who have the ability to work and reveal much interest to knowledge and mysteries of science. 3) There is a full time training and training by correspondence at the University, the latter being for those who want to combine their work and study. 4) The students are given the opportunity to choose the curricula and subject courses by themselves. 5) All educational and scientific work is organized and carried out by highly qualified teachers. 6) The University is a complex of modern lecture and study rooms and well-equipped laboratories. 7) It provides all the conditions and facilities necessary for the comprehensive education and training of future engineers, researchers and scientists.
II. Reading
Read the text and be ready to find in the text the answers to the following questions:
What is the history of LNTU?
Why should we study foreign languages?
Lutsk National Technical University
Lutsk National Technical University is one of the youngest higher educational establishments of Ukraine. It was founded as the General Engineering Faculty of Kyiv Motor-Car and Highway Engineering Institute in 1966. In 1975 it became the Branch of Lviv Polytechnical Institute and in 1991 it was reorganized into the independent Industrial Institute. In 1997 it has got the highest - the fourth grade of accreditation, the Status of University and in 2008 it has got the status of the National University and at present its name is Lutsk National Technical University.
The University widely opens the way for young people who have the ability to work and reveal much interest to knowledge and mysteries of science.
The University trains specialists for various fields of knowledge. There is a full time training and training by correspondence at the University, the latter being for those who want to combine their work and study. There is also the Preparatory department for those who want to enter the University.
The students are given the opportunity to choose the curricula and subject courses by themselves. The university programmes are: Bachelor and Master. There is also a Post-graduate programme which envisages thorough training in a chosen speciality. The final result of post-graduating training is the defence of a thesis for a Candidate degree in engineering or economics.
All educational and scientific work is organized and carried out by highly qualified teachers.
The students of the University are involved in research work right from their first year of study. The contest of students' works, competitions, exhibitions are held annually here. A lot of students are prize-winners of all Ukrainian students' competitions and participants of international students' conferences.
The University is a complex of modern lecture and study rooms and well-equipped laboratories. It provides all the conditions and facilities necessary for the comprehensive education and training of future engineers, researchers and scientists.
Foreign languages are taught at all faculties of the University. To read and translate original scientific and technical literature in English, German or French is the main aim of study here.
The University devotes much attention to the promotion of cooperation with institutions of higher education in foreign countries on the basis of bilateral agreements. International contacts are maintained with higher schools in Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Belgium.
The students of the University are not only mastering their future profession, but also have a good rest. The University has all necessary facilities for the development of young people's abilities and for their rest. They organize evening parties with interesting concert programmes prepared by representatives of all faculties. The Club of cheerful and ready-witted is popular not only in our town but also beyond it.
Students go in for different kinds of sports. They have all facilities for this: sports complex embracing 3 gyms, a swimming pool and various sports grounds. The University teams are winners of many town, regional, all-Ukrainian competitions. Sport has become an important part of students' life.