- •Методичні вказівки
- •Student Life. Higher Education and Ways to Science.
- •Передмова
- •Contents
- •Topic: Our University
- •1. Answer the following questions. Make conjectures.
- •2. Fill in English equivalents of the following words and word combinations:
- •3. Now you have a chance to get to know some information about our university. Study the following information about Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University. Our university
- •4. Answer the following questions using the text. Give full answers.
- •5. Here are some words to put to your vocabulary. Find Ukrainian equivalents using the text. The first one is done for you.
- •6. Complete the sentences, using the words from Ex. 3. Three of them are used twice. The first one is done for you.
- •9. Try to explain the meaning of the word but do not name it. Describe it with the help of other words. Use the text.
- •10. Match the pictures with proper words from the box that characterize them. The first one is done.
- •11. Complete the word puzzle using the text and clues below.
- •12. Make up a dialogue about Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University with the help of the useful language box.
- •14.Make up your own dialogue on the proposed situation using Ex. 13
- •Topic: Yuri Kondratyuk
- •1. Speak on the following using active vocabulary:
- •2. Do you know who Yuri Kondratyuk is? What was his role in astronautics? Have you ever visited the Cosmonautics Museum in Poltava? Read the following text: yuri kondratyuk. Space conquering.
- •3. Look for the words with the similar meaning in the text from Ex. 2.
- •4. Here are some words to put to your vocabulary. Find Ukrainian equivalents using the text. The first one is done for you.
- •5. Look in the box for the appropriate term that can fit the following definitions in the table. One is done for you.
- •6. Fill in the gaps with one of the words from the box (There are 4 extra words not mentioned the text):
- •Topic: Higher Education in Ukraine
- •4. Study the following text and be ready to do exercises after it:
- •Higher education in ukraine
- •5. Match a word on the left with a word on the right to make a common word partnership.
- •6. Change two wrong words in each sentence, according to the text.
- •7. Find the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations in the text and insert them into the table (in the infinitive):
- •8. Answer the questions to the text “Higher Education in Ukraine”. Choose the correct answer among the ones, proposed to you.
- •9. Find the adjectives to the following nouns in the text from Ex. 4. The first one is done for you.
- •10. Cross out one odd word in each line. The first one was done for you:
- •Topic: Research Work
- •4. Answer the following questions. Give the full answer:
- •Part II
- •(In the canteen)
- •7. Find 12 words from the box below. One and the same letter can be used twice (horizontally and vertically). The first word is done for you:
- •8. Use the correct forms of the pronouns:
- •9. Look for the appropriate word in the box for the following meaning.
- •10. Speak on the following using active vocabulary:
- •11. Read ten top tips for research students and be ready to do the task after it.
- •Topic: My Speciality
- •1. Read the following text and answer these questions using these word combinations:
- •My speciality
- •2. Find English equivalents in the text:
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:
- •Vocabulary
- •Topic: Higher Education and Ways to Science
- •Supplementary.
- •Exercises for Translation
- •1. Translate into English:
- •2. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •3. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English:
- •4. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •5. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •References
2. Pre-reading task 2. Work in pairs. What do you associate the definition “research work” with? Try to find as many nouns, related to the word combination “research work”, as possible, and insert them into the spider-scheme.
READING ACTIVITY
3. Read the following text and be ready to do exercises after it.
STUDENTS’ RESEARCH WORK
Institutes and Universities draw students into research work from the very beginning of their studies. Students’ participation in research is one of the most effective methods for training highly-qualified professionals. Conducting research1 students improve their knowledge and put into practical use the things they learn at lectures, seminars and laboratories. It helps them realize2 the practical value of their knowledge3, to master4 the basic experimental techniques, to learn how to handle modern equipment and analyze the results of the experiment.
Such students graduate as highly-qualified specialists. And this is one of the most important tasks facing higher schools. Great attention is paid to the work of Students' Scientific Societies. Contests5, competitions and exhibitions, based on students' researches have become a tradition. Every year student contests are held for the best research project. The winners get medals and diplomas.
As a rule, students write their term papers6 and graduation projects on the problems of their research work. They handle7 experimental equipment8, carry out 9 theoretical investigations10, read scientific literature. Term papers, research works, graduation projects of practical important to industry are the stages of making students highly-qualified thinking specialists ready for independent work even before they get their diplomas.
1 – проводити дослідження
2 – розуміти
3 – цінність знань
4 – оволодівати
5 – конкурс
6 – курсові роботи
7 – керувати
8 – обладнання
9 – проводити
10 – дослідження
4. Answer the following questions. Give the full answer:
Why do higher schools draw students into research work?
What traditions do Students' Scientific Societies uphold?
How does scientific research help students in writing their term papers and carrying out graduation projects?
What are the stages of making students’ highly-qualified professionals?
What is the most effective method of training highly-qualified professionals?
5. Comment on the following statements:
Students who take part in research work become highly-qualified specialists.
Student research is of great importance for writing term papers and graduation projects.
One of the most effective methods for training qualified specialists is student participation in research.