Unit One Education

Essential vocabulary

Exercise 1. Make sure you know the pronunciation and the meanings of the given words and word-combinations.

cradle scientific department enterprises ensure priorities curriculum carry out campus thesis

advanced technologies equal opportunities student exchange to be devoted to flight safety implementation to date back achievement make a contribution well-known scientist

Exercise 2. Supply synonyms and antonyms for at least 5 words from the word list. Get ready to provide Ukrainian equivalents.

Exercise 3. Make up situations with 5 keywords from essential vocabulary.

Exercise 4. Topics for discussion:

a) What associations come to your mind when you hear the phrase “National Aviation University is a top-ranked university”.

b) Say what National Aviation University is for you.

c) Why you decided to enter the National Aviation University.

Exercise 5. Translate the following quotations, choose that are nearest to your own opinion and comment upon them.

“A university should be a place of light, of liberty and of learning”.

Benjamin Disraeli

“Knowledge is a city, to the building of which every human being brought a stone.”

Ralph W. Emerson

“Knowledge is power.”

Francis Bacon

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

Alfred Tennyson

Exercise 6. Read and translate the text.

History & Present Time of National Aviation University (nau).

The National Aviation University dates back to August 1933. During the years of its existence this educational institution has become a real cradle of aviation specialists, having trained thousands of experts who work in Ukraine and almost 90 other countries of the world.

The main historical dates:

• 1898 - Mechanical department of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute;

• 1933 - Kyiv Aviation Institute;

• 1947 - Kyiv Institute of Civil Air Fleet;

• 1965 - Kyiv Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers;

• 1994 - Kyiv International University of Civil Aviation;

• 2000 – till now - National Aviation University.

At present the University has following institution and faculties:

• Information-Diagnostic Systems Institute;

• Aerospace Institute;

• Management and Economics Institute;

• Preparatory Institute;

• Humanities Institute;

• ICAO Institute;

• The Institute of Extramural and Distance Education;

• Institute of Innovative Technologies;

• Institute of Continuing Education;

• Institute of International Relations;

• Air Navigation Institute;

• Faculty of Computer Sciences;

• Faculty of Computer Systems;

• Department of Work with Foreign Students;

• Department of Military Preparation;

• Airport Institute.

About 25 thousand students study at the University nowadays; among them are foreign students too. The educational process is carried out by the highly skilled scientific and pedagogical team including 6 academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The teaching staff includes 17 honored figures of science and engineering of Ukraine, 25 winners of the State prizes. The University branches are functioning at many enterprises where the leading experts are involved in the educational process.

The Rector of NAU is Dr. Kulyk Mykola Serhiyovich.

One of the priorities of the University is the integration into the international research and education area. The University has joined the Bologna Convention that makes it possible to integrate scientists' efforts and improve student’s mobility. Bologna Convention was approved by 33 member states at the conference of the European countries ministers of education of the held in Berlin. The Convention was signed in the city of Bologna, Italy, in June 1999. It aims forming a single system of standards in the sphere of higher education by 2010.  The University professors and students carry out wide range of research with universities of Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, France and South Korea.

The University successfully collaborates with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Two ICAO European Subregional Training Centers have been inaugurated in the framework of the University. Both Centers implement the TRAINAIR Methodology on the basis of ICAO Standards and Recommended practices.

Students have great opportunities for their free time: the studios of the Art and Culture Centre, sections within of Sports and Health facilities, Aircraft and Yacht clubs are as wellat their disposal. Comfortable hostels, Medical Centre, E-Club, and Billiard Parlor are the parts of students' campus.

Exercise 7. Say a few words about your university.

Exercise 8. Do you think the following sentences are true or false? Write T or F in the brackets.

( ) The University is more than 100 years.

( ) NAU was created as an educational institution for training building engineers and architects.

( ) The University was awarded the status of National Higher Educational Institution in 2000.

( ) Foreign students don’t study at NAU.

( ) The University established contacts with many international organizations.

Exercise 9. Translate into English using active vocabulary.

a) Випускники НАУ – відомі вчені, державні діячі, бізнесмени, що очолюють великі компанії.

b) Національний авіаційний університет – це багатопрофільний навчальний заклад, у якому багато інститутів.

c) Студенти нашого факультету займаються творчою роботою та вивчають передові технології у сфері дизайну.

d) У нашому університеті працюють відомі вчені, академіки, професори, що отримали державні нагороди.

e) Завдяки обміну студентами я отримав можливість познайомитися із системою освіти, навчальними програмами та студентським життям у Великобританії.

Exercise 10. Study the Rector’s biography and analyze his career ladder.