Topic vocabulary

Nouns (30):

a, c

archetype, cognition, cortege, creator, curricula,

d

depth, discipline, dispute, doctrine,

e, f

educational equipment, experience, follower,

h, i, k

hierarchy, holisticity (linkage), initiator, interpretation, inventor, knowledge,

l, m, n

lifetime, linkage (holisticity), Middle Ages, multiplicity, network,

p, r

prerequisites, Renaissance, researcher, polymath,

s

scientist-universalist, sense, scope, speculation, scholar, Socratic method, supervisor

v, u

Value, universalism, University (type).

Adjectives (10):

a, h, f, r

actual (understanding), attitude, holistic, false, renowned,

m, s, t, u,

material, significant, technological (ingenuity), true, universal (genius).

Verbs (17):

a, c

advance (the state of knowledge), cause,

d

define, denote, differentiate,

i, l, m

Interact, investigate, interpret, learn, map, mold (syn: build, form),

p

pursue (any field of knowledge), publish,

r, s, t

render, set up, strive (at), transmit, teach,

Adverbs (4) :

as a whole, completely, by analogy, evidently

 Vocabulary building

1.1. Look at the map of Europe with some Universities marked. Do you know them? Pronounce their titles. Sum up the way universities are named.

Vilnius – VU, Minsk – the BSU, Moscow – MSU named after M.V. Lomonosov, St. Petersburg – SpU, Warsaw – WU, London – LU, Oxford – ОU, Hall – Humberside University (HU), Paris – Sorbonne.

1.2. Listen to the discussion on universities and say which universities are being discussed. Make notes on what you found new and interesting and share it with your group mates. Find the location of these universities on the map.

1.3. Discuss the criteria of university evaluation and choice.

№	Criteria	Criterion significance (yes\no)
1	the age of university
2	its location
3	the prestige of its title
4	its graduates are well known in the country (Europe, world)
5	the number of faculties, specializations, curricula, professors and associate professors, students
6	educational equipment, material base
7	the level of education of those who teach at the university
8	quality of education
9	level of knowledge the university gives
10	practical skills the university gives
11	value of University diplomas abroad
12	others

1.4. Present the criteria that are significant for your own choice in Vocabulary map.

The newest in my country

My University

 1.5. Find in the text information on different types of universities and so different types of teaching, read and present its review. On the basis of what you have presented and head from other groups define to what type of universities the one you study at belongs.