1.2. In Appendix 1 read what is Vocabulary map and build such a map centered around the idea (theme) “University” using the material of the dialogues you’ve just read.
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1.3. Read the dialogues and define the communicative situation (who, with whom, where, when, and on what occasion is communicating.
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1.4. What aspects of the university life you can find in the dialogues:
1.5. Read the extract “academy” from the vocabulary article “School”. It is taken from Roget’s Thesaurus of English words and expression. Discuss why all these words appeared in one and the same group.
Roget’s Thesaurus of English words and expression was published in 1852. The articles in this dictionary are organized not in a narrative way (not as texts in its general understanding), but by grouping the whole vocabulary of the English language semantically and thematically.
The article “School” in its full scope is given in Appendix 2. There you’ll also read about the way each vocabulary article is organized.
539 School
N. academy, institute, educational i.; college, lyceum, gymnasium, senior secondary school; conservatoire, ballet school, art s., academy of dramatic art; correspondence college; university, campus; polytechnic, poly; alma mater, old school, groves of academy.
1.6. If such a dictionary existed in your native language, which words would compose the article “school”.
1.7. Think what the University is for you and present your associations in the following way: write in separate lines
3 adjectives_________________________________________;
2 verbs________________________________________________;
1 noun___________________________________________________;
1 word expression or phrase ____________________________________.
1.8. Compare your association in the group, find out words in common. This is your new world.
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Render (v) – 1) to represent in verbal form, depict;
2) give an interpretation or rendition of something;
3) To express in another language or form; translate.
(Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/render)
2.1. Think why we call universities ‘higher educational establishments’. Read the definition of the word “university” taken from Encyclopaedic dictionary and say if the words ‘higher educational establishments’ represent the notion ‘university’ fully enough.
«Universities are higher educational establishments and research institutions in which the whole set of courses that form the basis of scientific knowledge is being studied. U. trains specialists for different branches of economy, science, culture, and carry out research activities. A distinguished trait of u. is their thirst to closely connect education and research».