Vocabulary

on basis of – на базе

elections – выборы

dean – декан

additional – дополнительный

to co-operate – сотрудничать

support – сопровождение, поддержка

2. Translate the text.

3. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What are the names of the Institute and the faculty you study at?

2. When was your faculty founded?

3. When were the elections of Dean held?

4. Who became the dean of the faculty?

5. What additional educational programs were introduced at the faculty in 1989?

6. What happened in September 2004?

7. What program of education do you study?

The Institute of Arts Education (Painting, Music, Amateur and Folk Arts, Graphics, Design)

1. Find out the information of your Institute

The Institute of Arts Education consists of the department of Painting and Graphics and the department of Music Education. The Institute was founded in 2004.

Students of the Institute can receive such specialties as “a teacher of Music”, “a teacher of Arts”, “a designer”, “an artist” and “a pencil artist”. There are full-time and part-time departments at the Institute.

A teaching staff of the Institute consists of graduates of the leading higher educational establishments of Arts and Music Education. The teachers have a rich pedagogical experience. There are Candidates, Doctors of Pedagogical Science, professors, members of Russian Artists’ Union and Russian Designers’ Union, Honoured Artists of Russia and laureates of All-Russia and International Music Competitions.

The Institute of Arts Education has its own building at Barrikadnaya Street. There is a concert hall, workshops of ceramics and sculpture where students are able to do their practical works. There are also workshops of drawing and painting at the department of Painting and Graphics. Students’ concerts of Music Education department are held in Assembly Hall of VSSPU in the main building of our university.

Creative and research activities are carried out at the Institute. Students and their teachers take an active part in culture life of Volgograd and the Russian Federation: in concerts, All-Russia and international art exhibitions and music competitions and so on.

Vocabulary

pedagogical experience – педагогический

опыт

Russian Artists’ Union – Союз Художников России

Russian Designers’ Union – Союз Дизайнеров России

Honoured Artists – заслуженные артисты

laureates – лауреаты

All-Russia – Всероссийский

workshops – мастерские

Assembly Hall – Актовый зал

2. Translate the text.

3. Answer the questions to the text:

1. What is the name of the Institute you study at?

2. When was the Institute founded?

3. Where is the building of the Institute?

4. Where can students do their practical works?

5. Where are students’ concerts of Music Education department held?

6. Are creative and research activities carried out at the Institute?