1.1. Look at the map of the Universities marked on the map of Europe. Do you know them? Pronounce their names in English. Sum up the ways 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 – the Sorbonne.

1.2. Listen to the discussion on universities and say what universities are being discussed. Make notes on what you find new and interesting and share them with your groupmates. Find the location of these universities on the map.

1.3. Discuss the criteria used to evaluate and make a choice of a university.

№	Criteria	Criterion significance (yes/no)
1	the date of university foundation
2	its location
3	its prestige
4	well known graduates in the country (Europe, world)
5	the number of faculties, specializations, curricula, professors and associate professors, students
6	its educational equipment, material base
7	the level of education of teachers and lecturers of the university
8	the quality of education
9	the educational standards a university gives
10	practical skills a university gives
11	the acceptance of university diplomas abroad
12	other

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

The newest in my country My University

 1.5. Read the text Types of Universities and find information on different types of universities and different types of teaching. Share your opinions in small groups and present the outcome of your discussion.

Types of Universities

(from ‘Russian higher school: on the way to new institutions’

by S.A. Smirnov in: http://www.antropolog.ru/doc/persons/smirnov/smirnov17)

There are several types of Universities that historically changed each other and were different in the way of study.

1. Industrial Shop Corporation

First European Universities originated from Industrial Shop Corporations. Sorbonne and University of Prague featured shops of masters. Pupils gathered around the master (teacher) to get the mysteries of trade from hand to hand, by the teacher in person. The teacher had a small number of pupils. Such conditions of teaching formed Associative Pedagogy. Nowadays this form of teaching disappeared as a University type, but the importance of associative pedagogy still exists. This is the way Brahmanas and Daoists have been taught now. Orthodox Cloisters keep to this educational pattern as well. This type of teaching is important to understand the role of a teacher as a model and his activity while teaching.