- •Part I higher education in russia
- •I.Read and translate the following words and phrases:
- •II.Join the words in the left-hand column with the words in the right-hand column. Read them out and translate them into Russian.
- •III.Give nouns corresponding to the following verbs, adding the suffixes- (t)ion. Translate the words into Russian:
- •IV. Choose the right English equivalent:
- •V. Read and translate the text. Be ready to discuss it with your partners.
- •VI.Answer the following questions:
- •VII.Agree or disagree with the following statements. Begin your answer with the opening phrases. Give your reasons for or against:
- •Our iniversity
- •I.Read and translate the following international words. Pay attention to the parts of speech.
- •II.Read and remember the following words and phrases:
- •III.Choose the English word that best keeps the meaning of the Russian word:
- •IV.Translate the following phrases:
- •V.Read and translate the text. Be ready to discuss it with your partners.
- •Answer the following questions:
- •VII. Use the correct tense of the verb in the parentheses (round brackets). Mind the agreement between the subject and the predicate.
- •VIII. Ask your fellow students:
- •IX. Agree or disagree with the statements. Give your reasons for or against. Begin your sentences with the following opening phrases and develop them further.
- •X. A) What will you say if:
- •XI. Point out the suffix in the following words and translate them into Russian:
- •XII. Match the left-hand column with the right-hand column and read them out:
- •XIII.Match the following words with their correct definitions on the right:
- •VIII.Match the following words with their correct definitions on the right:
- •XIV. Give English equivalents of the following words and phrases:
- •XV. Ask questions for which the following statements may serve as answers.
- •XVI. Insert prepositions and postverbal adverbs where necessary.
- •XVII.Translate into English:
- •XVIII.Can you find 18 words connected with university and try to explain what these wods are connected with.
- •XIX. Situations.
- •XX. Make up your own dialogues on the topic “astu”. Say a few words about your first impressions (your time-table, teachers, etc.). Part II
- •The internet distance education
- •Higher education in great britain.
- •II Read and translate the text and then be ready to answer the following questions:
- •I Give the English for the following combinations:
- •II Complete the following sentences:
- •III Read the text and then be ready to name what is characteristic of Oxbridge:
- •IV Read and practise the following. Act as interpreter.
- •V.Choose the right answer.
- •Part III
- •Supplementary texts
- •Read the text to yourself and suggest a title
- •Text II Read the text and suggest a title to each paragraph ealing college of higher learning
- •Text III Read the text to yourself and suggest the title
- •Text IV student life and customs
- •Text V Stanford University
- •Text VI university of stirling
- •Text VII moscow state lomonosov university
- •Text VII chn University of Professional Education (chn)
- •Text IX Education for a United Europe
- •Content
- •Part III supplementary texts 23
III.Choose the English word that best keeps the meaning of the Russian word:
выпускник (университета)-(undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate), учебный- (academician, academic, academy), различный- (differ, different, difference), знание- (know, knowledge, known), физика- (physical, physicist, physician, physics).
IV.Translate the following phrases:
Period board a lecture
1.teaching building 2.academic degree 3. attend a lesson
staff staff a seminar
load year a class
a lesson
4.take a seminar
a test
a class
V.Read and translate the text. Be ready to discuss it with your partners.
Astrakhan State Technical University is situated in one of the most picturesque places of our town, not far from the great Russian river Volga.
Astrakhan Institute of Fisheries was founded in 1930. It was planned and built as a single and separate complex. In 1994 it was renamed into Astrakhan State Technical University. Several generations of students studied within the University, the graduates of the University have been working for a long time already.
A lovely academic town of the University is sutuated on a beautiful parkland. The University campus covers a large territory (over 13 ha). The University campus consists of 7 teaching buildings including administrative block, hostels, stadium, a medical aid centre and a club-house, etc.
Various conferences and meetings are held in the Assembly Hall situated in the main building. Here you can find Director’s, Deans’ and other offices. Teaching blocks have up-to date lecture halls, well-equipped laboratories, a computing centre and libraries rich in books.
The University posseses 8 halls for residence, on the territory of it you can see cafes, shops, sport centre (was built in 1983) with indoor swimming-pool, halls for tennis, basketball, etc.
There are 8 faculties and Institutes at our University. There is a Preparatory faculty, and a department of correspondence as well. A lot of students , including foreign ones, are trained in different specialities at our University.
Director (or Rector as it is called in Russia) is at the head of the University, while the work of the faculties and Institutes is headed by Deans. The teaching staff of special and academic departments consists of very experienced lectures nd assistants (820 members), capable of giving their knowledge and experience to students. Most of them are Masters and Doctors of science.
The full-time students of the University have a four- or five-year course of studies, while the extra-mural students study for 6 years.
The academic year is divided into two terms, each term (semester) ends with the winter and summer exams sessions. During the term students have to attend lectures, seminars and practicals according to the time-table. They also make reports, do laboratories and graphical works according to the basic programme. The first year students study such traditional disciplines as mathematics, chemistry, physics, history, foreign languages,etc. In the third year students begin to study in depth the subjects connected with their future speciality. The attendance of lectures and seminars is obligatory. At the end of each term undergraduates get prepared for the credit tests and examinations. Those who fail in an exam are allowed to take a second attempt.
The third-and-fourth-year students submit course papers in some special subjects. Graduates have to take final exams and defend their diploma projects worked out with the help of their supervisors. On graduating from the University students are awarded special certificates- diplomas; some of them who carry out research work become postgraduates of our University.
Young people mainly choose our University because it provides everything to train qualified specialists: lectures in accordance with the latest theoretical and practical data, psychological seminars and trainings; practical experience on boards the largest ships. Those graduates who receive a Bachelor’s degree are welcome to take a Masters’s one.