
- •Учебное пособие
- •Learning foreign languages
- •Answer the questions.
- •Read the dialogue and express the opinion “why do you learn foreign language?” Why Do You Learn Foreign Language?
- •Translate these sentences into English.
- •Make up you own dialogue about learning foreign languages.
- •Now you begin an institute course of English. It is very important to know what you think about it. Is it necessary for a future economist (engineer) to study a foreign language?
- •To express your opinion
- •To agree with somebody
- •To disagree with somebody
- •The history of the english language
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions.
- •Complete the sentences.
- •Make up a plan for retelling the text, pointing out the main historical events.
- •Retell what you’ve learnt about the history of the English Language. History of education
- •Egypt [`iʤipt] – Egyptian [I`ʤip∫n]
- •China [`t∫ain]– Chinese [`t∫ai`ni:z] Greece [gri:s]– Greek
- •Education in russia
- •Read the translation of the first two paragraphs given below. Compare it with the original and say if everything is right.
- •Answer the questions:
- •Higher education in russia.
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Our university.
- •Exercises
- •Pay special attention to the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Find in the text sentences with Passive Voice.
- •Make up general and tail questions to the sentences:
- •Retell the text using the plan:
- •My study at the university Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Higher education in great britain
- •Exercises
- •Remember the words and word-combinations.
- •Pay attention to the reading of the following words:
- •Translate into English
- •Answer the questions:
- •Make up a story about the system of Higher education in the u.K.
- •Use the situations in the conversation:
- •Words and Expressions
- •Try to arrange the Universities in chronological order.
- •Read the text and test yourself, write out the dates of foundation.
- •Read the text and find English equivalents of the next Russian word-combinations.
- •Complete the following sentences:
- •Oxford and cambridge
- •References
- •Exercises
- •Find the equivalents to the English expressions in the right-hand column.
- •Answer the questions.
- •Fill in the gaps.
- •Fill in the table.
- •What tradition is popular to the students at Сambridge?
- •What are students "sconced" (штрафоваться) for?
- •What do the so-called "Bulldogs" do if a student whom they come up to runs away?
- •What students' societies are there at Cambridge and which is the most popular one?
- •The oxford and cambridge boat race
- •Exercises
- •Find in the text English equivalents of the following words and word-combinations:
- •1. Skim through the text and say which of its paragraphs gives the information about:
- •2. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •Find answers to the following questions in the text:
- •American Universities and Colleges.
- •Exercises
- •Answer the questions:
- •Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true or fаlse:
- •Translate into English.
- •Чего стоит знаменитый Гарвард
- •Приложение the united states of america
- •Who can be elected
- •Great britain
- •Great britain
- •What was for you new in this text? Explain why
- •Australia
- •New zealand
American Universities and Colleges.
Higher education in the United States includes educational programmes which usually require for admission 12 years of elementary and secondary schooling. It is carried on under a number of forms.
The most common type of higher education is the college. It requires for admission graduation from a standard secondary school; its four-year curriculum leads to the bachelor's degree in arts and sciences.
A college prepares the student for two things: either graduate study leading to master's or doctor's degree or a job immediately after graduation. A student who majors in business administration for example, may be fully prepared for a career in business when he has finished college.
On the other hand, a student majoring in psychology often must do a great deal of graduate work before he is competent in this field.
The American college is known by various titles such as the college of liberal arts, the college of arts and sciences, the college of literature, science and arts. The college may be the central unit around which the university is organized, or it may be a separate corporate entity, independent from the University.
The university in the United States is an educational institution comprising a college of liberal arts and sciences, a professional school leading to a professional degree and a graduate college (school). A graduate college provides programmes for study and research beyond the levels of the bachelor's and first professional degree.
The word «university», however, is also used in a broader sense, for almost any type of educational institution offering instruction beyond the level of the secondary school.
Thus in the United States there is some confusion in the use of the terms «college» and «university». Some institutions that are in fact colleges of liberal arts have been incorporated in the universities. Some institutions incorporated in colleges are in fact universities with graduate and professional schools.
American colleges and universities are either public or private, that is, supported by public funds or supported privately by a church group or other groups acting as private citizens although under a state charter.
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In addition to colleges and universities there is a large number of professional schools, separate from universities. They provide preparation in one or more professional fields, such as law, music or theology. Junior colleges or professional schools do not offer the full four-year curriculum leading to a degree.
An institute of technology is a degree-granting institution that specializes in science and technology; some of them have graduate study, An institution offering programs of technological study only at the junior college level is known as a technical institution.
The colleges in the United States differ greatly in size- they may include from 100 to 5000 students and more. Most of the larger institutions fall into the category of universities, the largest being University of California, State University of New York, New York University, Columbia University and others.
Higher educational institutions usually are governed by a board of regents or a board of trustees.
The executive head of a college or a university is usually called the president. The various colleges or schools which take up a university are headed by deans. Within a school or college there may be departments according to subject matter fields, each of which may be headed by a professor who is designated as department head or chairman. Other members of the faculty hold academic ranks, such as instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.
Students are classified as freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. A freshman is a first year student, a sophomore, a second year student, a junior, a third year student, and a senior, a fourth year student. All students who have graduated from the senior class and who continue studying at a university are classified as advanced students or graduate students. Some graduate students receive grants which cover the cost of their education; a person on such a fellowship is called a university fellow.