- •Рецензенты:
- •Unit 1 Higher Engineering Education in Belarus
- •If you have chosen most of these activities, engineering is the suitable course of study for you.
- •Vocabulary
- •Higher Engineering Education in Belarus
- •Unit 2 Higher Education in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary
- •General Knowledge Quiz
- •Higher Education in Great Britain
- •Unit 3 The Belarusian National Technical University
- •Vocabulary
- •General Knowledge Quiz
- •The Belarusian National Technical University
- •Dialogue 1
- •Dialogue 2
- •Dialogue 3
- •Dialogue 4
- •Unit 4 The University of Manchester
- •General Knowledge Quiz
- •Vocabularly
- •The University of Manchester
- •Unit 5 My Faculty
- •General Knowledge Quiz
- •Vocabulary
- •Unit 6 The Industry of Belarus
- •Vocabulary
- •The Industry of Belarus
- •Contents
Unit 2 Higher Education in Great Britain
STARTING UP
Exercise 1.
Discuss the following questions:
If you had a chance to get higher education abroad, what country would you choose? Why?
Do you agree that the UK enjoys the reputation of a world leader in education?
What world famous British universities do you know?
Exercise 2.
Look through the list of the reasons to get higher education in Great Britain. Rank them in order of their importance. Explain your choice.
World reputation for high quality education
State-of-the-art study and research facilities
New educational experience
A good way of improving your knowledge of English
The opportunity to study alongside world-class teachers
Great employment opportunities worldwide
Vocabulary
Exercise 1.
Match the English words (phrases) with their Russian equivalents.
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Exercise 2.
Match the English words (phrases) with their definitions. Check any unknown words in a dictionary.
Admission, tutorial, multimedia, degree, assessment, accommodation, content, origin |
involving computer programmes that use a mixture of sound,
pictures, video, and writing to give information
a place for someone to live or stay
the evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something
the process of allowing people to enter a university, institution
ideas, facts, or opinions that are contained in a speech, piece of writing, film, programme.
an academic rank conferred by a university after examination or after completion of a course
the place or situation in which something begins to exist
a regular meeting between a tutor and one or several students, for discussion of a subject that is being studied
Exercise 3.
Match the words with a similar meaning. Check any unknown words in a dictionary.
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Exercise 4.
Match the words that go together. Check that you know the meanings of the phrases. Then complete the sentences below.
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Margaret Thatcher, Indira Gandhi, Bill Clinton and many other … studied at Oxbridge.
Good standard accommodation is available to all first-year students in the University … .
… allow students to get practical experience applying material from their lectures.
The University provides … for every interest one could imagine.
The big advantage of living in a … is that the majority of your needs are situated on one site.
Oxbridge… on personal tuition which provides students with the opportunity to get in-depth knowledge in their chosen subject.
…is a method of studying in which students are provided with interactive teaching and multimedia materials.
At Oxford and Cambridge teaching is conducted primarily through the ….
Last year she completed a four-year course in economics to get a ….
With the help of … it is easy to provide audio visual education.
READING
Exercise 1.
What facts do you know about higher education in Great Britain? Do the general knowledge quiz below and then check your answers by reading the text.