- •Higher education
- •Учебное издание
- •Higher education
- •614000, Россия, г. Пермь, ул. Петропавловская,23
- •Предисловие
- •My Academy
- •1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •5. Odd one out.
- •6. Pay attention to the reading of the following words:
- •7. Find the united word:
- •8. Mark the statements true (t) or false (f). Correct the sentences.
- •9. Complete the sentences with suitable words from the box.
- •10. Match antonyms:
- •1. Read the article and complete it with correct words and word-combinations. From the history of Perm Agricultural Academy
- •Experimental and Training Farm
- •1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •2. Complete the following sentences:
- •3. Sum up about:
- •4. Test yourself.
- •History of education
- •1. Words and expressions:
- •2. Complete the following sentences:
- •Higher education
- •1. Skim through the text and say which of its paragraphs give the information about:
- •2. Remember the words and expressions:
- •3. Match the words:
- •4. Complete these sentences:
- •5. Read the clues. Then find the words and circle them. The answers are written across or down. The first two answers are given.
- •6. Answer the questions:
- •7. Say which facts given in the text were new to you?
- •8. Make up a story about the system of Higher education in Russia.
- •1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
- •2. Pay attention to the reading of the following words:
- •3. Translate into English:
- •4. Answer the questions:
- •5. Make up a story about the system of Higher education in the uk
- •6. Use the situations in the conversation:
- •History of university and college
- •1. Words and Expressions
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- •Part II
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- •4. Mark the statements true (t) or false (f) according to the article:
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- •Oxbridge
- •History
- •Amazing facts
- •Lots and lots of colleges
- •Teaching system
- •Societies
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- •3. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •The University of London
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- •3. Mark the statements true (t) or false (f) according to the article.
- •4. Read and complete the e-mail with the verbs from the box.
- •5. Test yourself.
- •6. Give the Russian equivalents to the following:
- •Education in the united states
- •Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning
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- •2. Find sentences that give the information about:
- •3. Find answers to the following questions in the text:
- •Higher Educational Institutions
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- •2. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •3. Find answers to the following questions in the text:
- •Colleges which are as different as geese are different from swans
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- •2. Say which facts given in the text were new to you.
- •Private and State Colleges and Universities
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- •2. Skim through the text and say which of its paragraphs gives the information about:
- •3. Find answers to the following questions in the text:
- •Colleges and Universities
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- •2. Say what information given in the text specifies the old facts you knew.
- •3. Say which facts given in the text were new to you.
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- •3. Read each sentence below. Underline every sentence that gives a reason for Robbie’s feeling scared and excited.
- •4. Read each of the following statements. Circle true or false according to the information in Act 1. If the sentence is false, change the underlined part.
- •1. Match the words with their definitions:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •3. Word search. Read the clues. Then find the words and circle them. The answers are written across or down. The first two answers are given.
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- •2. Match the words with their definitions:
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- •4. Make up a story about:
- •Higher education system in canada
- •Land Administration Certificate
- •What People Say About Us:
- •Interesting Facts:
- •1. Skim through the text and find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
- •2. Find sentences that give the information about:
- •Information about University of Toronto, Ontario
- •Interesting Facts:
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- •Information about University of Waterloo, Ontario
- •Interesting Facts:
- •1. Skim through the text and find sentences that give the information about:
- •2. Match the information with the names of universities:
- •1. Complete the sentences with suitable words:
- •2. Choose the correct options:
- •Bibliography
Education in the united states
Text 1
Elementary Schools, High Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning
There are eight years of elementary schooling. The elementary school is followed by four years of secondary school, or high school. Often the last two years of elementary and the first years of secondary school are combined into a junior high school.
The school year is nine months in length, beginning early in September and continuing until about the first of June, with a vacation of week or two at Christmas time and sometimes a shorter one in spring. There are slight variations from place to place. Students enter the first grade at the age of six and attendance is compulsory in most states until the age of sixteen or until the student has finished the eighth grade.
The elementary schools tend to be small. The high schools are generally larger and accommodate pupils from four or five elementary schools. A small town generally has several elementary schools and one high school. In some rural communities the one-room country school house still exists. Here may be found from five to twenty-five pupils in grades one through eight, all taught by the same teacher.
Admission to the American high school is automatic on completion of the elementary school. During the four-year high school program the student studies four or five major subjects per year, and classes in each of these subjects meet for an hour a day, five days a week. In addition, the student usually has classes in physical education, music, and art several times a week. If he fails a course, he repeats only that course and not the work of the entire year. Students must complete a certain number of courses in order to receive a diploma, or a certificate of graduation.
Institutions of higher learning supported by public funds are not absolutely free. The state colleges and universities charge a fee for tuition or registration. This fee is higher for those who come from outside the state. Working one's way through college is commonplace.
Usually there is no admission examination required by a state university for those who have finished high school within the state. Sometimes a certain pattern of high school studies is necessary, however, and some state universities require a certain scholastic average, or average of high school grades.
Private colleges and universities, especially the larger, well-known ones such as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, have rigid scholastic requirements for entrance, including an examination.
It usually takes four years to meet the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. A Master of Arts or Master of Science degree may be obtained in one or two additional years. The highest academic degree is the Doctor of Philosophy. It may take any number of years to complete the original research work necessary to obtain this degree.
1. Remember the words and word-combinations:
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS) degree |
степень бакалавра, присуждаемая по окончании четырехгодичного колледжа |
Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS) degree |
степень магистра |
the Doctor of Philosophy |
«доктор философии» (Ph. D.) в той или иной области («доктор философии в медицине», «доктор философии в физике») |
2. Find sentences with the following words and phrases in the text and translate them into Russian:
vacation, attendance is compulsory, to accommodate, rural community, a one-room country school house, to be taught by the same teacher, admission to school, major subjects, to receive a diploma, a fee for tuition.
3. Find sentences that give the information about:
a) the school year;
b) a one-room country school house;
c) the subjects studied at high school;
d) fee for tuition;
e) academic degrees.
4. Find answers to the following questions in the text:
1) When does the school year begin?
2) Are elementary schools big or small?
3) Do one-room country school houses still exist in the USA?
Text 2
School Curriculum
From Hawaii to Delaware, from Alaska to Louisiana, each of the 50 states in the USA has its own laws regulating education. From state to state some laws are similar, others are not. For example, all states require young people to attend school (the age limits vary: seven to sixteen, six to eighteen, etc.).
Though there is no national curriculum in the United States, certain subjects are taught across the country. Almost every elementary school provides instruction in these subjects: mathematics, language arts (a subject that includes reading, grammar, composition and literature), penmanship, science, social studies (a subject that includes history, geography, citizenship and economics), music, art and physical education.
In many elementary schools, courses in the use of computers have been introduced. And in some cases, a foreign language is offered in the upper elementary school. Not all schools offer any foreign language course, if they do, it usually lasts for no longer than half a year. In general, it is not necessary to study a foreign language to get a high school diploma. But if one plans to enter a college or university, one should study a foreign language for no less than two years.