- •Высшее образование в великобритании, россии и сша
- •Оглавление
- •Введение
- •World declaration on higher education
- •World declaration on higher education for the twenty-first century: vision and action
- •2. Express your point of view about missions, functions and problems of higher education in modern world.
- •1. Before you read and translate the following text, study the vocabulary and learn the words by heart. If you are not sure how to pronounce the word correctly, consult the dictionary.
- •2. Give the adequate Russian variants for the following word combinations:
- •3. Find the English equivalents for the following word combinations:
- •5. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. Try to do it in your own words using the information from the text.
- •6. Choose the correct translation and explain your choice:
- •7. Open the brackets and complete the sentences.
- •8. Say if the following statements are true (t) or false (f). Use the following phrases:
- •9. Match the question and the answer:
- •11. Here are the answers. Your task is to put questions.
- •12. Make up the plan and retell the text.
- •13. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •Oxbridge
- •5. Complete the following sentences and use them as a plan to retell the text:
- •6. Translate the sentences into English.
- •7. Read the passage about people in education and choose the correct article a/the. Sometimes there is no need to use any article, so cross out both.
- •8. Check your knowledge. Match the definitions with one of the given words:
- •10. Put the following sentences in the correct order to make up a story:
- •Higher education in russia
- •1. Give the adequate Russian variants for the underlined word combinations.
- •2. Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations and learn them by heart:
- •3. Find in the text words, which correspond to the following definitions:
- •4. Explain in English what is meant by:
- •5. Make up the words of different parts of speech. You can use the following suffixes:
- •8. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
- •9. Tell about the system of higher education in the Russian Federation.
- •10. Make a report about the outstanding scientist, poet and founder of the Moscow State University m.V. Lomonosov. The murmansk state technical university
- •Give the adequate Russian variants for the following word combinations:
- •Find in the text and give the English equivalents for the following word combinations:
- •7. Work in pairs. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Read and translate the dialogue between the students of the university:
- •Higher education in the usa
- •4. Read the text about the education in The United States of America and put the paragraph titles in the correct place in the text.
- •The world famous universities.
- •5. Translate the words and word combinations into English:
- •6. Find the words in the text which mean:
- •9. Correct the statements.
- •11. Do the translation into English.
- •12. Discuss the following issues:
- •Yale university
- •1. Before reading the text translate the following words and word combinations into Russian using a dictionary:
- •2. Yale University is one of the oldest and best-known universities of the usa. Read the text and find the information about:
- •3. Comment on the quotation of Richard c. Levin naming the main institutional priorities of The Yale University.
- •Write the summary of the text.
- •Would you like to get higher education in one of the American universities? If yes, read this information for International Applicants and fill in the application form. Good luck! (see Appendix)
- •Role play
- •Durability of higher education
- •Appendix список использованной литературы
7. Work in pairs. Answer the following questions:
1. When was the Murmansk Higher Engineering Marine School founded and when was it reorganized into Academy? How is our educational institution called now?
2. What must the applicant have if he/she wants to enter the university? What entrance exams did you pass?
3. What do you know about preliminary courses? Did you attend them to enter the university?
4. How many cadets and students study at the University? Who studies at the part-time and correspondence departments?
5. How many faculties are there at the University? What faculties do full-time students study at? What faculty do you study at?
6. What specialized fields does your faculty comprise? What specialized field do you study at?
7. What does every faculty have at its disposal?
8. What general engineering subjects do first- and second-year students study? What humanitarian subjects does the curriculum include? What is your favourite subject? What subject are you good at? What is the most difficult subject for you? What subject do you work hard at?
9. When do students begin to concentrate on their major subjects? What subjects and courses do they study? What do these subjects and courses help students to do?
10. What laboratories do students have at their disposal? Why does the laboratory work play an important part in training up-to-date specialists? What is the aim of field work? Where do cadets have their sailing practice?
11. What books does the university library have? Are you fond of reading? What books do you prefer to read?
12. What opportunities does the university provide to play sports? Are there any sport clubs at the university? What are they? Do you go in for sport? What is your favourite sport? Why?
13. How many terms are there in the academic year? When do students have vocations? How and where do you usually spend your holidays?
14. How many credits and exams do students usually take at the end of the term? What exams will you take at the end of this term? What happens if a student fails to pass a credit?
15. Is it allowed to miss classes? What must a student do if he/she missed the classes? Do you often miss classes?
16. What degree can students get after four years of study? When can they get the Master's degree? Who may take the post-graduate course?
17. Do you like to study at the MSTU? Why?
8. Read and translate the dialogue between the students of the university:
Hello, Alex! Glad to see you!
Hello, Max! Glad to see you too! How are you?
I'm a little bit tired. We have four pairs of classes today.
What are they?
Higher Mathematics, English, Philosophy and Descriptive Geometry.
Are you good at these subjects?
I'm quite good at Higher Mathematics, Descriptive Geometry is my favourite subject and English is the most difficult subject for me. I'm not good at foreign languages.
Do you have to work hard?
Oh, yes. I want to pass the credit on time so I work really hard: I read & translate texts, learn new words, study grammar rules, do a lot of exercises.
And what about Philosophy?
Well, frankly speaking, I'm not ready for the seminar today. So I don't think I'll take part in the discussion.
Don't worry! You can take my book, there are some good articles on your topic! You still have time to look them through and to prepare for the seminar!
Thank you very much!
You are welcome! See you!
Make up your own dialogue, speak about the usual working day at the university: your pairs of classes, favourite/difficult subjects, work during the classes and seminars.
9. Make up the plan of the text and tell about your Alma Mater.
10. So, you have got acquainted with the systems of higher education in Great Britain and in Russia. And now compare these systems. Divide into groups and put down your ideas about the difference between the British and Russian systems of higher education. Speak about the educational institutions, entrance to the university, academic year, etc.
e.g. The academic year in British universities starts in October whereas in Russia it starts in September.
Share your ideas with the other groups.
11. What advantages and disadvantages do the Russian and British systems of higher education have? Where would you like to study? Why?