2. Choose the paragraph dealing with the following information:

a) A peculiar method of teaching in this school is spoken communication when students leave their classrooms to have a conversation with townspeople.

b) There are a lot of subjects on the curriculum whose range changes each term.

c) There are differences in teaching the advanced students and the beginners.

3. Answer the question: “What are the duties of a group tutor?”

4. Choose the adequate summary of the text.

a) The school in Bath accepts about one hundred students from different countries who are classified into groups from complete beginners to very advanced.

b) The main methods of teaching at such schools are questioning, interviews and projects; they give students more oral practice.

c) The aim of the Bell group schools is to teach good English at different levels and according to the individual interests of the students.

d) It is very important to form the groups of students according to the results of entrance test.

Unit two

OUR UNIVERSITY

Phonetic Exercises

1. Pronounce correctly and pay attention to forming Participle I:

do – doing go – going sing – singing enter – entering

pay – paying cry – crying study – studying play – playing

take – taking come – coming cut – cutting get – getting

2. Read and memorise the following.

1) I am sitting.

You are walking.

He is singing.

She is talking.

We are writing.

They are fighting.

2) Live and learn. Live and let live.

3) Don’t trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you.

4) Mister Brown, Mister Brown,

Are you going down town?

Could you stop and take me down?

Thank you kindly, Mister Brown!

5) No bees – no honey, no work – no money.

Vocabulary

Learn the following words:

apparatus of advanced design [xpq'reitqs... qd'va:nst di'zain] – приборы современной конструкции

to carry out ['kxri 'aut] – выполнять

to develop [di'velqp] – развивать

education ["edju'keiSn] – образование

to be engaged in – заниматься чем-л.

establishment [es'txbliSmənt] – учреждение

to equip [i'kwip] – оборудовать

equipment [ik'wipmənt] – оборудование

experienced – опытный

field of knowledge [..'nOliG] – область знаний

free – 1) свободный, 2) бесплатный

higher educational institution [haiə...] – высшее учебное заведение

to include [in'klud] – включать

Internet facilities [fq'silitiz] – выход в интернет

to make a contribution [...kqntri'bjuSn] – вносить вклад

outstanding [aut'stxndiN] – выдающийся

to provide [prə'vaid] – обеспечивать, предоставлять

research [ri'sWC] – исследование

science [saiqns] – наука

staff [sta:f] – штат

to train [trein] – обучать, подготавливать

various ['vFqriqs] – разнообразный

Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

Pedagogical ["pedq'gOGIkl], technical ['teknIkl], pharmaceutical ["fRmq'sjHtikl], agricultural ["xgrI'kAlCqrql], faculty ['fxkqltI], mathematics ["mxTq'mxtiks], philology [fi'lOlqGI], culture ['kAlCq], pedagogy ["pedq'gOGI], primary ['praimqrI], pre-school ['prJ'skHl], psychological ["saikq'lOGIkl], music ['mjHzIk], lecture ['lekCq], lecturer ['lekCqrq], science [saiqns], scientific [saiqn'tIfIk], experienced [Iks'pIqrIqnst], integral individuality [In'tegrql "IndI"vIdju'xlItI], hydrodynamics ['haidroudai'nxmIks], ornithology ["LnI'TOlqGI].

Match the topics and the paragraphs of the text.

a) The role of our University

b) The Faculties

c) Higher education in Perm

d) Opportunities for the students

e) The Structure

f) The Staff

Read and translate the following text.