- •Образование education
- •1. Warm-up
- •Text 1. Schools in Great Britain
- •American educational system
- •Text 2. Further or Higher Education
- •From “Oxford life”
- •2. Oxbridge
- •Text 1. Schools in Russia
- •Text 1. Russian Universities
- •Give Russian equivalents to these word combinations:
- •Faculties, Departments and Specialities:
- •2 Интересные факты и цифры о сгупСе
- •Facts and Figures about Sheffield University
- •More than 70 concerts and plays are organized each year by University students and staff.
- •Vocabulary test
- •Students
- •Literature
- •Contents
American educational system
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Name of school |
Grade |
Age |
Subjects | ||
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 | ||
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Primary or Elementary |
1 |
6 |
Reading, writing, spelling, adding, drawing, singing | ||
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2 |
7 |
Language, arts, subtraction, spelling, drawing, singing | |||
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3 |
8 |
Language, arts, social studies, multiplication | |||
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4 |
9 |
Language, arts, social studies, division | |||
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5 |
10 |
Language, arts, history, geography, fractions | |||
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6 |
11 |
Language, arts, history, geography, decimals, science | |||
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Junior High |
7 |
12 |
Language, arts, history, geography, algebra, science, foreign language, manual arts, home economics | ||
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8 |
13 |
Language, arts, history, geography, geometry, science, foreign language, manual arts, home economics | |||
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High School |
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College Prep. |
Vocational (professional) |
Business |
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9 Freshman |
14 |
English Math Science Physical Biology Physics Chemistry Foreign lang. Spanish, French |
English Economics Civics* Math Shop Home Group Economics |
English Bookkeeping Civics Math Typing | |
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10 Sophomore |
15 | ||||
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11 Junior |
16 | ||||
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12 Senior |
17 | ||||
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Junior College (2 yrs) |
Freshman |
18 |
English, foreign language, history, biology, physical science, sociology or psychology, physical education, ROTC ** | ||
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Sophomore |
19 | ||||
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College or University (4yrs) (undergraduate) |
Junior |
20 |
Courses in major and minor fields*** | ||
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Senior |
21 | ||||
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Graduate or Professional School |
MA
PhD |
22 23 24 25 |
One year plus theses
Three years plus dissertation | ||
* Civics - a school subject in which you study how government works and what people’s rights, duties, and responsibilities are as citizens.
** Reserve Officers’ Training Corps служба подготовки офицеров резерва (в гражданских учебных заведениях)
*** Major and minor fields - main and additional subjects
5. Render the text in English.
Школы Британии очень разные. Здесь и старинные частные школы, именуемые по непостижимой причине «публичными», и религиозные, и суперсовременные государственные (а значит, бесплатные) технические колледжи. Частных школ в Англии менее 10 %, но многие состоятельные люди отправляют своих детей именно туда – ведь школы эти очень престижные.
С 5 до 11 лет британские дети идут в начальную школу, где учат английский, арифметику, письмо и начало естественных наук. Оценки выставляются по семибалльной шкале, только не цифрами, как в России, а буквами. Оценки от А до Cсчитаются хорошими.
Для школьников после 11 лет, или, точнее, их родителей, существует широкий выбор школ. Одни предпочтут частные школы – там красивая форма, больше спорта и музыки, железная дисциплина.
В государственных школах порядки посвободнее, форму обычно можно не носить, хотя дисциплина здесь не менее строгая.
В какой бы школе ни учился юный британец, в 16 лет всем положено сдавать одинаковые экзамены. На этом обязательное образование кончается. Затем можно идти работать или продолжать образование.
1.3 Jokes
1.
“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories”.
2.
Teacher: Jack, why are you late to school every morning?
Jack: When I come to the crossing I see the words: “School – Go slow”.
3.
Teacher (looking over Teddy’s homework): I don’t see how it’s possible for a single person to make so many mistakes.
Teddy (proudly): It isn’t a single person, teacher, Father helped me.
4.
When a little boy arrived home from school his mother asked him if he had been a good boy.
He replied: “Sure I was good in school today! How much trouble can you get into standing in a corner?”
5.
Once the teacher asked the pupil: ” Bobby, how many fingers have you?” The pupil answered at once:” I have ten fingers.”
The teacher asked him another question:” Well, if four were missing what would you have then?” – “No music lessons,” was the answer.
6.
One day Pete came home from school and said:” I was the only pupil today who could answer the teacher’s question.”
“Very nice, Pete. And what was the question?”
“The teacher asked who broke the window in the classroom.”
Part 2 Further and Higher Education in Great Britain
2.1 Vocabulary
Match up the words and expressions on the left with the definitions on the right.
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1) Further education (FE) |
a) to be present at the lectures |
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2) professional qualification |
b) a strong competition to gain entrance to university |
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3) vocational training |
c) a teacher at a university |
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4) to follow a course |
d) the time during the year where there is teaching at colleges, universities etc. |
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5) day release |
e) courses, linked to some kind of practical vocational training, for example in engineering, typing, cooking or hairdressing. |
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6) to find employment |
f) higher academic degree Doctor of Philosophy (for all fields of study) |
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7) curriculum |
g) training for a particular job |
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8) the arts (humanities) |
h) a student studying for the first degree (a BA or BSc) |
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9) part-time college course |
k) degree or diploma for a particular job |
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10) academic year |
l) a student awarded a degree is known as a graduate |
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11) Polytechnics |
m) course of study in a school, college or university |
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12) degree |
n) on-the-job training combined with part-time college courses. This scheme places young unemployed people with a business or an industry for six months so that they can get experience of work, and pays them a small wage. |
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13) formal lectures |
o) subjects concerned with human culture, esp. literature, language, history and philosophy |
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14) to attend lectures |
p) system of instruction given by a college tutor |
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15) Young Opportunities Scheme (YOPS) |
q) to take a course |
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16) Campus |
r) to make a detailed study of something in order to discover new facts |
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17) tutorial system |
s) a qualification from a university. |
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18) PhD |
t) a system of allowing employees days off work for education |
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19) Don, lecturer or tutor |
u) to communicate |
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20) competition is fierce |
v) classes attended in the evening or some day of the week |
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21) an undergraduate |
w) official lectures |
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22) university graduate |
x) to find a job |
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23) to keep in touch |
y) ) similar to universities, but the courses tend to be more practically-oriented |
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24) to do (carry out) research |
z) an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university |
2.2 Reading