- •Part I. Higher Education in Britain
- •1. Scan the article and find the answers to the questions:
- •Further and higher education in Great Britain
- •Text 2 An ancient University in the modern world
- •3. Write a plan of the article in questions and discuss the article.
- •4. Translate the following partnerships from English into Russian.
- •5. Translate these sentences from Russian into English.
- •6. Match the words to form partnerships:
- •7. Tick the boxes to form phrases:
- •8. Change from active into Passive Voice:
- •Text 3 Teaching and Examining at Oxford
- •Text 3 Cambridge
- •Text 5. Студент в «тумане»
- •7. Discuss the similarities and differences between:
- •The Universities of the usa
- •Text 2 Academic Student Life in the us
- •Text 3 Modern Examinations
- •Text 4 Schools Degrees
- •Text 5 Чего стоит знаменитый Гарвард
- •9.Translate the text into English and discuss in pairs the system of higher education a Student’s life in Australia.
- •Система образования Австралии
- •I. Высшее образование
- •II. Проживание студентов
- •III. Трудоустройство.
- •1.Retell the gyst of the article in English. Text 2 Система образования Канады.
- •Министерство образования и науки рф
7. Discuss the similarities and differences between:
-educational system in your country and UK or US educational systems
-teachers and tutors
-acceptance into the university
-degree
Part II
The Universities of the usa
Scan the text and answer the following questions:
What are the admission requirements to the colleges and universities in the USA?
What are the three types of schools of higher education?
Which of the entrance requirements are said to be more important?
What factors determine the choice by an individual of this of that college or university?
Text 1
The system of higher education in the United States is complex. It comprises three categories of institutions. 1) the university, which may contain a) several colleges for undergraduate students seeking a bachelor's (four-year) degree and b) one or more graduate schools for those continuing in specialized studies studies beyond the bachelor's degree to obtain a master's or a doctoral degree; 2) the technical training institutions at which high school graduates may take courses raging from six months to four years in duration and learn a wide variety of technical skills, from hair styling through business accounting to computer programming; 3) the two-year, or community college, from which students may enter many professions or may transfer to four-year colleges.
Any of these institutions might be either private or public, depending on the source of its funding. Some universities and colleges have, over time, gained reputations for offering particularly challenging courses and for providing their students with a higher quality of education. The factors determining whether an institution is one of the best or one of the lower prestige are quality of teaching faculty; quality of research faculties; amount of funding available for libraries, special programs, etc. (Et cetera - u maк далее); and the competence and number of applicants for admission, i.e. (id est - mo ecmь) how selective the institution can be in choosing its students. The more desirable institutions are generally more costly to attend (as the IVY League institutions, including Brown University, Columbia College, Cornell University (College of Arts and Sciences), Dartmouth College, Harvard Radcliffe, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University) and having graduated from one of them brings distinct advantages as the individual seeks employment opportunities.
*SAT is a test in mathematics and verbal ability. It is taken in the 11-th and 12-th grade of high school two or three times. SAT is preceded by PSAT (preparatory), a test to give a student a warm-up exercise for the SAT and indicate their probable SAT scoring range. ACT - the American College Testing program is similar to SAT but scores social studies and the natural studies. The test is taken once when required by certain colleges and universities. Both tests (SAT, ACT) are wildly used in the admission process of US colleges and universities.
College and university admission (entrance) requirements:
application including personal information;
high school report including class rank, a transcript with the list of all courses taken and all grades received in high school with courses failed or repeated, test results and a general assessment of the applicant's character such as academic motivation, creativity, self-discipline, leadership, self-confidence, sense of humor etc.;
recommendations by school teachers;
personal commentary such as major extra-curricular activities, hobbies, special awards or prizes, work or travel experience, educational and or career goals and the reasons for the choice of this particular university;
personal interview.
Study the table.
Academic calendar | |
fall (autumn), spring term / semester |
семестр |
school / academic year |
учебный год |
exam period / days |
экзаменационная сессия |
reading days / period |
дни для подготовки перед экзаменами |
break / recess (fall term break, winter recess or winter holidays, summer vacation) |
каникулы |
deadline |
последний день сдачи задолженностей |
Academic programmes (programs) | |
course |
курс (предмета) |
to take a course |
проходить курс |
to give a lecture |
читать лекции |
pass-fail course |
курс, по окончании которого сдается зачет |
a major (what’s your major?) |
предмет по специализации |
discussion session |
дискуссии |
seminars |
семинары |
a more academic class |
занятия с аспирантами |
Tests | |
to take / to give an exam |
сдавать/принимать экзамен |
to retake an exam (a retake) |
пересдавать экзамен |
to flunk / fail a course |
провалить предмет |
to flunk smb / to drop out / to withdraw |
исключать кого-то |
a pass-fail test/quiz |
зачет |
essay test |
письменный экзамен |
Read the text and write down the features at the academic student life in American universities.