- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
- •Contents
- •University tutor
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to be»
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to have»
- •Succeeding in College
- •Task 2
- •I think that… я думаю, что …..
- •Introducing yourself
- •Introducing someone
- •Introduce your partner to the groupmates and tell them about him/her.
- •Rules of Success: a Message for Students
- •Smile with us
- •Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text
- •Higher Education in Russia
- •Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions
- •Summary
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Five advantages of Russian educational system
- •Smile with us
- •Exercise 2
- •Insert by or with into the gaps
- •Higher education in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Insert the right prepositions. Consult the text
- •Introduction
- •Communication
- •Smile with us
- •Grammar exercises
- •Exercise 1
- •Fill in the gaps with the Modal verbs: can, can’t, could, couldn't
- •Insert into the gaps may, might, to be allowed to/ not to be allowed to
- •Close the door behind you
- •Exercise 6
- •Higher Education in the usa
- •Vocabulary practice
- •Reading
- •Unit system
- •Introduction
- •In pairs, take it in turns to make requests and refuse politely in the following situations
- •3. Would you like to study in a foreign country? Why (not)?
- •Smile with us
- •Value of Higher education
- •Task 2
- •Important ones from your point of view
- •If you had the possibility to choose the university what university would you choose among the suggested ones? Give reasons for your choice
- •South Ural State University
- •If you were asked to give the three most striking facts about the university what facts would you choose?
- •Present the information you find to your groupmates using the following scheme:
- •Speaking
- •2. Facts about the university
- •Grammar Exercises
- •Asking for Information
- •Student life at Oxford
- •Task 7
- •My Specialty is Computer Science
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Exercise 1
- •Homework
- •Insert the required form of the verb into the gaps
- •Computer Support Specialists
- •Grammar Tables Степени сравнения имен прилагательных (The Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives)
- •Образование настоящего неопределенного времени
- •Образование Past Simple (Indefinite)
- •Образование Future Simple (Indefinite) Tense Утвердительная форма
- •Вопросительная форма
- •Образование Past Progressive (Continuous)
- •Образование Future Progressive
- •Образование Present Perfect
- •Образование Past Perfect
- •Модальные глаголы can, may, must и их эквиваленты
- •Условные предложения
- •References
Communication
Introducing yourself
When you meet someone for the first time, it is customary to introduce yourself.
Task 1
Practice some expressions used for the introduction
My name is …
I am …
My first name is…
My second name is…
Hi.
Hello.
How do you do?
Pleased to meet you.
I am from…
Task 2
Read the dialogue, practice it and reproduce it
Ann: Hello. Are you a student here?
Kate: Yes, I am.
Ann: So am I. My name is Ann Duglas.
Kate: How do you do? I am Kate Frank.
Ann: I am pleased to meet you. Is Frank your first name or your last
name?
Kate: My last name.
Ann: Ann is my first name. Please call me Ann.
Kate: Okay, Ann and please call me Kate.
Ann: Okay, Kate. I am from New York and where are you from?
Kate: I am from Manchester.
Task 3
Turn to your partner and make up a similar dialogue
Introducing someone
When you want to introduce someone to someone it is customary to use some expressions
Task 4
Practice some expressions used to introduce someone:
I’d like to introduce…
I’d like you to meet…
Can I introduce you to…
Task 5
Get information about your partner. Here are some questions for you to use
What’s your name?
Where are you from?
Do you work?
If not, what do you do?
Are you married?
What is your native language?
Do you have a hobby?
What are the three things you like and three things you don’t like?
Task 6
Introduce your partner to the groupmates and tell them about him/her.
Homework
Task 1
Give the English equivalents to these job titles?
Преподаватель университета, инструктор по вождению, тренер по волейболу, личный тренер, репетитор, учитель начальной школы.
Task 2
Translate these sentences using job titles from Task 1 and word expressions given below
To work as a … , to give private lessons, to have, to be
1. Он работает преподавателем университета.
2. Чем ты занимаешься? Я даю частные уроки. Я – репетитор.
3. Хелен работает инструктором по вождению.
4. Я – тренер по волейболу.
5. Моя мама – учитель начальной школы.
6. У моего брата есть личный тренер по теннису.
Task 3
Make up sentences using these groups of phrases in one sentence
Example: Natural talent, confidence, to succeed in.
He succeeds in college because of his natural talent and confidence in his abilities.
1. to depend on, motivation, high IQ
2. advisor, the best program, to structure
3. to pay attention to, every university, to have, the Rules
4. to prepare for, professors, to be different
5. to hand in, deadline, term papers
6. to communicate with, experienced students, information
7. to generate, professors, loyalty
8. employment situation, to consider, before entering
9. college, to have, a graduate program
Task 4
Read the text written by Steven C. Hayes (University of Nevada) and summarize its main ideas