- •Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации
- •University tutor
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to be»
- •Insert the right form of the verb «to have»
- •Succeeding in College
- •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
- •Task 1 Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text Higher Education in Russia
- •Task 2 Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions
- •It lacks? Give your own variant of the summary. 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
- •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
- •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 Past Perfect Tense
- •Модальные глаголы can, may, must и их эквиваленты
- •Условные предложения
In pairs, take it in turns to make requests and refuse politely in the following situations
1. You ask your tutor to read over a report you have written.
2. You ask your fellow student to help you with a report.
3. You ask your sister to type out a report for you.
Homework
Task 1
Open the brackets choosing one of the modal verbs: can, may, must
In any research in order to introduce something new you ____ know the history of the question.
Students are our future scientists. To be in the know of the modern technological advances they ____ read a lot.
You ___ do this work tomorrow for me. I don’t need it to be done now.
Any student ___ improve his abilities if he studies hard.
Education ____ serve the needs of human society.
I know that you ___ solve this problem alone. You are clever enough to do it.
You ____ always keep in mind that your life depends on you, in particular, on the decisions you take.
You ____ take my dictionary. I don’t need it at the moment.
You ____ always remember that innovation is the engine of the educational development.
Teachers ____ deliver ready–made knowledge but they ____ also make students think and exercise their mind constantly which is more effective but more difficult to provide.
Task 2
Match the discoveries and works of art with the famous scientists, writers enumerated below. Make up sentences as in the model
Model: “War and Peace” was written by Leo Tolstoy.
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If you don’t know the answers you may use the Internet site http://inventors.about.com to find them.
Task 3
Choose one of the inventions and present the story of its development for your classmates
Plan
Name of the inventor
Invention
Reasons for making such an invention
Benefits for the society
Start with the following phrase:
Dear friends, I am here to tell you a story of one of the greatest inventions in the mankind.
Task 4
Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the Active vocabulary of the lesson
От студентов требуется выбрать специализацию к концу второго года обучения в университете.
Степень бакалавра присуждается студенту, который успешно окончил 4-х летний курс обучения в университете.
Диссертация – это оригинальное научное исследование, которое должен провести аспирант для получения степени Доктора наук.
Я хочу учиться в Американском университете, потому что у меня будет возможность самому выбирать предметы для изучения.
Университеты в США управляются президентом или ректором.
Каждому учебному курсу обучения в университете приписывается определенная ценность, которая выражается в кредитных единицах.
Лекции этого профессора посещаются многими студентами.
По окончании семестра студенты сдают письменные экзамены.
Американское высшее образование ценится во всем мире.
В США 1964 университета и 1416 двухгодичных колледжей.
Discussion. Study abroad
Task 1
Answer the following questions. The phrases given below may be of some help to you.
What are the reasons people go away to study?
to see the world,
to seek for better education,
to have an international diploma,
to change the place of living,
to have fluency in English,
to advance one’s career, etc.
What problems can someone who is studying abroad face?
level of English language is not enough to study for a degree program,
large fees to pay,
unknown cultural environment,
another system of Higher education,
to be homesick, etc.