- •Unit 4 the higher system of education
- •4.1.1 Read and translate new words. Make up 6 sentences using new words
- •Glossary
- •4.1.2 Read and translate the text The system of education in Kazakhstan
- •4.1.3 Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases.
- •4.2.1 Read and translate the text Higher education in Great Britain
- •4.2.2 Write 15 questions according to the texts, using new words and expressions in each question.
- •4.3.1 Read and translate the dialogue.
- •4.3.2 Find in the dialogue English equivalents of the following words and phrases
- •4.3.3 Fill in prepositions
- •4.4.4 Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic
- •4.5.1 A) Read and translate into Russian. B) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3. Residential colleges Oxford
- •4.5.3 Write a composition –suggestion “What should we do to improve our Kazakhstan’s system of education?”
4.3.2 Find in the dialogue English equivalents of the following words and phrases
Cистема высшего образования, практические занятия, колледж с общежитием, колледж без общежития, общежитие (студенческое), территория колледжа (университета), жить в общежитии (о студентах), педагогический состав, лекционный зал, гимнастический зал, раздевалка, студенческое общество, студенческий совет, бакалавр гуманитарных наук, магистр гуманитарных наук, доктор философских наук.
4.3.3 Fill in prepositions
1. … Great Britain the course ... study ... intending teachers is based ... compulsory and optional subjects. 2. The Program usually consists ... three core components. Do you remember what they are? 3. Are you going to specialize ... Education? 4. It is important ... a student to learn the use ... different visual aids ... his block-teaching practice. 5. My school practice began when I was ... the first year. 6. ... our department examinations are held ... the end ... each term; ... each examination students are given several days which they spend ... revising the material. 7. The English club organized ... the students are concerned ... extra-curricular activities. 8. Do you enjoy your lectures ... Theory ... Education? Are they supplemented ... seminars?
4.4.4 Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic
Suggested situations:
A) Kazakh student and an English student are exchanging information on systems of higher education in their countries.
B) Two students of the English department are discussing their college life. One of them is enthusiastic about every thing, the other is a dissatisfied grumbler and finds fault with every little thing.
C) A student of the English department is speaking about the program and the course of study with a friend of his (hers).
D) A strict father (mother) is demanding an explanation from a son (daughter) after a failure in a college exam. The son is giving all kinds of lame excuses speaking about "overcrowded syllabus", injustice of professors and bad luck in general.
4.5.1 A) Read and translate into Russian. B) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3. Residential colleges Oxford
So this is Oxford. As soon as we emerge into the clean, broad streets, there are signs enough that this is the ancient seat of English learning. Gowns and mortar boards.1 Young undergraduates in loose black thigh-length gowns. A graduate's gown is generally of knee length and for ceremonial occasions at least, has a hood lined in silk of the colour prescribed by the wearer's faculty.
Oxford's main railway station is some half a mile to the west of the area in which are clustered most of the colleges: Queen's College and University College, Magdalene College and quite a number of others.
All these together make up the University of Oxford.
The central University, in general, arranges lectures for the whole body of students in a particular subject and holds examinations and grants degrees; an individual college provides for residence and tutorials. Great emphasis is laid at Oxford and Cambridge on what are called "tutorials", in which a Don2 gives personal instruction in his study at least once a week to students numbering not more than four at a sitting.
For a lover of old architecture, Oxford has much to offer. Many of the colleges present a lovely picture of ancient pearl-grey walls, noble towers, and picturesque gothic archways. All have grass lawns of velvet smoothness which must be seen to be believed, and many have, in summer, most magnificent displays of flowers.
(After "The British Scene" by George Bidwell)
1mortar board: a flat-topped student's cap
2Don: a college tutor who directs the studies of undergraduates