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МОСКОВСКИЙ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ

ИМЕНИ М.В.ЛОМОНОСОВА

ФИЛИАЛ МГУ В Г. СЕВАСТОПОЛЕ

КАФЕДРА иНОСТРАННЫХ ЯЗЫКОВ

Кузина О.А. Теплова Л.И.

EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

(Advanced)

Учебное пособие по английскому языку для общих целей

для студентов гуманитарных специальностей

Севастополь 2012

Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов 3 – 4 курсов гуманитарных специальностей (квалификация «специалист» или «бакалавр»), достигших продвинутого уровня владения английским языком.

Пособие включает в себя задания на развитие всех видов речевой деятельности (аудирование, говорение, чтение, письмо) и содержит отдельный раздел с грамматическими упражнениями.

Пособие составлено на основе оригинальных текстов по темам: «Образование в Западной Европе», «Образовательные системы Великобритании и США», «Сравнительный анализ восточной и западной системы образования», «Образование в мусульманских странах».

Пособие рассмотрено и одобрено на заседании кафедры иностранных языков Филиала МГУ в г. Севастополе. Протокол заседания кафедры № 7 от 26.03.2012

Contents

Study Plan……………………………………………………………………………..…..4

starting vocabulary…………………………………………………………………..5

1. WESTERN EDUCATION SYSTEMS…………………………………………9

2. Homeschooling……………………………………………………………15

3. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION……………………………………………………………………20

4. difference between Western and Eastern education…..27

5. Education in the Muslim world…………………………………….39

Grammar Part

The Passive Voice…………………………………………………………………49

The Infinitive………………………………………………………………………..59

Vocabulary list…………………………………………………………………………..63

Study plan

№	sections	hours
I.	WESTERN EDUCATION SYSTEMS Grammar: the passive voice	4
II.	Homeschooling	4
III.	DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN AND BRITISH SYSTEM OF EDUCATION Grammar: the infinitive	4
IV.	difference between Western and Eastern education	6
V.	Education in the Muslim world	4
VI.	Revision and Final discussion	2

Starting vocabulary

Task 1. Study the word-family of the word ‘EDUCATION’

Education, n. 1) the act or process of acquiring knowledge, esp systematically during childhood and adolescence 2) the knowledge or training acquired by this process 3) the act or process of imparting knowledge, esp at a school, college, or university 4) the theory of teaching and learning a course in education 5) a particular kind of instruction or training

Related terms: teaching, training, learning, study, coaching (BrE), tutoring(AmE), schooling (formal), instruction, tuition, enlightenment, upbringing

Educate, v.– 1) to teach smb over a period of time; 2) to teach smb about smth (smb in/on smth) or how to do smth (smb to do smth)

Syn: teach, tutor, train, coach, prepare, instruct (form)

educational, adj. – connected with education; providing education

Related terms: academic, informational, scholarly, instructional (form), pedagogic, didactic

educationally, adv.

Educative, adj.(form) – that teaches smth

Educated, adj. – showing a high standard of education

Related terms: informed, knowledgeable, thinking, well-read

Opp: uneducated

An educated guess, (idiom) – a guess that is based on some degree of knowledge, and is therefore likely to be correct

Educator, n. (form) – a person whose job is to teach or educate people

Educationalist, n. – a specialist in theories and methods of teaching

Edutainment, n. – products such as books, TV programmes and especially software that both educate and entertain

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition

© Oxford University Press, 2010

Task 2. Study the collocations with the word ‘EDUCATION’. Choose any 10 phrases and make your own examples:

1. Adjective + education

decent , excellent, first-class, good , high - quality, quality, well-rounded

poor

compulsory

formal

classical

liberal art

all-round ( BrE ), broad

basic

general, comprehensive ( esp. BrE ) ,

public-school (= provided by the government) ( AmE ), state, free

private

universal

early - childhood ( esp. AmE ), preschool

elementary, primary ( esp. BrE )

secondary ( esp. BrE )

adult ,

continuing , further ( BrE ) ,

higher, tertiary, post-secondary

college ( esp. AmE ), high-school ( in the US ) , public-school (= private) ( in the UK ), university

graduate, undergraduate ( both esp. AmE )

remedial ( AmE ), special

in-service,

professional , vocational, trade

military , teacher

maternal , parental

distance , online ( both esp. AmE ), remote

AIDS, health

arts , music , science , physical, computing etc.

religious , theological

Catholic , Christian , etc.

full-time , part-time

single - sex

bilingual , multicultural

2. Verb + education

to acquire, to get , to have , to obtain , to receive

to pursue

to deliver, to give sb., to offer, to provide (sb with)

to lack

to enter

to continue, to extend

to leave

to complete, to finish

to improve, to reform

to promote

to finance sb's , to fund sb's

3. Education +noun

authority ( in the UK ), committee , department , ministry ( in the UK ) , sector , service , system

officer (esp. BrE ), official

minister, secretary (both in the UK )

policy

reform

reformer

bill

campaign, initiative, programme/program, project, scheme (BrE )

activities

facilities, materials , resources

budget, funding

spending

class, course, session

process

centre/center, college, establishment, institution, provider

setting

community ( esp. AmE ) , world

expert, leader, specialist

requirement ( AmE )

levels, standards

loan ( AmE ) ( student loan in BrE )

act

4. Prepositions

in   ~

students in full-time ~

through   ~

We acquire much of our world knowledge through ~.

~   about

~ about danger on the roads

Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English, 2nd edition

© Oxford University Press, 2009