Answer the questions to the text

1. How old is the university?

2. What special organizations does it have to help applicants to enter the University?

3. What facts prove that it is one of the largest universities in Russia?

4. What distinguishes the Open University from a traditional one?

5. What special services does the SUSU scientific library provide for the users?

6. What are the novelties introduced into teaching process?

7. Can you name some of the well-known SUSU graduates?

8. What social activities can students take part in?

Task 3

What facts do you know about the SUSU that were not mentioned in the text? Share them with the groupmates.

Task 4

Make the plan for the text

Task 5

If you were asked to give the three most striking facts about the university what facts would you choose?

Task 6

Find additional information about the following organizations and places of the

University

1. School of Physics and Mathematics

2. Linguistic Center

3. “Applicant” center

4. Institute of International Education

5. SUSU Scientific library

6. Open Institute

7. University Newspaper “Technopolis”

8. SUSU International Department

9. SUSU Teleradiocenter

Present the information you find to your groupmates using the following scheme:

1. Place (Where is it located in the university? )

2. Year of foundation (When was it founded? )

3. Purpose of creation (What for was it created? )

4. Activities (What services does it provide? )

5. Benefits (What benefits does it provide for those who participate (schoolchildren, students)? )

Speaking

 

Task 1

 

A delegation of students and teachers from Cambridge are on a visit to your university. You are asked to tell the guests about it. Present information on:

1. the name of your university;

2. the place it is situated;

3. the departments there are at your university (day-time, correspondence, distance, evening);

4. the time the complete course of study lasts;

5. the number of students who study at the university;

6. information resources

7. the equipment the university is provided with;

8. the students life;

9. what you like and what you don’t like about your university.

 

You may use the following algorithm:

Greeting

Dear guests, I would like to give you a tour about our university.

Facts about the university

First I’d like to give you some general information about our university.

Our university is called …….

It is situated in ……

There are ……. day–time faculties at our university.

The teaching staff accounts to …..

The complete course of study lasts …..

After a successful completion of a course of study a student gets …….

There are about ……. students studying at the university.

I am a student of the ………. faculty.

I study such subjects as ………..

Teaching aids

Now I’d like to say a few words about the teaching aids used to improve the educational process.

There are a number of well-equipped laboratories in the university.

The modern teaching aids used are …….

Information resources

As for the provision with information resources out university is among the leaders.

The SUSU scientific library is ….

It contains a great number of resources ….

Students life

Both students and the administration of the university understand that much work and no joy make students dull people.

That’s why there are quite a number of university organisations occupied with providing an active social life of students.

They are ………..

Personal opinion

What I like about the university is ……

On the other hand, there are some things to improve.

They are….

Nevertheless our university is one of the best higher institutions in Russia.

 

Vocabulary Practice

Task 1

Fill in the correct word from the list below: equipment, dreadful, personal, open, education, regional, linguistic, reading, complex, assistant

1. a _________ campus    

2. a _________ center       

3. postgraduate ________

4. an _________ professor 

5. _____ access                  

6. sports _______

7. ________teaching          

8. a ________ordeal                                              

9. a _______ hall                                       

10. study _______

 

Task 2

Insert the right verb phrases into the sentences using the appropriate Tense form: to be founded in, to prolong, to be noted for, to account for, to a large extent, to exploit, to be keen on, to emerge.

1. Technologically minded teachers of the university ________ computer technologies into academic practice.

2. Students that _______ Maths, Physics, Programming can take part in competitions and take some additional training.

3. If you want ______ the book you need to come to the library.

4. Our university __________ its graduates who work in different spheres of industry and social life.

5. Moscow State University ______________ 1755 on the initiative of the great Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.

6. As science is rapidly developed new technologies ________ every day.

7. _________ the popularity of the university among the applicants depends on the high standard of education provided.

8. The fact that university is considered to be one of the best higher educational institutions in Russia ________ high competition among the applicants.

 

Task 3

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