Ex. 22 Write a short essay on the following topics.

1) Shopping for food – a boring routine or a revealing experience?

2) Why I always buy food at the same place?

3) The main principles I observe when I shop for food.

4) Why men and women have different styles of shopping for food?

 

Ex. 23. Role play ‘Organizing a Party’

Situation: At a supermarket. You decide to celebrate a holiday or just organise a party ay someone’s home. Everyone will have to bring something for a table and later you’ll cook together. Enact buying things in a shop. Elaborate the situation yourselves. Fancy that you’ve left money at home or there are no goods you need on sale or you forget something at the last instant.

Unit 5. Higher education in Russia and abroad. My university

SPEAKING

Ex. 1. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

 

1. What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘education’?

2. How important do you think education is?

3. What is a good education?

4. How can the type of school you go to affect career success?

 

VOCABULARY

Ex. 2. Study the new vocabulary.

 

nursery school	elementary school	secondary school	middle school
pre-school	primary school	a form	high school
kindergarten	grade	junior high	an admission test
sit / do / take an exam	pass an exam	fail an exam	an entrance test
major in	a college	a semester	a term
a sophomore	a junior	a senior	a freshman
a scholarship	an exchange program	an internship	an undergraduate
a graduate	a Bachelor’s degree	a Master’s degree	a PhD
Doctorate	a dissertation	a thesis	a postgraduate
a subject	a module	a course	an essay
an assignment	a mark	continuous assessment	a progress report
a tutor	a lecturer	a professor	a tutorial
a lecture	a seminar	fees	a student loan

SPEAKING

Ex. 3. Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.

A) Now you are first-year students. You passed your entrance exams thanks to the knowledge you gained at school. Say a few words about:

1. the type of school you studied at;

2. compulsory and optional courses there were at your school (chemistry, drawing, history, geography, etc.);

3. how many times a week you had your lessons of English;

4. your favourite subjects;

5. the entrance exams you passed before entering the university.

 

B)  Match the questions in A with their answers in B.

A	B
I. What faculty are you in?	I’m a student.
2. How old are you?	I study at the State Technical University.
3. What are you?	I’m good at maths and poor at chemistry.
4. What’s your name?	I’m seventeen.
5. Where do you study?	My name is...........
6. What year are you in?	I’m in the (civil engineering) faculty.
8. What are you going to become (to be)?	I’m a first-year student (a fresher, in my first year).
8. What subjects are you good/poor at?	Yes, I do. I’m getting on well at the University.
9. Do you get a grant (scholarship)?	I’m going to become a (civil engineer).
10. What subjects are taught at the University?	Well, it depends on the faculty and the year.

READING

Ex. 4. A) Before reading give synonyms or close meanings of the following words and word combinations.

Secondary school, private school, natural sciences, higher education, total number, multitude, to enter, entrance exams, non-government, applicants, graduates, employers, links, fee-paying form, compulsory, optional

 

B) Read the following text and do the tasks below.

Education in Russia

At present, there are different kinds of secondary educational institutions, including lyceums and gymnasiums in Russia:

1. An ordinary secondary school, which reproduces the pattern of the Soviet period, with the program now extended to 11 years.

2. A gymnasium, which provides a higher standard of training in the humanities.

3. A lyceum, which gives deep knowledge in the natural sciences and technology.

4. Private schools, which comprise 1% of the total number of secondary schools. But studying there is very expensive, and very few can afford it.

The present education in Russia, including, higher education, is free. But now there is a multitude of non-government universities.

It is much easier to enter a private university than a free (government) university, because the requirements of the entrance examinations are much lower and the competition is not so stiff (not everybody can afford to pay for education), but also because free government universities have long-standing traditions, including a system of training specialists and experienced teachers. So the competition among the entrants is very tough, particularly at prestigious universities; and the successful passing of the entrance exams takes long and careful preparation.

In spite of the economic difficulties Russia is going through, the number of universities and students in the country is going up. The competition increases every year, especially in the fields of medicine, law, finance, and economics. There are also many applicants to the departments of modern technology and general theoretical training.

After graduation from an Institution of Higher Education young people can find jobs through their parents and friends; and sometimes a “Career Day” is organized, where future graduates and representatives of companies — potential employers — meet. At such meetings, useful links are established, and interviews are given. Now, students often begin to work at outside jobs during their second or third year of study; and by the time they graduate, they have already become experienced specialists.

(Module I. Student’s Book)

C)  Match the words and their definitions given below.

curriculum; tuition fee; an applicant; a fresher; department; graduate from; employers; term; scholarship; a graduate.

1.  a person who wants to be a student;

2.  payments for teaching;

3.  successfully complete an academic course;

4.  one of the periods into which the academic year is divided;

5.  a person who gives work, usually for payment;

6.  a course of study in a school, college, etc.;

7.  yearly grant given to a student to continue his study;

8.  a person who has completed the course at an educational institution;

9.  one of several divisions of a university.

10. a first-year student.

 

D) Answer the following questions and be ready to discuss the main ideas of the topic.

1. Is education at Russian schools and universities free?

2. Is there also a fee-paying-form of education at government universities?

3. What is the difference between a gymnasium and an ordinary school?

4. Why is the competition so tough at government universities as compared with private ones?

5. Has the number of students in Russia been increasing lately?

6. How do students who graduate from universities find jobs?

 

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