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Language activity. People in education. 3. Match the words with their definitions. 4. Put the sentences in the right order. Pay attention to the translation of the words in bold. Use the information about the educational system in great Britain to do the
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LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
| 1. Fill in the phrasal verbs: carry out, join in, make up, bring together, join together, go back. |
1. University clubs … students of different faculties.
2. A university professor will … some research into his subject.
3. Oxford and Cambridge keep the traditions which … so far!
4. The students of Oxford and Cambridge … one of the most elite elites in the world.
5. Pamela will … the celebration in a few minutes.
6. People with common interests usually … into a society.
2. Fill in the following words: professor, university, lectures, tutor, school, lecturer, teaches, degree, graduate, help.
People in Education
A … is not a teacher in a secondary …, but has the highest academic position in …. A … is a university teacher. Lecturers and professors give …. Students in Britain usually have a … who gives them advice and … students in small groups. You … from university with a …. If you do the postgraduate work, you will have a supervisor to … and advise you.
3. Match the words with their definitions.
| Education | With a lot of small parts, difficult. |
| Complex | Very old. |
| Ancient | A group of people with common employment or interests. |
| Term | To get ready for classes, tests, exams etc. |
| To prepare | One of the periods of time the year is divided into for students. |
| Society | The activity of teaching people in schools, colleges and universities. |
4. Put the sentences in the right order. Pay attention to the translation of the words in bold. Use the information about the educational system in Great Britain to do the task.
3-4 years old: Nursery school, playgroup or kindergarten.
5-6 years old: Infant school of primary school.
7-11 years old: Junior school of primary school.
12-16 years old: Secondary school.
17-18 years old: Sixth Form College.
19-21 years old: University or Polytechnic.
22-23 years old: University (postgraduate course).
1. When Maria was at Nursery school, her major activities were playing and having fun.
· After finishing her BSc, she took a year off.
· When she was at Junior school, she loved nature studies and was engaged in animal lovers society.
· She got a place at University to do biology.
· She got into Secondary school and reached good results in all subjects.
· In her Infant school she began learning how to read and write.
· In her Sixth Form she studied A-levels to enter university.
· She decided to continue her studies for her Master’s degree and do postgraduate work.
· She graduated with first-class degree.
· Her research is in microbiology.
5. Read the words with the same root. Complete the table. Translate the words but do not use the dictionary: еducation, educational, to educate; leading, to lead, leader; government, to govern; to found, foundation; activity, active, to act; digestion, to digest, digestive; tutorial, tutor, tuition; to prepare, preparation, preparatory; to graduate, graduation; to preserve, preservation; to employ, employment; scholar, scholarship; church, churchmen; to move movement; to provide, provider; to allow, allowance; to enter, entry; to compete, competition; to row, rowing.
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| Noun | Adjective | Verb |
| education (образование) | educational (образовательный) | to educate (давать образование, обучать) |
6. Complete the phrases according to the text. Make use of the helpful words: bachelor, out, supported, famous, university, to differ, educational, schools, study, weeks, private, degree, back, traditions, tuition, of.
| 1. the … system 2. some business … 3. … from each other 4. universities are … for 5. to come to … 6. to date … to 7. to keep ancient … 8. of … standard | 9. to be … by industry 10. to consist … colleges 11. eight to ten … 12. … study 13. to carry … 14. to study for a … 15. individual … 16. … of Arts or Science |
7. Choose from the list:
a) sentences connected with the text:
1) Oxford, Cambridge and London are the leading universities in Britain.
2) British universities are rather small.
3) Harvard University is not as old as the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
4) Universities in Great Britain have different history and traditions.
5) Less than one per cent of Britain’s population go to Oxford and Cambridge.
6) Oxford and Cambridge still keep ancient traditions and the way how students lived and studied long ago.
b) sentences which are true to the text:
1) The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology provides education of university standard.
2) The academic year at a university in Britain lasts roughly ten to twelve weeks.
3) During the terms students have only tutorials due to the tutorial system of education.
4) Lectures and seminars are all as long as one hour.
5) The system of individual tuition implies that each student goes to his tutor’s room once in two months to read and discuss an essay the student has prepared.
6) The highest university degree in Britain is the Doctor’s degree (Doctor of Philosophy – PhD).
8. Match the parts to make sentences.
| 1. Post-school education in Great Britain | a) three terms. |
| 2. The University of Oxford | b) was founded in the twelfth century. |
| 3. The two postgraduate business schools are supported jointly | c) two or three hours. |
| 4. The departments of the colleges are | d) by industry and the government. |
| 5. The academic year at a university has | e) are mainly periods of intellectual digestion. |
| 6. Each term | f) includes universities, colleges and some business schools. |
| 7. The vocations between the terms | g) is full of activity. |
| 8. Large groups of students | h) listen to lectures. |
| 9. Laboratory classes last | i) is called an undergraduate. |
| 10. Each student goes | j) organized into faculties. |
| 11. A person studying for a degree | k) to his tutor’s room once a week. |
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