Яков Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 2 курс

widely used by students in everyday situations). Hostel is a more general word (a nurses' hostel, a factory hostel, ayouth hostel,

etc.).

50 P. E = Physical Education.

S.: Quite... and also politics, modern languages, literature, science and athletics.

A: Ah... that's worth knowing.

S.: And what I'd like to add is that students themselves organize all those clubs and societies.

There is usually a Students' Council or Union.

A.: Well Steve. Thanks very much. You've been most helpful.

TEXT С. HOW TO GET A DEGREE

J.: Well, Arnold, I remember you said once you were a B. A. Perhaps you could tell me how

quickly you got those letters after your name?

A.: At university I studied history. It was a 3-year course. And after that I got a B. A degree.

J.: B.A. stands for Bachelor of Arts degree, doesn't it?

A.: Yes, which reminds me of my neighbour whose son had just got his B. A. A friend asked

very seriously: "I suppose your son will try to get an M. A. or Ph. D."51 next to which my neighbour

answered: "Not at all, now he is trying to get a J-O-B."

A: Ah... he meant a job! That's a good joke!

(See: English 903, Book 6. Lnd.,

1978)

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (II)

Words and Word Combinations

A. education system

scientific subjects

compulsory education

an intending teacher

primary school

optional

secondary school

core component (core)

comprehensive school

school (teaching) practice

public school

School-based experience

further education

Subject studies

polytechnic

Education studies

college of higher education

(Theory of) Education

to specialize in

main subject

teacher training

age-range

degree

junior students

undergraduate

senior students

graduate

play production

post-graduate

educational aids

full-time student

audio-visual facilities

part-time student

visual aids

reader

to observe a lesson

lecturer

supervisor (tutor)

practical classes

to hold examinations

final examinations (finals)

B.tutorial

changing room

residential college

students' society

non-residential college

Students' Council (Union)

hall of residence

С. а B.A., B.Ed., B.Sc, B.S.E.,

to live in hall

B.S.M. degree (Bachelor of

principal building (the

Arts, Education, Science,

51 Ph. . D.: Doctor of Philosophy (title given to completion of any research, no matter which subject you study)

Senate)

Engineering, Medicine etc.)

teaching staff

M.A., M.Ed (Master of

Physical Education (P.E.)

Arts, Education, etc.)

gymnasium (gym)

PhD. (Doctor of Philosophy)

EXERCISES

I. Study Text A and write English equivalents of the following words and

phrases. Transcribe them:

педагогическое образование (обучение учителей), политехнический институт, колледж

высшего образования, степень, выпускник, аспирант, бакалавр, дальнейшее обучение,

исследовательская работа, магистр, студент дневного отделения, студент вечернего отделения,

лектор (2 words), практические занятия, будущий учитель, быть основанным на чём- n .,

обязательный, факультативный, практика в школе, изучение основного предмета, комплекс

предметов педагогического цикла, педагогика, профилирующая дисциплина, возрастная

группа, студенты младших курсов, постановка пьесы, студенты старших курсов, учебные

пособия, аудио-визуальные средства, посещать уроки, руководитель по педпрактике (2 words),

проводить экзамены, выпускные экзамены.

II. Write 15 questions on Text A, using new words and expressions in each

question. Ask your comrades to reply them. Summarize what you have learned about

the British system of higher education.

III. Study Texts В and С and write English equivalents of the following words

and phrases:

система 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.

IV. Ask your fellow-students:

1. About the difference between a university, polytechnic and college of higher education. 2.

Why it is preferable to study at university. 3. What subjects the Programme of a university is based

upon. 4. What you know about tutorials. 5. About the difference between a residential and a non-

residential college (university). 6. Who lives in hall. 7. What rooms can be found in a university

building. 8. What sport facilities there are at a university. 9. What clubs and societies are popular in

British colleges and universities. 10. Who runs those clubs and societies. 11. What a B. A. is. 12.

How quickly one can get those letters before his name. 13. What a M. A. is. 14. Which degree is

higher: M. A. or Ph. D.? 15. If it is easy for a Bachelor of Arts to find a job.

V. Retell Text В in indirect speech using new words and word combinations.

VI. Fill in prepositions. Ask the others to give their responses to the given

sentences so as to make up micro-dialogues:

1.... Great Britain the course... study... intending teachers is based ... compulsory and optional

subjects. 2. The Programme 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 is concerned .., extra-curricular activities. 8. Do you enjoy your lectures ...

Theory ... Education? Are they supplemented... seminars?

VII. a) Retell Text С in indirect speech; b) act it out.

VIII. Speak about the English Department at your University (usе Essential

Vocabulary on the topic).

IX. Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic Suggested

situations:

A. A Russian 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 everything, the other is a dissatisfied grumbler and finds fault with every little

thing.

C. A student of the English department is speaking about the programme 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.

X. a) Bead and translate into Russian:

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. 52 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, Magdalen 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 Don53 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, 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)

b) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3.

Residential colleges.

XI. Describe the pictures on p. 183:

XII. Try your hand at teaching:

A. Preparation.Get ready for a talk on one of the following topics:

1. Higher education in Russia.

52 mortar board:a flat-topped student's cap

53 Don:a college tutor who directs the studies of undergraduates

2. Higher education in Great Britain.

3. Oxford University.

4. Cambridge University.

5. Teacher training in Great Britain and in Russia.

B. Work in Class. Listen to the students' talk and say a few words about the construction of

each talk: its beginning, development, conclusion, and the general balance of these parts.

Speak on what you think may surprise a Russian student at an English University (Oxford,

Cambridge): a) programme, b) teaching methods, c) students' extra-curricular activities.

Prompts: I think (suppose, guess, believe, dare say)...; Well, my opinion is that...; My view is

that...; True, but...; You may be right... but all the same...; I wouldn't say that; But on the other hand.

XIII. Read the text. Comment on its content:

Students in Tents

Three small tents — two blue and one khaki — are pitched among trees on a hill above

Sussex University campus. This weekend they are 'home' to three students who cannot find a bed in