Focus on Language. 1. Read the paragraph. What do the words in bold print refer to?

1. Read the paragraph. What do the words in bold print refer to?

The MIT is dedicated to educating students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation in the 21st century. It offers a wide range of accommodation for its students. A great deal of research is carried out by MIT’s laboratories and centers whose work extends beyond traditional departmental boundaries. This allows both undergraduate and graduate students gain all round educational experience and broaden their research horizons.

Contextual reference Pronouns and adjectives are often used to link ideas together so that the text is easier to read. In this case they refer to a word or words mentioned earlier in the sentence or paragraph.

Practice

1. Read the following paragraph and highlight the words in the text that refer to the words in bold.

With over 100,000 people located in a 6.5 square mile area, Cambridge, US is a unique community with a strong mix of cultural and social diversity and technological innovation. Its "Squares" are rich in various international restaurants and cafes as well as unique shopping, theatres, museums, and historic sites. Located between the academic centers of Harvard and MIT, Central Square is the seat of City government and is home to a rich variety of music clubs, book shops, restaurants and clothing stores. It ’s about a 12 minute walk from Kendall Square, which is the home to MIT and the heart of Massachusetts' high tech and biotechnology industries. The main site of the MIT is located along the left bank of the Charles River. This provides a wonderful view of the Boston area. Parking in Cambridge can be expensive and hard to find. Whenever possible use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. The Tech shuttle and Safe Ride shuttle provide free transportation around the MIT. But the latter runs only on weekdays.

(Adapted from http://www.cambridge-usa.org/)

Listening

Recording 2.1

1. Listen to the radio programme about Washington University. Take notes under the headings below.

§ Location

§ Number of students

§ % of international students

§ University Schools

§ Tuition fees for undergraduate students for a year

§ Tuition fees for the Master of Business Administration program

§ Scholarships

§ The university offers

§ Date of the foundation

Speaking

1. Match the names of famous universities with the cities and countries they are located in.

University	City	Country
MSU Humboldt University MIT Tokyo Daigaku Fudan University Harvard Oxford MIPT Friedrich Wilhelm University Cambridge Yale Sorbonne	Oxford Cambridge, Mass. Paris Cambridge Berlin New Heaven, Conn. Cambridge, Mass. Moscow Shanghai Tokyo Bonn	France   USA   Russia   Japan   UK   Germany China

2. What are these universities famous for? Make sentences adding any information you know about them e.g.:

famous prestigious world-known ancient first largest …

Humboldt University is the German university located in the city of Berlin.

3. Answer the questions about the university you study at.

a) What is your university famous for?

b) What levels of study are available?

c)Where is the university located? Is it a campus or non-campus university?

d) Does it offer accommodation for the students?

e)What fields of science does the university provide courses in?

f) Is your university/faculty prestigious in the country or in your region? Why?

g) Have any graduates, faculty members won world famous prizes? Who?

Get real

Study the web site and Prospectus of your university or faculty. Then write an advertisement of your own for university applicants. Use MIT advertisement as an example.

Reading

1. Work as a class. Check you know these words and phrases:

undergraduate/postgraduate level qualification compulsory subject

modular course optional subject elective subject unit of study

credit points subject area assessment associate field of study

2. Read the text about the British system of higher education. And complete the notes.

First degree courses in the UK

The UK has an excellent reputation for higher education and research. It offers a lot of opportunities to both national and international students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Degrees

The degrees vary according to the practice of each university. First degrees after leaving school are often called undergraduate.

Arts, social science and pure science degrees normally last 3 or 4 years because they are designed to follow a very specialized school-leaving qualification. Traditionally university graduates will be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Science, Engineering, Medicine etc. Later they may continue to take graduate or postgraduate courses.

There is a another higher educational qualification in the UK, known as the

Higher National Diploma or HND. It lasts a year less than a degree course – either

two full-time or three years as a sandwich course. HNDs are vocational (or job related), so a student will not find them in purely academic subjects as history or philosophy. They are available in, for example, science subjects, engineering, business studies, hospitality and tourism management.

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