Be ready to speak about the system of education at Oxbridge or any other famous university

Oxbridge

Oxbridgeis a word made from the names Oxford and Cambridge which are the oldest universities in Britain. They are also thought to be the best universities to get a place at. An Oxbridge degree makes a good impression with many employers, and graduates of these universities may have an advantage when applying for jobs. Many of the 14 000 undergraduates at each university have been educated at public schools. The upper class have traditionally sent their children to Oxbridge, and many prime ministers and politicians went there. Students at Oxford and Cambridge must be accepted at one of the 30 semi-independent colleges. They used to have to sit an entrance exam and many still take an exam if they want to get a scholarship. Others have to sit special exams in addition to A levels. Each college has its own teaching and research staff and its own buildings, including hall (= a dining hall), a library, a chapel, and rooms for students to live in during the term. The buildings are often arranged round a square.

The teaching system is different from that at most other universities. Students have tutorials, called supervisions at Cambridge, at which they read their essays to their tutor, a specialist in what they are studying. There are usually no more than two or three students at a tutorial. Students also go to lectures arranged by the university and open to all students. Undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge study for a BA degree, but after a period of time graduates can convert their BA to an MA without doing any further study.

At Oxford students sometimes have to wear gowns, e.g. when they go to see the college principal. When they sit examinations or go to a degree ceremony they have to wear academic dress. At Cambridge students only have to wear gowns when they become members of the university and at graduation.

Vocabulary:

employer	роботодавець	tutorial	консультація, семінар
advantage	перевага	convert	перетворити
scholarship	стипендія	MA (Master of Arts)	магістр
chapel	каплиця	gown	мантія
arranged BA (Bachelor of Arts)	розташовані, влаштовані бакалавр	principal degree ceremony	директор випуск

Translate:

1 To many people, Oxford and Cambridge seem very re­mote places where only the very privileged can go.

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2 Academic dress consists of a black suit or skirt, black shoes and socks or tights, a white shirt or blouse and a black tie. Women also have to wear a tie or ribbon.

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3 A mortar board is a black hat with a flat, square top.

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Questions:

1 What is Oxbridge? 2 What exams do students have to take? What degree do they study for?

3 Speak about the Oxbridge teaching system. How does it differ from that you have in your institution? 4 Speak about the way students dress. Compare it with the way they dress in your institution. 5 Would you like to study at Oxbridge? What do you think would be difficult for you?

Be ready to speak about the system of education at Oxbridge or any other famous university

Grammar: Revision of Perfect Tenses

• Перфектні (доконані) часи виражають дію, що відбулася до певного моменту чи періоду в теперішньому часі (Present Perfect), минулому (Past Perfect), майбутньому (Future Perfect).

• Перфектні часи звичайно виражають наявність певного результату дії, пов'язаної з наступ-ними подіями. Перфектні часи утворюються з відповідних неозначених часів допоміжного дієслова have та дієприкметника минулого часу (Past Participle) основного дієслова:

have, has / had / will have + V₃ / V_ed

• Past Participle правильних дієслів утворюється додаванням до інфінітива закінчення -ed:

open – open ed cook – cook ed

• Past Participle неправильних дієслів треба запам'ятати:

see – seen break – broken

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