V. Read and translate the text. Be ready to discuss it with your partners.

PART I

HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA

I.Read and translate the following words and phrases:

guarantee [ ֽgærən ti:]-гарантировать,

citizen [ ΄sitizn]-гражданин,

religion [ri#lidZən]- зд. вероисповедание,

enrol [in#roul]-зачислять,

free of charge-бесплатный,

acute [ə#kju:t]-острый,

deficiency [di#fiSənsi]-недостаток, дефицит,

lack of- отсутствие (ч-либо),

well-rounded education- всестороннее образование,

tuition [tju:#iSən]- обучение,

run for- зд. длиться,

state grant- стипендия,

rank- занимать какое-либо место.

II.Join the words in the left-hand column with the words in the right-hand column. Read them out and translate them into Russian.

higher development

secondary grants

age population

correspondence schooling

historical education

market limit

state students

total economy

III.Give nouns corresponding to the following verbs, adding the suffixes- (t)ion. Translate the words into Russian:

educate, examine, specialize, populate, constitute.

IV. Choose the right English equivalent:

competition known

конкурсный competence знание knowledge

competitive know

instruction

учреждение institute

(заведение) institution

V. Read and translate the text. Be ready to discuss it with your partners.

The Constitution of Russia guarantees the right to higher education to all citizens regardless of race, nationality, sex, property or social states and religion, and that right is ensured by an extensively developed network of higher educational institutions. Higher educational institutions admit persons up to the age of 35 who have completed secondary schooling. (There is no age limit for evening and correspondence students).

School-leavers can be enrolled in higher schools through a system of competitive examinations. Tuition is free of charge in state Russia’ s educational institutions. Higher educational establishments include: universities, academies, professional institutes, technical training schools which offer Master’s and Doctoral degrees programs. Most higher educational institutions train both undergraduates and postgraduates in one or several specializations.

Nowadays Russia is going through a very difficult and at the same time a very important period of its historical development: a period of transition to a market economy. The most acute problem of all is the deficiency of intellectual resources and the lack of knowledge and skills required for survival of the market economy and the well-rounded education of Russia’s population

There are two forms of tuition in Russia: free and requiring payment. The university course for students runs for 5 or six years. Students with good progress in their studies are getting state grants (stipends).

NOTES TO THE TEXT.

Regardless of- незавиcимо от,

property or social status [ #steitəs]- имущественное или социальное положение,

developed network- развитая сеть,

up to the age- в возрасте до.

VI.Answer the following questions:

1.How can a school-leaver be enrolled in higher school?

2.Do Russian students pay for tuition?

3.Where can the standards of admission be found?

4.Who is supposed to get higher scholarship?

5.Is it necessary for an applicant to get only excellent marks at the exams to be accepted to a university?

6.Why did you decide to enter a higher school?

VII.Agree or disagree with the following statements. Begin your answer with the opening phrases. Give your reasons for or against:

That’s right. Not quite so. I’m afraid.

Exactly. Certainly. I don’t think this is just the case.

This is the case. I doubt it. Far from that.

I fully agree to it. Just the other way round.

I accept it fully. Not at all. Quite the reverse.

1.Admission to universities is only by competitive examinations.

2.The university course for students runs for two or three years.

3.There are universities in every big city of our country.

4.Annually, hundreds of young people in Russia become students.

5.It is necessary for all the Russian students to pay for tuition.

6.Students can become highly quilified specialists.

7.In Russia, students of many specialities don’t want to have foreign languages and history on the curriculum as obligatory subjects.

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