Unit 3 Review

1. Complete the paragraph below with the words from the box.

The American education system requires that students complete 12 years of primary and secondary education before they attend university or college. …(1) may be accomplished either at public schools, or at private schools. …(2) are usually supported and financed by state and municipal governments, while …(3) are operated privately.

Numerous American colleges, schools and universities offer programs …(4) lead to a variety of degrees. …(5) include an associate degree …(6) is given upon completion of a 2-year programme and a bachelor’s degree …(7) normally requires at least four years of full-time college-level coursework. For those college graduates …(8) want to advance their careers higher education institutions offer advanced degrees …(9) a master’s degree or doctorate (also known as PhD) degree. The master’s degree typically requires two years of full-time graduate school coursework to complete. Unlike students pursuing a bachelor’s degree, students in a master’s degree program will complete courses … (10) are highly focused in their field of study (major) so the students must have already decided on the major before applying to a master’s degree program. The PhD degree is even more focused and specialized than the master’s degree. Some students will complete a master’s degree before applying to a doctorate degree program, but …(11) is not always necessary. Completion of a doctorate degree typically takes between three and six years but a student with a master’s degree may take less time to complete his PhD if …(12) is in the same field.

2. Complete the sentences with your own words. Use only present tenses. Pay attention to the subject-verb agreement.

a) One of my teachers …

b) A great number of first-year students …

c) A lot of news …

d) Each of the students …

e) The number of books on this subject …

f) The United Arabic Emirates …

g) Some of the information …

h) Mathematics …

3. Explain the similarity and difference between these pairs.

compulsory subject - optional subject

undergraduate course - graduate course

sciences - humanities

exams - finals

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How many words have you found?

5-6 A good try. 10-11 Not too bad. Keep trying. 15 Congratulations!

5. Read these sayings. Comment on the one you like most.

Ø “Genius without education is like silver in the mine.” Benjamin Franklin

Ø “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” Aristotle

Ø “Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.” George Savile, Marquis of Halifax

6. Write the degree titles from the box under the appropriate headings below.

USA	UK	Russia
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7. Match the numbers on the left with the correct description on the right.

1) 0.25	a) a telephone number
2) 1205 886 4539	b) a fraction
3) 89%	c) a date
4) 23/4/2006	d) a percentage
5) £95.99	e) a decimal
6) ¼	f) a price

Role play

Each one teach one

Write down a short vocabulary list (10 items) on the topic “Higher education”.

Work with a partner and compare your lists. Cross out the items you both have on your lists. Explain the meaning of the rest of the words and phrases.

“Information cannot replace education”

Earl Kiole

Learning Objectives

The objectives of this module are:

· improve info search skills

· to practise note-taking

· to learn how to give instructions

· to make use of sequence words

· to talk about various sources of information and ways of information hunting

· to revisit Passive structures

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