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Guess what words are defined. All of them are connected with education and university life. Make your own sentences with these words.

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  2. A few common expressions are enough for most telephone conversations. Practice these telephone expressions by completing the following dialogues using the words listed below.
  3. A phrase or sentence built by (tiresome) repetition of the same words or sounds.
  4. A Read the text again quickly and complete sentences 1-6.
  5. A Read the text. Discuss these questions with a partner.
  6. A school should be life.
  7. A two-level system of higher education.

Work in small groups (3-4 student). Discuss the ideas from ex.4 and range them in order of importance. Present them to the rest of the class.

6. Read what famous people said about education. Which of these statements do you agree/disagree with? Give your reasons.

1) What we learn with pleasure, we never forget. (Alfred Mercier).

2) Instruction ends in the school-room, but education ends only with life. (Frederick W. Robertson).

3) Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. (Chinese proverb).

4) Learning without thought is labour lost. (Confucius).

5) Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. (Nelson Mandella).

6) Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. (Henry Ford).

7) Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves – and be free. (Cesar Chavez)

7. Arrange the following words and phrases into 3 columns: “People”, “Places”, “Activities”. Memorize all the words.

People Places Activities
     

 

Student; enter a university; building; lecture hall; dean; faculty; study (v); pass exam; senior students; room; get/do a degree; rector; do research; computer class; lecturer; graduate from a university; group-mate; library; gym; university; attend lectures; students’ canteen; residence hall (hostel).

8. ♫ Listen and repeat the words and phrases from ex. 7, now grouped into columns “People”, “Places”, “Activities”. Which word was not in the exercise? Can you write it?

9. Describe the place where you study: location, types of rooms; facilities.

Guess what words are defined. All of them are connected with education and university life. Make your own sentences with these words.

1) A person who is studying at a university or college;

2) A talk given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course;

3) An institution at the highest level of education where you can study for a degree or do research;

4) A formal written spoken or practical test to see how much you know about a subject, or what you can do;

5) A person who gives a lecture;

6) One of the three periods in the year (in Britain and the USA) during which classes are held in universities;

7) A building in which collections of books, newspapers, journals, etc, are kept for people to read, study or borrow.

11. Are these nouns countable or uncountable? Look their meanings up in a dictionary and put them into 2 columns. Which of them are things that help you in studies?

Attention; notebook; assignment; information; library; dictionary; knowledge; pen; success; subject; graduation; help; computer; group-mate.

 

12. Read the text “Learning to learn” and decide which answer - A, B, C or D fits each space best.

There is usually one important (1)……. missing from most school (2)……. Very few students are (3)……. how to organize their learning, and how to (4)…… the best use of their time. Let’s take some simple (5)……. Do you know how to (6) …… up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all the (7) ….. the dictionary contains? Can you (8) …… notes quickly, and can you understand them (9)……? For some reason, many schools give learners no (10)…… with these matters. Teachers ask students to (11)……. pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but do not explain (12) ……….to do it. Learning by (13)…… can be useful, but it is more important to have a genuine (14)….. of a subject. You can (15)……. a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject.

 

1) A) topic B) book C) subject D) mark
2) A) agendas B) timetables C) terms D) organizations
3) A) taught B) learnt C) educated D) graduated
4) A) do B) make C) go D) see
5) A) sentences B) results C) rules D) examples
6) A) find B) look C) research D) get
7) A) information B) advice C) subjects D) themes
8) A) do B) send C) make D) reserve
9) A) after B) afterwards C) lastly D) at last
10) A) teaching B) ability C) education D) help
11) A) concentrate B) remind C) forget D) memorise
12) A) how B) what C) why D) it
13) A) the way B) heart C) now D) law
14) A) information B) success C) understanding D) attention
15) A) pass B) waste C) tell D) use

 

13. Do you know anything about studying at university in England? Do you think the following statements are true or false? Then read the text and check your ideas.

  1) You must pass exams to become a student of a university. 2) The first degree a student obtains is called PhD. 3) Studying at university usually takes 10 years.  

 


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