Английский язык. Higher education
Шрифт:
PART 1
DIRECTIONS:
Mark the statements below as ‘ True ‘ (T) or ‘ False ‘ (F)
Institute of Parliamentarism and Entrepreneurship is situated in Timiryazeva Street.
Today the Institute has only about one thousand students.
The Institute uses multimedia means of teaching, it has got a broad network of training courses and profile classes.
The Institute hasn’t got a short form of studying
The emblem of the Institute is an ELK- a wise power.
T
F
PART II
DIRECTIONS:
Ask 5 questions of different types to different sentences.
ACTIVITY E
ORGANIZING YOUR THOUGHTS
PART I
DIRECTIONS:
Working with a partner make some decisions about the following situation:
You are planning to have a youth conference with your foreign friends. You need to decide what to prepare to meet the requirements of all your guests.
PART II
DIRECTIONS:
Working in groups discuss possible answers:
Do our students have all the necessary conditions to study properly at our Institute?
What is meant by private education? Do you think it is a positive or a negative tendency? Prepare arguments for and against.
ACTIVITY F
WRITE AND SPEAK
PART I
DIRECTIONS:
Give a summary of the text.
PART II
DIRECTIONS:
Express your opinion:
The role of private educational institutions in our life.
Possibilities for our graduates to find good jobs and be useful and wanted inside and outside the country.
ACTIVITY G
LISTENING COMPREHENSION:
PART I
DIRECTIONS:
Go over the vocabulary to avoid difficulties of understanding.
handwriting—почерк
jerk (Am. slang)—тупица
cheat —
accuse smb of smth — обвинять кого-либо в чем-либо
PART II
DIRECTIONS:
Listen to the dialogue and identify:
the subject matter of the conversation;
the status of the speakers;
their attitude to the situation and to each other.
At the Exam
Mr. Sorensen: Richard, what's that under your paper?
Richard: What's what?
Mr. S: Lift up your arm. What's this?
R; Oh, that. Uh, that's a grocery list. I've got to pick up some things on my way home.
Mr. S: Do you really expect me to believe that?
R: Well, that's what it is.
Mr. S: (reading) Soren Kierkegaard, Denmark, 1800s, Hegel, Germany, Sartre, Paris, 1900s... An interesting
R; Oh, gee, let me see that. Oh, my gosh, they must be my notes. How did they get here?
Mr. S: I'd like to see you in my office, please. (They leave the classroom and go to the office down the hall.) Now, Richard, would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?
R: I can't, sir. Someone must have left them on my desk.
Mr. S: Someone left them on your desk! Someone with hand-writing identical to yours left them on your desk? I'm afraid I can't accept that answer.
R; Are you accusing me of cheating?
Mr. S: Yes, I am.
R You can't do that without proof! I'm going to call my counselor!
Mr. S: By all means, do that. In the meantime, however, don't come to class again. I am extremely disappointed in your behavior.
R; (grumbling to himself as he leaves) What a pig-headed, narrow-minded jerk!
PART III
DIRECTIONS:
Express your own opinion:
• Do you approve or disapprove of Richard's behavior? Did you or your friends ever find yourselves in a similar situation?
ACTIVITY H
SELF-WORK:
Topical Vocabulary:
department (n)
advocating and notary
merchant law
associate professor
collaborate (v)
premise (n)
attendance (n)
факультет
адвокатура и нотариат
коммерческое право
доцент
сотрудничать
помещение
посещаемость
PART I
DIRECTIONS:
Read and translate the text:
Text 2 OUR INSTITUTE
I'm the first- year student at the Minsk International Institute of Social and Labour Relations. The Institute was founded in 1992. It has managed to become a reliable and competent partner with its own approach to training, re-training and improving qualification standards in economic, social, legal, administrative and other spheres. The Institute has established and has been developing its business relations with educational and public organisations of Germany, the UK, France, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine.