Реферат: Методичні вказівки до корективного курсу з дисципліни "Англійська мова" для студентів 1 курсу всіх спеціальностей. /Н. С. Фоменко, С. В. Радецька, С. В

МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ

ХЕРСОНСЬКИЙ НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ ТЕХНІЧНИЙ УНІВЕРСИТЕТ


КАФЕДРА ІНОЗЕМНИХ МОВ


МЕТОДИЧНІ ВКАЗІВКИ

до корективного курсу

для студентів 1 курсу всіх спеціальностей


Херсон 2002


Методичні вказівки до корективного курсу з дисципліни “Англійська мова” для студентів 1 курсу всіх спеціальностей. - /Н.С.Фоменко, С.В. Радецька, С.В.Білоченко, О.О.Головіна, Л.В. Грицина, Н.О.Гладунова, К.О.Барліна / - Херсон, ХДТУ, 2002. - 83 с.


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на засіданні кафедри

іноземних мов

протокол № 9 від 27.06.02.


зав.кафедри _______________доц.Фоменко Н.С.


Відповідальний за випуск Н.С.Фоменко к.філол.н., доц., завідувач кафедри іноземних мов


Методичні вказівки являють собою корективний курс для студентів 1 курсу немовних вузів. Завдання корективного курсу полягає в тому щоб відпрацювати на певному лексичному матеріалі основні вміння і навички вживання в усному мовленні нескладних граматичних конструкцій, вміння читати, говорити і сприймати тексти побудовані на тому ж мовному матеріалі.

Оскільки метою корективного курсу є розвиток розмовних навичок в першу чергу, то система лексико-граматичних вправ будується на основі рішення комунікативних завдань.

На певному лексичному матеріалі відбувається навчання всім видам мовної діяльності. Кожному виду мовної діяльності відповідають свої вправи, які відображають його специфіку. Важливим являється створення реальних та уявних ситуацій спілкування, які спонукають до рішення комунікативних завдань (розпитати, повідомити, виразити думку, довести).

До корективного курсу входить короткий фонетичний довідник, представлений у вигляді зведених таблиць і вправи для розвитку вимовних навичок.



^ Unit 1

Topic: Language laboratory

Language: The verb “to have” in the Indefinite Tenses

Text: Our language laboratory





Language

The Verb “TO HAVE” in the Indefinite Tenses





Affirmative

(стверджувальна форма)

Interrogative

(питальна)

Negative

(заперечна)

Present

I have

he

she has

it

you

we have

they

Have I … ?

He

Has she … ?

it

you

Have we … ?

they

I have not (haven’t)

he

she has not (hasn’t)

it

you

we have not

they (haven’t)

Past


I

he

she

it had

you

we

they

I

he

she

Had it … ?

you

we

they


I

he

she

it had not

you ( hadn’t)

we

they

Future

I , we shall have

he

she

it will have

you

they

Shall I, we have. … ?

he

she

Will it have …?

you

they



I, we shall not have

he

she

it will not have

you (won’t) have

they



^ Illustrative Examples

I have a book.

Have you a book? Yes, I have. No, I have not.

I have no book.

I haven’t any book.

I have got a journal.

Have you got a journal? Yes, I have got. No, I have not got.

I have not got a journal.

He has many dictionaries.

How many dictionaries has he?

We had many classes yesterday.

Had you English or Spanish classes yesterday?/ Did you have English or Spanish classes yesterday?

We had English classes yesterday.

Who had many classes yesterday? We had.

You had an English class yesterday, hadn’t you?/ You had an English class yesterday, didn’t you?

Yes, I had. No I had not. No, I hadn’t./ Yes I did.

They will have a meeting at the library tomorrow.

Will they have a meeting tomorrow?

Yes, they will have. No, they will not (won’t) have.

When will they have a meeting?

Where will they have a meeting?


^ Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past and the Future.

Model:

They have many good books.

They had many good books.

They will have many good books.




I have a large family.

He has many friends.

She has an elder sister.

They have a language laboratory.

We have an interesting work.

Have you a flat?

I have no bad marks.

We have no problems.

I have got many classes every day.

She has got a new dress.


Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with have, has, had, shall have, will have.

Jane …many friends.

… you a family?

I …good TV set last year.

We … no time to wait for him.

The dog … got four legs.

She …an English exam next year.

They … a friend in England.

What classes … you yesterday?

She … no brother.

I …got a lecture at 11 o’clock.


Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.


Have you got an English magazine at home?

Had your father a flat in Kyiv?/ Did your father have a flat in Kyiv?

How many books have you?

Have you a brother or a sister?

You had a vocation last summer, hadn’t you?

What profession will you have in future?

Who has no brother?

What flat have you got?

Will you have a car?

Have you a girl friend or a boy friend?


Exercise 4. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences.


Model:

We have a language laboratory at the University.

Have you a language laboratory at the University?/ Have you got a language laboratory at the University?

What have you at the university? / What have you got at the university?

Where have you a language laboratory? / Where have you got a language laboratory?

Who has a language laboratory?

Have you a language laboratory or a TV center at the University?

You have a language laboratory at the University, haven’t you?



Use the table. Form interrogative sentences in the Past with “did”.

We have two English classes in the language laboratory every week




Have

we

got

two English classes

in the language laboratory

every week

What

have

we

got




in the language laboratory

every week

Where

have

we

got

two English classes




every week

Who

has




got

two English classes

in the language laboratory

every week

How often

have

we

got

two English classes

in the language laboratory




How many English classes

have

we

got




in the language laboratory

every week

What classes

have

we

got




in the language laboratory

every week




Peter has a tape recorder at home.

The students will have a meeting tomorrow.

I had much time to do this work yesterday.

They have two children.

The desk has two pairs of headphones.

We had an English class in the laboratory last week.

She has relatives in Kyiv.


Exercise 5. Say it in English.

У тебе є брат в Полтаві?

У нас немає часу піти туди.

Скільки часу ти мав для написання статті?

В мене був велосипед.

Коли вона матиме канікули?

Вони не мають англо-українського словника.

Влітку він не мав багато вільного часу.

Скільки в неї братів і сестер?

Мій друг мав велику кімнату в Києві.

В мене не має книг англійською мовою.


ІІ. Reading.

Read and translate the text.

Our Language laboratory.


This is our language laboratory. We have a very good language laboratory at our university. Every week students have an English class in this laboratory. Look at it. This is a teacher’s desk. It has two tape recorders. Those are students’ desks. Each desk has two pairs of headphones and a microphone. We have 16 desks. This is a blackboard and that is a screen. We have many slides in our language laboratory. These are shelves with the dictionaries. We have different dictionaries on the shelves. On the walls we have many pictures and tables. Students have very interesting classes in this laboratory. Students read and translate texts. We have many interesting text books. Students listen to tape recorders and repeat dialogues and monologues after the speaker. They make their own dialogues and discuss different topics. Ten years ago our University had no language laboratory. Now it has. Soon our department will have a computer class. Each student will have a personal computer on the desk. Every week the students will have an English lesson in the computer classroom.


Practice.

Ask your fellow student about the University language laboratory.

Describe your English classes in the language laboratory.




Unit 2

Topic: My Friends

Language: The verb “to be” in the Indefinite Tenses

Text: My Friends



Language

The Verb “TO BE” in the Indefinite Tenses





Affirmative

(стверджувальна форма)

Interrogative

(питальна)

Negative

(заперечна)

Present

I am

he

she is

it

you

we are

they

Am I …?

he

Is she …?

it

you

Are we …?

they

I am not

he

she is not (isn’t)

it

you

we are not (aren’t)

they

Past


I

he was

she

it

you

we were

they

I

Was he …?

she

it

you

Were we …?

they


I

he

she was not (wasn’t)

it

you

we were not (weren’t)

they

Future

I , we shall be

he

she

it will be

you

they

Shall I, we be …?

he

she

Will it be … ?

you

they



I, we shall not be

he

she

it will not be

you (won’t be)

they




^ Illustrative Examples

I am a student.

I am not a pupil.

I was a pupil last year.

Are you a pupil now? No, I am not. Were you a pupil last year? Yes, I was.

Is he a student or a worker? He is a student.

She is a student too, isn’t she? Yes she is. No, she is not.

We shall be specialists in five years.

What shall we be in five years?

We shall be specialists in five years.

Who will be specialists in five years? We shall


Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past and the Future.

He is a student of our University.

She is a good student.

You are our guests.

I am a member of this group.

Are they pupils or students?

What is your profession?

We are good friends.

You are Ukrainian citizen, aren’t you?


Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks with am, is, are, was, were, will be, shall be.

… you a scientist?

Who … the eldest member of your family?

I … a second year student next year.

Scientific conference … in our University in 1996.

… this man a teacher or a doctor?

He … an American, … he?

… these your books?

… you in London last year?


Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

Is your father an engineer?

Will you be an economist?

Who is the eldest in your family?

Are your parents in England?

Your mother was a famous dancer, wasn’t she?

Who are you?

What are you?

Is your best friend a student or a collective farmer?

Shall we be friends?

Where were you yesterday in the evening?


Exercise 3. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences.

Victor Petrov is a student.

He is a famous scientist.

They were members of our society.

My friend is a famous artist.

She was a good research worker.

I am a student of KSTU.

We were good friends.

The house of his grandfather is very old.


Exercise 4. Say it in English.

Твоя мати була студенткою цього університету?

Він відомий науковець, чи не так?

Я не учень а студент.

Вони Українці.

Вoна не на роботі.

Мій дідусь був професором в університеті.

У майбутньому я буду хорошим спеціалістом.

Хто автор цієї статті?

Вони були добрими друзями.

Твій брат буде завтра на лекції?

II. Reading

Text

My friends

Let me introduce myself. My name is Peter Stogov. I am 19. I’m a student of Kiev National Linguistic University. I am a first year student. I am very happy.

I have many friends. My best friend is Vladimir Petrov. He is a student too. But he is not a student of KNLU. He is a student of Kharkov Pharmacy Academy. He is 20 years old and he is a second year student.

Lena Pavlova is my girl friend. She is 18, but she is not a student. She is a secretary at the court. She is very clever and pretty.

I also have a friend in England. His name is Steven King. Is he Ukrainian? No, he is not. He’s English. Is he a student? No, he isn’t. He is a lawyer in London. He is 25. He is very busy. Steven has a family. He has a father, a mother and a sister. His father is a research worker. He was in our country last year. It was a scientific conference in Kiev. Steven’s mother is a house-wife. Several years ago she was a teacher. Now she has a little daughter. Kate is Steven’s sister. She is 5 years old. She is not a school girl. She is very small.


III. Practice

Exercise 1. Ask your fellow student about:

His/her family;

His/her friends.

Get the information about: names, surnames, ages, nationalities, relatives, occupations.


1. Grammar
^ Construction there + be
The Present Indefinite Tense


Affirmative

Interrogative

Negative

There is a computer center at the University.

Is there a computer center at the University?

There is no computer center at the University.

There are computer centers at the University.

Are there computer centers at the University?

There are no computer centers at the University.
^ The Past Indefinite Tense


Affirmative
Interrogative

Negative

There was a computer center at the University.

Was there a computer center at the University?

There was no computer center at the University.

There were computer centers at the University.

Were there computer centers at the University?

There were no computer centers at the University.


Indefinite Pronouns




Pronouns
People
Things

Places

some

деякий

будь-який,

декілька

somebody

someone

хтось,

будь-хто

something

що-небудь

somewhere

де-небудь


any

деякий, будь-який,

декілька

anybody

anyone

будь-який

хтось

anything

все

будь-що

anywhere

скрізь

всюди


no

ніякий

nobody

no one

ніхто

nothing

ніщо

нічого

nowhere

ніде


Illustrative Examples

There is a post-graduate course at the University.

There are student hostels at the University.

Is there a post-graduate course at the University?

Yes, there is. No, there is not.

There is no post-graduate course at the University.

There are not many student hostels at the University.

Is there a post-graduate course or a designing bureau at the University?

What is there at the University?

There is a post-graduate course at the University.

How many student hostels are there at the University?

There are three student hostels at the University.

There is somebody in the laboratory.

Is there anybody in the laboratory?

There is nobody in the laboratory.

There is not anybody in the laboratory.



Unit 3

Topic: University

Language: 1. Construction there + be

2. Indefinite Pronouns

Text: Our University
II. Language

Exercise 1. Study the vocabulary

to be founded – бути заснованим

competition – конкурс

to enter – поступати

to do one’s best – робити все можливе

to be enrolled – бути зарахованим

faculty – факультет

full-time form of education – денна форма навчання

correspondent form of education – заочна форма навчання

Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training – факультет перепідготовки та підвищення кваліфікації

as well as – так же як

common - спільні

specialized academic Council for defending theses – спеціалізована вчена Рада з захисту дисертацій

rigional division – регіональний підрозділ

teaching staff – педагогічний склад

student’s body – кількість студентів

assistant professor – доцент

under supervision – під керівництвом

to carry on reseach work – вести наукову роботу

practical application – практичне застосування

scientific society – наукове товариство

to have at one’s disposal – мати в распорядженні

shop – майстерня

equipment – обладнення

machine-tool - верстак

up-to-date devices – сучасні прилади

department – кафедра

hostel – гуртожиток

to provide - забеспечувати

term – семестр

credit – залік

grant – стипендія

to attend – відвідувати

yearly project – курсова робота

Bachelor degree – ступінь бакалавра

Master degree – ступінь магістра

post-graduate course – аспірантура

out-of-class activity – позакласна діяльність

amateur group – самодіяльність


^ III. Grammar

Exercise 1. Render the following sentences into the Past.

Model:

There is one student hostel at the University.

There was one student hostel at the University.




There is no library at the University.

There is an amateur group at the University.

There are many computerized class-rooms at the University.

There are lectures every day.

There is a stadium at the University.

There are regional divisions in the towns of Feodosia and Genichesk.

There are not many laboratories with modern equipment at the University.

There is a Textile college and Preparatory Department at the University.


Exercise 2. Express your agreement with the following statements. Use the phrases: Certainly. It is really so. You are right. I agree with you.

Model:

There are four educational buildings at the University. Certainly, there are four educational buildings at the University.



There are many departments at the University.

There are full-time, correspondent and external forms of education at the University.

Among teaching staff there are professors, assistant-professors, doctors of science.

There are computerized class-rooms at the University.

There are three student hostels.

There were many sport facilities at the University.

There is a students’ scientific society at the University.

There was a post-graduate course at the University.


Exercise 3. Object to the sentences. Use the phrases: No, it is not so. I’m afraid you are wrong. I can’t agree with you.

Model:

There is a designing bureau at the University.

No, it is not so, there is no designing bureau at the University.

There was a museum at the University. No, it was not so, there was no museum at the University.

There were ten student hostel at the University.

There is a language laboratory at the University.

There is a forest near the University.

There are 365 days in a year.

There was a library at the University.

There are many departments at the University.

There are frosty days in summer.

There is students’ theatre at the University.


Exercise 4. Express your surprise as in the model. Give short affirmative (negative) answers as in the model.

Model 1:

There are many sport facilities at the University.

Are there, really, many sport facilities at the University?

Yes, there are. No, there are not.




There is a newspaper on the table.

There were many parks in the town.

There is a Cybernetics faculty on the second floor.

There are regional divisions in many towns of Ukraine.

There are two terms in an academic year.

There are 366 days in a leap year.

There are reading halls at the University.

There is a post-graduate course at the University.

There was only one period yesterday.



Exercise 5. React to the questions making a choice as in the model:

Model:

Is there a students’ theatre or professional theatre at the University?

There is a students' theatre at the University.

Is there a park or a forest near the University.

Were there hot or cold days last summer?

Are there 20 academicians or assistant professors at the University?

Are there seven or eight days in a week?

Is there a stadium or a swimming pool at the University?

Are there two or three terms in an academic year?

Is there a Textile College or a Medical College at the university?

Was there a library or a computer center at the University?



^ Exercise 6. Ask your friend all possible questions to the following sentences.

Model:

There are four buildings at the University.

Are there four buildings at the University?

How many buildings are there at the University?

Are there four or five buildings at the University?

Where are four buildings?




There are three student hostels at the University.

There are seven faculties at the University.

There is a students’ scientific society at the University.

There are up-to-date devices in the laboratories.

There were many sport facilities at the University.

There are regional divisions in many towns of the country.

There is a library at the University.

There is a post-graduate course in 28 specialities at the University.

There was a park near the University.


Exercise 7. Say it in English.

В нашому університеті 7 чи 8 факультетів?

В університеті є бібліотека.

Чи є в університеті лабораторії із сучасним обладнанням?

Скільки студентських гуртожитків є в університеті?

В університеті існує студентський театр.

В університеті є багато комп’ютеризованих аудиторій.

В багатьох містах України розташовані регіональні підрозділи нашого університету.

Чи були в нашому університеті комп’ютерні аудиторії у 1957 році?


Exercise 8. Make up the sentences. Use the chart.

There is

There are

Is there

Are there

There is no

There are not

some

any

no


books

laboratories

students

devices

snow

machine-tools

hostels

milk

on the table

at the University

in the class-room

in the street

in the glass


Exercise 9. Fill in the blanks with some (something, somebody), any (anybody, anything), no (nothing, nobody). Render the sentences into Ukrainian.

There is … in the class-room.

There were … mistakes in the term-paper.

Are there … students in the library?

… students carry on research work.

Is there … wrong with the device? Yes, there is … wrong with it.

There was … snow last winter.

There is … experimental shop at the University.

Are there … regional divisions at the University? Yes, there are ….



IV. Reading

Text A

Read and translate the text A

I’m a first-year student of the Kherson State Technical University. Many boys and girls hoped to enter the University, so the competition was rather intense. But I did my best and was enrolled to the first course of the … faculty.

Educational establishment was founded in 1957. In 1980, on its bases the Kherson State Industrial Institute was opened. In 1998 it was given the status of Technical University. Now it is one of the best higher educational establishments in Ukraine. There are 4 educational buildings and 3 student hostels at the University. There are 7 faculties: the Faculty of Economics, Cybernetics, Mechanical Engineering, Technology, Foreign Economic Relations, the Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training, the Distance and Regional Education Faculty. There are full-time, correspondent and external forms of education. The University has regional divisions in the towns of Armiansk, Feodosia, Yalta, Genichesk, Kerch, Kyiv, Chernigov and Kakhovka. Also there is a Textile College, a Center of Preparatory Training and Preparatory Department as well as the faculties common with the other educational establishments ( the Kharkov State Automobile and Highway Technical University, the Kharkov State Academy of Technology and Catering and others).

About eight thousand students study at the University. The teaching staff is more than three hundred persons. Among them there are professors, assistant professors, doctors of science. Under their supervision many students carry on research work. The results of their research work often find practical application. There is a student scientific society at the University.

The students have at their disposal experimental shops, laboratories with modern equipment, language laboratories for studing foreign languages, machine-tools and up-to-date devices. There are many computerized class-rooms and lecture-rooms. There are many departments at the University responsible for training specialists in more than a dozen of specialities such as: mechanical engineers, chemical technologists, engineers in spinning, weaving and knitted goods, automation, accountants, managers, economist, designers and others. There is also a library, which provides students with necessary literature.

The academic year is divided into two terms. Twice a year students take exams and get credits. If the results of the exams are good they get grants. The students have vocations in winter and in summer.

Usually students have three or four periods a day. They attend lectures, seminars, practical classes and labs on different subjects. First-year students study mathematics, physics, a foreign language and many other general subjects. In the third year they begin to study special subjects. Every year students write yearly projects. After four years of study the students get the degree of Bachelor and after five years they get the qualification of Specialist. There is a post-graduate course in 28 specialities that cover practically all scientific directions of the University. The KSTU also has doctoral programs and specialized academic Councils for defending candidate and doctor degree theses.

But the students’ life implies not only a study. There are many kinds of out-of-class activities at the University. There are sport facilities, such as a stadium, sport grounds, gymnasium. Our University has its own students’ theatre, amateur group, clubs of interest.


^ V. Language

Exercises 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following:

higher educational establishment;

faculty of Mechanical Engineering;

practical application;

to take exams and get credits;

research work;

vacations;

to provide;

different subjects;

assistant professor;

teaching staff;

equipment;

out-of-class activity;

to do one’s best.


Exercise 2. Give English equivalents for the following:

наукове товариство;

гуртожиток;

аспірантура;

денна форма навчання;

самодіяльність;

кафедра;

відвідувати лекції і семінари;

регіональний підрозділ;

сучасні прилади;

навчальний рік;

курсова робота;

стипендія;

лінгафонний кабінет.


^ VI. Comprehension


Exercise 1. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

KSTU is one of the best higher educational establishments in Ukraine.

Now, there are two buildings and three hostels at the University.

About six hundred students study at the University.

Under the supervision of teachers students carry on research work.

The academic year is divided into three terms.

In the third year students begin to study special subjects.

KSTU has doctoral programs.

There are not many sport facilities at the University.


Exercise 2. Answer the following questions:

1. When was the University founded?

What forms of education are there at the University?

How many students study at the University?

What is a teaching staff?

What kind of laboratories, shops and classrooms are there at the University?

Into how many terms is the academic year divided?

Do students study special subjects in the first year?

Is there a post-graduate course at the University?

Does University life imply only a study?

What kinds of out-of-class activities are there at the University?


VII. Practice

Speak on the topic “ My University.”. Use the chart.














VIII. Comprehension

Listen to the Text B. Be sure that you know the following words and word combinations:

to be situated – бути розташованим

entrance exams – вступні іспити

to be like somebody (something) – бути схожим

to fall in an exam – провалитися на екзамені

to exist – існувати

to last – продовжуватися

to allow – дозволяти

tutor – викладач, який проводить практичні заняття та слідкує за навчанням та дисципліною студентів

undergraduate – студент останнього курсу університету

residential University – університети в коледжах яких живуть студенти різних спеціальностей


^ Text B

Oxford

The city of Oxford is like London. It is old, international and it is situated on the river Thames. Oxford is very beautiful and green city. We say that Oxford is old and historical because it was founded in 912. The University was founded in 1249. Oxford is international because people from many parts of the world come to study at this University. Every year more than one thousand students enter Oxford University. The entrance exams are difficult. It is necessary to work hard to become a student of the Oxford University. Oxford University is residential. It consists of 38 colleges and each student must belong to one of the colleges.

The academic year in England has three terms which usually last from the beginning of October till the middle of December, from the middle of January till the end of March and from the middle of April till the end of June. There are examinations at the end of each term. If a student fail in an exam, he may be allowed pass the exam again. Only two reexaminations are usually allowed.

The University of Oxford has a tutorial system of education: every student has a tutor who plans his work. Each week some students come to see him, they discuss different questions connected with their studies and research work. At Oxford University no student may call on a tutor or attend a lecture without his or her gown, therefore the students wear them in all weather or carry them over arm or shoulder.

The students at Oxford University spend a lot of time studying. Their working hours are from 9 to 1. At 9 o’clock they see the tutor or go to the library or to the lecture. From 2 to 5 they are engaged in sports and all kind of exercises. Almost all students go in for some kind of sport. The most famous kinds of sport are: boxing, running, playing football, golf and other games. From 5 to 7 they usually either work in the library or in the laboratory. At 7 o’clock the undergraduates and tutors gather in the hall and have dinner. After dinner students have club activities, debating societies etc. By 10 o’clock the students must be in the college, as most of the students live in the colleges. At 10 o’clock the students sit down to work again and work about 2 hours. At 12 o’clock p.m. the students go to bed. The life of the students at Oxford is very interesting.


Exercise 1. Find the right ending of the sentences.

The city of Oxford is like London because…

it is large and beautiful.

it is old historical and it is on the river Thames.

many books are written about it.

We say that Oxford is old and historical because…

a lot of writers wrote about it.

there is a university there.

it has existed more than a thousand years.

The entrance examinations are…

easy.

difficult.

not difficult.

4. The academic year in England has…

two terms.

three terms.

four terms.

If a student fails in an examination…

he is allowed to take it again, but only two reexaminations are allowed.

he is not allowed to take it again.

the student is allowed to take as many reexaminations as he wants.

The student come to the tutor…

to choose necessary kind of sport.

to discuss different questions connected with other students.

to discuss different questions connected with his studies.

The students of oxford usually spend the mornings…

going in for sport.

studying.

going for a walk with their tutor.


Exercise 2. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

The city of Oxford is old, international and it is situated on the river Severn.

The University was founded in 1978.

Oxford University consists of 28 colleges.

Every year more than one thousand students enter the Oxford University.

The academic year in England has four terms.

The University has a tutorial system of education.

The examinations take place at the beginning of each term.

The students of Oxford may attend lectures without their gowns.

The working hours for students are from 1 to 5 o’clock.

Almost all students go in for some kind of sport.


Exercise 3. Put the following sentences into the right order according to the text.

The academic year in England has three terms.

It is necessary to work hard to become a student of the Oxford University.

The students at Oxford spend much time studying.

The city of Oxford is old, international and beautiful.

Examinations take place at the end of each term.

Every year more than one thousand students enter the Oxford University.

The University of Oxford has a tutorial system of education.


^ IX. Practice

Exercise 1. Compare KSTU with the University of Oxford.


Exercise 2. Read and act the dialogue.

Student A: Let me Introduce myself. I’m A…, a first-year student at KSTU.

Student B: How do you do A? I’m glad to meet you. My name is B. You see, I’m a first year student too, at Oxford University.

^ St.A: What faculty do you study at?

St B: I’m a student of the Slavonic faculty. And you? What faculty do you study at?

St A: I study at the faculty of Economics.

St B: So you are a future economist. And how many faculties are there at the University, I wonder?

St A: There are 7 faculties, where more than 7 thousand students study. And, as far as I know, Oxford University is very old. When was it founded?

St B: Yes, Oxford University is one of the oldest Universities in the world. It was founded in 1247. But it is famous not only because it is very old. There is a very high level of teaching here. The best teachers work at Oxford.

St A: Our teachers are also highly qualified. Among them there are 31 doctors of science, professors, 144 candidates of science, about 20 academicians.


^ Exercise 2. Make up your own dialogues on the following situations:

Situation 1: You want to enter KSTU next year. Ask the first-year student of KSTU about the students’ life at the University. Express your surprise about some facts. Use the following words and word combinations: ( to attend lectures; to study general and special subjects; to write yearly project; to imply; out-of-class activities.).

Situation 2: You visited the Oxford University. Answer the questions of your friend about Oxford. Object some incorrect statements. Use the following words and word combinations: ( to be founded; to be situated; to last; to allow; to fall in an examination; a tutor; a student’s working day; to spend.).


^ X. Reading

Exercise 1. Look through the Text C about the educational system of Great Britain. Be ready to answer the following questions:

What are the main types of British schools?

What is the difference between them?

When is secondary education compulsory for children?

What is the waiting list for?

What examinations have British pupils at16?

What kind of education do the British need to enter a University?

What are the oldest British Universities?

What is a usual structure of a typical British University?

What degrees can a person receive after graduation from a British University?

Exercise 2. Read the words for the text and learn their meaning.

Free of charge – безкоштовно

Infant School – школа для малюків

Junior School – молодша школа

Comprechnsive School – загальноосвітня школа

“GCSE” – свідоцтво про середню освіту

Vocational school – професійно-технічне училище

Advanced level – підвищений рівень

Master degree – ступінь магістра


^ Text C

The Educational System of Great Britain

In Great Britain education is compulsory for all children from 5 to 16 years. There are state and private schools in Great Britain. State schools provide the pupils with the books and equipment free of charge.

In private schools parents pay for education. 7% of children attend them. It is rather difficult to get to the most famous schools such as Eton, Harrow or Rugby. Often it is necessary to put the child’s name on a waiting list at the birth to be sure the child gets a place in such school.

At five all children go to Infant School and stay there till they are seven. Then they go to Junior School. In these schools they learn reading, writing and do physical exercises.

At 11 pupils go to a secondary school called comprehensive. In this school there are different programmes: the Grammar School programme, the Technical School programme and the Modern School programme. Children who have good results in learning take the Grammar or Technical programme. Those who have bad results take the Modern School programme. The Grammar School teaches modern languages, sciences and classics. This school prepares pupils for university or college.

At 16 pupils take national exam called “GCSE” (General Certificate of Secondary Education). This is the end of compulsory education.

There are colleges in Great Britain where young people get practical (vocational) diplomas. They are like a Ukrainian vocational school.

In order to enter a university young people study till 18 to pass a national examination called “A” level” (Advanced level) in the six form school or six form college.

Universities and colleges of higher education accept students with “A” level from 18. There are 97 universities in Great Britain. The oldest and the most famous of them are Oxford University and Cambridge University. Study at the university may be full-time and part time. Full-time education includes sandwich courses in which periods of full-time study alternate with full-time practical work and training in industry.

Usually a British university consists of a number of colleges of higher education each with its own regulation and subjects. Students of a wide variety of subjects belong to and live for one time in one college, going out from there to different faculties or laboratories for their academic work. In addition, each student goes weekly to a tutor to show and discuss definite work. A person studying for a degree at a British universities is called an undergraduate; one who has taken a degree is called a graduate. Students study three years of full-time study and receive a bachelor degree. After two more years of study they get a master degree. If they take a special course and made a successful research work, they may get a doctorate degree.


^ XII. Reading

Exercise 1. Read Text D and learn more about the educational system of Ukraine. Read the following words to the text and learn their meaning.

Improving qualification courses – курси підвищення кваліфікації

Beyond-the-school education – позашкільна освіта (знання, які набувають школярі, займаючись у гуртках, будинках та палацах школярів тощо).

Doctorate courses – докторантура

Distance learning – дистанційне навчання


^ Text D

The educational system of Ukraine

In Ukraine according to the “The Low on Education” there are the following stages of education: pre-school education, secondary education, vocational education, higher education, post-graduate courses, doctorate courses, improving qualification courses, beyond-the-school education, self-education.

In Ukraine the education is compulsory for all children between the age of 6 to 15. Mainly all schoolchildren attend state schools, where education and equipment are free.

Pre-school education is provided by kindergartens. Secondary education give a general education. There are specialized classes, gymnasiums, Lyceums for talented children.

For adults there are evening and distance learning secondary schools.

Vocational education is provided either in secondary schools or in vocational schools.

Higher education gives fundamental scientific, general and practical education. It may be full-time, correspondent and distance learning.

In Ukraine there are many types of higher educational establishments: institutions, conservatories, academies, universities, etc. They train specialists for various fields of science (physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, law, linguistics, etc.), conduct postgraduate courses and grant degrees.

There are the following degrees of higher education: bachelor degree (usually after four years of study); qualification of specialist (after five years of study and a diploma project); master degree (after master’s postgraduate courses); candidate degree (after theses defended); the degree of a doctor of science (after the second, more important theses defended).


^ XIII. Practice


Exercise 1. Tell about the educational system of Ukraine. Use the chart.


Pre-school education


Beyond-the-school education





Secondary education








Vocational education






Higher education



Self-education





Post-graduate courses

Improving qualification courses





Doctorate courses

Exercise 2. Compare the educational system of Ukraine and Great Britain. What is common? What is different? Use the following plan.

Age of compulsory education.

Types of schools.

Examinations.

Professional training.

Higher educational establishments.

Degrees.


Exercise 3. Share your opinion about the comparison. What do you like most in two systems?


Supplementary Reading

Open University

The Open University was established in 1968 to enable people to study for a best degree at home. It started its first course in 1971 with 19,580 students. Now it is Britain’s largest teaching institution, with more than 100,000 men and women taking its various courses at any given time. About 6,000 students of all ages get degrees every year. Its degrees, diplomas and other qualifications are equal to those of any other university.

Apart from the well-known degree courses there are a lot of other courses, some lasting only a few weeks, others ten or twelve months.

Courses cover a wide range of subjects – from every-day topics though traditional university disciplines – history, chemistry, electronics and so on – to the latest manufacturing techniques.

There are nearly 200 courses and in all of them (except for higher degrees) there is only one principle: they are open to everybody. You need no formal academic qualifications to enter them. You must be 18 or over, and resident of the United Kingdom. And of course, you must have the desire to learn.

The OU operates by sending its educational materials to students in their own homes or places of work. It uses not only textbooks which can be bought at bookshop or by post from the OU’s centre at the town of Milton Keynes, but also video, audio cassettes and computer programmes. Students of the OU receive their lessons and lectures in their homes by means of special TV and radio programmes, E-mail. They also work with their tutors all over the country. Students write papers on the courses and discuss them with their tutors at meetings or by correspondance.

The OU’s success os of great interest abroad and a number of countries have bough teaching materials produced at the University.


^ American Educational System

Education in America is largely the business of the individual State, not the Federal Government. Each of fifty states has its own system of education. There is no Ministry of Education such as exist in many countries, no national system of education. The Federal Government of the United States does not interfere in any way with public education within the states.

Americans tend to study a larger number of subjects than Europeans, in school, and particularly at the university. Seven subjects are required for a first degree (Bachelor’s degree) in many colleges. In the USA wide, and sometimes superficial, knowledge is often valued more than specialization.

There are more than two thousand institutions of higher education in the United States. Young people who want to enter higher education must have attended a high school for four years. This means that a student who wants to study at the university or college must begin by doing good work in high school. If his results in high school are satisfactory, he is enrolled to a university or college, where he may take a Bachelor’s degree after a four-year course of study.

The first two years in an American college or university differ somewhat from a similar period in a European one. These years in American college are a continuation of secondary education. During this time certain courses must be completed before a student may begin study of his special field. Among the required courses are American history or government and physical education. In addition to the subjects which the freshmen (first-year students at American university) have to take, they may choose from the following courses to complete their programs of study: history, mathematics, chemistry, physics, French, German, Latin, geography, journalism, economics etc. The courses which students select depend, of course, on the field of study in which he wants to major.

The aim of American education is to create a good citizen, rather than a scholar. That is why great emphasis is placed on the social duties and obligations, on communicating with other people, and obtaining varied information, which will be of practical use in life.



Language

Vocabulary to be learn:

Laboratory / Lab лабораторія

language laboratory — лабораторія усної мови;

lab(oratory) assistant — лаборант;

lab equipment — лабораторне устаткування(обладнання);

laboratories / practicals — лабораторні заняття;

to be going to — збиратися;

to be an applicant for entry — відвідувач підготовчого відділення, абітурієнт;

to take a preparatory course — проходити підготовчий курс;

a tutorial — практичне заняття (в вузі);

an instructor — викладач практичних занять;

Lecture Лекція

to give a lecture (to lecture) — читати лекцію;

to give a talk / to read a paper — робити доклад /повідомлення;

to attend a lecture — відвідувати лекцію;

to miss a lecture — пропустити лекцію; ( but , miss) — сумувати;

to skip a lecture — прогуляти лекцію;

to take notes of a lecture – вести конспекти лекції

to carry away the audiences – зацікавити аудиторію
^ Lesson / Class Практичне заняття
homework — домашнє завдання

preparation hours —години самопідготовки;

to check up attendance — перевірити присутність;
^ Academic Progress Академічна успішність
to do well (to learn with ease) — добре встигати;

to make good /poor progress — добре / погано встигати;

to be behind /catch up — відставати / доганяти в навчанні;

to be strong /weak in — бути сильним / слабким по;

to be good at (languages) — бути здібним до мов;

to be keen on (math) — бути зацікавленим / мати схильність до;

to do one’s homework — готувати домашнє завдання;

to distinguish oneself – стати відомим

to hunger for knowledge - бажати знань

to look forward to – з нетерпінням чекати

to get scholarship / grant — отримувати стипендію;

to last — тривати;

to stay — залишатися;
^ Students Студенти
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Unit 4

Topic: Student’s Life

Language: Indefinite Tenses (Present, Past, Future)

Text: Student’s Life

irst-years student / freshman (Am) — першокурсник;

to enter — поступати;

to graduate (from) — закінчувати вашій учбовий заклад;

bright / capable student — здібний студент;

steady / hard working student — старанний студент ;

top student — кращий , добре встигаючий студент;

problem student — невстигаючий студент ;

to loaf / loafer — байдикувати / ледачий;

commute —поїздка;

it takes me 15 minutes to get there - в мене займає 15 хвилин дістатися туди

to decide/ to make up one’s mind - вирішити
^ Examination / Grading Period Екзаменаційна сесія
credits / exams — заліки / екзамени;

entrance / term exams / — вступні / семестрові /

finals — випускні екзамени;

oral / written examinations — усні / письмові екзамени;

to read up for (exams) — готуватися до екзаменів;

to take / sit for exams — здавати екзамени;

to resit for an exam — перездавати екзамени;

to pass an exam — здати екзамени;

to fail ( in/at ) — не здавати (екзамен);

examining board — екзаменаційна комісія;

examiner ( strict , demanding) — екзаменатор ( суворий , вимогливий );

to give / conduct examination — проводити екзамени;

to give / to take marks — ставити / отримувати оцінки;

excellent , good — “відмінно” , “добре”

satisfactory / passing ( mark ) — задовільний / прохідний (бал);

bad / poor / failing mark — незадовільна оцінка;

to enter the mark in — поставити оцінку в ;

a record book — залікову книжку;

an examination record — екзаменаційний лист;

honours degree — диплом з відзнакою;
^ Hostel Гуртожиток
room- mate — товариш по кімнаті;

group-mate — товариш по групі;

recreation hall — зал відпочинку;

students’ canteen — їдальня;
^ Social Activities Суспільна діяльність
to be responsible for / in charge of — відповідати за;

to take on current events — проведення бесід про політичні події;

amateur shows / theatricals — самодіяльність;
^ Recreation Time Час відпочинку
vacation / holidays — канікули / відпустка / свято;

to go in for sports — займатися спортом;

to go hiking /on walking tours — ходити в туристичні походи;

to get sunburns /tanned — загоряти / засмагнути;

to play (sport, computer) games— грати в спортивні ( комп’ютерні ігри );

to go to farewell (reunion) parties — ходити на зустріч випускників;

to have a get together — збиратися невеликою компанією;

to have a good time — добре проводити час;

to have a lot of fun — веселитися ;

to play piano (the guitar) —грати на піаніно / на гітарі;

to celebrate a holiday — святкувати;

to mark a date /an occasion — відмічати дату / урочистий випадок;

birthday /wedding — день народження / весілля;

to have a rest — відпочивати;


^ Grammar

The Present Indefinite Tense( Present Simple )

1. Sentence patterns

Key examples to be memorized


I study hard.

Do you study hard?

I don’t study hard.



^ Illustrative Examples
He attends lectures and seminars.

Does he attend lectures and seminars?

Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.

He doesn’t attend lectures and seminars.

What does he attend?

He attends lectures and seminars.

Who attends lectures and seminars?

He (she) attends lectures and seminars.


^ The Present Indefinite Tense

Affirmative

+

I ( you, we, they ) study V

He ( she, it ) studies V (es)

Interrogative

?

Do I ( you, we, they ) study ? Do …. V ?