Schools, careers and business

Exercise 8. Give the meanings of the following words and phrases.

full-time education; part time education; degree; fund; loan; provide; offer; release; fee; arrangement; improve; expansion; encourage; skill; enroll; curriculum; introduce; nursery school; secondary school; higher education; comprehensive school; authorities; compulsory education; a series of; advance.

Exercise 9. Make up the oral topic “Education in Russia”.

Exercise 10. Translate from Russian into English:

Дневное образование; улучшать(ся); администрация; учебный план; мастерство; плата; записываться; степень; заочное образование; предлагать; фонд; дальнейший; обеспечивать; ободрять; несколько; совершенствовать; вводить.

Exercise 11. Choose the synonyms:

A series of; provide; advance; rise; error; a number of; develop; owing to; high; offer; supply; increase; mistake; thanks to; tall; suggest; order; class; building; lesson; dictate; structure; apart; quiet; calm; separately.

Exercise 12. Let’s speak about higher education in different countries.

A. Higher education in Russia.

1) What would you do if you were a minister of education?

2) What can you speak about compulsory education in Russia?

3) Do students from different countries study at the Russian specialized institutes and universities?

4) What subjects are obligatory for all higher education establishments?

5) How many years do students study at our university?

6) What are your favourite subjects?

7) Do you like English?

8) What would you change if you were a principle of our university?

B. Now, a few words about higher education in Great Britain.

1) What do you know about the systems of education in English speaking countries?

2) What types of institutions of higher education in Great Britain can you name?

3) The University grants its own degrees, doesn’t it?

4) What is the normal duration of the first degree course?

5) What are the oldest universities of Great Britain?

6) What system are they based on?

7) What is the role of Oxford and Cambridge in the country?

8) Can everybody afford entering Oxford or Cambridge? Give your reasons.

9) What universities are called “Modern Universities”?

10) What kind of universities do you prefer?

Read and translate text 1B without a dictionary, try to retell it.

Text 1B:

One of the Government’s key objectives is to help young people develop economically relevant skills.

Education Business Partnerships aim to bring about closer links between education and industry. One of the main schemes is the Teacher Placement Service, which organises placements in business for teachers and lecturers; today 1989 over 100,000 teachers are on placements. Pupils normally undergo some work experience prior to finishing their school education.

Translate text 1C in the written form.

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