Project papers. Individual research assignment

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT

SELF-CHECK TASK

Exercise 36. You are taking part in the international conference, sharing your ideas about the advantages of mastering learning a foreign language. Use the scheme chart below to present your ideas.

Why study English?	→	to have get a better job
→	to use the Internet / to be able to use the Internet
→	to operate a computer
→	to travel abroad
→	to participate in cultural events
→	to communicate
		→ scientific literature
→	to read	→ foreign books in the original
		→ foreign newspapers and magazines
→	to watch satellite programmes
→	to take part in educational exchange programmes

Down:

1. entrant 2. a student who received a diploma 3. a prescribed number of lessons, lectures, etc. 4. first year student 5. semester 6. stipend for academic achievement 7. a course of study 8. accumulated knowledge, intelligence 9. an institution of higher education 10. the process of teaching somebody

Across:

1. Another word for CAREER.

1. University: entrance requirements.

Education helps a person meet their career objectives and achieve economic growth financial success. Every University has the minimum requirement for an applicant to enter. Find the University where you would like to apply and describe entrance requirements considering

· age of applicants;

· examination scores;

· language requirements.

2. Online higher education: advantages and disadvantages.

Education is of great importance for every person. But often many people simply do not have time for that and in this case distance education online can be of real help. Many people have already taken online continuing education courses. Give the a detailed analysis of online higher education and include these points:

· history and development;

· approaches to online higher education;

· technology used;

· major advantages;

· disadvantages.

3. The future of the English language.

Today the English language is in a curious position. There are about 372 mln million native speakers and about 1, 400 mln million people use English in their lives. So non-native speakers greatly outnumber the native ones. What will this mean for the future of English? Find information to support your ideas in your research paper.

1. Mr. Smith goes for a walk and meets an old friend he hasn’t seen for almost 20 years.

“I’ve gotten married since we last met. We have a little daughter – here she is.” The little girl comes up and is introduced to Mr. Smith.

Mr. Smith says: “What’s your name?”

“My name is the same as my mother’s”, answered the girl.

“Ah!” says Mr. Smith, “then your name is Margaret.”

“Yes”, says the little girl.

Try to guess how Mr. Smith understood the little girl’s name was Margaret.

(The thing is that Mr. Smith’s friend is a woman – it’s natural that he knows her name. The word “friend” can mean both a man and a woman).

2. An English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: “woman without her man is nothing”. The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly. The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing”. The women wrote: “Woman! Without her, man is nothing”.

Module II STUDENT LIFE

Education’s purpose is to replace

an empty mind with an open one

(Malcolm Forbes)

Texts for reading and translating:	BT. National Transport University. ST 1. Students’ rights and responsibilities. ST 2. Living in the resident hall.
Texts to be summarized for annotating:	AT 1. Living in the resident hall.
Tapescripts for listening comprehension:	LT 1. My first week at the university.
Video transcripts:	VT 1. What is a university for? VT 2. Students’ rights and responsibilities. VT 3. Campus life at University of New Haven. VT 4. Student life.
Topics:	T 1. My university. T 2. Students’ rights and responsibilities. T 3. Living on campus.
Themes Topics for project papers: 1. Student life in other countries. 2. The best universities of in the world. 3. Extracurricular activities of students.
Themes for comparative tasks: 1. Student life yesterday and today. 2. School and university – a careful comparison. 3. Living on campus vs. living off campus.

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