Read the text and answer the questions that follow it

Text 1. famous People of Belarus

Oxbridge specific system of education

Oxford and Cambridge Universities are the ones known for their specific system of education. Great emphasis is laid at Oxford and Cambridge on what are called “tutorials” in which a Don (a university tutor) gives personal instruction in his subject at least once a week to the students numbering not more than 4.

The central University, in general, arranges lectures for all students in a particular subject and holds examinations and grants degrees; an individual college provides for residence and tutoring. This system of teaching differs greatly from that of other universities.

In the faculty of Modern Languages in Oxford the average student attends 1–2 literature tutorials per week. In addition for language work he will be obliged to attend 2 prose classes per week – to read out the proses he has prepared during the week. For literature tutorials the student is given an essay to prepare which he will read out in the next tutorial and must be prepared to discuss and criticize. Most of the material for this may be obtained from criticism and texts. In Oxford more emphasis is placed on original texts than on criticisms which are considered of secondary importance to the student’s own views. The other source of material is, of course, lectures, which, unlike other universities, are optional.

The effect of this system on the student is profound. As almost nothing is compulsory except the weekly tutorials the student must learn to discipline himself perhaps for the first time in his life.

Answer the questions on text 3:

1. Why is the town of Oxford famous all over the word?

2. How does Oxford University justify its reputation of a privileged school?

3. What is Oxford University Press?

4. What is Cambridge famous for?

5. How many colleges are there in Cambridge University?

6. Which is the oldest college?

7. When was the most recent college opened?

8. What is it famous for?

9. Why is a system of education in Oxford and Cambridge specific?

10. Would you like to study at one of these universities? Why?

Chapter 10. Famous people of Belarus and Great Britain

Study the following vocabulary before reading the texts:

a folk story-tellers – фольклорист

an eternal hit – вечный хит

an amateur dance group – любительская танцевальная группа

an impact – влияние

a scholar – учёный

a merchant family – мещанская семья

a written language – литературный язык

oral folk art – устное народное творчество

a non-figurative art = an abstract art

a prose-writer – прозаик

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