Word study. My future profession

MY FUTURE PROFESSION

UNIT 4

The Belarusian Institute of Law

I have a Net-friend Alex. He is from Minsk, Belarus. We met in the Net last year. Truly speaking I have a very vague idea about this country in Central Europe. From my History course at school I remember something about the former Soviet Union, ‘iron curtain’, cold war, glasnost and perestroika. Belarus was, perhaps, one of those Union members.

Alex is a law student at the Belarusian Institute of Law which is one of the oldest private law institutions for higher education in the country. It was founded in 1990 with the purpose to give general knowledge to the students, to train professional generation of lawyers and to prepare them for careers in public service. Since 1990 the institute has developed its own traditions and formed experienced teaching staff.

The Institute has more than 6,000 students, six schools and two branches in Grodno and Mogilev. It provides higher education in Law, International Law, Economics, Political Science and Psychology, both full-time and part-time.

The Institute does not guarantee employment to its graduates. They have to find a job and their place in society and they do it successfully. There are not any names of its graduates on the lists of unemployed. The former students work not only in law-enforcement and judicial offices, but also in government bodies, public organizations, business, national economy and the system of higher education.

7. PRESENTATION. Use the information from the texts and the vocabulary of this Unit to present the topic ‘University Studies’. The following plan will be helpful:

1. Why did you decide to become a lawyer?

2. Why did you choose International Law?

3. What are your ideas about higher education nowadays?

4. What can you say about the institute you are studying in?

5. What are you going to do after graduation?

1. WARMING UP. What do you think is most important to you in a job and what is least important? Put the following in order from 1 to 6, then discuss it in class.

______ flexible working hours

______ contact with interesting people

______ chance to travel

______ long holidays

______ nice, quiet, attractive work space

______ good payment

2. 1 Match each word or phrase on the left to the correct description on the right.

1 wages	a) certificates and exams passed
2 skills	b) a talk with a company about a possible job
3 experience	c) the terms when you work
4 qualifications	d) points in your character (politeness, honesty, etc.)
5 interview	e) abilities, things you can do (type, drive, etc.)
6 hours	f) work of the same type you have done before
7 personal qualities	g) money you get, usually hourly or weekly

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