Ex. 5. Fill in the gaps with words from the list and answer the questions below.

Ex. 4. Using the exercise above, substitute the underlined words in the text with their American equivalents.

Ex. 2. Fill in the correct preposition, then choose any item and make up a sentence.

Renowned, highly qualified, get, rehearsal.

Achieve, prescribed, high-quality, sports, balanced, academically, gain, inter-institutional,

Ex. 1. Fill in the correct word from the list. Choose any phrase and make up a sentence.

LANGUAGE TRAINING

1.………………………………teaching 2.………………………………halls 3.………………………………facilities 4.……………………………..art workers 5.………………………………projects 6.…………………………….specialists

7.……………….a higher academic level 8.…………………an extra qualification 9.………………………talented students 10.…………………………..set of courses 11.………………………………education 12.………………………………..a degree

To apply…. smth, to lead … smth/ smb, to take part …. smth, to focus ….. smth, to major ….. smth, to be proud ….. smth/ smb, to contribute ….. smth, to be related ….smth/smb.

Ex. 3. British and American academic terminology differences [26]. Do you agree with George Bernard Shaw that England and America are two countries separated by a common language? Fill in the gaps with the words from the list:

timetable, President, профессор, резюме, vacation, Assistant Professor, thesis, faculty, postgraduate student, semester, university teacher, 3rd year/ final year student.

Gr. Br.	USA	RF
academic/ teaching staff	faculty	профессорско-преподавательский состав
	professor	преподаватель
Chancellor/ Vice-chancellor		ректор
Deputy vice-chancellor for academic affairs/ research	Vice-president for academic affairs/ research	проректор по учебной/ научной работе
Professor	Full Professor
Reader/ Senior Lecturer	Associate Professor	доцент
Lecturer		старший преподаватель
Assistant Lecturer	Instructor	ассистент
	graduate student	магистр/ аспирант (a student taking a higher degree)
dissertation		диссертация
CV	resume
	college/ school	факультет
course (the entire degree programme a student takes at university)	course/ class/ module (individual subject a student takes at university)	курс/ программа
school (place of primary or secondary education)	school (any educational institution including university)	школа/ учебное заведение
programme (unless referring to computers)	program	программа
1st year student / 1st year undergrad	freshman	студент-первокурсник
2nd year student / 2nd year undergrad	sophomore (student)	студент-второкурсник
	junior (student)/ year	студент-третьекурсник/ 3-й курс
(doesn’t exist as the British universities usually have three years in total)	senior (student)/ year	студент четвертого курса/ 4-й курс
	schedule	расписание
term		семестр
holiday		каникулы (time taken off from school)

Instructor, degree, native, conversation, incorporate, dissertations, rank, master’s degree, Ph.D., tenure, lifetime, faculty, scholars, lectures, curriculum.

The lowest rank in American universities is 1)…………. He/she teaches anything an institution needs. For instance, a private institution can have a 2)…………… speaker who teaches some 3)………… courses. He may have no advanced 4)………….. whatsoever. The assistant professor is the next low 5)……... A person who is an assistant professor is usually hired only to deliver 6)……….. in a certain course or set of courses. Assistant professors usually have a 7)……… but they can be people who are writing their 8)…………… or are close to a Ph.D. An associate professor is a person who has his/her 9)………. Associate professors design 10)……… and teach classes in their area of specialty. Having full professor stature means having tenure.

Tenure positions are 11)………. positions. When an instructor is tenured, he or she is a permanent member of the 12)…….., and typically cannot be fired. Earning 13)………. both protects the professor’s job, and his or her ideas. A professor who is tenured has institutional support to carry out a unique research agenda, and has the freedom to 14)………….. new ideas into classes without fear of termination. Many people see tenure as a way of preserving the university as a place where ideas flow freely, and individual 15)……….. have the liberty to pursue their own interests[27].

1. How far up a promotion ladder can an American university teacher aspire to go?

2. Can you match the university teachers positions in America to their equivalents in Russia?

3. What have you learned about a tenure position in America? Does a tenure position exist in Russian universities?

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