Ex. 8. Play out a dialogue with your partner combining the remarks from the table.

Ex. 6. Translate the sentences below using the samples in the box.

to be at university = to be a university student = to study at (any) university

to be at Saint Petersburg State University (more common)/ to study at/ to be a student of

to be in …………. faculty/ department

to be in the/ one’s first/ final year

to get/ receive a degree = to be awarded a degree

to take one’s degree = to study for a degree

to take a course in smth

1. - Ты работаешь или учишься?

- Я учусь в университете.

2. Я учусь в Санкт-Петербургском государственном университете культуры и искусств.

3. – Вы на каком факультете?

- На библиотечном

4. Он учится на отделении музееведения и охраны памятников культурного наследия.

5. – На каком вы курсе?

- На третьем.

6. Я получила степень бакалавра в Санкт-Петербургском государственном университете, а степень магистра хочу получить в Сорбонне.

7. В нашем университете есть возможность пройти курс «Русский как иностранный» он-лайн.

Ex. 7. Work in pairs. Ask your partner:

• what university has she/he graduated from?
• when was it founded?
• what faculties does it contain?
• what professors does the University boast?
• what famous people were among its students?
• what facilities does the University provide for its students?
• what is your friend’s university major?
• why has she/he chosen this major? Is it a sense of vocation?
• what subjects did she/he study for her/his major?
• what was the topic of her/ his graduation (diploma) paper?
• why did she/ he apply for a Master’s programme?
• what is she/ he majoring in now?

A	I say, who’s that man is the dark grey suit over there?	Do you know that man? Here comes Dr. Brown. Do you know him?
B	Very well indeed. This is Dr. Brown, Full Professor of Art History and Cultural Studies, theState University of New York. I can introduce you to him, if you like.	Would you like to meet him? This is Dr. Brown, Reader in Art Criticism, University of Strathclyde.
A	Please, do. I’d be very glad to meet him.
B	Dr. Brown, let me introduce Mr. Petrov from Russia. He is taking his Master’s degree at … and writing a dissertation paper on …	Hi, Jack! Meet my friend from Russia, Alexander Petrov. Dr. Brown, may I introduce/ may I present to you Alexander Petrov, Master student from Russia?
A	How do you do, Mr. Petrov? Pleased to meet you.	It’s nice to meet you. Excuse me, but aren’t you that Petrov who published a very interesting article on … in our journal last year? I was sure you have already made your Ph.D. Hi! Nice to meet you.
B	How do you do, Dr. Brown? It’s my pleasure to meet you.	Nice to meet you, too.
A	Pardon me, but what is the theme of your research, you said?	What can I do for you?
B	I am interested in Native American art history and museum representation of Native peoples	I am working on…
A	Then you must be familiar with the book by Dr. Sergeyeva. She is from Russia, too.	Then you must have read the latest paper by Dr. Sergeyeva who is a good specialist in representing cultural identity in museum setting.
B	Dr. Sergeyeva is my thesis supervisor.	Dr. Sergeyeva is an Associate Professor of Exhibition Planning and Design at my University. Dr. Sergeyeva is chair of Museum studies department, which I am in.
A	Really? Has she been conferred her higher doctorate degree yet?	This is a small world. I met her last year at our annual conference and I should say her paper impressed me very much. How is she getting on with her second thesis? She was very much involved in her research.
B	Well, you know, our procedure is more formal and different from conferring a Ph.D. degree in Western universities. She successfully defended her research work at the dissertation committee of Saint Petersburg State University five moths ago but the final decision comes from the Higher Attestation Commission in Moscow. Usually it takes about a year.

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