Английский язык. Higher education - Филончик Екатерина - Страница 15

The emblem of the Institute is an ELK- a wise power.

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PART II

DIRECTIONS:

Ask 5 questions of different types to different sentences.

ACTIVITY E

ORGANIZING YOUR THOUGHTS

PART I

DIRECTIONS:

Working with a partner make some decisions about the following situation:

You are planning to have a youth conference with your foreign friends. You need to decide what to prepare to meet the requirements of all your guests.

PART II

DIRECTIONS:

Working in groups discuss possible answers:

Do our students have all the necessary conditions to study properly at our Institute?

What is meant by private education? Do you think it is a positive or a negative tendency? Prepare arguments for and against.

ACTIVITY F

WRITE AND SPEAK

PART I

DIRECTIONS:

Give a summary of the text.

PART II

DIRECTIONS:

Express your opinion:

The role of private educational institutions in our life.

Possibilities for our graduates to find good jobs and be useful and wanted inside and outside the country.

ACTIVITY G

LISTENING COMPREHENSION:

PART I

DIRECTIONS:

Go over the vocabulary to avoid difficulties of understanding.

handwriting—почерк

jerk (Am. slang)—тупица

cheat — обманывать

accuse smb of smth — обвинять кого-либо в чем-либо

PART II

DIRECTIONS:

Listen to the dialogue and identify:

the subject matter of the conversation;

the status of the speakers;

their attitude to the situation and to each other.

At the Exam

Mr. Sorensen: Richard, what's that under your paper?

Richard: What's what?

Mr. S: Lift up your arm. What's this?

R; Oh, that. Uh, that's a grocery list. I've got to pick up some things on my way home.

Mr. S: Do you really expect me to believe that?

R: Well, that's what it is.

Mr. S: (reading) Soren Kierkegaard, Denmark, 1800s, Hegel, Germany, Sartre, Paris, 1900s... An interesting «grocery» list, Mister Jackson!

R; Oh, gee, let me see that. Oh, my gosh, they must be my notes. How did they get here?

Mr. S: I'd like to see you in my office, please. (They leave the classroom and go to the office down the hall.) Now, Richard, would you care to explain how the answers to the test questions appeared on your desk?

R: I can't, sir. Someone must have left them on my desk.

Mr. S: Someone left them on your desk! Someone with hand-writing identical to yours left them on your desk? I'm afraid I can't accept that answer.

R; Are you accusing me of cheating?

Mr. S: Yes, I am.

R You can't do that without proof! I'm going to call my counselor!

Mr. S: By all means, do that. In the meantime, however, don't come to class again. I am extremely disappointed in your behavior.

R; (grumbling to himself as he leaves) What a pig-headed, narrow-minded jerk!

PART III

DIRECTIONS:

Express your own opinion:

• Do you approve or disapprove of Richard's behavior? Did you or your friends ever find yourselves in a similar situation?

ACTIVITY H

SELF-WORK:

Topical Vocabulary:

department (n)

advocating and notary

merchant law

associate professor

collaborate (v)

premise (n)

attendance (n)

факультет

адвокатура и нотариат

коммерческое право

доцент

сотрудничать

помещение

посещаемость

PART I

DIRECTIONS:

Read and translate the text:

Text 2 OUR INSTITUTE

I'm the first- year student at the Minsk International Institute of Social and Labour Relations. The Institute was founded in 1992. It has managed to become a reliable and competent partner with its own approach to training, re-training and improving qualification standards in economic, social, legal, administrative and other spheres. The Institute has established and has been developing its business relations with educational and public organisations of Germany, the UK, France, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine.

There are three departments at our Institute. The Department of Economic and Social Management trains managers in the sphere of production, in the social sphere and banking. The Law Department trains specialists in economics law and in the sphere of advocating and notary regulations. The Department of International Economic Relations and International Law trains specialists in foreign economic activities, management and international merchant law.

Training at the Institute is performed not only by full-time and part-time professors, associate professors and teachers; the Institute also collaborates with leading experts of Belarus in the field of economics, law, banking, management and marketing.

The Institute enjoys good premises which comprise modern computer classes and laboratory equipped with laser printers, multi-colour scanner and electronic means of communication; ling-guaphone classrooms with audio-and video-equipment which promote intensive foreign languages learning; equipped classrooms, lecture halls, conference halls, a library, a gymnasium, cafe and canteen, hotel complex and parking.

The academic year begins on the 1^st of September and ends in June. It has two terms: the autumn term and spring term. Each term ends with examinations which take place in January and in June. During the academic year students work hard. Attendance at lectures is compulsory. The students go to the institute every day except Sunday. Classes at our Institute begin at 8.20 in the morning and end at 2.20 in the afternoon. All students learn some foreign languages: English, F'rench, German or Spanish. The students are proud of their Institute.

PART II

DIRECTIONS:

Find the English equivalents for the following words in the text:

основан; надежный партнер; деловые отношения; социальная сфера; хозяйственное право; в области права; оборудование; содействовать, помогать; учебный год; обязательный.

PART III

DIRECTIONS:

Choose the right variant:

1.The Institute was founded in

1980

1995

1992

2.The Institute consists of.

three departments

four departments

five departments

3.The academic year consists of _

two terms

three terms

four terms

4.The students take examinations _ .

once a term

twice a term

three times a term

5.Attendance at lectures is.

compulsory

not compulsory

6.The academic year lasts.

nine months

ten months

eight months

7.The students have their day'off _ .

on Saturday and Sunday

only on Sunday

the other day of the week