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UNIVERSITY STUDIES
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Vocabulary
Active Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
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attention to pay attention to |
/q'tFnSqn/ |
внимание |
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course course of study post-graduate ~ doctorate courses |
/kO:s/ |
курс учебный курс аспирантура докторантура |
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credit |
/'krFdIt/ |
зачет |
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degree |
/di'gri:/ |
степень |
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department |
/di'pRtmqnt / |
отделение; кафедра |
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disposal to be at the disposal of smb. |
/dIs'pqVzl / |
возможность распорядиться чем-либо быть в чьем-то распоряжении |
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faculty |
/'fxkltI / |
факультет |
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entrance ~ examinations |
/'Fntrqns/ |
вход, прием, поступление вступительные экзамены |
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first-year student |
первокурсник |
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full-time students |
студенты, проходящие очный курс обучения |
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part-time students |
студенты, проходящие заочный курс обучения |
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graduate post-graduate |
/'grxdjVqt/ |
выпускник аспирант |
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grant |
/'grRnt/ |
стипендия |
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lecture |
/'lektSq/ |
лекция |
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staff teaching staff |
/'stRf / |
штат служащих, служебный персонал преподавательский состав |
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term |
/'tE:m / |
семестр |
Verbs and Verb Phrases
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admit |
/ qd'mIt / |
принимать |
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acquire |
/ q'kwaIq / |
приобретать, получать, овладевать |
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be in one’s first (second, …) year |
быть на первом (втором, …) курсе |
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be interested in smth. |
интересоваться чем-либо |
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enter a university |
/'Fntq/ |
поступать в университет |
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get ready for, (syn.) to prepare for smth. |
готовиться к чему-либо |
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graduate ~ from a university |
/'grxdjVeIt / |
заканчивать (получать степень) заканчивать университет |
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miss (classes) |
/'mIs/ |
пропускать (занятия) |
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pass an exam |
выдержать (сдать) экзамен |
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take an exam |
сдавать экзамен |
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take a course (subject) |
изучать курс (предмет) |
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take notes of smth |
делать заметки, записывать, конспектировать |
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work at smth |
работать над чем -то |
Adjectives
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compulsory |
/kqm'pAlsqri/ |
обязательный |
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extra-curricular |
/Fkstrqkq'rIkjqlq/ |
внеаудиторный |
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optional |
/'PpSqnl/ |
необязательный, факультативный |
Passive Vocabulary
Nouns and Noun Phrases
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assignment |
/q'saInmqnt/ |
задание |
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curriculum |
/kq'rIkjqlqm/ |
курс обучения, учебный план (школы, института, университета ) |
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equipment |
/i'kwIpmqnt/ |
оборудование |
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experience |
/Iks'pIqrIqns/ |
(жизненный) опыт |
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facilities |
/fq'sIlItiz/ |
возможности, условия; оборудование |
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speciality |
/"speSI'xlIti/ |
специальность |
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training |
/'treInIN/ |
подготовка, обучение |
Verbs and Verb Phrases
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advance (in knowledge) |
/ qd'vRns / |
углублять знания, делать успехи |
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enroll(l) |
/In'rqVl/ |
зачислять |
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establish |
/Is'txblIS/ |
основывать, учреждать, создавать |
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involve |
/In'vOlv/ |
включать |
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manage (with) |
/'mxnIdZ/ |
справляться |
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master |
/'mRstq / |
изучать, овладевать |
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swot |
/swOt/ |
зубрить |
Adjectives
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advanced |
/qd'vRnst/ |
продвинутый, успевающий (о студенте) |
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extra-mural (syn. correspondence) |
/'Fkstrq 'mju:rl/ |
заочный |
I. Look through the statements and try to outline the problems to be discussed:
1. Entering university is a real trial, but where there is a will there is a way.
2. No pains, no gains. The students should take great pains with their classes to gain as much knowledge as possible.
3. Swotting is not the only way of getting ready for exams.
4. While planning their everyday activities students never forget the proverb: “Business before pleasure.”
5. If you don’t practise you can’t learn English. Practice makes perfect.
1. You’ve got some information about Ann’s entering University. Speak of your own experience to your group-mates. Replace the underlined words by the synonyms given in the box.
Ann is eighteen. At school she made up her mind to enter the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. She always took an active part in social activities and scientific work at school. Ann has always been interested in radioengineering. In June she left school and got her school leaving certificate. Then she took her entrance examinations in July, passed them well and was admitted to the University. Now Ann is a first-year student. She studies full-time. Ann likes her studies at the University, though it takes much time to get ready for classes.
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in her first year participated decided prepare was enrolled fond of |
2. There is some information about educational system in Great Britain. Compare our system of education with that of Great Britain, using the key words in the box below.
terms academic degree grant seminar
graduate break up lecture fees tutorial
The (a)_______ year in Britain begins in September and is divided into three (b)_________. Universities (c)________ for the summer holiday in July. University courses normally last three years and then students (d)________, which means they receive their (e)_________. At university, teaching is by (f)________ (an individual lesson between a teacher and one or two students), (g)________ (a class of students discussing a subject with a teacher), (h)________ (when a teacher gives a prepared talk to a number of students) and of course private study. Most people who receive a university place are given a (i)________ by the government to help pay their (j)________ and living expenses.
3. Reproduce these pieces of explanation on different kinds of classes choosing the right words from the columns. Speak about the kinds of work you do at University.
University offers theoretical and practical work. Theoretical course (a)_________ lectures. A lecture is a talk given in order to teach people about a (b)___________ subject. At the lectures you take notes. Those who miss a lecture usually copy up the (c)__________ if they wish to be successful at the exam. Practical course consists of practicals, seminars, laboratory works and tutorials. A practical is a class in which you make things or do experiments rather than (d)_______ write. A seminar is a class in which the teacher and a small group of students (e)_________ a topic. When you have seminars, you spend a lot of time in the reading-hall revising the material. A laboratory work means carrying out scientific (f)_______ and research. A tutorial is a regular meeting for a tutor and a small group of students.
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verb |
noun |
adjective |
adverb |
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to particularize |
particularity |
particular |
particularly |
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to note |
notes |
notable |
notably |
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to experiment |
experiment |
experimental |
experimentally |
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to include |
inclusion |
inclusive |
inclusively |
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to simplify |
simpleness |
simple |
simply |
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to discuss |
discussion |
discussable |
discussably |
4. Work in pairs. Restore the dialogue between two first-year students Alex and Ben talking about their university studies from the questions below:
A: What subjects are studied at the University?
B: …
A: Should we attend all lectures, seminars and practicals?
B: …
A: And what happens if a student misses some?
B: …
A: We are to take examinations twice a year, aren’t we?
B: …
A: What happens if a student fails in a subject?
B: …
5. Work in pairs. Restore the dialogue between Alex and Ben from the replies below. Now they are talking about their learning English. Use the word combinations in brackets.
A: … (to learn English)?
B: Yes, but I don’t have enough time for it. I have so many other things to do.
A: … (to be good at something)?
B: I am pretty good at reading English but I still find it difficult to speak English fluently. And I don’t always understand people when they speak English to me.
A: … (to watch English programs on TV)?
B: Certainly. That helps me to understand spoken English but not to speak English.
A: … (to speak English often)
B: Unfortunately, not. But I realize it’s the best way to master a language.
6. Restore the dialogue matching the questions and the replies, given below:
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A: You must be Tim, Jeff’s new roommate. B: Yeah, I’ve heard a lot about the students life. I think I’ll manage with it. A: You’ll have to manage with many other things: exams, boring seminars and labs, unending lectures. B: It’s OK. I like it. But I feel a little confused as I know nobody around here except for Jeff. A: Hi, I’m Andy. I’m your neighbour, I live in room 204. |
B: Oh, hello Andy! Nice to meet you! A: Don’t worry, you’ll get over it soon. It’s great to be a student. At first, it’s a bit difficult to get up early, to hurry to the University and sit 3 or 4 lectures a day, but you’ll get used to. Everyone does. B: Exactly. A: As far as I know you are a first-year student. How do you find the dorm? B: Well, it seems to be difficult but I’ll try to do it. |
7. Work in groups. Read the opinions of two experienced teachers of English and discuss which pieces of advice are the most useful ones. Find which words or phrases mean:
a) you won’t make much progress……………..?
b) become angry because you can’t do what you want to do ………………?
c) see and pay attention to ……………?
d) often and carefully, and in an organized way ……………?
e) alone, without help ………………?
f) do something that makes you seem stupid ……………..?
What's the secret of successful language learning?
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Alastair Banton is a teacher at a private language school in the UK. He has also taught English in Japan.
Also, you should try to 'develop an ear' for the language - not only to recognise the sounds of the language and to understand what people are saying, but also notice the exact words and phrases that people use ... and then try to use them yourself. Some people can do this naturally, but others have to learn how to do it - that's where having a good teacher is important! |
Teresa Pelc is a teacher of English in Poland. She has taught English in a secondary school for a number of years.
Learning a language can be quite stressful, especially for adults ... suddenly, we speak like children and make fools of ourselves! But if you're motivated, you learn to overcome this. It all sounds like very hard work - and it is. It is also very enjoyable - I praise my .students for every thing they do well, however small it is. Many of them are very successful and speak English better than me, and some of them have even become English teachers themselves! |
8. Find and read aloud those parts of the text which are concerned with:
a) the history of BSUIR,
b) the faculties and the departments of the University,
c) the teaching staff of the University,
d) subjects taught at the University.
OUR UNIVERSITY
On September 1, 1964 Minsk Radioengineering Institute admitted students for the first time. The youngest Institute of the Republic was established on the basis of the oldest Polytechnic Institute of the Republic of Belarus. It was assigned to meet the demand of the Republic in highly qualified specialists for evolving national radioelectronic industry.
In 1993 Minsk Radioengineering Institute was granted the status of university and celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics. Within this period BSUIR has trained thousands of engineers, doctors and candidates of science.
Over 11 thousand students from the country and outside study at its 9 faculties: the Faculty of Computer-Aided Design, the Faculty of Information Technologies and Control, the Faculty of Radioengineering and Electronics, the Faculty of Computer Systems and Networks, the Faculty of Telecommunication, the Faculty of Engineer Economics, the Faculty of Extramural, Evening and Distance Education, the Pre-University Preparation and Occupational Guidance Faculty, the Military Faculty.
Now BSUIR prepares engineering staff on 22 specialities in the field of computer facilities, computer science, radio engineering, microelectronics, telecommunications automated systems, artificial intelligence, medical electronics, and economy.
The educative process and scientific research are conducted by highly competent teaching staff that consists of professors, assistant professors, lecturers and teachers. They give lectures, hold seminars and have practicals with the students in various subjects: physics, higher mathematics, descriptive geometry, technical drawing, etc. Special attention is given to such subjects as computing technology, impulse techniques, analogue and digital computers, theoretical foundations of electroengineering. Nobody can deny vital importance of mastering foreign languages nowadays. English, French, German and Spanish are taught at the University. Students also have an opportunity to study a second foreign language and to advance in one of the foreign languages and to acquire the speciality of a translator.
The University has all necessary facilities for teaching including up-to-date computers and laboratory equipment, robots, closed-circuit TV. A large electronic library is at the students’ disposal.
To sum up, the University provides a good engineering education. The graduates of the University work at computer centres, design offices, industrial enterprises, research laboratories and institutes, joint ventures and banks.
Agree or disagree with the following sentences, in your answers use the expressions of agreement or disagreement:
1. On September 1, 1964 Radioengineering Institute admitted students for the first time.
2. Minsk Radioengineering Institute was established on the basis of the Belarusian State University.
3. Minsk Radioengineering Institute celebrated its 30th anniversary as the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
4. Over 7 thousand students study at 6 faculties and 34 departments.
5. The educative process is conducted by highly competent teaching staff.
6. The students of the University attend classes of physics, technical drawing, biology, geography.
9. In the following dialogue examine some unfinished pieces of argumentation and select among the given arguments the one that can be added in full accordance with the speaker’s viewpoint.
Alex’s First Examinations Are Coming
A: What university do you study at?
B: The Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
A: You’re doing your first year then, aren’t you?
B: Yes, that’s right. I entered it last summer and I’m a first-year student of the Faculty of Computer-Aided Design. I’m very interested in studying radioelectronics but sometimes it’s rather difficult and …
a) I can do everything in time.
b) I don’t have much time even for my football practice.
c) it seems easy for me to prepare for classes.
A: Well, the things are always like that with University studies.
B: I know you are graduating from the University, aren’t you, Nick?
A: It’s not actually a university. I am in my last year at Technical College and, in addition, I often attend public lectures at the University of London.
B: Is it true that your lectures in Great Britain are not compulsory?
A: Well, yes, they are optional.
B: You know, here to prepare well for the seminars and then for credits …
a) I should take an active part in extra-curricular activities.
b) I can miss some lectures and then just copy up notes.
c) I need to attend all the lectures and to take notes of everything.
A: You’ll have your first examinations soon, I guess. I can’t really remember how I passed my exams for the first time. But I reckon they were easy.
B: Maybe they were easy enough for you but they will be much too hard for me. I’m dead certain I’ll fail in chemistry and descriptive geometry.
A: Oh, come on. You’ll probably do better than you think.
B: No, I’ve already flunked my credit in philosophy …
a) It wasn’t really my thing.
b) It was my favourite subject.
c) I learned everything by heart.
A: I guess it is difficult for everyone to try to interest oneself in subjects like that.
10. Work in pairs. Start the dialogue between George and Alex discussing their preparation for classes. Use the logical scheme offered below.
A: Greeting.
B: Greeting.
A: Asking for information.
B: Replying. Explaining one’s argument.
A: Disapproval.
B: Correcting someone: Well, in fact …
Actually …
As far as I know …
A: Can’t you take the necessary books in the library?
B: Of course, I can. But it’s better to work with a computer display than to read a book. Where do you prefer to do your home assignments?
A: As for me, I like to get prepared for classes at the town library. Sorry, I must be off now. See you, Alex!
B: See you!
11. Work in pairs. Continue the dialogue between Millie and Pete according to the logical scheme offered below.
A: You know, I’ve got to get through the A level exams. I’ll worry about university if and when I ever get there.
B: That’s the trouble with you. You always try to do everything at the last minute, you are a terrible procrastinator!
A: And you are too serious; that’s your trouble. You never stop swotting.
B: Correcting someone.
A: Contradicting.
B: Giving advice: If I were you, I’d …
You’d better …
Why don’t you …
A: Refusing
12. Look through the information about digital learning from “Fast Lines at Digital High” by T. Michael Nevens. Think over the pros and cons of digital learning.
Today, with the help of computers and the Internet a lesson could be transformed from a one-way flow of information into an interactive process. Digital learning integrates technology, connectivity, and digital content into the curriculum. It helps students seek and use information in a creative way that gives both them and their teachers a new kind of educational experience.
Although digital tools may never wholly replace the textbook, they could supplement and enhance learning in almost all grades and subjects because they have certain dynamic characteristics that help students take an active part in learning. Students can explore subjects in greater depth. Moreover, because digital content is available in various formats, it can be tailored to student’s individual learning style. Students who learn visually can rely more on charts and video; those who learn analytically can use text and data.
Notes:
to integrate – объединять
creative – творческий
to supplement – дополнять
to enhance – улучшать
to be tailored = to fit
Answer the following questions:
1) What helps to transform a lesson into an interactive process?
2) Do you believe that digital tools may wholly replace the textbook?
3) Why can digital content be adapted to any student?
4) Do we use digital learning in our schools and universities?
13. Continue each piece by adding a few sentences.
1. Jane is a quick learner. (to have a good memory, to take notes, to enjoy practicing smth, to be witty and sociable, etc.)
2. I think Victor will do well in his exams. (to attend, to do a lot of revision, to make a careful study of smth, to improve)
3. I am sorry to say, Mike is an unsatisfactory student. (to miss classes without a good excuse, to be inattentive in class, never to do any preparation)
4. It isn’t much fun to try and catch up with the group after you’ve missed a lot of classes. (to be behind with/in, to feel inadequate, to have to cover a lot of material, to study on one’s own)
14. Work in groups. Many people believe that studying electronics is rather boring. Ask your partners if they think the same. Let them explain why they think so. Use the following formulas.
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I suppose What I mean is As far as I know I’d like to mention To my mind No one can deny the fact that I can confirm To sum up |
15. Look through the information about student life at Grinnell College. Then look at the pictures below and say what extra-curricular activities BSUIR offers to its students?
Student Life
Student Life at Grinnell has many aspects, in addition to coursework, which will enrich your experience here. We have an extensive Sports and Athletics program. We offer fun and enriching classes through our Experimental College. Student Affairs offers opportunities for students at Grinnell to become involved in the student government on campus.
We also encourage students to study abroad, and have programs available in many countries throughout the world. Grinnell College offers a very rich and rewarding student life. Men's Tennis - Grinnell 7, Knox 0
Grinnell defeated Knox 7-0 on Tuesday.
Baseball - Grinnell Splits at 16th-ranked Central
The Pioneer baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader at Central on Tuesday.
Softball - Grinnell 4, Clarke 3
Grinnell defeated Clarke 4-3 on Tuesday.
Softball - Grinnell 4, Central 8
Grinnell fell to Central 8-4 on Tuesday.
Students Life at BSUIR
Students Club
Brass band
Vocal group Dance group
Sports Club
16. Give your own ideas on any of the following statements:
1) BSUIR is the national leader among educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus.
2) It’s not fair to take exams.
3) Extra-curricular activities at the University are valuable.
4) Foreign languages are of great importance for highly qualified specialists.
17. Examine the network and reproduce the topic “University Studies” supplying the necessary factual and imaginative details so as to present some ideas to your group-mates.
II. Writing Section.
Write a letter to your English friend about your first months at University. Tell him/her what you like and dislike most.
III. Project-work.
A student comes to his native town for winter vacations. He enjoys his stay at home, relishes his Mum’s food, talks to his neighbours and attends the School Reunion.
Roles: first-year student, his father, his mother, his sister/brother, his former school teacher, his former classmates, his neighbour, his neighbour’s son who is planning to enter the BSUIR.
Comprehensive Prolonged Project
Day 4nd: Visiting Oxford University.
The group of Belarusian students is invited to Oxford Student Club to share the experience of their university studies and student life.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Every student full-time or part-time, who registers for a course at Napier, is a member of the Students’ Association and as such is entitled to participate in its activities and to use its facilities. The students democratically elected by the student body, who have overall responsibility for implementing these policies and for representing the interests of Napier students.
Every class is entitled to elect a class representative to represent its interests to the teaching staff and to the Council of the Students’ Association. Regular newsletters are produced to inform students about what is happening at the Polytechnic and the Association.
The Association funds the activities of many student clubs. These cover a range of social, cultural, political activities. Any student with the support of nine others, can set up a new club and apply for financial assistance from the Association.
The Physical Education Unit is responsible for the operation and development of Sporting Facilities in the Polytechnic. The Unit provides a service of coaching, expert advice, supervision and administrative support for all students of all courses both individually and as members of the various clubs of the Sport Union.
Notes
to be entitled - иметь право на
to elect - выбирать
responsibility - ответственность
to represent - представлять
Find out this information:
a) On what basis are Oxford students selected and why is it said that teaching at Oxford is “pleasantly informal and personal”?
b) What is so dreadful about ‘Finals’?
c) How is the research done by Oxford post-graduates?
OXFORD
What is it like, being a student at Oxford? Like all British universities, Oxford is a state university, not private one. Students are selected on the basis of their results in the national examinations or the special Oxford entrance examination. There are many applicants, and nobody can get a place by paying a fee. Successful candidates are admitted to a specified college of the university: that will be their home for the next three years (the normal period for an undergraduate degree), and for longer if they are admitted to study for a post-graduate degree. They will be mostly taught by tutors from their own college.
Teaching is pleasantly informal and personal; a typical under-graduate (apart from those in the natural sciences who spend all day in the laboratories) will spend an hour a week with his or her ‘tutor’, perhaps in the company of one other student. Each of them will have written an essay for the tutor, which serves as the basis-for discussion, argument, the exposition of ideas and academic methods. At the end of the hour the students go away with new essay title and a list of books that might be helpful in preparing for the essay.
Other kinds of teaching such as lectures and seminars are normally optional: popular lectures can attract audiences from several faculties, while others may find themselves speaking to two or three loyal students or maybe to none at all. So, in theory, if you are good at reading, thinking and writing quickly, you can spend five days out of seven being idle: sleeping, taking part in sports, in student clubs, in acting and singing, in arguing, drinking, having parties. In practice, most students at Oxford are enthusiastic about the academic life, and many of the more conscientious ones work for days at each essay, sometimes sitting up through the night with a wet towel round their heads.
At the end of three years, all students face a dreadful ordeal, ‘Finals’, the final examinations. The victims are obliged to dress up for the occasion in black and white, an old-fashioned ritual that may help to calm the nerves. They crowd into the huge, bleak examination building and sit for three hours writing what they hope is beautiful prose on half-remembered or strangely forgotten subjects. In the afternoon they assemble for another three hours of writing. After four or five days of this torture they emerge, blinking, into the sunlight, and stagger off for the biggest party of them all.
Postgraduates (often just called graduates) are mostly busy with research for their dissertations, and they spend days in their college libraries or in the richly endowed, four-hundred-year-old Bodleian library.
Engineering and Computing Science at Oxford
The course develops from Engineering Science, which uses mathematics and physics to create principles for successful solutions to engineering problems. Computer Science is similarly concerned with computing and its uses. For example, one objective of good programming is to create programs which are provably safe and can therefore be applied to controlling nuclear reactors, aircraft and medical services; it is by understanding both the engineering problems and the computing design that this is achieved.
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Course summary for Engineering and Computing Science |
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1st year |
2nd and 3rd year |
4th year |
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Courses Four courses are taken:
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Courses Eight courses are taken plus a design project:
Project in third year |
Courses Three option courses and a project:
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Assessment First University examinations (preliminary) |
Assessment Final University examinations, Part 1 |
Assessment Final University examinations, Part 2 |