Answer the following questions about the Altai State University (ASU).

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 750.

Scan the text and fill in the gaps in the phrases with the prepositions from this list (at, to, for, into, in).

Match the underlined words in the text with their synonyms below.

• interaction •PhD specialists • unprofessional • sit for exams •established
• extramural • developed • registered

8 Give definitions of the following words and word combinations; illustrate their meaning in the sentences of your own:

e.g.: preparatory courses – courses organized by the University to help the applicants to enter the University.

I attended preparatory courses, so I managed to pass my entrance exams successfully.

• curriculum • workshop • credit • examination session • undergraduate student • post-graduate courses • scholarship • term • tuition fee • major • university facilities • speciality • campus • tutor

1. Today the University is the centre___ development of classical higher professional education.

2. More than 18000 students are enrolled ____ academic studies ___ the full-time, evening and correspondence departments.

3. There are Preparatory Courses, where about a thousand of students are being taught ___ a time, around 60% of whom, as a rule, successfully passentrance exams.

4. The extensive system of grants is ___ operation.

5. In June, 2012 an electronic reading room with access ___ the resources of the Presidential Library was opened in the Altai State University.

1.When was the ASU founded?

2.What place does it take among other institutions?

3.What departments are there in it?

4.Does it provide preparatory study for applicants?

5.How many students are enrolled in the University studies?

6.What is the teaching staff like?

7.Does the ASU keep close connections with other educational centres?

8.What educational facilities does it offer to its students?

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