Answer the following questions.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 859.

Find the following words and expressions in the text and give their Russian equivalents.

College of higher education, offer a course, offer a degree course, pass final exams, be awarded a degree, undergraduate, complete the first degree, tutorial, lecturer, professor, do a second course, postgraduate.

1. In your opinion, what is the title of the text? 2. What courses do English universities offer? 3. What is a degree? 4. What is a tutorial? 5. What degrees are British students awarded? 6. How is the head of department called?

2.13 Make a short summary of the text. Use the following phrases:

The title of the text is …

The text deals with … (speaks about…, presents…, shows…, is devoted to …, gives some information on …, discusses).

According to the text …

I think …

In my opinion…

2.14 Read the text and find information about:

a. difference between colleges and universities

b. graduate and post-graduate degrees

c. students' majors

d. forms of instruction

In the U.S.A. the students can get higher education both in colleges and universities. The major difference between colleges and universities is that colleges are four-year institutions, and universities offer long­er courses of study. College is usually an institution the curriculum of which emphasizes arts and sciences or liberal arts, a combination of na­tural and social sciences and the humanities. Academic work at a college leads to a four-year Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S) degree.

Universities are usually composed of several undergraduate colleges and offer graduate (Master of Arts or M.A, Master of Science or M.S.) and post-graduate degrees (Doctor of Philosophy or Ph.D., Doctor of Education or Ed.D.)

Every American student has a major, i.e. the primary area of concentra­tion. They may choose, for instance, English literature, Biology, Politi­cal Science, etc. Students are often required to take the majority of their courses in their declared major. Some courses are required by institutions of higher education, such as English, social science, and humanities courses. A certain number of courses are elected by students according to their interests alone.

The most common form of instruction in colleges and universities is lecturing. Laboratories are also often used for computer and science projects as well as for language courses. Teachers in the USA also make use of discussion groups where the students discuss a work of literature or an essay and prepare a group presentation on a related topic.