THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 1039.
The Open University was created in 1968 to (0) _____A_____ people who cannot afford to (1) __________ regular courses of study, the opportunity of studying and (2) __________
a university diploma or degree. They study at home and their academic performance is assessed by (3) __________ of written examinations or project work. Most Open University students (4) __________ in study while also holding down a job or coping with a busy home life. They study in order to update their job skills or for personal (5) __________.
At the heart of most courses is a (6) __________ of specially written and professionally printed textbooks and workbooks which students receive by post. On many of the courses, students are (7) __________ to watch television programmes on the BBC network, which are usually broadcast in the (8) __________ hours of the morning. The (9) __________ of these programmes is to develop and broaden the study experience, so that students do not have to (10) __________ only on the printed material they are sent.
Students are (11) __________ with all the notes and books they need and, in (12) __________, some courses also include audio and video cassettes and computer software. However, studying at the Open University can be a (13) __________ because students have few opportunities to (14) __________ each other. That is why the University encourages students to set (15) __________ and run informal study groups themselves.
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Task 8. Choose the most appropriate highlighted word or expression in the following sentences. There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. A young child who goes to school is called a pupil / student.
1. A class at university is better know as a lesson / lecture.
2. Money which is given to a student to help them study is called a fee/ grant.
3. The people who work at a school or college are called the crew/ staff.
4. A person who has successfully completed a course at university is called a graduate / an undergraduate.
5. A teacher who gives talks to large groups of people at university is called a tutor / lecturer.
6. In Britain, the academic year is divided into three semesters / terms.
7. Courses in computer studies, retail management and other job training skills are known as vocational / postgraduatetraining courses.
8. You need a lot of self-discipline / self-control if you want to succeed at university.
9. Before an exam, you need to remember/ reviseeverything for a few weeks.
10. I always used to get terrible marks/ scoresfor my geography homework when I was at school.
11. Did you have to wear a uniform / an outfitwhen you went to school?
12. When I go to university, I want to do/ studyfor a degree in Information Technology.
13. Don't forget to do/ makenotes during the lesson.
14. I didn't go to German lessons, but I managed to pick some up / put some bywhen I was working in Berlin.
Task 9.In the table below you will find different words used to describe written work for courses. Study them carefully and then correct the wrong usage these words in the following sentences.
| composition | could be just 50-100 words, often used to refer to children's work |
| essay | longer than a composition, more serious, hundreds or even thousands of words |
| assignment | a long essay, often part of a course, usually thousands of words |
| project | like an assignment, but emphasis on student's own material and topic |
| portfolio | a collection of individual pieces of work, not necessarily written |
| dissertation | a long, research-based work, perhaps 10-15,000 words, for a degree or diploma |
| thesis | a very long, original, research-based work, perhaps 80-100,000 words, for a higher degree (e.g. PhD) |
1. His PhD assignment was 90,000 words long and was on the history of US place names.
2. Little Martha did her first dissertation in school today. It was called 'My family'.
3. We have to hand in an essay at the end of the course. It can consist of up to five different pieces of work.
4. The teacher gave us the title of this week's project today. We have to write 1,000 words on the topic of 'If I ruled the world' and hand it in next Monday.
5. At the end of this course you have to do a 5,000-word thesis which will he assessed, and the grade will contribute to your final degree.
6. I think I'll do a study of people's personal banking habits for my MSc composition. It has to be about 12,000 words.
7. I've chosen to do the portfolio instead of the two exams, because I like to do one single piece of work where I can research something that interests me personally.
Task 10.Read the following passages. Try to figure out the meaning of the highlighted words. Find Russian equivalents for the words. Make up your own sentences using any 10 words you find most useful.
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