How well do you know your university?

 

a) What does RSHU stand for?

b) Can you pronounce ‘hydrometeorological’ correctly? How do you pronounce letter ‘y’?

c) Look at the names below. Translate them into Russian.

· Meteorological Faculty;

· Hydrological Faculty;

· Ecological Faculty;

· The Institute of Information Systems and Geotechnologies.

d) What faculties (institutes) do the following departments belong to?

· Meteorological Forecasts Department;

· The Department of Experimental Physics of the Atmosphere;

· The Department of Land Hydrology;

· The Department of Integrated Coastal Zone Management;

· The Department of Marine Information Technologies;

· The Department of Applied and Systematic Ecology;

· The Department of Environmental Management and Sustainable Development of Polar Regions;

· the Department of Meteorology, Climatology and Atmosphere Protection;

· the Department of Ecology and Bioresources;

· the Department of Aquatic Bioresources, Aquaculture and Hydrochemistry.

f) Put the programmes in the chronological order:

a PhD programme, an Undegraduate course, a Master’s course.

 

2. Vocabulary. Twelve words and phrases you should know to talk about a course of study.

University, study, faculty, department, subject, research, undergraduate programmes, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, qualification, lectures, laboratory classes, practicals, seminars, apprenticeship, full-time course, part-time course, field training, field station.

Divide the words into groups to talk about the following:

University structure: ______________________________________

The process of study and types of work: ______________________

Programmes of study: _____________________________________

  

3. Word formation. Use a dictionary to fill in the chart. For some words you have to leave one or two spaces blank.

Noun	Person	Adjective	Verb
Science
Study
Environment
Meteorology
Development
Postgraduate
Apprenticeship
Technology
Research

 

4. Reading and vocabulary.

Do you know what the following subjects study? Match each of the subjects with a definition. What do you call specialists who work in each sphere? What suffixes do you use?

1. Ecology	a) studies the Earth’s atmosphere and its changes, which forms the base for the weather forecast
2. Meteorology	b) studies the ocean including marine organisms, ocean currents, waves, the geology of the sea floor
3. Oceanography	c) studies the relation between plants, animals and people and their environment
4. Climatology	d) studies movement, distribution and quality of water throughout the Earth including water resources and environmental sustainability
5. Biogeography	e) studies climate
6. Hydrology	f) studies distribution of species throughout the Earth

 

5. Pronunciation. Как произносятся подчеркнутые буквы (сочетания букв)?  

H y drology, s y stematic, Ph y sics, cl i mate, spec ie s, env i ronmental, appl ie d, d i str i bution, b i odiversity, sc ie nce, satell i te.

6. Vocabulary. Explain the difference between the words in each pair. 

1. ecology, environment

2. climate, weather

3. forecast, prediction

4. faculty, department

5. animals, species

6. programme, course

7. programme, program

8. subject, discipline

7. Reading. Read the text andfind information about the following.

· What does the program concentrate on?

· Where do the graduates work?

· What subjects does the program include?

 

Meteorology

This program focuses on the study of atmospheric processes and climatic variability. Upon completion of the program (operational emphasis), students will meet the requirements for the National Weather Service, the private meteorology sector, or continue their education in graduate school. Students choosing the program with the broadcast emphasis can also work for the National Weather Service and also earn the American Meteorological Society’s Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval.

The Professional Meteorology Program (PMP) track prepares students for graduate school and/or a career as an operational forecaster. Outside of the core meteorology curriculum, PMP students take courses in advanced mathematics, statistics, computer programming, Remote Sensing, GIS, and other courses depending upon individual students' interests.

Source: Mississippi State University

https://www.geosciences.msstate.edu/undergraduate/meteorology/

 

8. Grammar. Объясните разницу в формах глаголов в 1 и 2.

1. The students study …. They don’t study …

2. The programme includes … The programme doesn’t include …

 

He

She     works

It

He

She     doesn’t work

It

9. Grammar. What subjects does you course include? Which of the following don’t you study?

Use the clues: the courses include …; the programme involves ….;

The students of this programme study …..

Also make negative sentences if you do not study some of the subjects.

· Sociology

· Microbiology

· The Theory of Evolution

· Philosophy

· Meteorology

· Climatology

· Synoptic Meteorology

· Satellite Meteorology

· Biology

· Maths

· Physical Geography

· Theory of Communication

· Hydrology

· Fundamentals of Chemistry

 

What are your favourite subjects? Which subjects are you good at?

 

10. Reading. Read the text. Choose the best title for each of the paragraphs.

a) Career opportunities

b) Focus on field practice

c) What is Environmental Geoscience?

d) What skills do the students develop?