Are the following messages adequately verbalized? If not, correct them.

№	Situation	Expression	Your answer
	At the Rector`s Office:	а) Hello, I would like to transfer from Philological Faculty to the Institute of Journalism.
b) Good afternoon. I’m from the University of Warsaw. I’m Professor Tsybulsky. I was authorized to bring these papers for you to consider cooperation between our universities.
	At the Chair:	а) Good afternoon, could you tell me, please, when professor Maslow comes?
b) Hello, I need to talk to my English teacher. Sorry, I can’t remember his name. He is middle-aged, with a short haircut and he usually wears glasses.
	Taken from an Announcement:	Today, 15^th of September, University Academic Council is held at the Chair of Communication.
	At the International Programs Centre:	Good afternoon, I’m Victor Novick, a second-year student of the Institute of Journalism. I’d like to submit an application for training at the University of Madrid.

8 points

7Speak about University with the help of the Semantic Map below. It would be a good idea if you record your version, listen to the recording and evaluate it.

8 points

8 The informational text below gives statistics on Moscow State University. Can it be an article in a newspaper? If yes, in what kind of newspaper and under what headline?

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23 faculties; 11 research institutes; 323 chairs; 59 departments; 15 educational and research centers; 4 museums; Scientific library (9,000,000 books) Editorial and publishing house; Botanical garden; 20,268 university staff; 39,035 students and postgraduates; 4,307 educational staff; 4,801 research staff; 2,322 doctors of sciences (full professors); 5,478 candidate of sciences (PhD); 167 academicians and correspond-member of the Academy of Sciences; 130 academicians and correspond-member of research academies in production; 8 dormitories for 12,142 places;

Cultural Center; 3 health establishments (hospitals and rest houses); 4 kindergartens and nursery; Sport complex; ANNUALLY: About 3,500 graduates of 44 specializations of higher professional education; About 1,000 graduates of 181 qualifications 10,000 scientific publications in the country journals or abroad; 7,000 report thesis for conferences; about 180 PhD thesis; more than 80 Doctor of Sciences papers (full professor’s); 350 monographs; 150 collections of research articles;   500 textbooks and manuals; More than one million items of study and scientific equipment and devices.

10 points

Total 70 points

2B	YOUR NEW WORLD IN A BROADER CONTEXT: EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES

‘How much has not been done

and how much we… won’t do in future!’

Dear friends,

You have already realized that university is a world in itself which is new for you and needs to be understood. You have also got acquainted with typical communication situations in it and learnt how to interact in them. All in all you have gained the basics of university survival.

This section aims at making you think and speak about university in a different perspective. Have you ever wondered why universities are so numerous and in which way they differ from each other? Do you know what makes people choose this or that establishment to study at? What does it mean to be a university-type person? Are you yourself a learner who can cope with university formats? These are the questions raised in Section 2B.

The tasks of this section will lead you to definite answers. You will learn about some European universities and different criteria that can influence people's choice of a university to enter. While reading about the types of universities you will find out about the aims that universities are aspired to reach and will compare them with your own purposes. It might be of interest for you to discuss the value of learning at university. And it might be of even more interest and use for you to discuss it in the format of true university members – the one of a round table. Finally, you will learn about one of the greatest learners ever and will reflect upon his accomplishments.

As you see your opinion is in the focus here. So while working through this section you will learn how to express your opinion in an academic way. After you study the material you will be able to find, sort out and classify issues, state problems and solve them in scientific discussions, interpret texts and present your reviews.

With all the activities done you will feel the spirit of academic life. Go ahead!

 

· some European universities

· criteria for choosing a university

· learning as a university activity

· round table as a university format

· people of science

· name European universities

· interpret texts

· participate in a round table discussion

· make a review

· make a five-minute speech

· classifying facts and opinions

· sharing opinions

· interpreting other people's opinions

· expressing your opinion in different formats

· making group presentations

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· vocabulary and speech patterns

· international words

· passive voice

· plural form of borrowed nouns

Πvocabulary building