Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic

Suggested situations:

A) Kazakh student and an English student are ex­changing information on systems of higher education in their countries.

B) Two students of the English department are discussing their college life. One of them is enthusiastic about every­ thing, the other is a dissatisfied grumbler and finds fault with every little thing.

C) A student of the English department is speaking about the program and the course of study with a friend of his (hers).

D) A strict father (mother) is demanding an explanation from a son (daughter) after a failure in a college exam. The son is giving all kinds of lame excuses speaking about "overcrowded syllabus", injustice of professors and bad luck in general.

4.5.1 a) Read and translate into Russian. b) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3. Residential colleges

Oxford

So this is Oxford. As soon as we emerge into the clean, broad streets, there are signs enough that this is the ancient seat of English learning. Gowns and mortar boards.¹ Young undergraduates in loose black thigh-length gowns. A gradu­ate's gown is generally of knee length and for ceremonial oc­casions at least, has a hood lined in silk of the colour pre­scribed by the wearer's faculty.

Oxford's main railway station is some half a mile to the west of the area in which are clustered most of the colleges: Queen's College and University College, Magdalene College and quite a number of others.

All these together make up the University of Oxford.

The central University, in general, arranges lectures for the whole body of students in a particular subject and holds examinations and grants degrees; an individual college pro­vides for residence and tutorials. Great emphasis is laid at Ox­ford and Cambridge on what are called "tutorials", in which a Don² gives personal instruction in his study at least once a week to students numbering not more than four at a sitting.

For a lover of old architecture, Oxford has much to offer. Many of the colleges present a lovely picture of ancient pearl-grey walls, noble towers, and picturesque gothic archways. All have grass lawns of velvet smoothness which must be seen to be believed, and many have, in summer, most magnificent displays of flowers.

(After "The British Scene" by George Bidwell)

¹mortar board: a flat-topped student's cap

²Don: a college tutor who directs the studies of undergraduates

4.5.2 Work in group. Listen to the students' talk and say a few words about the construction of each talk: its beginning, development, conclusion, and the general balance of these parts

Speak on what you think may surprise a Kazakh student at an English University (Oxford, Cambridge): a) program, b) teaching methods, c) students' extra-curricular activities.

Prompts: I think (suppose, guess, believe, dare say)...; Well, my opinion is that...; My view is that...; True, but...; You may be right... but all the same...; I wouldn't say that; but on the other hand.

4.5.2 Role-playing: work in two groups, one playing the university lecturers, the other presenting students. Both groups are discussing one and the same exam. Compare their versions and make your conclusion as to the difference in approach

Exam: English Language

Students	Results
Chris Brown	Satisfactory (Sat)
Charles Hope	Poor (Bad)
Duncan Holmes	Good
Dorothy Baird	Very Good

4.5.3 Write a composition –suggestion “What should we do to improve our Kazakhstan’s system of education?”

UNIT 5