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The system of study at Oxford University brings about a situation where all the days of a term are really working days as we are left to work on our own. I will therefore describe a typical day of the term. In term-time I usually get up at about 8 o’clock, eat breakfast, and then begin private study at about 9 o’clock. Most lectures in the Modern languages faculty tend to be either at 10 or 11 o’clock although there are some at 9 and at 12. As lectures are not compulsory I usually try to ascertain which are worthwhile and attend them. If I have a lecture I go to the university. I continue private study all morning if I have no lectures. At 1 o’clock I eat lunch and then continue to study either in the library or in my room. My work involves reading texts, then criticisms and finally writing an essay on a title given to me by my tutor. I have to do 1 or 2 of these essays a week. I also have to do a French translation and a Russian translation and so almost all the days of the term are devoted to study.

The work I do must be presented to my tutor at a tutorial. Quite often therefore in the afternoon I have to go to a tutorial which lasts 1 hour. I eat dinner at 6.30 p.m. and usually study for a couple of hours in the evening and then visit some friends to chat for a while. Sometimes I go to see a French or English film in the evening or to see a play. These films are usually at the cinema but some are shown at the University French Society.

Chapter 4. Free Time. Travelling

Text 1. Oleg’s free time