Read the text using a dictionary and answer the questions that follow it. Philology faculty is divided into a number of departments at the Belarusian State University

Philology faculty is divided into a number of departments at the Belarusian State University. Education is provided in 12 specialities, like Belarusian and Russian languages and literature, classical languages and ancient literature, Romance and Germanic languages, etc.

What makes a good teacher? First of all a teacher should have true interest in children and love for them. He must be a well-educated man with a broad outlook and deep knowledge of the subject. A teacher should have the quality of sympathy, kindness and an inquiring mind. He must be a stern but just, strict and hard-working person.

A philologist should teach his pupils to enjoy reading books, to encourage them in learning literature and language which is the source of any national culture. Reading books will help pupils in their self-education, in better understanding life and in solving different problems.

Many students of this department are engaged in scientific work. At the end of the fourth year the university undergraduates are sent for a few months to school some practical know-how in teaching.

The profession of philologist is quite diversified and the graduates of the faculty can work not only at secondary schools but also at the higher educational establishments, publishing houses, radio and TV. They may continue their studies at the post-graduate courses if they have a desire to become scientists. Many Belarusian writers are the graduates of the faculty.

Answer the questions on the text:

1. How many specialities does your faculty provide?

2. What speciality do you study?

3. How does your faculty help students develop their creative activity?

4. What makes a good teacher?

5. Do you work at any scientific problem?

6. What problems do you consider to be the most difficult for a phililogist in his work?