Vocabulary. 1. acquire (V) – приобретать (знания и т.п.)

1. acquire (V) – приобретать (знания и т.п.)

2. associate professor – доцент

3. attend (V) – посещать; attendance (N) – посещаемость

4. bachelor (N) – бакалавр

5. course project – курсовая работа

6. curriculum (N), pl. curricula – учебный план

7. degree (N) – степень; degree program – направление подготовки

8. department (N) –кафедра

9. do one’s best – делать все возможное

10. etc. (et cetera) – и так далее

11. field (of Mathematics, etc.) (N) – область (математики и т.д.)

12. graduate from (V) – заканчивать (об университете и т.п.); graduate (N) – выпускник; graduate paper – выпускная квалификационная работа; graduate student – студент магистратуры

13. investigate (V) – исследовать

14. master (N) – магистр

15. postgraduate courses – аспирантура; postgraduate student – аспирант

16. research (N, V) – исследование, исследовать

17. responsible (А) – ответственный

18. science (N) – наука, естественные науки

19. skill (N) – навык

20. specialized course – спецкурс

21. students’ progress – успеваемость

22. teaching staff – преподавательский состав

23. undergraduate student – студент бакалавриата или специалитета

1.1 Say a few words about your studies:

a) where you study; b) what subjects you study; c) how many classes you have every day; d) how long your classes last.

1.2 Read the following words and word-combinations correctly:

The teaching staff, etc. (et cetera), specialized courses, to acquire, specialists, bachelor degree, master degree, candidate degree, dissertation, science, scientific, research, well-equipped, investigation, a graduate, to graduate, Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Geography, Environmental Management, Tourism.

1.3 Skim Letter 1 through and find out which paragraph contains the information below.

a) degrees b) teaching staff c) location of the Institute