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Will you kindly show me your (ст. билет)?
When are we to (представить) our term papers?
Which of them (участвует) in the choreographic ensemble?
I am afraid I can’t easily (выразить) my ideas on this subject.
I’ll make my further decision upon (завершения) of this part of work.
By what arguments will you manage to (доказать) your point of view?
He entrance examinations are usually held on a (конкурсной) basis.
This (задание) may be done either orally or in writing.
Is your (обучение) free of charge or do you have to pay for it?
We can’t (отнести) his progress to his abilities only, much more depends on his hard work.

VIII. Before reading the text (below) try to answer the following questions.

What entrance examinations did you have to pass to enter the University?
When did you take them?
What marks did you have to get to win the competition?
What were your marks?
What papers identify your student status?
Do you pay for your tuition?
What year student are you now?
What subjects have you been studying this year?
Do you attend all lectures and classes?
In what year do you students begin to take their special subjects?
How many credit tests and exams did you take during the last examination period?
Did you do well in your exams?
Do you often go to concerts, parties or discos held at the University?
Do you take part in their arrangement?

IX. Read the text carefully.

1. To have the privilege to study at the University you are to pass entrance examinations. The examinations are held on a competitive basis and those who have passed them successfully are enrolled and become students. The tuition for them is free of charge. But there also exists a paid form of education for those who haven’t managed to meet the competition requirements. After the enrolment you get your identification card and record book and may fully enjoy all the rights of a student.

2. The University training course for full-time students lasts 5 years. The semester system divides the academic year into two almost equal terms of approximately 18 weeks each. During a semester students must attend lectures and practical classes and prepare for them regularly, participate actively in seminars, fulfill written assignments, do laboratory work. At the end of each semester students take examinations. The examination period lasts approximately 3 weeks.

3. The first two years of University studies are to give students a sound background for obtaining their professional knowledge. So first and second-year students take classes in a number of general and basic subjects: physics, higher mathematics, chemistry, technical drawing, computer engineering etc. They also study social sciences and foreign languages.

4. Later, usually beginning with the third year, students take classes in their special subjects and engage in practical training in the field of their specialization. Professional skills are acquired at the laboratories and the experimental works of the University and at schools and other educational establishments of our republic.

5. Students’ progress is evaluated through oral or written tests, through participation in class discussions, through term papers, credit tests and a final examination in each course. If students do well and receive good and excellent marks they are given state grants.

6. Upon completion of the academic program and practical training students are to submit their graduation papers (diploma) and prove them in the State Examining Board. They are to show that they have not only mastered thoroughly a lot of useful theories and data, but also learnt to think analytically and independently, to interrelate various facts and phenomena, to make decisions and to express their ideas clearly.

7. If students work hard from the beginning and develop good study habits, they will certainly be successful in their studies – and still have time for relaxation, for social and other activities. As to cultural and recreational activities at the University, they are quite various, and to a great extent arranged by students themselves. They participate in concerts, parties, discos, in the variety of folk orchestras, in the choreographic ensembles, in the vocal music group, etc.

8. A good many students do sports volley-ball, basket-ball, skiing, skating and others.

9. During summer vocations students can work on collective farms and at construction sites and thus they can earn some money in addition to a rather modest student’sbudget.

X. Form other parts of speech from the following words:

To participate; to compete; to complete; to evaluate; to require; to relate; to depend; to succeed; to vary; to graduate; to enter;

XI. Say it in English:

Зачетка, студенческий билет, вступительные экзамены, сдавать/ сдать зачет, бесплатное/ платное обучение, общеобразовательные/ специальные предметы, участвовать в практических занятиях, посещать лекции, ходить на занятия, выполнять разные задания, первокурсник, получать стипендию, удовлетворительные оценки, зачислить многих студентов, учебный курс длится 5 лет, каждый семестр делится на 17-18 недель, сессия длится 3 недели, приобретать профессиональные навыки, овладеть теоретическим и практическим материалом, научиться думать аналитически, научиться делать выводы, досуг студента, выразить свою мысль ясно.

XII. Say, which of these statements are students’ rights or duties:

to have breaks
to miss classes
to be enrolled after entrance exams
to take exams and credit tests
to be provided with a hostel
to get a grant if you education is free of charge
to fulfill all assignments
to attend classes
to get a diploma after graduation
to have not more than 4 classes
to participate in seminars
to enter without examinations
to be the member of university’s groups
to choose subjects
to be late for classes
to be engaged in practical training
to be asked at classes
to be taught thoroughly

XIII. Continue the sentences:

We are enrolled and become students when … .
…. identify a student’s status.
The university course … 5 years and is divided into … .
As a student I have … and … .
My rights are … .
My duties are … .
Students’ progress is evaluated through … .
Those who … receive state grants.
Upon completion the academic program students have … which show how they … .
There isn’t a lot of time for … if a student works hard but he can …

XIV. Think and answer:

Should students work hard? What for?

Is it exciting to be a student?

Vitebsk state university

Practice the pronunciation of the following international words.

University, education, institution, tradition, republic, professional, date, type, territory, modern, center, international, regional, conference, agricultural, practice, museum, faculty, decorative, literature, student.

Remember the following words.

Establishment, to exist, to resume, full-time department, part-time department, to enter the university, to graduate from the university, a graduate, to aim one’s efforts at, to do one’s best, hostel, to contribute.

III. Remember the faculties of vsu.

The Law Faculty, the Physics Faculty, the Philology Faculty, the Mathematical Faculty, the Faculty of Belarussian Philology and Culture, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Social Studies, the Physical Training and Sport Faculty, the Arts Faculty, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Further and Advanced Training.

IV. Read the ending –s correctly.

Universities, institutions, traditions, professionals, dates, establishments, types, territories, centers, conferences, departments, faculties, studies, buildings, hostels, botanical gardens, biological stations, fields, stadiums, gym halls, camps, houses, museums, arts, numbers, students.

V. Say it in English.

Четыре университета, пять студентов, учебные учреждения, много традиций, три типа, два отделения, одиннадцать факультетов, четыре корпуса, шесть общежитий, пять музеев, семь спортзалов.

VI. Say whether the word is countable or uncountable.

Education, name, republic, foundation, establishment, faculty, biology, practice, museum, television, history, hostel, building, literature, camp, aim, effort, existence.

VII. Ask all the possible questions.

There are two departments at our University. 2. There is an agricultural biological station at our University. 3. There were 10 faculties at the University, and now there are 11 ones. 4. There is no Philosophical Faculty at our University. 5. There will be more classes next week. 6. There are 5 museums at the University. 7. There is the Faculty of History here. 8. There will be a new hostel soon.

VIII. Translate into English.

1. В Витебске 4 высших учебных заведения. 2. У нас в университете 11 факультетов. 3. Университет имеет хорошую базу для подготовки специалистов. 4. Завтра у нас будет три пары. 5. У них было время помочь нам . 6. Библиотека университета имеет много литературы. 7. Исторический факультет имеет много хороших традиций. 8. Университет имеет два отделения – дневное и заочное. 9. Я очень хотел поступить на этот факультет. 10. Я направил все свои усилия на осуществление моих планов. 11.В университете существует и ряд других факультетов.

Vitebsk state university

Vitebsk State university named after P.M. Masherov is the oldest higher educational institution in the republic of Belarus. It’s famous for its main traditions in training professionals. The history of our higher educational institution dates back to the year of 1910, when the Ministry of Peoples Education of Russia decided to set up a Teacher-training Institute in Vitebsk. It was the first educational establishment of such a type on the territory of modern Belarus. A new page in the history of the Institute was opened after the October revolution. In May, 1918 an all-Russia Congress of Representatives of Teacher-training Institutes was held. It made a decision to reform Teacher-training Institutes into higher educational establishments. So in October 1, 1918 Vitebsk Teacher-training Institute was renamed into Vitebsk State Pedagogical Institute. It became the first higher educational establishment of Belarus after the October revolution of 1917 and the first higher teacher-training establishment of Belarus. The temporary occupation of the territory of Belarus by fascist invaders stopped the activity of the Institute. After the liberation of Vitebsk from German invaders the Institute resumed its work on October,2,1944. The same faculties that had existed before the war resumed their work. Vitebsk The State Pedagogical Institute became the main centre for training teachers for national schools. 33 590 day-time and part-time students graduated from its departments. In September, 1, 1995 Vitebsk Pedagogical Institute named after S. M. Kirov was granted the status of Vitebsk State University. The new name meant also new directions of activities. Research work has become one of the main directions. Today the university is the centre of international, republican and regional conferences. The University has 4 buildings, 6 hostels, a botanical garden, an agricultural biological station, a stadium, 7 gym halls, a publishing house, a calculating and television centres, 5 museums (the museum of the history of the University, Masherov memorial museum, the museum of biology, the museum of literature and the museum of decorative and applied arts. In February 1998 the university was renamed after the statesman of the Republic of Belarus, a graduate of Vitebsk Teachers-training Institute Peter Mironovich Masherov. Today the efforts of the staff are aimed at turning the University into a leading educational scientific and cultural centre of the Vitebsk Region. There are 11 faculties at the University: The Law Faculty, the Physics Faculty, the Philology Faculty, the Mathematical Faculty, the Faculty of Belarussian Philology and Culture, the Faculty of History, the Faculty of Social Studies, the Physical Training and Sport Faculty, the Arts Faculty, the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Further and Advanced Training. The scholars of our university, our graduates and students do their best for the stabilization of the economy of the republic and its further development.