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5e Write a letter of about 180 words applying for one of the grants mentioned
in the announcement below.
The Children's Organization has several grants of up to £1OOO to fund new
projects designed to help children in developing countries. To apply, please
write to us giving details about you, the project you are planning, and saying
how you would spend the money.
Plan your answer, using these notes. The letter can be answered in five
paragraphs:
1. Refer to the announcement and say why you are writing.
2. Give a few details about yourself and what you do. Keep this part fairly
short – they just want an idea of who you are, how old you are, etc.
3. Think of a project that would help children in developing countries. You
may use any of your own ideas or the following examples:
collecting second-hand clothes
giving children presents for Christmas
supplying food and medicine
5. Explain how much you need and what you would spend the money on.
6. Finish appropriately and say you look forward to hearing from them.
Remember to write in a formal style.
6.READING AND SPEAKING
6a Look at the pictures and guess what the article is about.
6b Read the information provided by administrators at Newbury College
located not far from Boston. What campus activities are offered?
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STUDENTS’ LIFE. CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
The Office of Campus Activities promotes student development by involving
students in social and educational programs, campus events, orientation, and other
leadership opportunities. The Department oversees a wide range of clubs and
organizations designed to bring together students with similar likes and talents,
inspiring campus discourse and promoting campus unity. It also oversees major
campus programming, such as the Distinguished Lecturer Series, Family
Weekend, and the Spring Formal.
For Newbury students leadership opportunities abound. Students can further
develop leadership skills by becoming Orientation Leaders, participating in the
Student Government Association, leading a student organization or participating
in the Leadership Institute program that runs each spring.
The Office of Campus Activities also oversees the Campus Activities Center.
This busy office center offers students in student organizations a meeting place,
computer use, decorating supplies, a library of event planning information, and a
place simply to "hang out" with classmates. Student organizations can take
advantage of the Center's resources to further strengthen and develop their group's
efforts.
All students are encouraged to get involved in campus life at Newbury College.
Whether it is running for Student Government, joining the Innkeepers Club, or
working on the Campus Activities Board, Newbury offers diverse opportunities
for students to get involved in life outside the classroom and continue their
learning in the world around them.
6c Summarize the article using the following words and expressions:
Promote development; leadership opportunities; oversee; bring together; inspire
campus discourse; promote campus unity; participate in; lead a student
organization; office center; offer computer use; hang out with; take advantage;
strengthen and develop efforts; be involved in campus life; work on Board;
diverse opportunities; outside the classroom.
6d Find similarities and differences between non-academic activities of
Voronezh University and campus activities of American colleges.
7.WRITING AND LISTENING / WATCHING
7a Make a calendar of events at your university and write a report (about
200 words) about sport activities there.
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7b Listen to L6 / watch V3 the students speaking about different kinds of
activities they have while studying at Arizona State University. Make a list
and report it to the group. Compare the list with the information from the
calendar in ex.7a.
8.READING AND SPEAKING
8a Skim the letter by a German student who has spent some time in an
American college. What really amazed him? Why?
Yes i learned much about how
studying is in Chicago. First of all i like to say
something about
the Size of Schools we are talking about
The Collage was in
Downtown, so it was in the middle of a big City. In Germany there is not enough
Space to build
the Big Buildings. There were over 4000 Students in the Collage
in Downtown
(They called it a little Collage)!!! And somewhere
outside of the
City there are even bigger and more Colleges at one "Place" (Can you imagine a
College city?). So how is Studying in the Collage, well it's different. You have to
know that the Students are paying about
1000$ per Month to the Collage!!! So
everyone is doing the best he or she can do. The Classes are little (about 12
People in one Group).
The teacher has one Assistant (One Student of the Group)
doing the Work for him on a
Projector to Show the rest of the Class what to do.
That's good because you learn much when you're doing the
Teachers job, even if
you make Mistakes. The teacher uses many Examples to make the Students
understand what he's
saying. Yes German
universities are indeed very big too.
But when you're been to the USA you know what i mean. There was a library
across the street (from the college in Chicago). The Building reminds me of a
large Museum, or
something like that. It was about 100 m long to 50 m wide and
about 8 floors high. I have never seen a Library like that in Germany.
8b There are some mistakes in the letter. Can you see them? Rewrite the
sentences correctly. Then exchange your corrections with your classmate.
8c Scan the letter again and answer the questions.
1.
Name three things that surprised this German student at Chicago College.
2.
Do you think it is good to have Assistants in class? Why or why not? Give
reasons.
3.
How big are classes in this college? Compare their size with students'
groups in our country.
4.
Do you find interesting his ideas about the libraries? Do we have such huge
libraries in our country?
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8d Compare and contrast.
Read one more opinion about American University. What do these letters
have in common? What struck both authors of the letters?
18th March
A young man I know here called Bud is at Harvard and he took me round
his University. It is a wonderful place; the rooms were
magnificent, beautifully
lighted, sound-proofed and air-conditioned. The furniture, the carpets, the
curtains
might have been in a first-class
hotel. There are splendid libraries and
the laboratories are some of the most up-to-date and best equipped in
the
world. And yet – I know you'll hardl
y
believe it of me, but it's true – I thought
longingly of the beauty of those colleges at Oxford and Cambridge with their
old,
"weather-worn stone," their oak-paneled rooms with their long bare
dining-table, and above all with their lovely gardens and lawns.
8e Role-play: Make a dialogue between Student A who has studied at an
American college / university and Student B who is going to take a course in
this very college.
Questions below can help you:
1.
What are the more popular extracurricular activities (or ask specifically
about the activity you are interested in)?
2.
Are you able to study in your dorm room?
3.
Do many students go home or away on weekends?
4.
Are professors accessible outside of class?
5.
Are campus jobs available?
6.
Were you able to register for all the classes you wanted?
7.
If you were to do it again, would you choose this college?
8.
Did you receive financial aid?
9.
What is the social life like at this school?
8f Think of any other questions you would like to ask if you were a
freshman at an American college or university. Try to make questions of
different types.
9.READING AND WRITING
9a Look through the following tips how to survive in an American college or
university.
TEN TIPS YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IN COLLEGE
1.
If you haven't already registered,
try not to schedule back to back
сlasses
.
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You'll wear yourself out besides missing the best times to study - right before and
right after class.
2.
Begin the first day of class.
Know what's expected of you. Take notes from
the first day even if it is routine stuff you think you already know.
3.
Establish a routine time to study for each class.
For every hour you spend
in class, you will probably need to study two hours outside class. Studying for
each subject should be at the same time, at the same place, if possible. Study
includes more than just doing your homework. You will need to go over your
notes from by class, labeling, editing, and making sure you understand them.
Study your syllabus daily to see where you are going and where you have been.
Be sure to do reading assignments. (Don't put them off just because there's not a
written assignment.) Read ahead whenever possible. Prepare for each class as if
there will be a pop quiz.
4.
Establish a place to study.
Your place should have a desk, comfortable
chair, good lighting, all the supplies you need etc., and of course, should be as
free of distractions as possible. It should not be a place where you routinely do
other things. It should be your study place.
5.
Do as much of your studying in the daytime as you can.
What takes you
an hour to do during the day may take you an hour and a half at night.
6.
Schedule breaks.
Take a ten-minute break after every hour of study. If
possible, avoid long blocks of time for studying. Spread out several short study
sessions during the day.
7.
Make use of study resources on campus.
Find out about and use labs,
tutors, videos, computer programs, and alternate texts. Sign up for an orientation
session in the campus library and computer facilities. Get to know your
professors and advisors. Ask questions. "I didn't know," or "I didn't understand"
is never an excuse.
8.
Find at least one or two students in each class to study with.
Studies
show that students who study with someone routinely make better grades. You
will probably find yourself more motivated if you know someone else cares about
what you are doing in the class. Teaching a concept or new idea to someone else
is a sure way for you to understand it. Studying in a group or with a partner can
sometimes become too social. It is important to stay focused.
9.
Study the hardest subject first.
Work on your hardest subjects at a time
when you are fresh. Putting them off until you're tired compounds the problem.
10.
Be good to yourself.
Studying on four hours of sleep and an empty
stomach or junk food diet is a waste of time. Avoid food and drink containing
caffeine just before or just after studying.
9b Compose your list of ten tips giving advice how to survive in our
university.