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2c Listen to a university student talking about a teacher. Does he say the
teacher was good or bad? L1.1
2d Listen again and tick (√) which of the following adjectives the speaker uses
to describe the teacher.
friendly informal easy-going strict punctual late formal well prepared
interesting
2e Tell your partner about your favorite / worst teacher at school. Write a
short profile (80-100 words) of him or her.
3.READING AND SPEAKING
3a With a partner, make a list of reasons for going to university.
3b Discuss the following in small groups.
Is it worth going to university?
Should almost everyone go to university?
Should you have to pay to go to university?
Find reasons in the article for
NOT
going to university.
3c Read the article and check the reasons given. Are they the same as yours?
THE TRUE COST OF UNIVERSITY FEES
The recent government announcement of
an increase in university fees
for
the coming academic year has angered young people planning to go to university.
In addition,
it has caused some of them
quite understandably
to question
the value
of a university education.
In an ideal world, university education would
be free and open to all
.
However, in most western countries, students do
contribute to the cost of going to
university
, and most accept that they should pay something towards the benefits
they receive from a university education; these benefits include
the opportunity to
get good jobs
in the future, and this of course
leads to higher salaries
and
a more
comfortable lifestyle
.
But is it that simple? It is true that university graduates may get better jobs,
but on the other side this clearly means that many students
have to depend on their
parents to finance their education
. As it is, students often
have to take out loans to
pay for general living cost.
It will
discourage
some students
from going to
university because they simply cannot afford it. This is not good news for the
Government, whose stated aim is to encourage 50 percent of young people
to go on
to higher education
. Already, many young
people are questioning the value of
a
university education. Everyone seems to have a degree these days, they say, so
when they graduate from university, they cannot be sure they will get a well-paid
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job. And this seems to be the reality:
many
graduates have to accept positions
which are
not challenging or well-paid.
Therefore the decision to raise university
fees will almost certainly affect the student intake, leading to
a drop in numbers
.
The proposed increase in fees is
unfair
to students. Many are already having
problems dealing with debt. There's nothing wrong with asking students to
contribute to the costs of a university education,
but the proposed increase is too
much
. We call on the Government to reconsider their decision or risk losing a
generation of educated young people.
3d Speak on the problems arisen in the text. Use the highlighted expressions
from above.
4.SPEAKING
4a Look at the photos of three
universities. What do you know
about them? Work with a partner to
exchange information.
Oxford University
Yale University
Lomonosov Moscow State University
4b Together with the partner write five sentences about these universities.
4c Project work. Search for information about these or other universities and
present it to the class.
5. LISTENING/ WATCHING,READING AND SPEAKING
5a Listen to four people talking about university L1.2 . Which speaker:
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thinks going to university was a waste of time?
thinks their degree is a big advantage?
did not work hard?
doesn't think or is unsure that their degree helped them get a job?
5b
Read
the
extract
from
the
newspaper article about some
personal experience of studying at
Yale
University,
the
USA.
Compare the information to your
own impressions and experience
and speak about them.
When I was 18, I moved 3,000 miles away from sunny California to start Yale
University in Connecticut. I had never lived anywhere but California, so it took
some getting used to! Even though California and Connecticut are states in the
same country, moving from the West Coast to the East Coast was like moving to a
different world. I had also never lived so far from my family, which took some
getting used to. Thank goodness for cell phones and the Internet! By the end of
my first year, I felt much more at home at Yale and started to get more involved in
activities there.
Apart from studying all the time and attending classes, at Yale they really
encouraged us to be involved in lots of different activities so that we wouldn’t be
too stressed all the time. So, at the beginning of my second year, I joined a large
choir called the Yale Glee Club as well as a tap-dancing group, called Yale Taps.
One of the great things about joining the Glee Club was being able to go on some
tours and sing in different places all over the world. In 2009 we traveled to Brazil
and Argentina, and last summer we went to the Dominican Republic. When I
wasn’t at choir rehearsal or practicing tap-dancing, I was studying and writing
papers about anthropology for my classes. Luckily, the classes I chose were
interesting for me, so it didn’t always seem like work. I wrote my senior thesis as
a critique of various field methods for socio-cultural anthropology. When I
graduated last May, I couldn’t believe that college was already over, but I felt
ready to move on.
Molly Perkins
(
Never Before # 20, VSU)
5c Watch or listen to the interview with the graduate of Yale University L1.3 /
V1.3. Define the themes of the interview. Compare the information to that you
have had before listening.
5d Make the plan of the interview. Be ready to speak about yourself in the
perspective (imagine yourself a graduate of Voronezh State University).
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6.READING AND SPEAKING
6a Read the situation and the extract from the Lakeside College prospectus.
Work with a partner to discuss the following.
1.
If you were planning to go to university, which of Lakeside College's
facilities would particularly interest you?
2.
What sort of things do students at university often complain about?
LAKESIDE COLLEGE
Our college has an informal, friendly
atmosphere, and enjoys excellent facilities,
including:
a spacious campus
well-equipped lecture rooms
a hall of residence
a well-stocked library
state-of-the-art computer
laboratories
excellent sport facilities
We have an outstanding teaching staff and
tutorial system. Students meet lecturers
each week and have lively discussions
about the subjects they are studying.
SITUATION
Lakeside College is located in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
It is a private university with a
board of governors, led by the
Principal, Marie Laforẽt. There
are four student representatives
on the board, and four staff
representatives. During the last
three years, serious problems
have arisen. The number of
students at Lakeside College has
fallen from over 1,000 to 560
while complaints from students
have greatly increased.
6b Read the part of the email from two student representatives to Marie
Laforet, the Principal of the university. Work with a partner to discuss the
following:
1.
Which do you think is the most serious problem?
2.
Which is the easiest problem to solve?
3.
What should Marie Laforet say when she replies to the email?
In the university prospectus, it states that the university offers 'a well-stocked
library, state-of-the-art computers, a weekly tutorial system and outstanding
teaching staff.' This is simply not true.
The library is not well stocked or well run. While there are some copies of the
standard course books, there are very few journals, videos and so on and materials
are often not in the correct place when you look for them. Because of this, students
waste a lot of time and sometimes cannot do their assignments properly, and
therefore receive low grades from lecturers. Students have also complained about
Internet access. They want more time and facilities to use the Internet.
The computer laboratories are certainly not state-of-the-art. The computers are
not modern and frequently break down. Assistants are rarely available to help you
when this happens.
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Finally, some of the tutorials are a waste of time. There are a few teachers who
do not make any effort to motivate students and to develop interesting discussions.
We are also very dissatisfied with the standard of lecturing. Some lecturers arrive
late and leave early. Many give no handouts support their lectures, nor do they
recommend reading materials to help us prepare for the next tutorial or lecture.
1.
STUDY SKILLS: Reading strategies
7a There are two common techniques you can use when getting information
from a text: skimming and scanning. Read the definitions, then answer the
questions.
Skimming
You use
skimming
to get a general idea of a text. For example, you look through a
text quickly to find out what the text is about and its main ideas.
Scanning
You use
scanning
to find key words or specific points in a text. In most cases, you
know what you are looking for, so you're focusing on finding a particular answer.
Which technique would you use to find:
1.
a telephone number in a telephone directory?
2.
the name of a village in the index of an atlas?
3.
an article in a magazine which was interesting and worth reading?
4.
the score of your favourite team in a list of football results?
5.
a book you are interested in from a page of book reviews?
7b Skimming: Skim the text “Responsibility for Your Own Education: Self-
education” and answer the questions.
1.
Where could the text come from?
2.
What is ‘self-education’?
3.
Do you think that the text will be useful?
7c Scanning: Now scan the text and complete the phrases:
the only effective learning is…;
methods of study you have so far acquired at school are …;
Many students mistakenly think that study is … .
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN EDUCATION:
SELF-EDUCATION
You have no doubt already discovered that the only effective learning is the
learning you do yourself. University work is much more than school work a
process of self-education…
…At university you will have to plan your work for weeks, even months ahead.
You will probably have an examination at the end of your fist term, but no further
examination until the end of the third term.