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university administration and students, controlling faculty students' councils,
preventing anti-social behaviour and organizing conferences and round tables.
Groups of students visit orphanages where they introduce educational games,
organize creative contests and festive events for the children.
Since 2006 Psychologist Consultation Service has been open in the VSU, the
objective of which is to keep a comfortable psychological atmosphere for the
health of both students and staff. Representatives of the Service regularly meet
with students and teachers, carry out polls, help students and teachers solve their
psychological problems.
4b Find English and Russian equivalents for the following:
Succeed in; longstanding traditions; amateur; celebrations; oriental; crafts
exhibitions; annual sports events; participate; unspoilt; coordinate links between;
festive events; carry out polls; solve problems
Лидерские качества; уделять внимание; принимать участие; посвящать;
соревнование; сохранять традиции; ценить; пропагандировать; курорт/база
отдыха; вовлекать в общественную работу; поведение; детский дом; цель
4c Match the sentence halves:
1.
The VSU has succeeded in
2.
Many amateur and professional poets
3.
Other events
4.
Annual sports events held in the VSU
5.
Students also actively participate in
6.
Many times the VSU
7.
Students and staff practice sports
8.
The Students' Council
9.
Groups of students visit orphanages
10.
The objective of Psychologist Consultation Service
a)
intercollegiate sports events.
b)
are evenings dedicated to Russian romance.
c)
and go for an active rest in the Venevitinovo camping resort.
d)
take part in the event.
e)
promoting sports and developing creative and leadership skills.
f)
has won the city contest.
g)
where they introduce educational games.
h)
is a self-governed body.
i)
is to keep a comfortable psychological atmosphere.
j)
help promoting healthy lifestyle.
4d Practice asking questions about non-academic activities.
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4e Role-play:
Student A is a journalist and is interviewing. Student B who is a student of the
VSU. Discuss all kinds of non-academic activities you can participate in.
5.READING AND WRITING
5a Read the grant information:
The Green Foundation is offering grants of up to £5000 to fund new projects at
schools and universities which are aimed at improving the environment. If you
would like to be considered for a grant, please write to us, telling us what you
will do in your project, how much money you will need and how you plan to
spend the money.
5b Read the following application for the grant. There are ten extra words
that should not be there. Can you find them?
Dear Sir or Madam
I am writing with reference to your announcement and would like to
apply me for a grant.
I am a seventeen-year-old student at Brandon School in London. I am
studying science because I intend to do medicine at the university. I have
always been interested in the environment. I feel that we should to make
people more aware of the benefits of re-cycling.
Last year, as part of our chemistry course, we did a project on re-cycling.
The project had two aims. The first aim it was to study the problem of
disposing of ordinary household products such as like bottles and plastics. We
worked out which products were enough safe to throw away, and which ones
could be re-cycled. Our second aim was to give this information out.
We produced leaflets for students and parents and at the weekends we
handed more leaflets out in supermarkets. The cost of this it came to about
£1000. We also spent £500 in writing to local shops near, supermarkets and
other businesses asking them to provide re-cycling facilities.
I hope you will consider us for a grant for £1500, and am look forward to
hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Porritt
5c Analyse the application and answer the questions:
1.
Is the letter written to the right person?
2.
Is it written in the right style?
3.
Are the paragraphs clear?
5d Read the question again. Why (apart from the mistakes) is it a bad
answer?
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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.
7b Listen to L4.1 / watch V4.1 the students speaking about different kinds of
activities they have while studying at Arizona State University. Make a list
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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 about1000$ 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?
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