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1.LEAD-IN
1a Look at the pictures. Associate a picture with some activity. Which shows:
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Academic activity?
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Non-academic activity?
Which activity do you prefer?
1b Read the saying and reproduce it in a minute. Translate it into your
mother tongue. Do you agree with it? Why? Why not?
You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to
work by working; and just so, you learn to love by loving. All those who
think to learn in any other way deceive themselves.
~Saint Francis de Sales
2.READING AND SPEAKING
2a Work with a partner to discuss the following questions:
1.Whichacademic programs does Voronezh State University offer?
2.How many faculties does the University include?
3.Are there any faculties which base their student assessment upon credit units?
4.What do you know about competitions for school students held by Voronezh
State University?
5.Do the University students participate in international student support
programs?
2b Read the article about academic activities of Voronezh State University.
Seven sentences have been removed from this article. Choose from sentences
A-G the one that fits each gap (1 – 7).
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ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Voronezh State University is the biggest intellectual, scientific and academic
centre of the Central Black Earth Region. The University offers academic
programs at all levels: from vocational training to post-doctoral studies, including
bachelor, master, graduate and postgraduate courses.
The University includes 17 faculties: Applied Mathematics, Computer Sciences
and Mechanics; Biology and Soil Science; Chemistry; Computer Sciences;
Economics; Geography and Geoecology; Geology; History; International
Relations; Journalism; Law; Mathematics; Pharmaceutics; Philology; Philosophy
and Psychology; Physics; Romance and Germanic Philology. International
students are taught and guided by the Institute of International Education.
The University teaches students in 50 specialist, 28 bachelor and 108 master
degree programs.
1
_________ The University has two affiliated branches in the
smaller cities of Liski and Stary Oskol.
More than 20,000 students are taught by 1,300 academic staff, including 261
professors.
About 3,000,000 items are held in the University regional library, among them
books, periodicals, CD-ROMs, etc.
2
_________A significant amount of
teaching materials comes out of the Publishing and Printing Center of VSU.
The University extensively uses teaching quality management and student
academic progress monitoring. The teaching quality management system is
certified according to the ISO 9001:2000 requirements.
3
_________ The University is listed by the Russian Ministry of Education and
Science among the higher educational establishments which are planning to
introduce the innovative credit units approach. Several faculties have introduced a
new grading system of rating students' progress. International programs base their
student assessment techniques upon credit units.
The University offers preliminary courses for school graduates. A regional
educational district basing at VSU was formed in 2001 to associate several
establishments on a voluntary basis, including the following: Voronezh State
University, Voronezh State Pedagogical University, Voronezh State Medical
Academy, Voronezh Academy of Arts, Borisoglebsk State Pedagogical Institute,
Voronezh Oblast Institute of Qualification Improvement for Educationalists,
Voronezh Institute of Economics and Social Management, Voronezh Institute of
High Technologies, Voronezh State College of Industries and Humanities,
Voronezh Vocational School of Law, as well as some of the leading municipal
educational establishments of general and additional learning.
Regional competitions for school students are held every year, and a student
research society has been working at the University since 1961.
Continued learning is given through various post-doctoral, postgraduate and
internship programs, as well as at the Qualification Improvement Institute.
Several faculties offer programs of a second higher education.
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The VSU Business School which appeared as an outcome of a joint international
project trains specialists in the field of economics.
4
_________These supplements comply with the requirements of the EU
Commission. Some of the bachelors who graduated in recent years continue their
education in master programs abroad.
The Russian Ministry of Education and Science has regularly ranked VSU
among the top ten classical universities of Russia in recent years.
The University actively participates in domestic and international student
support programs in order to promote gifted students.
5
_________
Special attention is paid to the academic mobility of students and faculty
members. More than 200 VSU students study abroad and about 100 foreign
students come to study at Voronezh University each year according to
agreements between universities.
6
_________
Voronezh State University, together with Dickinson State University (North
Dakota, USA) and Quindao University of Science and Technology (China), issue
joint diplomas to their graduates.
7
_________
A
More than 300 faculty members become interns in educational establishments
abroad, and about 30 interns from other countries come to VSU every year.
B
There are also 76 programs of postgraduate and 7 programs of post-doctoral
studies.
C
The University has issued Diploma supplements in English for bachelor and
master program graduates since 2004.
D
Innovative teaching technologies are widely in use at VSU.
E
Nowadays this kind of cooperation is actively expanding.
F
The library provides a high-speed Internet connection to major library data
bases in Russia and abroad with full access to e-texts.
G
Thus, the University signed an agreement with the Oxford — Russia Fund in
2007 aimed at supporting a scholarship project for students of the humanities.
2c Find adjectives for the following nouns in the article and make up
your sentences with these adjectives:
Doctor, academy, region, significance, innovation, volunteer, medicine, society,
variety, gift.
2d Speak on the following:
Voronezh State University and new educational requirements
2e Find out information about academic activities of your faculty.
Present it to the class.
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3.WRITING
3a Write a report about 180 words presenting the results of your survey
in Exercise 2f. You may use the sample answer below.
3b In the following sample answer there are eleven extra words that you do
not need. Try to find them.
This report looks at the careers of students who have left from St Anthony's,
and is based on questionnaires were received from over 300 former students.
Over the past few years, the majority of students (63%) have continued on with
the education after their leaving school. Most of these have gone to the university,
and the others have done vocational courses at Colleges of Further Education.
About a quarter part of the students have found jobs after leaving school. Some
of these jobs are with employers in the local area, but others are in London or even
in abroad. About half of the students said that they were unemployed for several of
months before finding work. A small minority of students (1.5%) went straight into
their family businesses.
About 12% of the students were been unable to find work and have been
unemployed for over a year. Most of these were students who were failed their
examinations, although a few had passed with reasonable grades.
In general, more and more leavers are going on to university or further education,
and this trend will probably continue as long as the unemployment is high.
3c Look at some of the words and phrases you can use when presenting the
results of a survey.
All of
Some of
Most of
(Just over) a quarter of
The majority of
A minority of
Over 90% of
A small number of
Three quarters of
A few of
A significant number of Very few
Many of
None of
Half of
3d Rewrite the following sentences using the word in bold. An example is
given (0).
0.
60% of people go abroad once a year.
majority
The majority of people go abroad once a year.
1.
3% of people go to the same place every year.
very_______________________________
2.
26% of families with children stay in England.
over_______________________________
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3.
49% of travellers hire a car when they are abroad.
half _______________________________
4. 75% of families with children travel by car.
three_____________________________
4.READING AND SPEAKING
4aWith a partner, make a list of non-academic activities you participate or
would like to participate in the University. Then read the article quickly and
get new ideas. Are they the same as yours?
NON-ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Throughout the years the VSU has succeeded in students' patriotic and esthetic
education, promoting sports and developing their creative and leadership skills.
Great attention has always been paid to preserving and developing the
longstanding cultural traditions and discovering new ones. For instance, The Days
of Poetry have become a renowned tradition, and many amateur and professional
poets take part in the event.
Two celebrations, the “Freshman's Ball” and “Students' Spring Festival” mark
autumn and spring seasons respectively. Many new talents have been discovered
here.
Other events that help students to develop their potential skills and talents are
evenings dedicated to Russian romance, a contest of popular song and dance, and a
contest of bard's songs.
Folk bands “Lei” and “Terem” that keep and enrich folk music tradition are also
of great success.
Several student clubs are open in the VSU: the “Vdohnoveniye” singing club, the
“Chandni” oriental dance club, photography exhibitions “The world through the
eyes of students”, and other graphical arts and crafts exhibitions.
Sports and physical training for both teachers and students are of great value and
importance in the VSU. Annual sports events held in the VSU help promoting
healthy lifestyle and encourage both students and teachers to practice all kinds of
sport, which are taught in 34 different sport clubs.
Students also actively participate in intercollegiate sports events. In 2007 – 2008
the VSU was represented by 34 teams specializing in 25 kinds of sport at the
Intercollegiate Sports Competition and got the 3rd place.
Many times the VSU has won the city contest for promoting healthy lifestyle
among students.
In summer students and staff practice sports and go for an active rest in the
Venevitinovo sports and health camping resort, situated in an unspoilt beauty spot
on the bank of the Usmanka river.
A lot of students are involved in social work. The Students' Council is a self-
governed body which fulfils the following functions: coordinating links between