II. Sections: Admission, Graduation, Expulsion, Buildings and grounds, Teachers, University job titles, Learners, The academic year.

1. Match the words and phrases in List A with those in List B. Learn these lexical units.

List A

List B

to apply to a university to accept an application to reject an application applicant to enter (a) university to enrol in / on / for a course to be admitted to a college entrance / entry requirements to seek admission to a university dropout rate admissions (department) admissions dean admissions officer competition (for places) to get a place (at a university) to leave school to graduate from university to receive a degree (at / from a university) school leaver graduate graduation paper / thesis to expel to suspend to flunk out to drop out of university

a. окончить университет b. получить место (в университете) c. исключить за неуспеваемость d. конкурс e. выпускник (высшего учебного заведения) f. дипломная работа g. выпускник (школы) h. поступить в университет i. быть зачисленным в колледж j. временно отстранять (от занятий) k. окончить школу l. получить степень m. отклонять заявление n. пытаться поступить в университет o. приемная комиссия p. поступить / записаться на курсы q. исключить (из учебного заведения) r. подавать заявление в университет s. член приемной комиссии t. ответственный секретарь приемной комиссии u. процент отсева v. бросить университет w. абитуриент x. требования для поступления y. принимать заявление

2. Match the words and phrases in List A with those in List B. Learn these lexical units.

List A

List B

campus hall of residence playground gym | gymnasium school / assembly hall great hall staff room common room to borrow a book (from a library) to return a book (to a library) lending library reference library medical room form teacher / tutor subject / specialist teacher educator educationalist lecturer tutor teaching staff staff member | member of staff supply teacher to be on the staff (of sth) staff shortage | shortage of staff senior lecturer reader

a. учитель-предметник b. нехватка персонала / работников c. педагог, учитель, преподаватель d. доцент e. штатный работник f. репетитор g. педагог-теоретик h. профессорско-преподавательский состав i. актовый зал (в школе) j. нештатный учитель / преподаватель k. учительская (комната) l. старший преподаватель m. комната для отдыха n. (студенческое) общежитие o. брать книгу в библиотеке p. быть в штате / штатным работником q. отдел абонемента в библиотеке r. преподаватель (высшего учебного заведения) s. спортивный зал, спортзал t. классный руководитель u. медицинский кабинет v. библиографический отдел w. возвращать книгу в библиотеку x. актовый зал (в колледже или университете) y. спортивная площадка z. университетский городок

3. Match the words and phrases in List A with those in List B. Learn these lexical units.

List A

List B

learner pupil stream streaming year form undergraduate (student) postgraduate (student) freshman sophomore junior senior full-time student part-time student academic year term quarter holidays vacation to break up

a. учебный год b. четверть c. студент третьего курса, третьекурсник d. (школьные) каникулы e. каникулы (в колледже и университете) f. студент выпускного курса g. студент заочного отделения h. уходить на каникулы i. учащийся j. распределение учащихся по параллельным классам с учетом их способностей k. класс l. студент магистратуры; аспирант m. студент очного отделения n. студент второго курса, второкурсник o. семестр p. студент первого курса q. студент r. ученик s. курс t. параллельный класс

4. Give synonyms for the following words and phrases.

to apply to (a university), to enter (a university), to get a place (at a university), to receive (a degree), to be admitted (to a college), admissions examination, school leaver, to expel, canteen, hall of residence, playground, to borrow (a book from a library), to return (a book to a library), teaching staff, supply teacher, senior lecturer, reader, professor, pupil, stream, form, term, holidays, staff room, medical room, educationalist

5. Suggest words and expressions that correspond to the following definitions.

1. a college or university building where students live

2. a room for teachers in a school

3. a large room in a school, college or university where meals are served and eaten

4. a room where someone who is ill rests or gets medical treatment

5. a informal restaurant, often in a factory, school, college etc, where you choose from foods that have already been cooked and carry your own food to a table

6. someone who is taking an examination

7. the number of people who become students at a school, college or university

8. the activities of people who are trying to get something that other people also want

9. the permanent exclusion of a student from a school because of their bad behaviour

10. a room that you have lessons in at a school or college

11. to allow a person to join an educational institution

12. a large area of ground where sport is played (usually at secondary schools)

13. to complete your studies at a university or college, usually by getting a first degree

14. a board with a dark smooth surface, often fixed to a wall, on which you can write and draw with chalk (used for teaching)

15. to complete your studies at school

16. a room in a school, college or university that teachers or students use when they are not teaching or studying

17. to refuse to accept someone for a course of study

18. to officially arrange to join a school, college, university, or course

19. a formal, usually written, request for a place at a college or university

6. Suggest words and expressions that correspond to the following definitions.

1. a particular level that a student stays at for one year

2. one of the two periods of time that the academic year at high schools, colleges and universities is divided into in some countries, for example the USA, Australia, Germany

3. the time during the year when there is teaching at schools, colleges, and universities

4. a person who has a special knowledge of the principles and methods of teaching

5. the people who teach in an educational institution

6. a short holiday from school in the middle of a term

7. someone, especially a child at primary school, who goes to school or who has lessons in a particular subject

8. a teacher of the highest rank in a college or university

9. a student who has already obtained a first / bachelor's degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced qualification – a master's degree or a doctorate / PhD

10. a teacher who teaches a particular subject as distinct from a form teacher

11. to put schoolchildren of about the same age into different groups based on the level of their abilities

12. someone who teaches or does research at a college or university

13. a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

14. a group of students who are taught together at school, college or university

15. a student who has recently started studying at a college or university

16. someone who is studying at a college, university, or school

17. someone who gives private lessons to someone in a particular subject, especially so that they can pass an examination

18. a teacher who is responsible for all the students in the same class at a school and who helps them with any problems

7. Explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below.

to submit an application, candidate, to matriculate, to gain admission (to a university), open enrolment, to graduate with distinction, graduation, to send somebody down (from a college), to suspend, campus, whiteboard, supply / substitute teacher, educator, tutor, assistant professor, associate professor, streaming, fresher, part-time student, dropout, dropout rate

8. Group the following words according to whether they are used in British English or American English.

to leave school, to graduate from school, school leaver, to exclude, to send somebody down (from a university), hall of residence, dormitory, residence hall, blackboard, chalkboard, staff room, faculty room, common room, canteen, refectory, form teacher / tutor, supply teacher, substitute teacher, lecturer, coach, reader, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, full professor, junior, senior, session, term, trimester, quarter, holidays, vacation, half-term (holiday), midterm break, to break up

9. Match the words in List A with those in List B to form phrases.

List A	List B
to apply for to put in to enrol on to be admitted to gain competition to graduate to earn a degree to live to take a book form teaching to be on associate postgraduate school to matriculate to suspend to break up	a. student b. professor c. at Oxford d. tutor e. a pupil (from school) f. staff g. year h. for the Christmas holidays i. an application j. to a university k. for places l. at / from a university m. out of a library n. on campus o. in physics p. admission to a college q. a course r. a place at a university s. the staff

10. Fill the gaps in the sentences with prepositions or adverbial particles.

1. Students apply ….. admission ….. a particular college / university.

2. He applied ….. London University.

3. She got ….. Edinburgh University.

4. These examinations qualified children ….. entry ….. higher education.

5. Cecil matriculated ….. Trinity College, Oxford.

6. Students are admitted ….. British universities largely ….. the basis of their results ….. the examinations for the General Certificate of Education at Ordinary or Advanced level.

7. Then he was accepted ….. Magdalen College.

8. In 1966 he enrolled ….. the University of London to study history.

9. I enrolled ….. my one-year course after fifteen years as an art dealer.

10. That year Sam enrolled ….. law studies in Cape Town.

11. He enrolled ….. a part-time student.

12. Fees must be paid ….. enrolment.

13. Many students apply ….. admission ….. more than one university.

14. Enrolments ….. science courses are down again this year.

15. Good passes are now essential because the competition ….. places in the universities and other colleges has become much stiffer.

16. She's got a place ….. a fine-arts course.

17. ….. completion of the course you will be given a certificate of competence.

18. He graduated ….. physics ….. Cambridge University.

19. Kevin graduated ….. distinction ….. history and law.

20. Universities in Thailand graduate ….. 6,000 engineers each year.

21. He gained a chemical engineering degree ….. Newcastle University.

22. ….. graduation she became an art teacher.

23. Candidates should be graduates ….. science or engineering.

11. Fill the gaps in the sentences with prepositions or adverbial particles if necessary.

1. The principal expelled John ….. stealing.

2. Eric was sent ….. for cheating ….. examinations.

3. They threatened him ….. expulsion ….. school.

4. She was suspended ….. school ….. fighting.

5. The library allows you to check ….. six books ….. a time.

6. Some students may choose to live ….. campus, in rented accommodation outside the university.

7. He was offered a lectureship ….. mathematics ….. Bristol University.

8. We were both ….. the staff of the British Film Institute ….. the time.

9. She's now ….. her first / second / final year ….. Manchester University.

10. The topic is covered ….. the seventh grade.

11. She's now ….. the sixth form.

12. Teachers often feel overworked ….. term time.

12. Choose the word or phrase (from the list) that best completes each of the sentences below. Change the grammatical form of the word or phrase if necessary.

to award, to get into, to exclude, graduation, to prepare, to accept, to enrol, exam paper, to apply for, to enter, to graduate from, to reject, admissions, to take, fierce, to get in, to leave, competition, enrolments, to apply to, degree, expulsion, part-time study, applicant

1. He applied to do medicine at university, but he didn't ….. .

2. Successful ….. will be notified by telephone.

3. Candidates must write their names on the top page of the ….. .

4. Eighty percent of the children in the program ….. university with good grades.

5. In spite of the stiff ….. for places he ….. the French department.

6. Independent preparatory schools ….. their pupils for public school entrance.

7. I ….. four universities and ….. by all of them.

8. She ….. at a Colorado community college.

9. Candidates from overseas are not normally allowed to enrol for ….. .

10. This is the reform of ….. policies and the introduction of open enrolment.

11. A student who wants to go to university usually ….. admission before they ….. their Advanced level examinations.

12. Student ….. have more than doubled.

13. Local universities now ….. as many as 15,000 students per year.

14. There were few secondary schools in Rhodesia in the early 1950s so there was ….. competition for places.

15. A nationally recognized qualification should ….. on successful completion of a validated course.

16. What do you want to do when you ….. school?

17. Kate ….. medical school last year.

18. Sachs got his ….. in biology from Yale University.

19. She took a different route after ….. from Oxford in 1962.

20. Kids who ….. from school often end up getting into trouble with the police.

21. The threat of ….. was enough to frighten the girls into improving their behaviour.

13. Choose the word or phrase (from the list) that best completes each of the sentences below. Change the grammatical form of the word or phrase if necessary.

dormitory, well-established, to break up, homework, faculty, form, professor of physics, to stream, vac, to stimulate, undergraduate, tutor, staff, year, stream, subject, campus, student, atmosphere,to hold, session, educationist

1. There's accommodation for about five hundred students on ….. .

2. Female students under twenty-one were required to live in ….. or approved residences.

3. As a rule secondary school teachers are ….. teachers.

4. I began to think that those trendy ….. might have something to teach me after all.

5. When she was ill she studied at home with a private ….. .

6. Norman White has been on the ….. at UCLA for over thirty years.

7. In 1886 he was appointed ….. at the Royal College of Science, London.

8. A good teacher ….. the learner's interest and ….. them to find out more.

9. There is a very relaxed ….. between ….. and pupils at the school.

10. She gave the whole class extra ….. for a week.

11. He works a lot harder than most of the students in his ….. .

12. Classes in British schools used to be called ….. , and in secondary schools were numbered from one to six.

13. He's in the top maths ….. .

14. We start ….. the children in the third form.

15. This textbook is primarily intended for ….. students of history.

16. The University has a ….. tradition of welcoming postgraduate ….. from overseas.

17. The ….. begins on 1 October.

18. I met him during the summer ….. .

19. We ….. for the holidays in June.

14. Translate these sentences. Give synonymous translations if possible.

1. Он три раза поступал в университет, но так и не поступил.

2. Вы должны подать заявление до конца месяца.

3. В среднем 400 абитуриентов ежегодно претендуют на 110 мест.

4. Это особая школа, и для поступления в нее необходимо выдержать экзамен.

5. Эти экзамены дают школьникам право поступления в высшее учебное заведение.

6. Билл поступил на курсы по подготовке учителей.

7. Ученики принимаются в школу на основе экзамена.

8. Многие выпускники школ подают заявления в университеты.

9. Не все желающие были приняты / зачислены в колледж.

10. Наш университет планирует сократить ежегодный набор студентов до 500 человек.

11. Джон получил отказ в приеме от всех учебных заведений, в которые он направил свои заявления.

12. Конкурс в престижные высшие учебные заведения такой большой, что практически все абитуриенты вынуждены посещать те или иные подготовительные курсы.

13. Они только что окончили курс обучения.

14. По окончании курса обучения вам будет выдано квалификационное свидетельство.

15. Местные органы власти создали специальную службу, которая помогает выпускникам школ найти работу.

16. Роберт окончил Стэнфордский университет в 1998 году по специальности «биохимия».

17. Кевин с отличием окончил университет.

18. Наше учебное заведение ежегодно выпускает 300 специалистов в области информационных технологий.

19. В Лондонском университете ему присвоена степень магистра по маркетингу и докторская степень по экономике и маркетингу.

20. Он получил ученую степень по физике в Оксфордском университете.

21. После окончания университета он занялся научно-исследовательской работой.

22. Мой брат был исключен из школы за плохое поведение.

23. Директор пригрозил им исключением из школы.

15. Translate these sentences. Give synonymous translations if possible.

1. Один студент имеет право взять в библиотеке сразу не более шести книг.

2. Все книги должны быть возвращены в библиотеку до пятницы.

3. Большинство первокурсников живет в студенческом городке.

4. У нас совершенно новое студенческое общежитие, строительство которого только что завершено.

5. Спортивная площадка школы размечена для игры в футбол.

6. В средней школе в основном работают учителя-предметники.

7. Профессор Тэйлор считается одним из самых уважаемых педагогов.

8. Работой собрания руководил ведущий университетский преподаватель из Японии.

9. Они наняли репетитора, чтобы помочь дочери с математикой.

10. В нашем учебном заведении замечательный профессорско-преподавательский состав.

11. У нас в штате только один высококвалифицированный юрист.

12. Хороший учитель должен уметь поддерживать интерес у обучаемого и побуждать его к самостоятельной работе.

13. Он не любит работать на пятом курсе.

14. Она учится в пятом классе.

15. Аспиранты оказывают ему помощь в научно-исследовательской работе.

16. Он учился в этом колледже в течение трех семестров.

17. Напишите, как вы провели летние каникулы.

18. Ученики уходят на зимние каникулы в следующий понедельник.