10.Similarities and differences between “Orientation Week” at Stanford University and your University (text «Roommates»)

school system differ from the university.entering the university is like entering a new world.every university has “Orientation Week”, during which the freshmen have the opportunity to get used to the university life.

all universities are different, so, they have diff. programs of “Orientation Week”. compare our university and a foreign Stanford University.1-at Stanford University the freshmen are get involved in in a great number of events, barbecues or bathing on the beach.we don’t have this.we don’t have organized discussions with upperclassmen. there are some similarities in the activities that are in both universities. As well as at Stanford University the freshmen of MSLU have a opportunity to meet the dean of their faculty.several special lectures are organized at the hall, in which the students are given the information about all the libraries, listening- and reading-halls, are informed about the rules at the university.

I consider such thing as “Orientation Week” useful for freshmen in any university, it helps them to get involved into the university. it allows the students to save more time and efforts. It gives possibility to get to know with your teachers.

14. Learning The English language in different countries; The English language as an international language (text «Learning English»).

In Shakespeare’s time English-“provincial language of secondary importance”. the world’s status. In fact, English-imp.in politics, science, trade and cultury. in the number of countries it is used as one of the official languages or at least it is spoken as a second one. widely English is used for reading foreign books and newspapers, in commerce and international tourism. English is associated with technological and economic development.

Let’s now analyze why it is so important to learn English. if you have a good level of the English and Russian languages you’re capable of getting more than 70% of world’s information. And isn’t it pleasant to go to any country and be able to understand what is going on around you and to communicate with new people?

However, English is not a simple language to learn. It only may seem easy in the beginning, but actually, to speak English fluently one must overcome numerous difficulties. Firstly, there’s a great problem of spelling and of a large number of exceptions to every rule. Thus, the bridge between basic knowledge and mastery takes a lot of efforts and a long time to cross. Generally speaking, there’re several main techniques that one should apply to learn English. These are listening, speaking and certainly writing. Through watching TV, listening to the radio and records you memorize more and more words and expressions that have been unknown to you before. Besides, you train your ear and memory, improve and correct the pronunciation. While speaking you develop the ability to communicate thoughts and express your feelings to other people. It’s for sure that there would be no progress in studying without regular reading. It is best to start with special texts in textbooks and only after that you may get down to reading literature in original to enrich your vocabulary. Writing is also a vital part of learning the language, because writing exercises, letters, essays are very helpful to memorize the spelling of words. In my opinion, applying all four techniques one can achieve good results in learning English, and I’m sure it will give them great satisfaction.