- •Starting up
- •Comments
- •Essential vocabulary
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •Семестр (2) – _____________________________________________________
- •Texts for additional reading and discussion
- •Accounting faculty/faculty of accounting jobs in accounting and auditing
- •Word list
- •Banking faculty/faculty of banking banking jobs
- •Word list
- •Finance faculty/faculty of finance jobs in finance
- •Word list
- •Faculty of agro-industrial complex economy
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Абітурієнт (2) – ___________________________________________________
випускник (2) – ___________________________________________________
дисципліна (2) – __________________________________________________
канікули (3) – _____________________________________________________
курс навчання (2) – ________________________________________________
навантаження (2) – ________________________________________________
програма курсу (2) – _______________________________________________
розклад (2) – ______________________________________________________
сесія (2) – ________________________________________________________
студент другого курсу (2) – _________________________________________
заочна форма навчання (2) – _____________________________________
студент першокурсник (2) – ________________________________________
Семестр (2) – _____________________________________________________
a graduate |
a second-year student |
a vacation |
a prospective students |
an applicant |
examination period |
examinations |
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a subject |
a term |
a graduating student |
a semester |
extra-mural education |
remote learning |
education by correspondence |
a workload |
a first year student |
a discipline |
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a syllabus |
holidays |
a course outline |
a load |
a course |
a freshman |
a class |
a sophomore |
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Величезний (5) – __________________________________________________
викладати, навчати (6) – ____________________________________________
виконувати завдання (2) – __________________________________________
відставати (2) – ___________________________________________________
досягати мети (6) – ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
пропускати/не відвідувати заняття (2) – _______________________________
справлятися (2) – __________________________________________________
трудолюбивий (2) – ________________________________________________
уміння (3) – ______________________________________________________
успішно (2) – _____________________________________________________
to teach |
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to manage |
ability |
proficiency |
to educate |
to realize one’s ambition |
to complete the assignment |
overwhelming |
to gain one’s point |
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very large |
to instruct |
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huge |
well |
diligent |
to achieve one’s goal |
to cope with |
to do the task |
to attain one’s aim |
not to keep pace with |
successfully |
hard-working |
to achieve one’s purpose |
to play truant |
to train |
to coach |
to get through |
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to reach the end |
to lag behind |
skill |
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Exercise 6. Classify the following vocabulary into five categories given in the table below. Illustrate the use of the vocabulary with the sentences of your own. Make up and write down two sentences with words or word combinations from each of five categories.
A freshman, an alumni, a sophomore, a graduate, a senior, a junior, an applicant, a dean, an undergraduate, a postgraduate student, a full-time student, a fall term, an assistant professor, a rector, an associate professor, a full professor, a lecturer, a senior lecturer, to take a course, a spring semester, a vice-rector, a school year, an assistant dean, to give a lecture, an exam period, a head of departments, an elective, reading days, a student government, a break, a course (a one/three credit course), a deadline, a winter recess, a minor, a summer vacation, a pass-fail course, a major
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Exercise 7. The proverb says that it is a poor soldier who does not want to become a general. Name the steps of the social ladder which a student must pass to climb to the position of a full professor. Use the words from the list below, placing one word on the step.
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Exercise 8. A) Olga and Lena are talking about higher education in the field of economics. Olga is a student of Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv. Lena is a school leaver and she is very interested in studying at KNEU. Complete the dialogue between them with Lena’s questions.
B) Prepare and make a small presentation as an advertisement of Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv for school leavers to make them enter it next year.
Lena: What/to be/Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv?
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Olga: Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv, the state higher educational establishment, is one of the largest universities in the field of economy and economics in Ukraine, known for excellence in teaching and research across all areas of the discipline and for being at the cutting edge (в авангарді) of contemporary economic thinking and analysis.
Lena: How/the university/to contribute/ to the development of the society? or What/to be/ the main purpose of the university?
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Olga: The university contributes much to the development of the society by means of scientific research, generation and dissemination (поширення) of new knowledge, and training competitive specialists and creative personalities.
Lena: What/you/to know/about the history of the university? ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: The University was founded in 1906 as Kyiv Graduate Commercial Courses. Two years later it became Kyiv Commercial Institute. Then it was renamed several times and finally got its present name of Kyiv National Economic University in 1997.
Lena: When/to be/the university named after Vadym Hetman? ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: In 2005, on the eve of a hundred’s anniversary, Kyiv National Economic University was named after Vadym Hetman.
Lena: What/to be/Vadym Hetman?
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Olga: Vadym Hetman was a prominent Ukrainian economist and the founder of Ukraine’s domestic currency as well as the builder of its banking sector. Moreover he got his degree in Economics from the Institute.
Lena: What faculties/Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv/to consist of? ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: Currently, Vadym Hetman National Economic University of Kyiv consists of nine faculties: Economics and Management Faculty, International Economy and Management Faculty, Law Faculty, Human Resources Management and Marketing Faculty, Accounting Faculty, Faculty of Agro-industrial Comlex Economy, Finance Faculty, Banking Faculty, and Information Systems and Technologies Faculty.
Lena: How/to be/the faculty organized? ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: Each faculty is run by the dean and has a dean’s office and a number of departments chaired by their heads.
Lena: What/to be/the function of a dean’s office?
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Olga: It helps students in their day-to-day routine, provides all kinds of information concerning their study.
Lena: What other structural units/students/to deal with? ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: The University also includes the Post-graduate Education Centre, the Master Training Centre, the Pre-university Training Department, the Post-graduate and Doctoral Schools, the Accounting Department, the Students’ Personnel Department and others.
Lena: What facilities/the university/to provide? ____________________________________________________________________
Olga: The university facilities are numerous. The library of the university provides core material with multiple copies of the most popular books and other key works. The University is also well equipped with IT facilities providing computer rooms, network access and computing support. The university also has its own sports center, a museum, a publishing office, etc.
Lena: What/to be/the quality of education?
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Olga: The university students receive good education and are taught by academic leaders in their fields. Education in KNEU provides a solid platform for the future. It helps people realize their potential and develop skills for life. Students go on to achieve outstanding things in all walks of life all over the world.
Exercise 9. Translate the sentences into English using the active vocabulary.
1. Я - студент Київського національного економічного університету ім. В. Гетьмана. |
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2. Коли абітурієнт стає пер-шокурсником, він отримує студентський квиток, залікову книжку та читацький квиток. |
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3. Якщо ти хочеш успішно скласти іспити, протягом семестру ти повинен не пропускати заняття, справ-лятися з численними завдан-нями, закінчувати роботу у зазначений термін та сумлінно готуватися до екзаменів. |
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4. Якщо студент провалює іспит, він повинен буде його перескласти пізніше. |
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5. Ступінь бакалавра вимагає чотири роки навчання в університеті. |
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6. Після випускних екзаменів більшість випускників всту-пають до магістратури. |
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7. Щоб отримати ступінь доктора наук аспірант пови-нен захистити докторську дисертацію. |
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8. КНЕУ ім. В.Гетьмана відо-мий високою якістю викладан-ня та дослідницькою роботою. |
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9. Університет робить свій внесок у розвиток суспільства, готуючи конкурентоспро-можних фахівців та творчих особистостей. |
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10. Декан керує факультетом, а заступники декану та деканат допомагає студен-там у вирішенні щоденних проблем. |
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11. Професорсько-викладацький склад кафедр розробляє нав-чальні програми курсів для підготовки висококваліфікова-них фахівців. |
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12. Університет забезпечує студентів необхідними умова-ми, а саме: бібліотекою, комп’ютерними лабораторі-ями, спортивним центром, тощо. |
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13. Освіта допомагає людям реалізувати власний потен-ціал та розвинути уміння для реалізації життєвих цілей. |
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Exercise 10. Answer the questions.
What are the first days at the university like? 2. What types of courses are taught by universities? Who teaches them? 3. Why is the first semester the most difficult for students? 4. What problems do students have if they cannot cope with the workload? 5. How is the student’s knowledge assessed? 6. What can lead to an exam failure? What is it followed by? 7. How does the academic year consist of? 8. What are the students of different years of study called? 9. What university degrees can students get at university? 10. What does the term “an undergraduate” mean? 11. What degrees do postgraduate courses lead to? 12. What do you need to enroll in a Master’s degree program? 13. How long does it take a postgraduate to get a Master’s degree? 14. What should you do to complete a Master’s degree program? 15. What is required to get a PhD degree? 16. Why is university life compared with the merry-go-round? Do you agree? Can you think of any other comparison?
