Text 3. Students’ life and Studies.

1. Words to be remembered:

1.	assignment – зд. задание;
2.	attend – посещать (лекции и т.п.);
3.	competition – конкурс;
4.	competitive – конкурсный;
5.	credit test – зачет;
6.	enrolment – зачисление;
7.	evaluate – оценивать;
8.	extent – степень;
9.	free of charge – бесплатный;
10.	fulfill – выполнять, осуществлять;
11.	full time student – студент дневного отделения;
12.	grants – стипендия;
13.	habit – привычка;
14.	manage – зд.суметь, справиться;
15.	participate – принимать участие;
16.	recreation – отдых;
17.	student identification carol – студенческий билет;
18.	student’s record book – зачетная книжка;
19.	take examination – сдавать экзамены;
20.	term paper – курсовая работа;
21.	tuition – обучение;
22.	tuition-fee – плата за обучение;
23.	various – различный, разнообразный.

2. Before reading the texts try to answer the following questions.

1. What entrance tests is it necessary to take to enter your University?

2. What papers identify your student Status?

3. Do you pay for your tuition?

4. What year student are you now?

5. What subjects have you been studying this year?

6. Do you attend all lectures and classes?

7. How often do you have various tests? In what subjects?

8. Do you often do to concerts, parties or discos held at the University?

1. A secondary school certificate is not a ticket that allows someone to automatically enter a university. There are widely used standardized tests for those who wish to attend a university. Secondary school students take those tests and according to the results they become the University students. The tuition fee for them is free of charge. But there also exists a paid form of education for those who haven’t managed to meet the competition requirements. After the enrolment you get your identification card and record book.

2. The University training course for full-time students lasts for 5-6 years. The semester system divides the academic year into two almost equal terms. During a semester students must attend lectures and practical classes and prepare for them regularly, participate actively in seminars, fulfill written assignments, do laboratory works. At the end of each semester students take examinations.

3. Students’ progress is evaluated through oral or written tests, through participation in class discussions, through term papers, credit tests and final examinations in each course. If students do well and receive good and excellent marks they are given state grants.

4. If students work hard from the beginning and develop good study habits, they will certainly be successful in their studies – and still have time for relaxation, for social and other activities. As to cultural and recreational activities at the University, they are quite various, and to a great extent arranged by students themselves. They participate in concerts, parties, discos, in the variety of folk orchestras, in the choreographic ensemble, etc. Every year there are several sports programs organized: chess competition, football championship and other sport events.

The immense number of cultural festivals and celebrations, which take place all year long, demonstrates international cultural diversity. The annual festival “Student’s Autumn”, National Cuisine Feasts, Faculty Days, National Student’s Union Holidays with a wide range of cultural activities present a perfect chance for the students to display their skills and abilities.