Part II. Language

9. Fill in the gaps with the correct word form to complete the sentences:

1. Every year students… a specialty that includes several main disciplines: the humanities, social and physical sciences, engineering.

acquired acquires are acquiring acquire

2. Students… to work out new decisions in the area of engineering.

are trained is trained was trained train

3. Using modern information technologies the students… many different problems.

solve solves had solved is solving

10. Find in the text the words or phrases which mean the same as:

Система высшего образования, среднее образование, защитить диплом (дипломную работу), гуманитарные дисциплины, обязательный, государственные экзамены, степень, точные (естественные) науки, выпускные экзамены, завершение, окончание, специальные курсы, академические предметы, считаться престижным, практика.

11.Make sentences using the given words in the correct order:

1. was founded, Moscow Engineering School, for 100–150 students, in 1703. 2. combined, the Moscow school, Petersburg Engineering School, in 1723, was, with. 3. for at least 4 years, of, the Bachelor’s, degree programs, full-time, university-level, last, study. 4. Was, to, renamed, the 1917 revolution, in 1868, Imperial Moscow Technical School, after, Moscow Highest Technical School. 5. Technical, in, Russia, with, started, in, Moscow, of, School, Mathematical, and, for, organization, Navigational, education, Crafts. 6. Soviet, of, a school, times, all, in, Russia, had, at least, the population, education, in. 7. The M.S. and Ph.D., Bauman MSTU, degrees, in, applied, various, fields, engineering, and, offers, sciences.

12. Make your own sentences with the words and phrases: to be awarded, finals, compulsory, to defend a thesis, research paper.

13. Ask Special questions to the text using different wh-words and h-words.

Part III. Speaking and Writing

14. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases in English: higher education, full-time education, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, finals, a thesis.

15. Prepare dialogues using your questions from ex.11.

16. Speak about the system of higher education in Russian Federation.

17. Speak about the history of tech education in Russia.

18. Speak about the Bauman MTSU.

UNIT 2

Global English

Part I. TEXT

1. Answer the questions:

1. What does the word “global’ mean?

2. Is English “global”? Prove your point of view.

3. Name the countries where English is an official language.

4. "English is necessary for living on the Internet." What do you think about this statement?

5. Is learning languages an easy thing? Why?

6. Why learning English is important for the Russian students?

7. Why are foreign languages important for specialists?

2. Look at the following international words and guess their meaning and check the pronunciation: Official, essentially, characterized, “lingua franca”, diverse, tribal, ethnic, widespread, fluent, accent, minority, emerge, percent, particularly, approximately, major, to pronounce, to identify, currency, taught, multinational, proficiency, potential, employee, requirements, sphere.

3. Here are the words and word combinations you have to learn:

“Lingua franca”, widely spoken, widespread, the spread of, worldwide status, according to the statistics, fluent, technological and cultural influence, to identify, to borrow, to transfer via, to expand, to establish, to tie up, proficiency, potential, employee, requirement, to require.

4. Read and translate the text: