Особенности учебного процесса в разных странах, Академическая мобильность, страница 13

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1) She was very diligent and worked hard. 2) Yes, I am. I’ve been a student since September 1. 3) She will be checking our grammar test papers. 4) I’ve been attending lectures for more than two years. 5) It was the Dean. He is going to have a talk about the forthcoming examinations. 6) But he hasn’t. He has passed it - and with credit too! He passed it yesterday/ has passed it in the morning. 7) She will take a post-graduate course if she passes all her exams with merit. She has a gift for research work. 8) I have been listening to it for about 20 minutes. And before it I had been recording the text of the lesson. 9) I rewrote my paper after I had looked through it. 10) It ends as usual in January. We’ll have completed our course by January 10.

IV. Ask questions on the italicized parts of the sentences. Translate this text into Russian. Be ready to render its contents in English.

At Oxford the instruction is mainly given by the college tutors and lectures, and by university professors and readers. All students are members of a college and of the university. They may attend any lecture they like.

The tutorial system in Oxford and Cambridge differs from that of all the other English Universities. Every student has a tutor. (disjunctive) As soon as a student comes to Oxford he goes to see his tutor. The tutor plans his work, suggests the books he should read and sets work for him to do, for example an essay to write. Each week he goes to his tutor’s rooms, with two or three other students. The tutor discusses with them the work they have done; he criticizes in detail their essays and sets them the next week’s work. Such lessons are called “tutorials”.

EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

Tasks

1.  Reading the text for the first time skim it through fairly quickly to understand the topic and the main points.

2.  Reading the text for the second time look through it very carefully to be sure you understand exactly the peculiarities of the British educational system. Do read through the questions first to see what kind of information you need to look for. When you have finished reading, see how much you can recall.

3.  Try to work out the meanings of any words you don’t know from the context. Try to find Russian equivalents to the underlined word combinations.

There are some features in the British educational system, which distinguish it from education in other countries. Primary schoolchildren do not have homework and university students have fewer hours of programmed attendance than students in other European countries. On the other hand they receive greater personal guidance with their work. This resulted in high-quality education for the intelligent and academically inclined. Little attention is given to the educational needs of the people with poor academic records.

All state schools are obliged to teach English, Mathematics, Science and a Modern Language for all pupils up to the age of 16. Educational policy focuses on developing the “complete” person. It is for the same reason that British schools and universities have tendered to give such a high priority to sport and the arts or humanities. 

The basis features of public education in Great Britain are the following:

1.  full-time education is compulsory up to the middle teenage years;

2.  the academic year begins at the end of summer;

3.  compulsory education is free of charge, but parents can spend money on educating their children privately outside the state system if they want to (the fees are high);

There are three recognized stages:

1. The first stage is primary education from 5 to 11 years old. There is no system of nursery in GB, i.e. pre-primary schools. In some areas primary schools have nursery or play-schools attached to them. Children at the age of 2-5 years old mostly play with some early learning, they lunch and sleep in safety with someone keeping an eye on them. Primary education takes place in infant schools where pupils are taught basic reading, writing, arithmetic, art, etc., and in junior schools (from 8 to 11 years old) which mark the transition from play to “real work”.