Answer the questions to the text. 1. What is the title of the text (the article)?
1. What is the title of the text (the article)?
2. Who is the author of the text (the article)?
3. Where is the article published?
4. What is the text about?
5. What parts can the text be divided into?
6. What is the main idea of the text?
7. What problems does the author touch upon in the article?
8. What conclusions does the author come to?
9. What new information have you learnt from the text?
10. What facts do you consider to be the most important?
20. Give a summary of the text using useful expressions such as:
| The title of the text is ... | |
| The text | is devoted to ... is about ... deals with ... discusses ... |
| The author | writes ... considers ... emphasizes ... |
| The text | can be divided into... |
| It's known that ... As far as we know ... It should be mentioned that ... In conclusion ... |
SPEAKING
Answer the following questions. Work with a partner.
1) Are you a first-year student or a second-year student? 2) When do your classes begin? 3) When are your classes over? 4) When does your working day begin? 5) Are you hard-working? 6) What do you do after lectures? 7) What are your favourite subjects? 8) What classes do you attend? 9) How long does it take you to get to the University? 10) Are you often late for your classes? 11) Is the students' life saturated? 12) Where do students participate in? 13) Where can students apply their talents? 14) When do you have a rest (vacation)? 15) Are you an out-of-town student? 16) Do you rent apartment or live in a hostel? 17) What do you like to do when you have a spare time? 18) What are you fond of? 19) When will you graduate from the university? 20) Do you like to study at Tyumen State Oil and Gas University? 21) Will you do your best to become a good specialist (to get good education)?
Make up a dialogue like the one in 13 above. Ask your own questions.
23. Drawa plan of part of any Building of your University and label it. E. g. each student chooses different storeys and describes classrooms.
Talk for a minute about what students and teachers usually do there. (e.g.: on the second floor there are… in classroom 355 we usually have English lessons. We speak English, play, listen to…)
Words: classroom; computer room; art room; laboratory; library; cafeteria; canteen; hall; gym; changing rooms; staff room; WC.
Choose five adjectives from the box and say what makes you feel like this.
| alarmed depressed excited inspired upset delighted pleased frustrated confused embarrassed stunned worried disgusted nervous tired relaxed happy cheerful bored calm angry furious unhappy |
Below are some phrases that you can use or add your own ideas.
E.g.Studying makes me depressed.
(University life, bad news on TV, humping techno music, obtaining a good exam result, studying English grammar, Monday mornings, studying for an exam, domestic pets, vampire films, mathematics, peak hour traffic, riding a bicycle, jogging, flying by plane, surfing the Internet, giving a speech)
25.Make up sentences about yourself. Start with:
| 1. I dislike… 2. I’m terrified of… 3. I give up… 4. I hate… 5. I’m interested in… | 6. I have trouble with… 7. I’m afraid of… 8. I love… 9. I’m fed up with… 10. I’m tired of… | 11. I enjoy… 12. I like… 13. I can’t stand… 14. I prefer… |
Role play.
Student A:You are working on the help desk of a British Students' Union giving answers to questions that foreign students have. Your partner will ask you questions about anything connected to the university, e.g. "How long does it take to get a PhD?" or "Can you explain what a fresher is?"
Student B:You must answer their question (e.g. "It takes 3 or 4 years" or "It is a kind of fruit or vegetable juice that is very popular in England"), even if you don't understand the word they are using. You can't say that you don't know, and you cannot use a dictionary.
Note: If your partners believe you, they will thank you and you can switch roles and continue. If they don't believe you they will say so politely (e.g. "Are you sure that's right?" or "That doesn't sound quite right") and you should tell them if you really knew the answer or not.
Useful language
| Asking for information Can I ask you a question? Could you explain something for me? May I ask about something? I have one or two questions about... Are you the right person to talk? | Accepting information Thanks, that's very helpful. Great, that's much clearer now. That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. Thanks for your help. You've been a great help. Thank you so much. | Politely questioning the information Are you sure? I thought it was something else. Really? That surprises me. I'm not entirely sure that's right. Are you absolutely certain? |
Continue the game but with questions about the things below. Nobody can use a dictionary!
| fresher | lecture | campus | chancellor |
| tuition fees | term | the students' union | student discounts |
| student accommodation | class timetable | registration form | students' union card |
| tutor | tutorial | self-study | lecturer |
| professor | re-take | summer job | a distinction |
| scholarship | the pass mark | graduation ceremony | your finals |
| an MBA | a sandwich course | a degree certificate | careers fair |
| a Bachelor's degree | (final) dissertation | modern languages | cheating |
| alumni association | humanities | thesis | an undergraduate |