Answer the following questions. 1. Are there different types of higher educational institutions in Russia?

1. Are there different types of higher educational institutions in Russia?

2. What establishments train specialists in various fields in our city?

3. Does our University provide higher education for future teachers?

4. What faculties are there at our higher educational institution?

7. In what fields do students carry out research?

8. What conditions does the University provide?

9. What is the teaching staff like?

10. What scientific schools are there at the University?

11. Where is the administration housed?

12. Where is your faculty situated?

13. Who is the rector of our university?

14. What is your Dean’s name?

15. Who is the leader in a student group?

16. What part does the University play in developing public education in the Urals?

Ask your friend.

1. Какие высшие учебные заведения в нашем городе ты знаешь?

2. В каком университете ты учишься?

3. Сколько факультетов в нашем университете?

4. На каком факультете учишься ты?

5. Какие условия для научной работы предоставляет университет?

6. В какой области ты выполняешь исследовательскую работу?

7. Ты собираешься работать учителем в школе?

8. Кто вносит вклад в различные области знаний?

9. Кто выполняет научные исследования?

10. Кто является главой университета?

11. Кто занимает деканат?

12. Кто староста в вашей группе?

Speaking

Learn some classroom expressions.

I am sorry, I am late – Простите, что я опоздал.

Who is staying away? – Кто отсутствует?

All students are present. – Все студенты присутствуют.

Are you ready? – Вы готовы?

(I am afraid) I am not ready yet – (Боюсь,) я еще не готов.

Who is the monitor? – Кто староста?

Begin reading! – Начинайте читать!

Go on working! – Продолжайте работать!

Will you translate this word, please? – Пожалуйста, переведите это слово!

What’s the Russian for “establishment”? – Что значит по-русски «establishment»?

Shall I read or translate the text? – Мне читать или переводить текст?

The time is over. Hand in your papers, please! – Время закончилось. Сдавайте работы, пожалуйста!

There goes the bell. – Звенит звонок.

The bell has gone. – Звонок прозвенел.

Let’s have a break. – Давайте сделаем перерыв.

Let’s air the classroom. – Давайте проветрим аудиторию.

Write down your home assignment (home task) – Запишите домашнее задание.

Sample Dialogues

1. Teacher: Good morning! Let’s begin our classes. Who is the monitor?

Monitor: I am.

Teacher: Who is staying away?

Monitor: All students are present.

2. Student: I am sorry, I am late.

Teacher: Why are you late?

Student: I got stuck in a traffic jam.

Teacher: Go to your seat and don’t be late next time.

3. Teacher: I checked up your test-papers yesterday.

Students: What are our results?

Teacher: Two papers are excellent, five papers are good, three papers are satisfactory. One student got a bad mark: he made too many mistakes.

4. Student A: Who is the monitor in your group?

Student B: Dasha Petrova is.

Student A: Where is she now?

Student B: She is at the Dean’s Office.

Student A: What is she doing there?

Student B: She is talking to the Deputy Dean.

Student A: What are they speaking about?

Student B: I think they are speaking about the timetable.

Role play: “The teacher and students in a class”.

Use the phrases from the dialogues and the classroom expressions and make your own dialogues.

Lexical Exercises

Exercise 1. Answer the questions using the words in brackets.

1. Are you a student? (first-year, study, faculty)

2. How many faculties are there at the University? What are they? (train/trains teachers of, the course of studies)

3. Are there many laboratories? (is/are equipped, of advanced design, Internet facilities)

4. What does our University provide good conditions for? (research, laboratories, carry out, various fields of knowledge).