MY FUTURE, MY CHOICE! – What comes to your mind when you hear the word “student”? – How much do you think being a university student is different from being a school student? – Have you chosen a university to enter yet?
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VOCABULARY 1. In pairs or small groups, brainstorm at least three things into each of the categories below connected with education and studying. Educational institutions: __________ Qualifications: ___________________ Punishments:____________________ Facilities: _______________________
Things connected to money: ____________________ People: _____________________________________ Collocations with “test” and “exam”: ______________ Other: _____________________________________
2. Look through the words below and explain the difference in their meanings. university / college skip / attend single sex schools / co-ed schools play truant / cheat hand-outs / notes
quality / qualification professor / tutor bachelor’s / master’s (degree) end of year exams / finals lecture / lesson
3. Match the words to their definitions. 1) graduation ceremony 2) admission 3) attendance 4) academic degree 5) campus 6) dormitory (dorm) 7) fresher/freshman 8) grant 9) sophomore 10) alumni 11) tutorial 12) mature
a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l)
the number of people present at a particular place an event where a successful student receives his/her academic degree grow old or older the buildings and the surrounding land of a university or college a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education a place where college or university students live permission to study at a school, college or university an amount of money given by the government to allow a student to follow a course men and women who have completed their studies, esp. at a college or university a second-year university or high-school student a student who is still in his or her first term at a university the teaching given to a small group/one person in a college/university
4. Complete the sentences with the appropriate option. Explain the meanings of the words in italics. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10)
Lesson 1
EXAMS AND JOBS
EXAMS AND JOBS
She’s applied for scholarship/placement to law school. She has a diploma/certificate in marketing. For homework I want you to write an essay/syllabus on pollution. Monika got a grade/score of A in SAT. You’ll be marked down/up for poor spelling and punctuation. Candidates must answer two questions from each paper/lecture. The end of year examination/assignment was very difficult. I took a course/research in English literature. You’ll be tested on everything you’ve studied this term/seminar. It took a long time to write my doctoral thesis/degree.
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