Английский язык. Александрова Г.А. - 86 стр.

         access - доступ
         the Open University - открытый университет
         conventional - обычный, общепринятый, традиционный
         degree - степень

I.        Answer these questions
1.    What is the aim of British education?
2.    What education is compulsory in Great Britain?
3.    When do children begin attending a primary school?
4.    At what age do children go to a comprehensive school?
5.    What kind of school-leaving exams do children take?
6.    What types of higher educational establishments are there in the UK?
7.    What is necessary to go on to higher education?
8.    What courses of study are offered by higher education establishments?
9.    What plans did the Government publish in 1991?
10.   What are the three types of universities in Great Britain?

II.      Do the following tasks:
1.    Divide the text into logical parts.
2.    Give a name to each part.
3.    Give the contents of each part in 1-2 phrases.
4.    Give the summary of the whole text.

                                    Text 2
       Students working for their first degree at university are called un-
dergraduates. When they take their degree they are called graduate and
then they are called graduates. If they continue studying at university after
they have graduated, they are called post-graduates.
       Full-time students have three terms of about ten weeks in each year.
University teaching combines lectures given by professors, readers or lec-
turers, practical classes and small group teaching in seminars or tutorials.
       In Britain great attention is paid to teacher training. Teacher train-
ing, according to one teacher, is preparation for «working with the most
valuable resourse the country has». Teacher training is realized at univer-
sities and colleges of higher education. Non-graduates normally take a
four-year Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree, while those who are al-

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