Education in Great Britain. Бояринцева Е.И - 14 стр.

(advanced) level. Most people take "A" level when they are about 18. It             4. Oxford and Cambridge mainly use a _____ method.
is quite a difficult exam, so people don't usually take it in more than             5. Education of University standard is also provided in colleges
three subjects (maximum four), some only take one or two subjects.            of _____ and _____ colleges.
       The passes (for all exams) are grades "A" to "F":                            6. The three terms into which the British University year is
       "A" = 80–100 %                     "C" = 55 %                          _____ are roughly eight to ten weeks.
       "B" = 60–80 %                      "D" = 45 %                                7. Each term is _____ with different activities.
       "E" and "F" are very low grades and may be considered a failure.
       "A" levels, graded "A" to "F", have the same percentages as the                Of the full-time students now attending British universities the
other exams. When the children apply for University places, this is           proportions of men and women are roughly the same. Nearly half of
when their grades are important. The Universities will state what             female students are engaged in the study of arts subjects such as his-
grades they need to be accepted to study there. Most ask for one "A"          tory, languages, economics or law, the others are studying pure or ap-
and two "B’s", sometimes for three "B’s", sometimes 2 "B’s" and a "C"         plied sciences such as medicine, dentistry, technology, or agriculture.
– so that sets the target for the student to work for. Three "A" levels are           The University of London, for instance, includes internal and ex-
enough to get you into most Universities. For others, such as Oxford          ternal students, the latter coming to London only to sit for their exami-
and Cambridge, you have to take special exams as well.                        nations. Actually most external students at London University live in
                                                                              London. The colleges in Oxford and Cambridge are essentially residen-
      Notes                                                                   tial institutions and they mainly use a tutorial method which brings the
                                                                              tutor into close and personal contact with the student: each student
       "O" level – обычный уровень
                                                                              meets his tutor to have his work scrutinized and discussed. These col-
       "A" level – повышенный уровень
                                                                              leges, being residential, are necessarily far smaller than most of the
       G.C.E. – общее свидетельство об образовании (General
                                                                              colleges of the University of London.
Certifi-cate of Education)
                                                                                      Education of University standard is also provided in other insti-
       C.S.E. – свидетельство о среднем образовании (Certificate of
                                                                              tutions of higher learning such as colleges of technology and agricul-
Secondary Education)
                                                                              tural colleges, which prepare their students for degrees or diplomas in
       passes – проходные баллы
                                                                              their specialist fields.
       grades – отметки
                                                                                      Traditional three terms into which the British University year is
       to apply for – подавать документы для поступления в уни-
                                                                              divided are roughly eight to ten weeks. Each term is crowded with dif-
верситет
                                                                              ferent activities, and the vacations between the terms – a month at
       to be accepted – зд.: зачислять (в университет)
                                                                              Christmas, a month at Easter, and three to four months in summer – are
                                                                              mainly periods of intellectual digestion and independent studies. These
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                                                                              days many universities have adopted semesters instead of terms, typi-
                                                                              cally about 14–15 weeks long.
              Some Aspects of British University Life
       1. Nearly half of British students are engaged in the study of               Notes
_____ subjects.
                                                                                    art subjects – гуманитарные науки (все науки, кроме наук
       2. The University of London includes _____ and _____ students.
                                                                              естественного цикла)
       3. The colleges in the University of London are _____ institu-
                                                                                    internal students – студенты-очники
tions, while those of Oxford and Cambridge are _____.
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