Education in Great Britain. Бояринцева Е.И - 26 стр.

Among the oldest colleges are University College, All Souls and Christ       Using the Internet look for appropriate material to talk about the fol-
Church.                                                                      lowing topics:
       The local car industry in East Oxford gives an important addition           • At Oxbridge.
to the city’s outlook. There’s a great deal of bicycle traffic both in Ox-         • Oxford – the Golden Heart of Britain.
ford and Cambridge.                                                                • A college in Oxbridge.
       Cambridge University started during the 13th century and has                • Cambridge. Its Past and Present.
grown until today. Now there are more than thirty colleges.
       On the banks of the Cam willow trees drown their branches into        Text D. Read the text and say if the following statements are true or
the water. The colleges line the right bank. There are beautiful college             false
gardens with green lawns and lines of tall trees. The oldest college is
Peterhouse, which was founded in 1284, and the most recent is Robin-                             Wolverhampton University
son College, which was opened in 1977. The most famous is probably                   1. Wolverhampton University is among the UK ten top universi-
King’s College because of its magnificent chapel, the largest and the        ties.
most beautiful building in Cambridge, its choir of boys and under-                   2. The University offers an extensive under- and postgraduate
graduates being also well-known.                                             education.
       The universities have over a hundred societies and clubs, enough              3. The University programmes are delivered through full-time
for every interest one could imagine. Sport is part of students’ life at     mode.
Oxbridge. The most popular sports are rowing and punting.                            4. Besides training the University offers a great variety of ser-
       Academic life in both universities is full and varied. Although       vices to the community.
students attend lectures given by professors and lecturers, their work is            5. Access courses are provided by the University.
largely based on a "tutorial" system; each student meets his tutor to                6. The University carries on professional orientation pro-
have his work scrutinized and discussed.                                     grammes.
       Because of their age traditions, historical associations and repu-            7. The University is planning to start extensive international ac-
tation the prestige of Oxford and Cambridge is very high, conse-             tivities.
quently, competition for admission is extremely keen.                                8. The University campuses are located in Birmingham.
                                                                                     9. There are 12 faculties at Wolverhampton University.
      Notes                                                                        10. English is among the six most popular courses at Wolver-
                                                                             hampton.
      degree ceremony – церемония вручения ученых степеней
      full academic dress – парадная форма одежды                                   The University of Wolverhampton is one of the ten largest Uni-
      coat of arms – герб                                                    versities in the UK. It has provided higher education in the region for
      fellow – младший научный работник                                      over sixty years.
      Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – "Англосаксонский кроникл"                             The University offers an extensive range of specialist degrees
      Richard Coeur de Lion – Ричард Львиное Сердце                          and diplomas: over 100 first degrees, over 40 taught Masters pro-
      charter – хартия                                                       grammes and numerous professional qualifications. It provides the
      All Souls college – Колледж всех душ                                   widest menu of modular degree subjects available from a British Uni-
      the Cam – река Кэм                                                     versity. A unique Modular Masters Scheme creates the possibility of
                                                                             multi-subject study at postgraduate level.

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