Іноземна мова (англійська)

The OU operates by sending its educational materials to students in their own homes or places of work. It uses not only textbooks which can be bought at bookshop or by post from the OU’s centre at the town of Milton Keynes, but also video, audio cassettes and computer programmes. Students of the OU receive their lessons and lectures in their homes by means of special TV and radio programmes, E-mail. They also work with their tutors all over the country. Students write papers on the courses and discuss them with their tutors at meetings or by correspondance.

The OU’s success os of great interest abroad and a number of countries have bough teaching materials produced at the University.

 

American Educational System

Education in America is largely the business of the individual State, not the Federal Government. Each of fifty states has its own system of education. There is no Ministry of Education such as exist in many countries, no national system of education. The Federal Government of the United States does not interfere in any way with public education within the states.

Americans tend to study a larger number of subjects than Europeans, in school, and particularly at the university. Seven subjects are required for a first degree (Bachelor’s degree) in many colleges. In the USA wide, and sometimes superficial, knowledge is often valued more than specialization.

There are more than two thousand institutions of higher education in the United States. Young people who want to enter higher education must have attended a high school for four years. This means that a student who wants to study at the university or college must begin by doing good work in high school. If his results in high school are satisfactory, he is enrolled to a university or college, where he may take a Bachelor’s degree after a four-year course of study.

The first two years in an American college or university differ somewhat from a similar period in a European one. These years in American college are a continuation of secondary education. During this time certain courses must be completed before a student may begin study of his special field. Among the required courses are American history or government and physical education. In addition to the subjects which the freshmen (first-year students at American university) have to take, they may choose from the following courses to complete their programs of study: history, mathematics, chemistry, physics, French, German, Latin, geography, journalism, economics etc. The courses which students select depend, of course, on the field of study in which he wants to major. 

The aim of American education is to create a good citizen, rather than a scholar. That is why great emphasis is placed on the social duties and obligations, on communicating with other people, and obtaining varied information, which will be of practical use in life.  

 

 

Vocabulary to be learn:

Laboratory / Lab   лабораторія 

language  laboratory — лабораторія усної мови;

lab(oratory) assistant — лаборант;

lab equipment — лабораторне устаткування(обладнання);

laboratories / practicals — лабораторні заняття;

to be going to — збиратися;

to be an applicant for entry     — відвідувач підготовчого відділення, абітурієнт;                                  

to take a preparatory course         —  проходити підготовчий курс;                                                               

a tutorial —  практичне заняття (в вузі);

an instructor  — викладач практичних занять; 

Lecture        Лекція

to give a lecture (to lecture) — читати лекцію;

to give a talk / to read a paper — робити доклад /повідомлення;

to attend a lecture — відвідувати лекцію;

to miss a lecture — пропустити  лекцію;  ( but , miss) — сумувати;

to skip a lecture — прогуляти лекцію; 

to take notes of a lecture – вести конспекти лекції

to carry away the audiences – зацікавити аудиторію 

Lesson / Class         Практичне заняття

homework — домашнє завдання

preparation hours —години самопідготовки;

to check up attendance — перевірити присутність;

Academic Progress       Академічна успішність

to do well (to learn with ease) — добре встигати;

to make good /poor progress