Try to explain the meaning of the following phrases
1. an undergraduate school
2. a major
3. a community college
4. an Associate of Arts degree
5. tuition
Task 4
Find in the text the sentences in the Passive Voice and read them to the group
Task 5
Tell about the American system of Higher education to the group of Russian students (Terms of admission, types of degrees, types of colleges, undergraduate school, graduate school)
Vocabulary practice
Exercise 1
Complete the gaps using the phrases given:research, the cost, community, school, educational, degree, coursework, related, a major, to advance
1. undergraduate _______
2. _______ paper
3. _______ background
4. to lower ______
5. associate _____
6. _______ college
7. to select ______
8. _______ one’s career
9. _______ fields
10. full-time _______
Exercise 2
Fill in the prepositions and make up the sentences of your own
1. prior ___
2. to transfer ___
3. to major ___ maths
4. to depend ___
5. ___ addition ___
6. ___ order to
7. to graduate ____ a degree ___ major
8. to be operated ___
Reading
Task 1
Read the abstract about the assessment system in an American University and answer the questions after it