Grammar Expansion: Functional usage of the Passive Voice in communication.

C. Translate into Russian:

1. Educational standards have been measured and re-measured by the OECD’S Programme for International Student Assessment. 2. If these ideas were really taken seriously, they would change education radically. 3. Candidates are employed by the education ministry and more or less guaranteed a job. 4. Student performance is affected by the quality of teachers more than by anything else. 5. With the right policies, schools and pupils are not doomed to lag behind. 6. Getting in requires top grades; places are rationed to match vacancies. 7. In future an English Baccalaureate will be introduced to make sure more pupils study traditional courses between the age of 14 and 16.

D. Read the text below, entitle it and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

Over the last decade or so, an entire industry has grown up around the examinations system, just to give teachers tips on how to maximise pupils’ scores.

A-level standards have never been higher. So why are increasing numbers of universities setting their own entrance tests?

GCSE league tables are _____________ (to reform), stopping schools using “equivalent” qualifications, including vocational courses, to boost their ranking.

In future an English Baccalaureate ___________ (to introduce) to make sure more pupils study traditional courses between the age of 14 and 16.

A-levels are ___________(to set) by universities themselves, making sure they make appropriate demands of teenagers.

Penalties __________ ( to include) in the end-of-school exams for pupils who fail to master the basics of spelling, punctuation and grammar – addressing some of the concerns of our biggest employers.

And all major exams ____________( benchmark) against those set by the toughest education systems in the world to make sure they are demanding enough.

(the source: adapted from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8148076/All-the-statistics-point-to-a-rise-in-education-standards-under-Labour.html )

Expand on your own experience of entering the university. Deal with the following issues:

- writing tests;

- passing exams;

- participating in contests;

- obtaining private lessons;

- doing extra-curricular work.

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