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3. CHOOSING A COURSE IN THE UK |
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1. Compare the content of courses & the style of learning offered at each institution. Sometimes degree & courses with the same name may be very different at each university or college.
2. Does a university offer any kind of work (4) __________ as part of the course (if that is important to you)?
3. How many students get relevant jobs at the end of the course? Some universities list their statistics on their websites.
4. Compare the quality (5) __________ reports for research & teaching in Higher Education universities & colleges at the Quality Assurance Agency - HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England), Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, Welsh Funding Councils. This may be useful in choosing between universities.
5. Find out about social issues, including the range of social, sports & cultural activities, the cost of living, whether the university is on a campus outside of any town or based in a city and the geography of local region may all be important to you in your decision. There are some publications which grade universities according to students' views, which you may find in your local library, careers office & in British Council offices, if you are an international student. It is always helpful if you can visit the universities you are interested in. Look out for or ask about Open Days when staff & students will be available to (6) __________ any questions.
6. If you are disabled person, there is (7) __________ information available at websites of colleges & universities.
7. Are there any services for student’s support (such as Students’ Counsel, health & childcare support)? Student services staff in universities & colleges will also provide (8) __________ & support in helping you make decisions about choosing your courses or dealing with any questions you may have.
8. Would you like to work (9) __________ while you are studying and is it possible with the university?
9. Is there any support for (10) __________ students? If you are bringing a family with you, or want to meet with other international students, or need any language help, perhaps before you start your course, you should find out in advance what support there is for international student & their families from the university or college. Most universities and some FE colleges have International Officers to give you advice & information & help with any (11) __________ you may have.
Now read the text again and decide if the following sentences (1-5) are true (T) or false (F):
| 1 | Courses in different universities in the UK that have one and the same name always teach one and the same disciplines. | T | F |
| 2 | There are special organizations in the UK that assess different universities and rate them in order of quality of education. | T | F |
| 3 | If you have serious health problems you can find special information about the process of study for you on website of a university. | T | F |
| 4 | Each university gives permission to students to work part-time while they are studying. | T | F |
| 5 | There is not any organization in the UK universities that help international applicants and students. | T | F |
Part III
(… адрес интернет-странички с видеороликами…)
1. CHOOSING A CAREER
(00:43)
PRE-LISTENING
What do engineers do in their career?
Why did you choose to become an engineer?
What makes people choose this or that career?
Do you know the following words? Can you guess the meaning of any of them? Study the meaning of the words: “choice”, “scientist”, “community”.
WHILE-LISTENING
Watch the video and answer the following questions:
5. Who and what is the speaker?
6. What type of Engineering does he specialize in?
7. What made the speaker choose the Engineering career?
Watch the video again and fill in the gaps in the following text:
8.
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When I thought about Civil (1) __________ as a possible career choice, that choice was mostly dictated by the (2) __________ that I had an (3) __________ insides Physics, Chemistry and (4) __________ but did not see myself as a (5) __________ . I wanted to be able to apply the (6) __________ of sciences in a (7) __________ way that could be (8) __________ to the community. And that’s what really sparked off my interests in (9) __________ Engineering as a career choice.
POST-LISTENING
9. Make a list of facts that may influence the choice of a Civil engineering career (Mechanical Engineering career, Chemistry engineering career, Electrical Engineering career). What is different and what do they have in common?
2. CHOOSING _______________ ________________ AS A CAREER
(02:01)
PRE-LISTENING
1. What do people have to think about when they choose their future career?
2. Do you know the following words? Can you guess the meaning of any of them? Study the meaning of the words:
“to apply something”, “to take things apart”, “to create”(“creative”), “to come up with (a solution)”, “to get involved”, “lab”= laboratory.
WHILE-LISTENING
Listen to the video without watching and answer the following questions:
3. What are the people talking about? Complete the heading.
4. How many speakers are there?
Watch the video-track and answer the following questions:
5. Put the names of the speakers in the order of appearance in the track (1, 2, 3, ….):
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Ryan Patterson
Renae S. Tichy
Chris Nieport
Sean A. Falkowski
Ben Staub Jr.
Margaret M. Middleton
Dave Myszka
Susan Kotowski
Jeft Wolff
6. Where do all the speakers work?
Watch the parts of the video-track and fulfill the following tasks:
00:01 – 00:19
7. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:
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If you like to (1) __________ yourself, you like to take (2) __________ things apart and then back together, if you (3) __________ to see how something works just for sake of doing it, I think (4) __________ __________ would be what you like to do.
00:51 – 01:05
8. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:
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Engineering (1) __________ would be a good major for someone who doesn’t just like to come up with an answer on paper or on a (2) __________ but likes to take it on the next (3) __________ and turn it into practical (4) __________ and come up with that final (5) __________ .
01:14 – 01:33
9. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:
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I wanna* be in a (1) __________ , I want to work with other (2) __________, I wonna to, actually, work with my hands. …………… I want to see all those seriously on (3) __________ and I think people we actually wanna see help develop ideas, but actually see those ideas (4) __________ to life. I think that what (5) __________ __________ is all about.
* wanna (American slang) = want to
01:44 – 01:54
10. Complete the following text with the words that you hear:
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Do you like Math and (1) __________? Do you find (2) __________ interesting? Do you find (3) __________ interesting? If you do – this is for you!
Watch the whole video-track again and answer the following questions:
11. Who … :
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1
says that an engineer likes to see how things work?
2
says that an engineer likes to take things apart?
3
says that an engineer likes to create things?
4
mentions any of disciplines that can be taught at school or university?
5
says about the difference between working on a computer and working at a plant?
POST-LISTENING
Make a list of things that a person who wants to become an engineer in the sphere of Engineering Technology must like / or be interested in / or be good at:
“A future engineer must … “.
4. MATERIALS AND THEIR PROPERTIES
Part I
1. Do you know the following materials? Match the materials to their definitions below:
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glass plastic metal
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1
a type of solid substance that is usually hard and shiny, that conducts heat and electricity.
2
hard, transparent substance (material), produced by mixing sand with soda by glass-blowing process; usually used in windows.
3
a light strong material that is made with chemicals and is used for making many different kinds of objects.
What can be made of these materials?
Which material is the best for dishes?
2. Which is the best material for the following objects and why?
a folk, a football, a window, a bicycle, a plate
(“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 5, pg.6, ex.1)
3. Read the information in the table below and put each heading into the correct column (A, B, or C). What is the order of materials in column “A”?
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Uses Properties Material
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A _________
B __________
C __________
1
aluminium
light, easy to shape
aircraft, window and door frames, cooking foil
2
brass (copper and zinc)
doesn’t rust in contact with air and water, strong
valves, taps
3
cement
mixed with water it dries to a hard material
pre-made building blocks, to hold bricks together
4
copper
easily made into wire, carries electricity well
electrical wire, tubing
5
diamond
hardest natural materials, can cut glass and metal
industrial cutting and grinding
6
glass
clear, hard, breaks easily
windows, bottles
7
iron
hard
engineering
8
mild steel (iron +0.15-0.3% carbon
hard, strong, quite easy to shape
bridges, ships, cars
9
optical fibre
carries light and coded messages
lighting, cable TV, telecommunications
10
plastic
light, strong, easy to shape
hard hats, computer casing
(“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 5, pg.6, ex.2)
4. Read the information in the table from ex.3 again and find out which material (1-10) is best for:
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a)
water pipes
b)
a knife for cutting a microscope lens
c)
connecting a socket to the electricity supply
d)
a bicycle frame
e)
television casing
(“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 5, pg.6, ex.3)
5. Study the table in exercise 3 again and complete the following table.
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verbs
adjectives
6. Match the properties from the table (1-6) with their opposites below. Use your glossary or dictionary to help you.
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heavy tough opaque rigid weak soft
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1
breaks easily
2
clear
3
easy to shape
4
hard
5
light
6
strong
(“Engineering” Workshop by Lindsey White, OUP; Unit 5, pg.6, ex.4)
7. Find as many materials in the following line as you can (11 words).
| glassircementoptironsebrasssteelydimanplasticrzidiamondcopperonfibrealuminiumzincopl |
8. Answer the following questions.
Which material… (or which materials…):
- is the strongest
is/are easy to shape
conducts electricity well
is/are found in people and fruits?
breaks easily
can be mixed with water?
is/are very light?
doesn’t rust?
can carry coded messages?
is/are used in jewelry?
is/are used in beer (or juice) production?
is/are used a lot on a building site?
is/are used in city advertising process
is/are used in manufacturing of cars, buses, airplanes, etc?
is/are widely used in cooking process?
is/are used in industry to cut hard materials?
9. Look at the following materials and complete the table.
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A Material
B Properties
C Uses
1
wood
2
rubber
3
china
10. What is the best material for the following things and why?
a cup, a car tyre, a frying pan, engineering tools, a mobile.
11. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences (1 – 12) with suitable words from the module.
| 1. | __________ is a light silver-coloured metal that is easy to shape and that is used in window and door frames, and to make cooking foil. |
| 2. | “__________” means difficult to shape (= opposite to “easy to shape”). |
| 3. | __________ is used in cable TV and communications because it can _________ light and coded messages. |
| 4. | In a building process __________ is used to hold bricks together. |
| 5. | Windows are made of __________ because this material is __________ (or transparent). |
| 6. | Dishes that are made of __________ are beautiful but not practical because this material __________ easily. |
| 7. | “__________” means not easily broken. The opposite to this word is “__________”. |
| 8. | Industrial cutting and grinding often use __________ because it is the hardest natural material. |
| 9. | Water pipes (or tubes) are usually made of __________ because this metal doesn’t __________ in contact with water. |
| 10. | __________ is used to make electrical wires because it is __________ to shape this material and it __________ electricity well. |
| 11. | __________ is widely used today practically everywhere: to make dishes, to make computer (TV, radio, mobile telephone, etc.) casing, tubes because it is __________ , _________ , easy to shape. |
| 12 | “ __________” means “easy to lift”, “not heavy”. |
12. Translate the following sentences into the English language. Give the idea of a sentence but not a word for word translation.
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“… (material) is …(properties)”
1.
Пластик – легкий и крепкий.
2.
Латунь – крепкий материал, не подвергающийся коррозии.
3.
Алюминий – легкий материал, который легко гнется.
4.
Сталь – твердый и крепкий материал, которому довольно легко придать нужную форму.
5.
Алмаз – самый твердый природный материал.
6.
Медь – материал, который легко гнется.
7.
Стекло – прозрачный, твердый материал, который легко бьется.
8.
Оптическое волокно – материал, который может передавать сигналы.
“… (material) is used for/in/for manufacturing of …”
9.
Сталь используется для строительства мостов, кораблей.
10.
Алюминий используется в авиастроении.
11.
Оптическое волокно применяется для кабельного телевидения.
12.
Из пластика делают каркасы для телевизоров, компьютеров, магнитофонов.
13.
Железо применяется для создания инженерного оборудования.
14.
Из меди делают провода.
15.
Цемент используют для производства кирпичей.
16.
Из алюминия делают оконные рамы.
“… is/are made of/from … (material)”
17.
Окна делают из дерева (пластика) и стекла.
18.
Каркас телефона сделан из пластика.
19.
Электрические провода сделаны из меди.
20.
Пищевая фольга сделана из алюминия.
21.
Мосты делают из стали.
22.
Трубы делают из пластика или латуни.
23.
Эта дверь сделана из дерева.
24.
Строительные каски делают из пластика.
Check the knowledge of active vocabulary from this module with the help of
“ACTIVE VOCABULARY” section.