Topic: My Speciality

SPEAKING ACTIVITY

1. Read the following text and answer these questions using these word combinations:

1) What University do you study at?

2) What faculty do you belong to?

3) When was it founded?

4) Are you a second-year student?

5) What specialists does the Civil Engineering Faculty train?

6) Whom do you want to become?

7) What subjects is the academic program composed of?

8) Why do our students study foreign languages?

9) What does the course of studies end with?

10) What problems do the students deal with in their course papers and graduation theses?

11) Where do our graduates work?

12) In what way can graduates continue their study?

READING ACTIVITY

MY SPECIALITY

I am a student of the Civil Engineering Faculty that is in one of the largest higher educational establishments 1 in our town. Our University trains civil engineers in the following specialties: “Industrial and Public Construction2”, “Manufacture3 of the Building Structures4”, “Automobile Roads”, "Town Planning” and others. For the years of activity the Faculty has trained many highly-qualified5 engineers. Such specialists are in great demand 6 nowadays. The whole process of studying deals with mastering new construction methods and progressive technology of building structures and materials production. The junior students are taught mathematics, physics, a foreign language (English/German/French), chemistry, philosophy, computer processing of information. We attend lectures, do laboratory work and tests. We have quite a number of well-equipped7 laboratories at our disposal. Mastering one of the foreign languages enables8 us to read foreign literature and learn about the latest scientific and technical achievements abroad. The senior students study special engineering subjects such as Strength of Materials 9, Building Materials, Geodesy 10, Architecture, etc. The fourth-year students combine their studies with their research work. We write course papers and graduation theses 11 on the scientific problems of our research work. Many highly - qualified teachers work at the chairs of our faculty, some of them have PhD's degrees and scientific ranks. In summer the students of our faculty, besides graduation theses, have their practical hours in order to have a clear idea of what our speciality means. According to 12 the academic plan the seniors are sent to work at different plants and construction sites 13, where they learn to employ 14 in practice the knowledge they gained at the University. During practice the students master the job of a civil engineer and at the same time collect materials for their diploma papers. The final and most important period in the students’ life is the defence 15 of the graduation theses in the presence of the State Examining Board 16. All the graduates get work according to their speciality. We shall work at building material factories, on construction sites, at design and research institutions and laboratories. Besides, we are provided with everything necessary for a scientific career entering a post-graduate course. In a word we have a wide range 17 of job opportunities 18.

1 – установа   2 – будівництво   3 – виробництво   4 – споруда   5 –висококваліфікований   6 – попит   7 – добре оснащений   8 – давати змогу   9 – опір матеріалів   10 – геодезія   11 – дипломна робота     12 – згідно з     13 – будівельний майданчик     14 – використовувати   15 – захист   16 – державна екзаменаційна комісія   17 – діапазон   18 – можливості

2. Find English equivalents in the text:

1) процес навчання;

2) технологія виробництва;

3) другокурсник;

4) дипломна робота;

5) інформатика;

6) ВНЗ;

7) новітні наукові дослідження;

8) висококваліфіковані викладачі;

9) у нашому розпорядженні;

10) будівельний майданчик;

11) вчений ступінь

12) студент останнього курсу.

WRITING ACTIVITY

3. Fill in the gaps with the words from the box:

1) We write...... and graduation theses on the scientific problems of our......... work.

2) In summer the students of our faculty, besides........., have their practical hours.

3) We have quite a number of......... laboratories at our disposal.

4) The whole process of studying......... with mastering new......... methods.

5) The final and most important period in students' life is...... of graduation work.

6) For the years of......... the faculty has trained many highly qualified engineers

Vocabulary

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