Analize the chart below and fix the differences between the two types of essays.

Choose one of the topics for your essay from page 64 and practice writing a five-paragraph essay following the steps below.

Ø Decide on your basic thesis, your idea of a topic to discuss.

Ø Decide on three pieces of supporting evidence you will use to prove your thesis.

Ø Write an introductory paragraph, including your thesis and evidence.

Ø Write your first body paragraph, starting with restating your thesis and focusing on your first piece of supporting evidence.

Ø End your first paragraph with a transitional sentence that leads to the next body paragraph.

Ø Write paragraph two of the body focusing on your second piece of evidence. Once again make the connection between your thesis and this piece of evidence.

Ø End your second paragraph with a transitional sentence that leads to paragraph number three.

Ø Repeat step 6 using your third piece of evidence.

Ø Begin your concluding paragraph by restating your thesis. Include the three points you've used to prove your thesis.

Ø End with a punch, a question, an anecdote, or an entertaining thought that will stay with the reader.

UNIT COMPREHENSION CHECK

Questions for the Credit Test

1. Where do you study?

2. What is your special field?

3. What is the role of education nowadays?

4. What are your favourite subjects?

5. What did the higher education system start with?

6. What is the higher education ensured by?

7. What are the two levels of education in Russia?

8. What should a student do to get a Bachelor's Degree? Master's Degree? PhD?

9. What educational institutions provide degree courses in Great Britain?

10. What degrees do the students get after the graduation?

11. What system are Oxford and Cambridge universities known all over the world for?

12. When was the Murmansk Higher Engineering Marine College founded?

13. What kind of specialists does the MSTU train?

14. Why did you decide to enter this university?

15. Is it easy to get a job after graduation in our country?

16. Should university education be free?

17. How would you compare the quality of education in your country to other countries?

18. Is "the student life" the best time in people's lives?

19. How does our country's education system rate globally?

20. How has technology changed teaching methods?

Topics for Essay

1. Education: its meaning and importance

2. MSTU is the best university in the world

3. Role of science and technology in education

4. European Universities are the cradle of higher education

5. American Universities as the centres of research

Project Work

Interview other students of your group, course, university about advantages and problems of modern higher education, make some notes. Discuss the results of your interview with your group mates. Make a short presentation of your study (not more than 3 minutes).

Lexical Minimum

A cademic year

accommodation

according to

admit / accept to university

adopt

adorn

affiliate

aggregate

amount

applicant

apply for admissions

apply to university

assistant dean

assistant professor

associate professor

average term

award / confer a degree

B achelor of arts (ba)

bachelor of science (bsc)

bachelor's thesis

baffle

be at the disposal

be dead on one's feet

be keen on

become familiar

C ampus

capacity

carry out

chancellor

chapel

class

coat of arms

collaborate

competitive

complete the assignment

compulsory

concern

conduct

constitute

consult teachers

content

contribution

correspond to

correspondence department

council

course

curriculum

D ean

debate

defend a thesis

degree course

degree exam

department

design / to tailor a course

devote

disappoint

discovery

distant learning department

distinguish

diversity

do / to be engaged in research

double period

E ducation

education services

effort

elaborate

elect

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