Английский язык. Higher education

BSEU is a higher educational establishment conducting educational, scientific, research, cultural and other activity. It is a non profit organization financed from the republican budget. The University carries out the process of learning in the following areas of study: state and municipal administration; enterprise economics and management; finance and crediting; statistics; marketing; tourism services, hotel and restaurant catering and others.

There are two branches of this educational establishment beyond Minsk - in Bobruisk and in Pinsk. In general, BSEU has 57 departments (including 13 that are found in its branches), research laboratories, a student campus, and a retail trade center.

The Belarus State Economic University has a Research Center, an International Relations Division, and a Publishing Center. Its library is one of the best supplied and equipped in the country.

The university is proud of its technical equipment. It has about 40 computer classrooms, training bookkeeping centers, as well as automated PC-based training offices for specialists in management, finance, banking, and commerce. Lecture halls have slide projectors and other required technical equipment. Classes are fully equipped for language study. Satellite TV, Internet and local computing network are widely used in the teaching process.

The student's body of the Belarus State Economic University accounts for 25,000 students, with 1,200 faculty members teaching them, of whom 47 percent have advanced degrees and titles.

The training of students is done on a multi-level basis. The degrees pursued are those of bachelors, specialists and masters. The graduates can also continue their education in a post-graduate school called aspirantura (full-time or part-time), where they pursue a Ph.D. degree, and in a post-doctorate school called doctorantura to pursue a post-doctorate degree (doctor habile).

In order to receive a Graduate Diploma of BSEU, a student has to pass all the examinations and preliminary exams required by curriculum, pass final-year state examinations and defend a diploma thesis (a written work resulting from original research).

The University provides the diverse array of facilities for the use of its students ranging from sports facilities and accommodation to media, learning resource and library services, careers consultancy and the Students' Union.

UNIT 5

TOPIC “MY FUTURE CAREER”

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

career п.

карьера

acquire v.

приобретать, получать, достигать

proficiency n

опытность, мастерство

determine v

определять

ability n

способность

inclination n

наклонность, склонность

prospect n

перспектива

living conditions

жизненный уровень

promotion n

продвижение (по службе)

avoid v.

избегать

unemployment n

безработица

apply v.

применять, употреблять

be disappointed

быть разочарованным

surgeon n.

хирург

courage n.

мужество

generosity n

щедрость

joint venture

совместное предприятие

enterprise n

предприятие, отрасль

knowledge n

знания

principles n

основы

necessary a

необходимый, нужный

operate a computer

работать на компьютере

accounting

бухгалтерское дело

banking

банковское дело

reliable a

надежный

valuable a

ценный

VOCABULARY EXTENSION:

Study the following words, which are often confused by students of English.

occupation — profession — job.

Occupation is the formal word for job and is used in limited contexts like form-filling.

Job is the normal word to describe what someone does for a living; it cannot always be replaced by occupation.

Profession is high-status work that requires special training and education: law and medicine are professions; lawyers and doctors are professional people.

E.g. I’m applying for a job in a bank.

This form asks for details about your age, occupation /job, etc.

After studying law I entered the legal profession.

GETTING STARTED

Is it easy to choose a career?

Have you already chosen your future profession? What do you know about it?

What are you good at?

Is there a great variety of jobs in our country?

Do you think that it’s very important to know a foreign language?

What do you know about the development of economy in our country?

ACTIVITY A

DIRECTIONS:

We use a variety of prepositions to indicate work relationships:

e.g. I work for Manders (they are my employers)

I work at Manders (the place)

I work with Manders (a sense of collaboration)

I'm in computers (general type of work)

I'm on the market research side (general type of work)

I'm in the Sales Department (specific place of work)