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Moscow State University of Education Today1. Fundamental pedagogical education along with training professional 21st century school teachers in a variety of disciplines are the key missions of Moscow State Pedagogical University, otherwise known as Moscow State University of Education. The University combines the tradition and innovation in pedagogical education, teachers of older and younger generations joining their effort to meet the challenges of the 21st century. 2. The University offers a wide range of opportunities for students of undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. Currently the University includes 17 Departments and Schools, providing training in the following areas: · Biology and Chemistry; · Geography; · Foreign Languages; · History and Politics; · Journalism; · Liberal Arts; · Mathematics; · Physics, Technology and Information Systems; · Philology; · Physical Culture and Sports; · Pre-school Pedagogy and Psychology and a number of others. 3. All in all, there are 110 chairs*, 12 educational and research centres, 50 scientific schools, the library with over 2 million volumes. 4. Thousands of Russian and foreign citizens graduated from MSPU to become leading specialists in their fields of science and education. The core of MSPU is made of an academic community of teachers, researchers, students and postgraduate students. Today MSPU has about 2000 teaching staff members occupying full-time teaching positions within University's major Departments and Schools. MSPU students’ community consists of more than 23000 undergraduate and graduate (master degree) students and 2000 postgraduate students. Full-time students, who successfully pass exams, receive scholarships and study free of charge, at the expense of the Russian budget. MSPU occupies a high position in the hierarchy of Russian Universities, being an attractive place to study in for many international students. Today more than 1000 international students from 40 countries are receiving their education in MSPU. 5. Though the main focus of MSPU is to prepare school teachers, it also boasts a number of state-of-the-art scientific centres. Among them is The Centre of Ecology and Biodiversity, The Centre of Physical and Chemical research methods on the basis of Institute of Biology and Chemistry; Laboratory of Quantum Detectors led by a Dutch scientist T.M. Klapwik; The Centre of Spectroscopy, based in the Institute of Physics, Technology and Information systems; an interdisciplinary Research Centre “Nanotechnologies”. 6. Besides pedagogical programmes, MSPU also trains scientists and scholars for research centres and laboratories, psychologists and even journalists and economists, providing for them educational programmes at all three levels. Among the most successful scientific bachelor degree programmes is Fundamental Physics in English, launched by the Chair of General and Experimental Physics (headed by prof. G.N. Goltsman) in 2015. 7. Each of the University study buildings is equipped with lecture halls, seminar rooms, reading lounges and computer classes. There are a lot of laboratories and media classrooms. 8. MSPU teachers are increasingly involving technologies of distant education, such as Moodle and eLearning systems, to supplement their classroom lectures and seminars and thus extending the range and variety of tasks and activities. Computer-Aided Network Information System «University» enables effective administrative procedures for staff and students through electronic registration. 9. The University offers several dormitories for students coming from other cities and countries. Normally, each compartment consists of two twin rooms. In every apartment, there is a bathroom and a refrigerator, while a TV-set and a phone are extra charge. Some compartments are equipped with individual kitchens, however more often they are shared by all the inhabitants of one floor. There are shops, cafes, hair-dressers and phones on the ground floors of every building. The dormitories near the Humanities building have a few computer classes with free access to the Internet. 10. MSPU has sport and recreation facilities for students and staff: training complexes, swimming pools, gyms and sport grounds are available for both students and teachers. Over 2000 students attend specialized sports sections on a regular basis. About 50 of them are members of National teams participating in Olympic games, World and European Championships. The students of MSPU are often prize-winners in different competitions. 11. University’s cultural life is rich and diverse. Concerts, disco parties, other cultural and entertaining events are organized both at the University departments and in students’ hostels. 12. Every department has a number of student societies, some of them being professionally oriented (i.e. Society for Vertebrate Zoology at the Institute of Biology and Chemistry), and some being hobby clubs (such as Student Theatre “Auditorium 42” in the Institute of Physics, Technology and Information Systems). 13. The University branches are located in eight cities of the Russian Federation. MSPU productively collaborates with 64 universities from Europe, North and South America and Asia. Among its partners are the University of Teacher Education and life in Vienna, University of Barcelona, Charles University in Prague, Durham University, Beijing Normal University, Nanjing Normal University, Research Institute of Konkuk University, Aichi University of Education and many others. * Note: Though the word “Department” can be translated into Russian as either “факультет» or “кафедра», in this textbook “Department” always stands for “факультет”, while for “кафедра” stands another word, “chair”. v Task 1.4. Vocabulary work. Match these definitions to the words and expressions in paragraphs: 1. To exist since a particular time in the past (para 1 Text 1) 2. To officially stop smth. from continuing for a period (para 1 Text 1) 3. To start smth. (para 1 in Text 1 and para 6 in Text 2) 4. To appear (para 2 in Text 1) 5. Scientific methods related to investigating crimes (para 3 in Text 1) 6. Substances that living organisms need to live and grow (para 3 in Text 1) 7. To transform smth. intosmth. (para 4 in Text 1) 8. Distinguished, very great (para 5 in Text 1) 9. An action to remove one’s opponents from an organization (para 5 in Text 1) 10. A product of iron’s oxidizing having reddish colour (para 8 in Text 1) 11. To join smth, together to form one thing (para 9 in Text 1) 12. Related to the organism’s individual development (para 10 in Text 1) 13. Related to some important discovery (para 10 in Text 1) 14. Paid by (para 4 Text 2) 15. A system of division into levels of importance (para 4 in Text 2) 16. Is proud to offer (para 5 in Text 2) 17. Very modern (para 5 in Text 2) 18. Provided with things necessary in one’s work (para 7 in Text 2) 19. To add smth. to smth to increase its level (para 8 in Text 2) 20. A building at a college for students to live in (para 9 in Text 2) v Task 1.5. Match buildings and facilities with their definitions. Guess the meaning of the following words. Write their Russian equivalents if necessary.
Focus on Grammar Understanding infinitives 1. 1.6. What is infinitive? What forms of infinitive do you know? How may infinitives function in the sentence? Infinitive in the role of adverbial modifier of purpose: “MSPU teachers are increasingly involving technologies of distant education … to supplement their classroom lectures and seminars … (in order to, for the purpose of…) Find in both texts three other underlined examples with infinitive. In such cases as “ In 1937, he was arrested to become another victim of Stalin’s Great Purge” infinitive is used as an adverbial modifier of result. We may rephrase it using conjunction “and”: “In 1937, he was arrested and, as a result, became another victim of Stalin’s Great Purge”.
v 1.7 Complete the sentences, using infinitive either as adverbial modifier of purpose or result: o Shehurriedaway to… o Ouraimwas to… o You’retooyoung to … o She was well enough to … o I arrived to … o He is clever enough to… o It took us an hour to…
v 1.8. Compose five sentences of your own, illustrating usage of infinitive in the role of adverbial modifier of purpose and result. v Task 1.9. Prepare to give a talk and a computer presentation about MSPU and your reasons to be with it. Use the target vocabulary from the text. Consider the following:   Конфликты в семейной жизни. Как это изменить? Редкий брак и взаимоотношения существуют без конфликтов и напряженности. Через это проходят все...  Живите по правилу: МАЛО ЛИ ЧТО НА СВЕТЕ СУЩЕСТВУЕТ? Я неслучайно подчеркиваю, что место в голове ограничено, а информации вокруг много, и что ваше право...  Что будет с Землей, если ось ее сместится на 6666 км? Что будет с Землей? - задался я вопросом...  Что делать, если нет взаимности? А теперь спустимся с небес на землю. Приземлились? Продолжаем разговор... Не нашли то, что искали? Воспользуйтесь поиском гугл на сайте:
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