Н.А. Зелинская ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

Exercises
I. Answer the questions on the text:
1. How many overseas students are there at British universities?
2. What is the largest single group of overseas students?
3. Why is education in the UK supposed to be popular?
4. Why are universities in Britain a magnet for foreign students?
5. What do British universities offer to international students?
6. What scholarships can foreign students get to study in UK?
7. What exams do applicants take to enter universities in Britain?
II. Give Russian equivalents of the following expressions:
a magnet for overseas students, quality, assessed by an independent system,
approved, to guarantee, a fascinating place, to provide support, to offer a
personalised approach, foundation, access courses, scholarships, available,
drop-out rate, a very high pass rate, to assist, to make an effective
application.
III. Complete the text with the words and word combinations:
1. Universities in Britain are a magnet for __________.
2. There are currently over 200,000 from outside Britain __________.
3. The British government expects the total number of overseas students
to be __________.
4. The quality of your course is __________.
5. The British education system is very flexible __________.
6. There are lots of scholarships __________.
7. You normally need 3 A-levels, which are the exams __________.
8. British universities offer a personalized __________.
9. It is very simple to become __________.
10. The UK is a dynamic and __________.
11. The countryside is beautiful, and the theatres, museums, architecture
and rich history make it __________.
IV.
Write an essay on ‘Universities in Russia’.
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