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| October 5 –December 5 | FIRST TERM MID-SESSIONAL EXAMS (MID-SESSIONALS) |
| December 16 – January 10 | Christmas vacation |
| January 11 – March 20 | SECOND TERM MID-SESSIONAL EXAMS (MID-SESSIONALS) |
| March 21 –April 25 | Easter vacation |
| April 26 – June 30 | THIRD TERM SESSIONAL EXAMS (SESSIONALS) |
| July 1 – October 1 | Summer vacation |
At British universities the academic year, which also called a ____(1), lasts approximately from the beginning of ____(2) to the beginning of ____(3). The session (= academic year) is broken into three parts, which are called ____(4). The students have to take _____ (5) at the end of each term. Those exams are called ____(6) exams, or ____(7) in the ____(8) and the ____(9) terms. However, the exams at the end of the third term are called ____(10) exams, or just ____(11).
4. Describe the structure of the academic year, the vacations and the exams in Great Britain. Talk about:
1) When does an academic year start and when is it over?
2) How many parts is the academic year broken into? How are they called? How long do they last?
3) When do the students take their exams?
4) How many vacations are there in the academic year? How long are they? Do you think they should be longer or shorter? Why?
5. Read and translate. Dramatize the following conversations adding your own experience:
- What kind of holiday is popular with youth in Great Britain?
- A walking holiday is. It is much cheaper than any other kind of holiday.
- And who takes care of their rest?
- The Youth Hostel Association (YHA) does. There are hostels all over Great Britain, and thousands of young people use them.
- What do the hostels provide their customers with?
- They provide them with beds and cheap meals. But you can cook your meals yourself if you wish.
- When can young people stay at a hostel?
- Any time they like! Many hostels are open all year. One may go there for a holiday, Christmas and weekends.
- They say, a caravan holiday is very popular in Great Britain, isn’t it?
- It is, indeed.
- What’s the idea behind it?
- Well, if you have a car you can hire a caravan for a few pounds a week. There’s a caravan association that will inform you about places where you can stay.
- Travelling by car is rather popular in our country too. There are special camps for car-travellers where you can stay for a night or two and get all necessary things. You meet a lot of people there.
- And what do you think of a walking holiday?
- To my mind, this way of spending a holiday is good only when you are young and healthy and want to see much and don’t care much for conveniences. Do you agree with me?
- Absolutely. As for me, I don’t like it.
6. Translate the sentences into English.
1) Термін „файнелз” означає іспити на одержання ступеня бакалавра або магістра.
2) Навчальний рік в Україні та Великобританії закінчується одночасно.
3) Загальна тривалість канікул в університетах Великобританії складає 150 днів.
4) Навчальний рік в університетах Великобританії складається з трьох семестрів.
5) Студенти можуть жити в гуртожитку, винаймати приватну кімнату (з харчуванням) або орендувати окрему квартиру.
6) Щоб отримати вищу освіту, абітурієнти вступають до університету, політехнічного інституту або коледжу.
7) Деякі студенти отримують стипендію.
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