1. What kind of specialists does the university train?
2. Why is the infrastructure of BSEU considered to be well-developed?
3. Do modern realities affect the activities of BSEU?
4. How can relations with other countries influence the work of university?
5. How many specializations does the university have?
6. Why does BSEU have to use practical information in its teaching process?
7. How do many faculty members have Ph.D. degree?
8. Are international activities developed at BSEU? Name some examples.
9. Why is BSEU the leading university in the field of economics?
10. Why did you choose this university to enter?
V. Match the two parts of the statements from the text
| 1. BSEU is a complex educational establishment | a) of the CIS countries, France, Germany, Italy and China. |
| 2. The students are trained | b) amounts to 27000. |
| 3. Being the leading school of higher learning in economics | c) with the Sorbonne University in France. |
| 4. Training specialists with higher scholarly qualification | d) BSEU is in the process of development and searching for new forms of teaching. |
| 5. Creative contacts with the national and overseas universities | e) which trains specialists in the field of economics, management, finance. |
| 6. The faculty’s efforts are aimed at | f) well-educated specialists with business skills. |
| 7. The university develops relations with the leading universities | g) providing students with solid professional training, knowledge of economics, calculus, foreign languages. |
| 8. The total number of students | h) help enrich the process of teaching with practical information and provide exchange of experience. |
| 9. Modern realities make it a necessity to train | i) is done at the graduate school and post-doctoral courses. |
| 10. For over 10 years now, we’ve been closely cooperating | j) in 20 majors and 48 specializations. |
VI. Match each sentence to its translation.
| 1. Among them are international students from 23 countries. | a) Контакты с национальными и зарубежными университетами обогащают процесс обучения практической информацией и обеспечивают обмен опытом. |
| 2. Modern realities affect our activities and make it a necessity to train well-educated specialists with initiative. | b) К настоящему времени БГЭУ заключил двусторонние соглашения с университетами и исследовательскими институтами 16 стран. |
| 3. Contacts with the national and overseas universities help enrich the process of teaching with practical information and provide exchange of experience. | c) В БГЭУ преподают финансы и банковское дело, международные экономические отношения и логистику, хозяйственное право и рекламную деятельность. |
| 4. The fields of teaching at BSEU are finance and banking, international economic relations and logistics, economic law and advertising. | d) Инфраструктура БГЭУ также включает Бобруйский филиал. |
| 5. The infrastructure of BSEU includes also the Bobruisk Branch. | e) Современные тенденции влияют на нашу деятельность и вызывают необходимость обучать высокообразованных и инициативных специалистов. |
| 6. At present, the BSEU has bilateral agreements with universities and research institutions from 16 countries. | f) Среди них есть иностранные студенты из 23 стран. |
VII Make an outline of the text consisting of 5-8 sentences.
VIII. Retell the text according to its outline.
II. Education in Belarus
I. Go through the following vocabulary notes to avoid difficulties in understanding and find these words in the text.
| qualitatively- качественно to envisage- рассматривать pre-school- дошкольный establishment- учреждение comprehensive- всесторонний degree-степень establishments-учреждения continuity-продолжительность | lyceum- лицей compulsory- обязательный free of charge- бесплатно applicant- абитуриент to confer- совещаться vocational-профессиональный competitive-конкурентный available-доступный |
