B) Make up and act out the stories illustrating the given proverbs.

CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Who is who: applicant/prospective student; freshman; sophomore, junior, senior, undergraduate student; graduate (grad) student; part-time student;.transfer student; night stu­dent; faculty: ¹ teaching assistant, assistant professor, associate professor, (full) professor; counselor.²

2. Administration: dean, assistant dean, department chair­man; President of the University; academic vice-president; stu­dent government; board of trustees.

3. Structure: college (college of Arts anil Sciences); school (school of Education), evening school; 'grad school; summer school; ³ college of continuing education; ⁴ department; career development and job placement office.²

4. Academic calendar: fall spring term/semester; fall, winter, spring, summer quarter; school/academic year; exam period/days — reading days/period; ⁵ break/recess; deadline⁶ (fall term break; whiter recess or winter holidays, summer vaca­tion).

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¹ The entire teaching staff at an educational institution.

² For detailed information see Appendix (p. 262).

³ Classes taken in summer (during vacation time) to earn additional credits or to improve one's proficiency.

⁴ In-service training, updating one's qualification.

⁵ One or more days to read up for an examination.

⁶ The last date for a retake.

5. Academic programs: course (a one / three credit course); to take a course, to give a lecture; pass-fail course; ¹ elective, a major/to major (what's your major?); a minor (second in importance); discussion session; seminars; a more academic class, usually with grad students; a student-teacher.

6. Grades: to get/to give a grade; pass-fail grading (e. g.: to take grammar pass-fail); grades A, B, C, D, E; A-student; to graduate with straight A; a credit, to earn a credit; education record.²

7. Tests: quiz; to take/to give an exam; to retake an exam (a retake); to flunk a course; to flunk smb; to drop out/to with­draw; a pass-fail test; multiple choice test; essay test; SAT, PSAT (preliminary SAT) ACT; GPA.³

8. Red Tape: to register (academically and financially); to enroll for admission; to interview; to sign up for a course; to select classes/courses; to drop a course, to add a course, ⁴ a student I.D., ⁵ library card; transcript; degrees: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.; to confer a degree; to confer tenure, thesis, paper, dissertation.

9. Financing: full-time fees; part-time fees; graiits; student financial aid; to apply for financial aid; to be eligible for finan­cial assistance; scholarship; academic fees; housing fees; a col­lege work-study job.