1. Discuss the following question:
1) What to teach and how to teach in modern universities?
2) What improvements should be made to our country’s education system?
3) Prepare short presentations about the founding fathers of the educational system in Belarus (F. Skorina, Simon Budny, Vassil Tyapinski ,etc.).
4) What proverbs or sayings can prove that education is very important and necessary thing?
2. Comment on the following quotations and discuss them with your partner(s):
a) Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts (H. Adams).
b) Education has for its object the formation of character (H. Spencer).
c) Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught (O. Wilde).
d) Knowledge is the antidote of fear (R. Emerson).
e) Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers (A. Tennyson).
3. Explain the following proverbs:
a) Live and learn. Век живи, век учись.
b) It’s never too late to learn. Учиться никогда не поздно.
c) Knowledge is power. Знание—сила.
d) Knowledge is wealth. Знание—богатство.
e) Knowledge is light. Знание—свет.
4. Using the USEFUL VOCABULARY at the beginning of Part A prepare a talk for a foreign audience on the system of education in your country. Present it and answer the questions that may arise.