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Answer these questions.
What are you going to do after you finish high school?
Which university would you like to attend?
Higher Education
University of Education
University of Technology
University of Architect
University of Natural Science
University of Economics
Open University
Where will you live if you choose a university far from your home town?
Unit 5: Higher Education
Lesson 1: Reading
Work in groups to study the following list of adjectives and pick out the adjectives you guess students will feel when they first start a new life at a university.
new – dangerous – happy – funny – beautiful – sad – exciting – expensive – favourite – challenging – surprising – proud – scared – disappointed – lucky – independent – lonely – poor – small – free – heavy – interesting - young - amazing.
New – happy – sad – exciting – challenging – proud – surprising – scared – disappointed – independent – lonely – free – interesting- amazing
First impressions of University life
I. Pre-reading
Match the words in A with their definitions in B
Vocabulary:
Complete the following sentences using the right forms of the words in the box.
The new library was built in the centre of the ____.
They ____ the rise in oil prices for the big increase in inflation.
That’s the ____ story I’ve ever heard.
Intelligent boys like to study something if it really ____ them.
The new car goes at an ____ speed.
campus
blamed
scariest
challenges
amazing
Checking Vocabulary:
These are the feelings that Sarah, Ellen and Brenden had in their first year at university:
amazing, daunting, exciting, challenging,
lonely, scary, free
Guess what kind of feelings each had by putting the adjective under each column.

Prediction:
II. While-reading
These are the feelings that Sarah, Ellen and Brenden had in their first year at university:




1. Task 1: Checking prediction
II. While-reading
2. Task 2: Finding out who:
attended a party on the first weekend at college.
didn’t get on well with the roommate.
was not used to meeting different people every day at college.
liked having a chance to be creative.
was very excited about going to college.
enjoyed the first year at college.
Sarah:
attended a party on the first weekend at college.
was very excited about going to college.
Ellen:
didn’t get on well with the roommate.
was not used to meeting different people every day at college.
Brenden:
liked having a chance to be creative.
enjoyed the first year at college.
II. While-reading
3. Task 3: Answering the questions.
Answer the questions by choosing the animals you like
You have got
A Lucky number
Congratulation!
Question 1:
What did Sarah do on the first weekend?
She went out with her new friends, walking around campus.
Question 2:
Why did Sarah feel so lonely at the party?
Because at the party everyone was busy playing some game and no one seemed to notice her / her existence.
Question 3:
What problems did Ellen have with her roommate?
Her roommate left the window open when it was cold outside. She went to bed early. She blamed Ellen for making her sick.
Question 4:
Why did Ellen feel a bit scary in her new school?
She felt scary because she wasn’t used to studying in a big school.
Question 5:
What did Brenden think about his first year at college?
Brenden thought the first year at college was the best and most challenging of his life.
Question 6:
What does the social calendar of the colleges provide him?
It provides him plenty of opportunities to meet non-engineering students as well as other engineers and many of them have become his best friends.
III. Post-reading
Work in groups and answer these questions:
How do students often feel when they leave home for their first year study at a university?
What problem will you have when you start your new life at a university?
How will you solve it?
Homework
Which university would you like to attend? What are you going to do to make your dream come true? Write about it (about 50 words).
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