universities

2. University education is an exciting time in your life, a time for an important decision about your
future. The process of choosing a school goes beyond the questions of size, location or major. You’re
also choosing a new home, new friends, values, role models and a new set of experiences.
The academic, social and international elements of a university education combine to offer you
many ‘windows of opportunity’. University education helps you see clearly through those windows – to
develop your every talent and ability, to prepare you to step into life and to get ready to face new
challenges.
University education offers you a number of activities and facilities to enhance your personal
physical abilities. It also gives you a sense of community. The friendships you form are usually the
most memorable part of the university experience, and there are many opportunities to cultivate close
associations with fellow students and staff at university. Perhaps you will become an athlete, writer,
artist, or entrepreneur. Or possibly, you are coming to the university to discover and refine who you
are.
University education gives students a global perspective. In this way, you can expand your
cultural understanding while fulfilling graduation requirements.
a. Read the following passage and find why university education is
important.

3. b. Match the phrases according to the text.
University education offers you ..................
1.a number of activities
2.a community life
3.a global point of view
a) to have friends.
b) to expand your cultural understand
c) to improve your physical fitness.

4. c. Match the words with their synonyms.
Words
0.location
1.friend
2.academic
3.to face
4.to enhance
5.to cultivate
6.perspective
7.requirement
Synonyms
a)to develop
b)to improve
c)viewpoint
d)scholarly
e)mate
f) demand
g)place
h)to meet

5. a. Murat Kardaş is a university graduate. Esen Eroğlu is a school magazine
reporter who is writing an article about his university life. Look at her notes
and make sentences as in the exercise.
0.go to Trabzon / study / Electronic Engineering in 1995
Murat went to Trabzon to study Electronic Engineering in
1995.
1.go on / attend / music classes / at the Black Sea Technical
University
.........................................................................................................
2.his friends / enjoy / listen to him / while playing the
bağlama
.........................................................................................................

6. 3.decide / learn / English and German
...............................................................................................................
4.not feel like / play sports
..............................................................................................................
5.always consider / study at university for a more advanced degree
.............................................................................................................
6.manage / get a Master of Science (MSc)
.............................................................................................................
7.refuse / work for a big company
.............................................................................................................
8.prefer / teach at university
.............................................................................................................

7. b. Read about a post-graduate student, Ege, and his future expectations. Then
complete the
“Since I was a student at primary school, I have had the desire to become a
teacher. Now, I
have taken the first step as I’m a student in the Teacher Education Department.
I expect I will have
the right qualifications to educate the students as social, cultural and intellectual
beings. At this time
next year, I’ll be observing classes in public schools. In four years’ time, I’ll be
teaching maths, which I’m looking forward to. I hope I will be a good teacher.”

8. c. Read the text below and make sentences using ‘wish/if only’.
Zeynep is a freshman at METU in Ankara. She comes from Çanakkale, so she is
staying at a dormitory on the campus. But she can’t adapt to campus life as the
bathrooms are communal and her roommates are impolite. For example, last week
she had to cram for her mid-term examinations but she couldn’t concentrate on her
studies due to their endless chatting. For that reason, most of her exam results were
below D. She decided to go and talk to her hall tutor for a room change but he
misunderstood her and rejected her request. Now she regrets not having listened to
her parents, who had told her to rent a flat in the city centre. And she says:

10. Write the correct form of the words in capitals.
Internet (0)based education is a form of distance education in
which the course contents are (1) ................... to students through
their computers. The interactions of this education are provided by
the technologies and (2) ................... of the Internet. The (3)
................... structure and availability of the Internet allow (4)
................... to enrol in a course from anywhere in the world at any
time. Materials and courses, (5) ................... from a simple
syllabus to highly structured courses developed by (6) ...................
design experts, are available. Some courses are free while others
require a high fee. Some courses are well (7) ................... and
while others are not.
BASE
DELIVER
METHODOL
OGY
INDEPENDE
NCE
LEARN
RANGE
EDUCATION
DESIGN

11. a. The school guidance counsellor is giving a seminar to a group of students. Listen to
her and;
b. Match the questions with the answers.
1.before sitting an exam?
2.just after getting the exam
3.while doing the exam?
a)To study each question carefully and
plan the answer to avoid
repetition.
b)To bring several pens and pencils and
to arrive a few minutes
early.
c) To scan the entire text quickly and ask
the instructor
immediately about any unclear phrasing.

12. Imagine that you are an exchange student in Turkey. Write a letter to your
friend explaining:
1.the system of the university entrance exam in Turkey
OR
2.your school life.