Svetlana Flemming - Colloquial Russian - The Next Step in Language Learning

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10 OBRAZOVANIE

In this unit you will learn:

◗ about education in Russia

◗ how to form and use the present passive participle

◗ more about the preposition po

◗ words with the root uh / uk

◗ about stress in the present and future of verbs

The Soviet Union rightly prided itself on the quality of its education system. Even now, despite declining investment in education, Russian students continue to demonstrate better mathematical and scientific skills than those in many western countries. Russia still boasts universal basic education and a literate workforce. However, reform is essential if Russian education is to respond to the demands of the market economy. There is a need to move away from a pedagogical approach which emphasises the acquisition of knowledge rather than problem-solving skills. Capital investment, which has been in serious decline since the collapse of the Soviet Union, needs to be increased to repair decrepit buildings and replace outdated equipment. Previously free for all students, about two thirds of students in higher education now pay some contribution to the cost of their education, but this has little impact on the universities’ need for greater funding to improve infrastructure and increase teachers’

lamentably low pay.

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V Rossií prowlaŕefoŕma obrazovańiq. 2 puńkta v nej vy

źvali

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mno´go spoŕov. Peŕvyj – tak nazyvaémyj edińyj gosudaŕstvennyj 8111

\kza´men, provodi´myj vzameń vypuskny

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\kza´menov. Vse vypuskniki´, ka´'dyj v svoe´j wkoĺe, v odiń i tot 10

'e den; otveha´[t na odiń i tot 'e test. Rezul;ta´ty testiŕovaniq 1

qvlq´[tsq osnovańiem ne toĺ;ko dlq poluheńiq attesta´ta ob 2

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dva obqza´tel;nyx \kza´mena: matema´tiku i ruśskij qzy

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´ tsq v zaviśimosti ot specializaćii. Vyśwaq

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oceńka – 100 baĺlov. Po \´tim baĺlam vypuskniki´ prinima´[tsq 7

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bylo edińogo>, utver'da´[t oni´.

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me´'du stoli´hnoj wkoĺoj i wkoĺoj gde´-nibud; za Uraĺom>, 3

govorq´t drugié. K tomu´ 'e edińyj test nesovmesti´m s 'e¨stkim 4

otboŕom. A otsu´tstvie otboŕa neizbe´'no sni'aét ka´hestvo obra-5

zovańiq.

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ot gosudaŕstva hek. Tre´ti abiturieńtov, kotoŕye nabraĺi 9

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bespla´tno. Za pro´hix gosudaŕstvo vnośit toĺ;ko hast; (70–30%).

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śwee obrazovańie staĺo pla´tnym.

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Rań;we bespla´tnoe obrazovańie shitaĺos; dosti'eńiem v strane´.

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napravleńie – brat; deń;gi s naseleńiq. Po slova´m miniśtra obra-8

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uslu´g>. A hto takoé obrazova´tel;nye uslu´gi? |to – pla´tnye

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otdeleńiq v universite´tax, na kotoŕye tepeŕ; nabira´[tsq dalekońe lu´hwie, a te, kto mo´gut plati´t;. |to podgotovi´tel;nye kuŕsy dlq postupa´[]ix v universite´t, to est;, to 'e pla´tnoe repeti´torstvo, rań;we osu]estvlqémoe prepodava´telqmi i opla´hivaemoe rodi´telqmi. Toĺ;ko tepeŕ; gosudaŕstvo vse uslu´gi bere¨t na sebq´.