CHAPTER 2

Part 1
University Social Life
A. READING

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A. 1.PRE READING
1. What comes to your mind when you see the picture?
2. How do you feel to be a college student?
3. Why do you continue your study at ISBI Bandung?
4. Did you ask anyone before joining ISBI Bandung?
5. Are there any differences between studying at High School and
University?
6. What should you do to study at university?

A. 2. WHILST READING
University Social Life: A Beginners' Guide
 Source: research.ncl.ac.uk
1. Successful study, making friends and forming social networks often go hand-
in-hand. Students that have a good social life and a solid on-campus network
often find academic work easier to accomplish. While university is hard work,
you're allowed to have fun; if you're not happy socially how you can do all the
assignments you will be expected to complete?

2. If you're a school-leaver, you're coming to university from an environment

(high school) where you were thrown together with other people with whom
you spent 15 or 20 hours per week. At university you may only have class
contact for an hour and then everyone will disappear. So it is really up to you
to make connections with other people: it is worth the effort. (School
leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have
completed their time there).

3. If you're a non-school leaver, you may not spend a great deal of time on
campus. If you're juggling other commitments, it's easy to decide that you
don't have the 'free-time' required to make friends, and that you're just at
university to work. However—meeting other students is not a luxury, it's a
necessity.

4. The first few weeks are the best time to meet other people in your courses.
Exchange phone numbers or email addresses with at least one student in each
of your tutorials. You'll meet lots of other students in your seminars. Small
groups like this give you a chance to get to know other students. Say hi and
introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you in your lectures and
tutorials. Greet people that you recognize from your classes when you see
them around campus.

5. There are plenty of opportunities to meet people: Student organization’s

mission is to help students make the most out of university life. Look into the
 many social and sporting clubs that operate on campus. Volunteer! In addition
to helping out and learning new skills, volunteering allows you to meet new
people. Get involved in Peer Mentoring. It is a great way to meet people.

6. Establishing a good social network is crucial to success at university. Making

friends not only contributes to your general well-being, it helps you become a
more successful student. It's also vital to establish contacts with student
colleagues and participate in formal or informal 'study groups'.

7. Apart from the enjoyable social aspects of meeting people, it's important to
cultivate a group of people with whom you can discuss the work covered in
lectures, and tutorials, discuss concepts and ideas in your courses, exchange
advice and nut out problems, collaborate on study tasks, share references and
research, borrow and exchange lecture notes, especially if you miss a class.

8. Student colleagues can also be an important source of support if you

experience problems with your studies and need extra help, be it resources or
reassurance.

9. Many lasting friendships are made at university. The important word here is
'made'. It's a common misconception that making friends at university will be
easy. But establishing friendship networks can be difficult at first. Great
friendships don't just happen - you need to look for opportunities to get to
know other students.

Source: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/firststeps/prep_soc.html

A.3. Based on the reading text answer the questions below correctly!
1. What does the whole text tell us about?
2. Why do students that have a good social life and a solid on-campus network will
be easier to finish academic work?
3. How long do you spend time with your friends if you are a school-leaver?
 4. What should new college students do in their first few weeks at campus?
5. Do new college students have chances to meet people in campus? In what
occasions?
6. Is it easy to gain friendship at university or not? Explain your answer!

A. 4. Fill in the blanks with the right word in brackets:

(opportunities, crucial, networks, formal, greet)
1. Developed countries have important rail ……………………………………
2. People …………………………one another for the New Year.
3. Computer science engineers have great job …………………………
4. Education and health are …………………to the development of a country.
5. A ……………………………….dinner was attended by the queen.

A5. Write T (True) if the sentence is correct and write F (false) if it is

incorrect!
1. Social life prevents students from studying. …………………
2. At university, students have limited class contacts. …………………
3. Meeting other students is not a necessity. …………………
4. The end of the year is the best time to meet people. …………………
5. New students meet other students thanks to groups' connections. ……………
6. There are many students' organizations on campus. ……………
7. Volunteering is the best way to meet people. ……………
8. Group life is crucial on campus. ……………
9. Group life allows students to share many intellectual interests. …………
10. University is the best place for durable friendships. ……………
A6. Choose the right answer for the underlined word!
1.  The word peer means:
a. people who are the same age and have the same social status
b. look
c. skill
2. The adjective mentoring means:
a. advising
b. lying
c. mentioning
3. The adjective formal means:
a. trained
b. official
c. serious
4. The adjective lasting means:
a. ending
b. durable
c. essential

5. The word colleague means;

a. Lecturer
b. Friend
c. Dean

B. LANGUAGE FOCUS
1. PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions at, on and in
✔ Prepositions at, on and in can be used to denote time or place.
✔ The preposition at represents specific moments in time or specific locations.
Example:
They have a meeting at 5 o’clock today.
The Prime Minister lives at 10 Downing Street, London.

✔ The preposition on is used with days and dates and also with names of streets
and avenues.
Example:
I have an appointment with my dentist on Monday.
She has a store on 5th Avenue.
✔ The preposition in represents non-specific moments in time and names of
open areas or land (countries, states, continent).
Example:
I will finish the report in the evening.
She lives in Seattle.

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Preposition to
✔ It is used to express movement toward a location.
Example:
She is going to London for the holidays.

Prepositions for and since

✔ They are used to express time, but they indicate different relations.
✔ The preposition for is used to measure the duration of time.
Example:
I have lived in the States for years.
✔ The preposition since is used to indicate a specific time.
Example:
I have lived in the States since 2000.

Additional Notes on the Use of Prepositions

Some nouns take specific and obligatory prepositions such as:
Approval of, awareness of, believe in, concern for, confusion about, desire to,
fondness for, grasp of, hatred of, hope for, interest in, love of, need for,
participation in, reason for, respect for, success in, understanding of

Some adjectives take specific and obligatory prepositions such as:

Afraid of, angry at, aware of, capable of, careless about, familiar with, fond of,
happy about, interested in, jealous of, made of, married to, proud of, similar to,
sorry for, sure of, tired of, worried about.

Some verbs take specific and obligatory prepositions such as:

Apologize for, ask about, ask for, belong to, bring up, care for, find out, give up,
grow up, look for, look forward to, look up, make up, pay for, prepare for, study
for, talk about, think about, trust in, work for, worry about.

The followings are idiomatic expressions with prepositions:

● Agree to a proposal, with a person, on a price, in principle
 ● Argue about a matter, with a person, for or against a proposition
● Correspond to a thing, with a person
● Differ from an unlike thing, with a person
● Live at an address, in a house or city, on a street, with other people

Souce:http://www.uvt.rnu.tn/resources.uvt/cours/anglais/general_english/theme4_Socializing

Insert an appropriate preposition:

1. My teacher lives ……….Main Avenue.
2. I will be………home around 10 p.m.
3. They will meet ………..the corner of 5th Avenue and Hyde Park.
4. I have moved …………..Paris since 1999.
5. They have argued about this issue ……………5 hours.
6. You need to become familiar ………………. this code in order to be able to
communicate with the members of this organization.
7. Parents are always worried ………………..the future of their kids.
8. She belongs  …………………. the crown family that is why she cannot marry a
regular man.
9. He works ………………. the NASA.
10. People no longer care …………………the environment.

C. Questions and Answer!

Answer the questions below in complete sentences!
I
No. Questions Answers
1. Where are you from?
2. What are you majoring in?
3. How many credits are you
taking this semester?
4. What classes are you taking?
 5. Where do you live?
6. What do you do before school?
7. What do you usually have for
breakfast?
8. How do you go to campus?

2.
No. Questions Answers
1. What is your brother/sister first name?
2. What is your brother/sister last name?
3. Where is your brother/sister?
4. How old is your brother/sister?
5. What is your brother/sister?

6. Where does your brother/sister live?

7. What does your brother/sister do
before school?
8. What does your brother/sister usually
have for breakfast?
9. How does your brother/sister go to
campus?
10 When does your brother/sister play
. game?

D. Learning English Through Video!

“Describing Family”
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZM3bvxzosU
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-WOj931zSU
E. SOURCES
1. Josephine Yeo, Complete Practice Book For Grammar, Vocabulary &
Comprehension, Primary 1&2, Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd, Singapore,
2012
2. Keith S.Folse and friends, Great Writing 1, Great Sentences for Great Paragraphs,
National Greographic Learning, USA
3. Tilbury Alex, English Unlimited B1 Pre-intermediate Course book, Cambridge
University Press, 2013