Name: Hosnatul Mauliah Nim: B1011171157 Understanding the American Education system
1.listing kosakata yang belum diketahui terjemahan bahasa indonesianya
Answer:
1.around: sekitar
2.undergraduate: mahasiswa yang belum mendapat gelar
3. typically: secara khas
4.either: salah satu
5.generally: biasanya
6.required: memerlukan
7.requirements:persyaratan
8.extremely: sangat
9.common:biasa
10.switch:penggantian
11.different: perbedaan
12.bachelor's degree: gelar sarjana
READING QUESTIONS
I. Circle the correct meaning for each of the following words in the passage.
1. Degree
a. a legal grade of crime or offense, especially a murder.
b. a unit in any various scale of temperature,intensity, or hardness.
c.a qualification given to a student after she/he has completed her/his studies in higher education.
2. course
a. the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road or river.
b. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, typically leading to a qualification.
c. a dish, or a set of dishes served together, forming one of the successive parts of a meal
3. switch
a. change b. control c. create
4. excel
a. to show superiority b. to show inferiority c. to show mediocrity
Answer
1. c. a qualification given yo a student after she/he has completed her/his studies in higher education
2. b. a series of lectures or lessons in a particular subject, typically leading to a qualification
3. a. change
4. a. to show superiority
II. Decide whether these statements are true(T) or false(F). correct the false one.
1. In the united states,children began their primary school at the age of seven
Answer: false(F)
2. Another name for middle school is junior high school.
Answer: true(T)
3. students who finish grade 12 will receive a diploma.
Answer: True(T)
4. A community college.
Answer: False(F)
5. A student usually decides on his/her major as soon as he/she graduates from high school.
Answer: false(F)
6. Many students choose to take their prerequisite courses qt a four-year college.
Answer: False(F)
7. A major is an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally ckmmits.
Answer: True(T)
8. The american education system is a very rigid system. Answer:False(F)
III. Provide brief answers to the following questions.
1. what is an associate of Arts (AA)?
Answer: transfer degree and then transfer to a four-year university of college.
2. Name five common prerequisite courses!
Answer: literature,science, the social sciences, the arts, history, and so forth.
3. Provide an example of a major!
Answer: A major is the specific field of study in which your degree is focused. for example, if someone's major is journalism, they will earn a bachelor of arts in journalism.
4. what is the name of the degree awarded to students who pass their four-year college education?
Answer: Bachelors degree
5. what is college or university study know as?
Answer: Higher education
IV. Reading discussion(group work)
1. How is the college/university system in the U.S different from the college/university system in Indonesia.
Answer: the difference between university or college dystem in the U.S and indonesia is student in U.S will earn associate of Arts (AA) transfer degree and transfer to four-year university. meanwhile, when studentin indonesia enter the university and choose then program, for example the bachelor degree, they will directly study until earn the bachelor degree without achieve the associate of arts(AA) . the another one is the characteristic of American higher education that let the student can change the major multiple times and very flexible but in indonesia it's rigid system.
2. Which one do you prefer:to decide on your major early in your college year or later?
Answer:I prefer to choose the major in early college.
3. what major will you choose for college and why?
Answer: I will choose economic major because the economic science is interesting major and proven. after graduate, Bachelor or economic science slightly easybyo find a job.
4. What do you think can be improved from the college/university system in indonesia?
Answer: Allowed to change the major multiple times when the students discover a different field that they excel in or enjoy.
name group: 1. hosnatul mauliah
2. juliaherling
3. nuranisa
4. waslhina
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