Unit lesson Independence Day of Uzbekistan Reading: Birthday of new Independent Republic of Uzbekistan. Speaking

What do "Academic fields" mean?
What is the role of Academic fields in society? Can you give examples?


Task 1.Matching the words with their definitions

1	An academic field	A	European credit Transfer and accumulation system
2	What is the abbreviation ECTS	B	European research Area initiative
3	What is the abbreviation -SIS	C	of study is a branch of knowledge that is taught and researched as a part of higher education
4	EURAXESS	d	Study Information System
5	Academic Year	E	existing or happening before something else or before a particular time.
6	Prior	F	A challenging program for students with high grades
7	Honor programms	j	The academic year is divided into three semesters; fall, spring and summer

Task 2.Reading the text and make up some questions

An academic discipline or field of study is known as a branch of knowledge. It is taught as an accredited part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined and recognized by a university faculty. That person will be accredited by learned societies to which he or she belongs along with the academic journals in which he or she publishes. However, no formal criteria exist for defining an academic discipline.

Disciplines vary between universities and even programs. These will have well-defined rosters of journals and conferences supported by a few universities and publications. Most disciplines are broken down into (potentially overlapping) branches called sub-disciplines.
There is no consensus on how some academic disciplines should be classified (e.g., whether anthropology and linguistics are disciplines of social sciences or fields within the humanities). More generally, the proper criteria for organizing knowledge into disciplines are also open to debate.