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Министерство образования и науки Российской Федерации Федеральное агентство по образованию Южно-Уральский государственный университет Кафедра английского языка
Ш143.21-9 В689
К.Н. Волченкова
АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫК
Учебное пособие
к электронному учебнику «English for Teachers»
Челябинск Издательство ЮУрГУ
ББК Ш143.21-923
Одобрено учебно-методической комиссией факультета лингвистики.
Рецензенты:
И.Р. Пономарева, О.А. Солопова.
Волченкова, К.Н.
Английский язык: Учебное пособие к электронному учебнику «English for Teachers» / К.Н. Волченкова. – Челябинск: Изд-во ЮУрГУ, 2008. – 151 с. Учебное пособие предназначено для студентов 1 и 2 курсов гуманитарных…LESSON 1. SUCCEEDING IN UNIVERSITY
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
How do you think what a student should have in mind to succeed in university? Example: To succeed in university a student needs to be hardworking.
Active Vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
8. experienced student – студент старшекурсник 9. foreign student – студент-иностранец 10. generate …Lead-in
Match the words to make job titles.
1. university a. tutor
2. personal b. teacher
3. driving c. trainer
4. volleyball d. instructor
5. private e. lecturer
6. primary school f. coach
2. The following data shows how a group of British students responded to the question: “What are the most important factors for success in a university?”
| natural talent | 4% |
| concentration | 5% |
| high IQ | 9% |
| confidence | 14% |
| being organized | 17% |
| being disciplined | 22% |
| motivation | 29% |
Use the following phrases to express your agreement or disagreement.
Example: I agree with the survey whole -heartedly. Motivation is the most important factor of success as it is very difficult to teach a student if… 3. Look again at the factors enumerated in Task 2 and choose those you think you have:natural talent, concentration,…Put the words given below into the right order to make up a sentence.
1. Natural, is, talent, the, of, factor, critical, success.
2. In, universities, higher, Western, all, the, is, free, not, education.
3. A, pays, foreign, about, student, for, higher, education, 25, dollars, thousand, every year.
4. Do, college, you, know, the rules, this, has?
5. Motivation, role, process, an important, plays, into, the educational.
6. A, teacher, among, good, loyalty, the students, generates.
7. She, the survey, does, agree, with, not.
8. All, on time, be, the fees, must, paid.
Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple Tense. Remember that some of them are irregular.
Last year I _____ (to spend) my holidays in Great Britain. It _____ (to be) a wonderful time! I _____ (to meet) quite a number of new people and… _____ (to become) my friends. I _____ (to have) the opportunity to visit famous museums and art galleries such as…Open the brackets and put the verbs into one of the Simple Tenses.
2. After every three months of study we (hand in) our term papers. 3. Susan (not to know) what exams she has to pass this term. 4. A university lecturer in Western universities (to deliver) 3 or 4 lectures a week.Reading
Read and translate the text.
SUCCEEDING IN COLLEGE To succeed in an American college, a student must be organized. The college will have a department with advisors who…Vocabulary practice
Fill in the correct word from the list below.
Tremendous, subject, courses, situation, term, program, loyalty, people, problems
1. _______ problems
2. to take _______
3. to structure ______
4. ______ papers
5. ______ differences
6. personality ______
8. to generate ______
9. employment ______
10. major ______
Insert the right prepositions. Make up sentences with the expressions.
1. to succeed ___
2. to depend ___
3. to hand ___
4. to prepare ___
5. to pay attention ___
6. to communicate ___
7. to look ___
8. ___ time
9. to generate loyalty ___
Match phrases in column A with their translation in column B.
Consult the dictionary to find the meaning of the following words and their derivatives. Then insert the words into the gaps.
To communicate, communication, communicative, to succeed, success, successful, to confide, confidence, confident, to prepare, preparation, preparatory, to respect, respect, respectful.
To communicate, communication, communicative
1. He is a very interesting person ___________ with.
2. Computer is one of the widespread means of __________.
3. You may ask our teacher any question you are interested in. He is always ready to answer. He is very _______.
To succeed, success, successful
1. Leonardo de Caprio is a _______ actor. He starred such in films as Titanic and Romeo and Juliet.
2. This business will be a ______ if we make a set of right decisions.
3. He needs to be confident _______ in studies.
To confide, confidence, confident
1. ________ people are people who believe in their abilities and make others believe in them..
2. I trust this man and I can _____ all my secrets to him.
3. She doesn’t have enough ______ to win in the competition.
To prepare, preparation, preparatory
1. He always ______ for the classes.
2. Some ________ work should be done before we start the experiment.
3. ________ for the exams is very important for a student.
To respect, respect, respectful
1. Our teacher ______ the opinions of the students.
2. This man is a very ________ one. He treats all the people equally.
3. To deserve the ______ from your colleagues you need to be a highly qualified specialist.
Discussion
1. Discuss in groups of four the factors Russian students should keep in mind to succeed in university? Give your opinion using the following phrases.
| I think that… | Я думаю, что ….. |
| I believe that… | Я полагаю, что ….. |
| I suppose that … | Я полагаю, что ….. |
| As I see it ….. | На мой взгляд ….. |
| That’s the way I see it. | Таково мое мнение. |
Example: I think that a Russian student should keep in mind that he is responsible for the education he gets and that nobody will do things for him or instead of him. That’s the way I see it.
Ask for the opinions of other members of your group using the following
Phrases. Practise these phrases before using them in speech.
What do you think about…? Что ты думаешь о…?
What’s your opinion…? Каково твое мнение о…?
What is your point of view Какова твоя точка зрения на проблему?
on the problem?
Example: – That’s the way I see the problem. And what do you think about it? –
I think that a Russian student should develop the ability to study that is to search for knowledge and not just take the ready knowledge.
Problem solving
These are the Rules every student should follow. Discuss in groups of four: what rules seem quite reasonable and what rules seem quite absurd? What… 1. Rule 1 Students must respect the rules. 2. Rule 2 Students must hand in term papers on time.Divide into groups of three. Your task is to work out the rules for the newly established university. Read the role and make up a speech.
Student A
You are a student taking part in the meeting. The aim of the meeting is to establish the rules for the newly created university. Your task is to suggest some rules your professors should follow and to prove that they are very important (give your arguments). Remember you are speaking on behalf of the students, so you should protect their interests and make their life easier. At the end of the meeting you are to write down a resolution in the form of a table.
Student B
You are a professor taking part in the meeting. The aim of the meeting is to establish the rules for the newly created university. Your task is to suggest some rules the students should follow. Remember you are a professional. You have been working for about 20 years in education and you don’t like many things in modern students (lack of responsibility, bad behavior, missed classes etc.). Suggest the rules that will help the teaching staff to give the education of high quality. At the end of the meeting you are to write down a resolution in the form of a table.
Student C
You are the member of the administration leading the meeting. The aim of the meeting is to establish the rules for the newly created university. Your task is to listen to the rules suggested by a student and a professor, analyze them and make up a decision whether you accept them or not. You may correct the rules or suggest your own ones. At the end of the meeting you are to write down a resolution in the form of a table.
Write in your rules into the table.
| UNIVERSITY RULES | ||
| Teachers should | Students should | |
| 1. | 1. | |
| 2. | 2. | |
| 3. | 3. | |
| 4. | 4. | |
| 5. | 5. |
Communication: introducing yourself.
Read the dialog, practice and reproduce it.
Ann: Hello. Are you a student here? Kate: Yes, I am.
Ann: So am I. My name is Ann Duglas. Kate: How do you do? I am Kate Frank.
Ann: I am pleased to meet you. Is Frank your first name or your last name? Kate: My last name.
Ann: Ann is my first name. Please call me Ann. Kate: Okay, Ann and please call me Kate.
Ann: Okay, Kate. I am from New York and where are you from? Kate: I am from Manchester.
Turn to your partner and make up a similar dialog.
3. Practice some expressions used to introduce someone:
I’d like to introduce… I’d like you to meet… Can I introduce you to…
Я бы хотел представить вам...
Познакомтесь...
Могу я представить Вас ......
Get information about your partner. Here are some questions for you to use.
1. What’s your name?
2. Where are you from?
3. Do you work?
4. If not, what do you do?
5. Are you married?
6. What is your native language?
7. Do you have a hobby?
8. What are the three things you like and three things you don’t like?
5. Introduce your partner to the groupmates and tell them about him/her.
Homework
Give the English equivalents to these job titles.
Преподаватель университета, инструктор по вождению, тренер по волейболу, личный тренер, репетитор, учитель начальной школы.
Translate these sentences using job titles from Task 1 and word expressions given below.
To work as a … , to give private lessons, to have, to be
1. Он работает преподавателем университета.
2. Чем ты занимаешься? Я даю частные уроки. Я – репетитор.
3. Хелен работает инструктором по вождению.
4. Я – тренер по волейболу.
5. Моя мама – учитель начальной школы.
6. У моего брата есть личный тренер по теннису.
Make up sentences using these groups of phrases in one sentence.
Example: Natural talent, confidence, to succeed in.
He succeeds in college because of his natural talent and confidence in his abilities.
1. to depend on, motivation, high IQ
2. advisor, the best program, to structure
3. to pay attention to, every university, to have, the Rules
4. to prepare for, professors, to be different
5. to hand in, deadline, term papers
6. to communicate with, experienced students, information
7. to generate, professors, loyalty
8. employment situation, to consider, before entering
9. college, to have, a graduate program
Read the text written by Steven C. Hayes (University of Nevada) and summarize its main ideas.
RULES OF SUCCESS: A MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS Rule 1. Talk and Write – A LotEnumerate the rules given by paraphrasing them.
Example: Rule 1. A student should constantly express his ideas verbally no matterwhether he is sure or not about the things he has in mind as any idea can give great opportunities for discussion. The articulation of ideas helps the student to express himself and to enrich his way of thinking by the opinions of others.
Using the material of the lesson express your opinion on one of the following themes.
1. Critical factors of success in university.
2. The Rules everybody should follow while studying at university.
3. The Rules every professor should follow while teaching at university.
4. Features of character a student should develop to do his/her best.
SMILE WITH US
Farther : You know, son when Lincoln was your age he was a very good pupil. In fact he was the best pupil in class.
Tom: Yes, Dad, I know that. But when he was your age he was President of the United States.
LESSON 2. RUSSIAN SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
What makes many people think that Russian system of Higher education is the best? Example: Russian system of Higher education is the best because our specialists
are in great demand all over the world.
Active Vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead-in
1. Here is the structure of Russian educational system. Will you give the English equivalents to the stages mentioned?
Example: Система образования – System of education
1. Среднее образование
2. Профессиональное образование
3. Высшее профессиональное образование
4. Аспирантура
5. Дальнейшее образование.
6. Образование через всю жизнь.
Using your background knowledge about the system of higher education in Russia agree or disagree with the following statements.
1. Russian educational system is the best in the world.
2. One of the main advantages of Russian educational system is that it is free.
3. A typical Russian university has all the necessary facilities for studying.
4. Any school leaver can become a student of a university.
Try to develop the idea given. Agree or disagree with it. Give your arguments.
“Education is the most powerful weapon, which you can use to change the world”.
Nelson Mandela
Grammar: Simple and Progressive Tenses.
Put the sentences into the interrogative form.
1. He gets up at seven o'clock on weekdays.
2. He likes fast driving.
3. Caruso sings wonderfully in the opera.
4. Ann likes travelling very much.
5. He knows English very well.
6. They usually go to the discos on Sunday.
7. They are staying with some friends in London.
8. I am putting in weight.
9. She is working in London this week
10. The child is crying bitterly.
11. The guests are leaving the room.
Put the sentences into the interrogative form.
1. He is doing the exercise now.
2. Ann is translating the text now.
3. Phil is travelling round the Europe now.
4. I was studying at the university at this time yesterday.
5. The Browns will be visiting their relatives on Sunday.
6. They were staying with some friends in London last week.
7. I was putting in weight when I was eating many sweets.
8. She is working in London this week
9. The child was crying bitterly when he fell on the ground.
10. The guests are leaving the room.
Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Present Progressive Tense.
1. What are you doing this weekend? – I ____ at home. (to stay)
2. What are you doing here? – I ____ for a friend. (to wait)
3. Listen! Someone ____ at the door. (to knock)
4. Don't go into the classroom. The students ____ a dictation there at the moment. (to write)
5. The man who ____a cigarette is our English teacher. (to smoke)
6. Listen! The telephone ___ . (to ring)
7. He ____ hard these days. (to work)
8. She ____ with a friend in Paris at present. (to stay)
9. He is such a boring man who ____always _____ a fuss about nothing. (to make)
10. It ____with rain all week long. (to pour)
12. I ____ a letter to my parents now. (to write)
Open the brackets and put the verbs into Present Simple or Present Progressive.
Kate usually (to read) a book in the evening but today she (to cook) dinner. Kate usually reads a book in the evening but today she is cooking dinner.Put the verbs into the appropriate form of the Past Progressive Tense.
1. He _____ the whole evening yesterday. (to skate)
2. Where _____ you _____ when I saw you yesterday? (to go)
3. I _____ at this time yesterday. (not/work)
4. Who _____ in this room from 5 till 8? (to study)
5. _____ you _____ your mother about the garden at this time yesterday? (to help)
6. Dad _____ me when mother came home. (to scold)
7. She _____ the book when I called on her yesterday. (not/read)
8. What _____you _____ at this time yesterday? (to do)
9. She _____ her car when the accident happened. (to drive)
10. _____ he _____ his composition when you rang him up? (to write)
Put the verbs into Past Simple or Past Progressive.
1. When I came home, my little sister ____ (sleep).
2. Peter ____by the fireplace when the door ____ and the maid ____.
(read/open/enter)
3. We ___ tea when the telephone ____ . (drink/ring)
4. At this time yesterday we ____ your report. (discuss)
5. John Gray ____ Russia in 1989. (visit)
6. As my brother _____ off the tram, he _____ and _____ his leg. (get/fall/break)
7. The boy _____ and _____ himself, while he his bicycle. (fall/hurt/ride)
8. What _____ you _____ at this time yesterday? (do)
9. Who _____ you ____ to come to see me? (tell)
10. What _____ you____, when I _____ ? (do/ring)
Open the brackets and put the verbs into the affirmative, interrogative or negative form of Future Progressive.
John: What ____ you ________ (to do) this time next week?
Mary: I ______(to fly) to London. What _____ you ______ (to do)?
John: I ______(to make) a speech at the club. Mary: ____ you _______ (to work) tonight?
John: Yes, I will. I __________(to prepare) my speech. Mary: ____ you ________ (to see) George today? John: Yes, at lunch time.
Mary: Tell him I _____ (to wait) for him inside the pub. I_____(to wear) a green dress.
John: Why do you mention that?
Mary: Because I hope he ___________ (to wear) his green tie. John: ____you _________ (to come) over this evening? Mary: I'd like to. But won't I be disturbing you?
John: No, you won't.
Mary: Won't you _______ (to write) your speech?
John: When you arrive I will try to finish it. I _________ (to wait) for you.
Open the brackets and put the verbs into Future Simple or Future Progressive.
1. Sit down and fasten your sit belts. We (to take off) in a few minutes.
2. Do you think you still (to work) here in five years' time?
3. I don't think I (to see) him tonight.
4. They (to reach) the top of the mountain at this time tomorrow.
5. They still (to discuss) the problem at 11 o'clock.
6. You (to hear) in the 8 o'clock news.
7. I (to work) as a teacher next year.
8. They (to have) a party on Sunday as usual.
9. They (to laugh) at you if you tell them this absurd story.
11. I (to wait) for you at the theatre at 7 o'clock.
Answer the questions about the actions, which are in progress now.
1. What are you doing at the moment?
2. What is your neighbour doing now?
3. Are you studying at the university?
4. Are you writing a book?
5. What were you doing at this time yesterday?
6. What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?
7. What were you doing at 5 o’clock the day before yesterday?
8. What will you be doing at 10 a.m. on Saturday?
Translate from Russian into English using the Progressive Tenses.
1. Чем занимается Иван? – Он проводит научное исследование.
2. Что ты делаешь? – Я пишу заявление о приеме в университет.
3. Где ты был вчера в 9 вечера? – Я был у Игоря. Мы готовились к экзамену.
4. Что ты делаешь в субботу? – Я иду на дискотеку с друзьями.
5. Ты свободен во вторник вечером? – Нет, я занят. Я буду играть в баскетбол с друзьями.
Reading
Read the text and express in your own words its main idea.
HIGHER EDUCATION IN RUSSIA Russia’s higher educational system started with the foundation of the State Moscow University founded in the middle of…Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions.
1. Who can be admitted to a higher educational institution?
2. What are the types of educational institutions in Russia?
3. What is a USE?
4. What types of degrees can Russian higher education institutions grant?
5. What are the functions of an Intermediate Diploma?
6. What does the final state certification procedure include?
Finish the sentences using the information from the text.
1. To enter university a student with secondary education have to _________
2. The types of higher institutions in Russia are___________
3. After 6 years of training a student gets _________
4. A traditional Russian final qualifying degree is that of a ________
5. The function of the Intermediate Higher Education degree is to provide_____
6. Final state certification includes_______
Look at the scheme of giving а summary to the text and enumerate the 4 main elements of the summary.
The title of the text is….Give your own variant of the summary.
Vocabulary practice
March phrases in column A with their translation in column B and make up sentences with them.
12. дипломDistribute the words given below into three columns.
To grant, secondary, entrance, to cover, Master’s, Bachelor’s, higher, postgraduate,final, further, academic, qualifying, vocational.
| Degree | Education | Exam(s) |
| 1. to grant | 1. | 1. |
| 2. | 2. | 2. |
| 3. | 3. | |
| 4. | 4. | |
| 5. | 5. | |
| 6. | ||
| 7. |
Fill in the correct word from the list below.
Sciences, to grant, secondary, multilevel, to give, paper, entrance, individual, mobility, research.
1. ________ studies
2. ________ the possibility
3. scientific ________
4. _______ exams
5. Natural _________
6. ________ education
7. ________ system
8. graduation _______
9. _________ a degree
10. to provide _______
Make up a dialog on the situation. Student A
You are a second-year student of the SUSU. Help the American student to
understand the rules and regulations of being accepted to Russian university, being granted a degree. Explain the difference between the types of Russian educational institutions. You may also suggest him some tips for studying, clarify the peculiarities of students’ life in Russia. It’s your first meeting with the person. Don’t forget to introduce yourself.
Student B
You are an American student. You want to get a higher education in Russian. You love Russia very much as your grandmother is Russian. So you’ve come to Russia to find out as much details as possible about the system of Higher education in Russia, about the types of educational institutions and about the hardships (difficulties) of students’ life. You’ve met a Russian second–year student. Introduce yourself and remember you are a very inquisitive person.
Communication: Reacting.
Look at sentences. Then choose phrases from the list and in pairs act out short exchanges reacting positively or negatively.
• OK. • Never mind. • Not at all. • Go ahead• Pity • Why not • I'd love to.
• Yes, actually. • You'd better not. • Let's not. • Poor • Quite reasonable.
• I'd rather not. • Terribly
1. I won't be able to make it.
2. Shall we go?
3. Do you mind?
4. How did it go?
5. Are you coming then?
6. What are my chances?
7. Can I try?
8. I tried really hard.
Example: A. I won’t be able to make it. B. Pity.
Enlarge the situations given in Task 1.
Example: - Will you go to the disco this evening?
- I won’t be able to make it. I am sitting with my sister this evening.
- Pity. May be next time?
- With pleasure.
Homework
Use the phrases given below to fill in the gaps into the sentences.
1. To enter the higher institution every applicant should pass ________.Translate from Russian into English using the active vocabulary of the lesson.
2. Среднее образование является обязательным для всех граждан России.Read the text and match the abstracts with the titles given below.
b. Russian Diplomas Competitiveness c. Great variety of educational institutions d. High Standard of EducationAnswer the questions to the text.
1. Why can we be proud of Russian system of higher education?
2. What are the advantages of Russian system of higher education over the Western ones?
3. Why do you think our specialists are highly competitive in the world market?
4. What problems does our system of higher education have?
Find information in the Internet on the following topics and present it in the form of a report.
1. What is the Bologna process?
2. Why has Russia decided to become the part of the Bologna process?
3. What is the main purpose of the Unified State Exams?
4. Why is the Russian system of higher education is among the best in the world?
Smile with us
Professor:A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer.Student:No wonder so many of us failed our exams!
LESSON 3. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
Why do many children of “new Russians” study in Great Britain?
Active Vocabulary
Pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
2. Advanced Level examinations – экзамен по программе средней школы повышенного уровня cложности 3. applied technology – прикладные разработкиLead-in
Try to answer the following questions using your background knowledge.
1. What do you know about the system of Higher Education in Great Britain?
2. Why do you think many new Russians send their children to the UK colleges to get degrees?
3. Do you know any world famous colleges of the UK?
Grammar: Perfect Tenses.
Put the verbs in brackets into the right form of Present Perfect and translate them.
2. Tom ____ just (clear out) the garage. 3. They ____ (sell) their house and ____ (go) on a tour of the world. 4. I ___ (be) to New York several times.Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Future Perfect Tense.
2. The tutor __________ (to look through) all our tests by the end of the week. 3. The film already _________ (to start) when we get there. 4. I _________ (to finish) this book by next month.You are 18years old students. You are young but I am sure you have some
achievements in your life. Think of them and formulate them using the model. Model: I have finished a secondary school and the Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical
University. I have visited many foreign countries: Germany, the USA and Great Britain are among them.
Reading
Read the text and do the tasks after it.
HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN The percentage of young people entering universities in Britain is lower than in the United States, where more than…Did you know that....
The University education in Britain was only for men until 1871, when the first women's college was opened. Now almost all colleges are mixed.
Give the main idea of the text in one sentence.
The main idea of the text is ….. The text is about …….
Answer the questions to the text.
1. Is the education in the UK free?
2. Why do you think a foreign student has to pay much more money than a resident of the country?
3. What is the procedure of entering the university in the UK?
4. What is the approximate number of students studying in the UK colleges? Is it more or less in comparison with Russian higher institutions?
5. What types of classes do the British students have?
6. How many years should an English student study to get a Master’s Degree?
7. What are the three types of universities in terms of date of foundation?
8. How do the methods of instruction in the Open University differ from the methods of instruction in a traditional university?
9. What information in the text was new personally for you?
Try to explain the purpose of the following educational institutions. Make use of the model given to you.
University
Polytechnic
Open University
Example: University aims at giving the traditional type of education with students studying on campus where after three years of study a student can get a Bachelor's Degree.
Vocabulary practice
Match the English phrases with their Russian equivalents.
2. Fill in the correct word from the list below:approximate, a university, to… 1. sandwich _____Insert the right prepositions. Consult the text.
1. to apply ___ a university
2. to be dedicated ___
3. the lecture is one hour ___ length
4. to be tested ___
5. to consist ___ colleges
6. to get a place ___ a university
7. to leave the university ___ a degree
Give the English equivalents to the following Russian phrases.
Выпускник школы, традиция получения высшего образования, привилегия аристократии, плата за год обучения, аттестат о среднем образовании, консультации и лабораторные работы, без сомнения, отличаться друг от друга, степень бакалавра в области медицины, методы обучения.
Сomplete the gaps using the factual information from the text.
Higher education in Great Britain has a long history. First institutions of higher education appeared in _____. The most famous of them are ______ and ______ to which the term Oxbridge refer. For many centuries the tradition of getting higher education was the _____ of the _____.
Even nowadays higher education in Great Britain costs money, which means that it is not _____. To enter the university good _____ results in at least __ ______ are necessary. Universities choose their students only after _____.
Speaking
1. Tell about the system of Higher education of the UK to your friend who doesn’t know anything about it. 1. What are the requirements to the applicant who wants to enter the… 2. Is the higher education free in Great Britain?Make up a dialog. Student A.
You are a school leaver. Next year you want to enter a university. You want to leave your home and live in a university campus to have a new experience. You have heard from your friend that Exeter University is one of the beautiful and interesting places to get a degree. But you need some additional information about the university facilities and conditions of study. Your task is to ask all the necessary questions to make a decision on whether you will choose this university as a place to get a higher education or not.
Try not to forget to ask about:
1. Terms of admission
2. Fee
3. Methods of instruction
4. Libraries (information resources)
5. Accommodation
Student B.
You are the Academic Officer of the university. You know the answers to all the questions about the university and students life. Your task is to… 1. Terms of admission(General Certificate of Secondary Education + A–levelresults in at least two subjects +…Practice the phrases used for making congratulations and consoling.
2. Read the dialogs and underline the phrases used for congratulating and… 1. A: What's the matter, Tom? You look a bit upset.Use the useful language in the box to act out similar dialogs for the situations.
1. A friend has passed her exams.
2. Your brother has crashed his car.
3. Your sister got accepted to study medicine abroad
4. A friend has lost his job.
5. Your classmate entered the university.
6. Your girl friend got the leading role in a film.
7. Your mother has won the lottery!
8. Your farther has broken his leg.
9. A friend has failed his exam in maths twice.
Homework
Open the brackets using one of the Perfect Tenses or the Past Simple Tense.
1. Last year I (to finish) secondary school and (to enter) the South Ural State University.
2. – you (to see) our new lecturer? – Yes, I have.
3. I (to pass) my entrance exam two years ago.
4. How many lectures you (to give) this week?
5. I (to earn) my General Certificate of Secondary Education by the moment I applied to the university.
6. My brother (to get) a Bachelor's Degree by 2005.
7. you (to prepare) for laboratory classes yet?
8. you ever (to be) to the United Kingdom?
9. you (to choose) your major yet?
10. – I (to loose) my textbook. – When you (to see) it last?
Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the active vocabulary of the lesson.
1. Высшее образование в Великобритании платное.
2. Абитуриентов принимают в университеты по результатам экзаменов и тестирования.
3. Оксфорд был основан в 12 веке нашей эры.
4. Открытый университет Великобритании предлагает курсы повышения квалификации.
5. Без сомнения, методы обучения имеют большое значение в образовательном процессе.
6. Я никогда не был в Англии.
7. Игорь уже окончил курсы в летней школе.
8. Ольга получила степень бакалавра и учится сейчас в школе Экономики на получение степени магистра.
9. Когда ты сдал последний экзамен? – 25 января.
10. Это очень интересная книга. Почитай ее. – Я уже прочел ее. Она мне не понравилась.
Express your agreement or disagreement with the statements. Prove your point of view by giving arguments.
Model: To be a highly qualified specialist you should study all your life.I agree completely with the statement. I think that knowledge obtained at the university quickly become obsolete and you should learn all your life.
1. It's no use working hard if you have no inborn abilities. 34
2. It's more prestigious nowadays to get higher education abroad.
3. Higher education shouldn't be free.
4. Absent-minded people can't be successful in research.
5. Tutorials and individual work with a tutor is more useful than practical classes in fixed groups.
Compare two systems of higher education that of Great Britain and Russia. Give your opinion about their advantages and disadvantages.
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William Lyon Phelps, on a pre-Christmas examination paper, found written, “God only knows the answer to this question. Merry Christmas”.
He returned the paper with the notation, “God gets an A; you get an F. Happy New Year”.
LESSON 4. HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE USA Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of democracy in universities?
Active Vocabulary`
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead-in
Using your background knowledge about the system of higher education in the USA agree or disagree with the following statements.
2. Higher education in the USA is free. 3. American colleges are not certified to give universities degrees. 4. All universities in the USA are private.To repair a flat is an endless process. Many things change. Describe the changes that happen when we repair the flat, using the Present Simple Passive.
1. The roof _______ (to repair).
2. The carpet ______ (to wash) in the laundry.
3. The walls ______(to decorate) with wall–paper.
4. The bathroom _______ (to lay) with tile.
5. The dust ______ (to beat) out of the carpet.
6. The ceiling ______ (to whitewash).
7. The new curtains ______ (to buy).
8. All the old things _____ (to throw) away.
9. The parquet _______ (to lacquer).
Open the brackets and put the words into the Future Simple Passive.
1. Many tasty things ________ (to make) by Mother for our party.
2. The pupils ______ (to give) out prizes by the headmaster.
3. I ______ (to ask) a lot of questions during the interview.
4. A surprise party _______ (to arrange) for Jane next week.
Using the verbs in the box fill in the gaps. Put the verbs into the Past Simple Passive.
invent, plant, kill, write, build, name, discover, design, paint, break
1. Five fruit-trees ________ in our garden last year.
2. The picture Mona Lisa _________ by Leonardo da Vinci.
3. Marat ______ in his bath.
4. Radio ______ by Popov.
5. The first Pyramid of Egypt ________ around 3000 BC.
6. The winter Palace _______ by Rastrelli.
7. “War and Peace” ________ by Tolstoy.
8. Rossi street _______ after a famous Russian architect.
9. My car ______ in an accident last night.
10. When ____ America ________?
Ann and Tom bought a car 10 years ago. The car has been repaired several times since then. Describe the changes that have been made, using the Present Perfect Passive.
Example: The oil ______(to change). The oil has been changed.
1. The radiator _____(to fill) with water six times.
2. It ______(to take) for a test drive once.
3. Broken parts ______(to repair) two times.
4. The battery ______(to check).
5. The filters ______(to replace) three times.
6. Air _____ (to put) in the tyres twice.
7. The brakers _____ (to test).
8. The car ______ (to paint) after the accident.
9. The lights _____ (to change).
6. Make up Yes/No questions using the words given
Example: India, rice, is, grown, in. Is rice grown in India?
1. Into, languages, many, this book, translated, has, been.
2. A, is, being, built, new church, in, Moscow.
3. The planet, is , known, Mars, as, “the red planet”.
4. Ground, the, covered, is, snow, with.
5. Your, is, being, wedding dress, made, your mother, by.
6. At the moment, being, taught, he, to drive, a car, is.
7. The, has, canceled, been, meeting.
8. All, have, sold, the tickets, been.
9. The, is, cut, grass, every week.
Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Past Perfect Passive.
1. The alarm system had been broken before the thieves climbed through a window.
2. After the stolen motorbike _______ (to find) the police called the owner.
3. Smoke rising from the mouth of the volcano _______ (to see) by the tourists two days before the eruption.
4. The dinner ___already ____ (to eat) by the time I came home.
5. All the work _______ (to do) by the moment the mother came home from work.
Open the brackets and put the verbs into the Future Perfect Passive.
1. All her affairs _________ (to settle) before she gets married. 2. All the stolen goods _________ (to find) by September. 3. By the end of the year a new bridge __________ (to build).Choose the right variant.
1. The children taught/ were taught Italian.
2. This problem will discuss/will be discussed at the conference.
3. The president interviewed/was interviewed on French TV.
4. Teachers have given/ have been given a new pay rise by the government.
5. Walt Disney created/was created the cartoon character of Mickey Mouse.
6. The firm has been making/has been made dresses for twenty years.
7. He treats/is treated the girl very badly.
8. He said that he had taken/had been taken his watch to a watchmaker’s.
9. Many new houses have been built/have built this year.
10. The door closed/was closed.
Reading
Read the text and do the tasks after it.
HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE USA To attend American university students must complete 12 years of primary and secondary education. Students who would…Did you know that....
Community college
is also known as a “two-year” college. These schools provide college courses for high school graduates and adults in their communities. Community colleges generally have fewer admissions requirements than four-year institutions and courses typically cost
less than comparable courses at four-year schools. Most community colleges award two-year associates degrees, though some are now awarding bachelors.
An associate degree:
A degree awarded after a learner earns a specified number of credits according to the requirements of a community college program. In the United States, that number of credits usually represents two years of full-time study.
Answer the questions to the text.
1. What are the admission terms for the American students?
2. Why do many American students prefer studying in community colleges for the first two years of their university career?
3. What two Bachelor’s degrees do American students grant?
4. What degrees does the graduate school grant?
5. How does the American system of higher education differ from the Russian one?
Try to explain the meaning of the following phrases.
1. an undergraduate school
2. a major
3. a community college
4. an Associate of Arts degree
5. tuition
Find in the text the sentences in the Passive Voice and read them to the group.
Tell about the American system of Higher education to the group of Russian students, using the following plan.
1. Terms of admission
2. Types pf degrees
3. Types of colleges
4. Undergraduate school
5. Graduate school
Vocabulary practice
1. Complete the gaps using the phrases given:research, the cost, community,school, educational, degree, coursework, related, a major, to advance.
1. undergraduate _____
2. _____ paper
3. _____ background
4. to lower _____
5. associate _____
6. ______ college
7. to select _____
8. ______ one’s career
9. ______ fields
10. full-time _____
Fill in the prepositions and make up the sentences of your own.
1. prior ___
2. to transfer ___
3. to major ___ maths
4. to depend ___
5. ___ addition ___
6. ___ order to
7. to graduate ____ a degree ___ major
8. to be operated ___
Read the abstract about the assessment system in an American University and answer the questions after it.
UNIT SYSTEM College courses are given a value, which are called “credits” or “units.” The number of units assigned to a course…Problem solving
Introduction The American system of Higher education has some peculiarities. It is considered a democratic one. But the democracy…How do you think why the reasons mentioned above worry the American
professors?
2. Express your opinion using the following phrases:I think, to my mind, first ofall, on the other hand, I firmly believe that, there are plenty of proofs to the fact that.
3. Give arguments to the following:
1. Is it good or bad to have no core curriculum?
2. Can all the skills and knowledge got by the student be evaluated by written tests?
3. Is it good when a lecturer chooses the textbook for studying and creates the course of study according to his likes and dislikes?
4. What are the disadvantages and advantages of studying in groups and individually?
Communication: making requests and refusing politely
Practice the following phrases and use them in the dialog below.
A: __________lend me your textbook on Maths. I want to prepare for the Friday seminar. B: __________I’ll be using it myself. You can have it tomorrow if you like. …In pairs, take it in turns to make requests and refuse politely in the following situations.
1. You ask your tutor to read over a report you have written.
2. You ask your fellow student to help you with a report.
3. You ask your sister to type out a report for you.
Discussion. Study abroad
Answer the following questions. The phrases given below may be of some help to you.
1. What are the reasons people go away to study?to see the world,
to seek for better education,
to have an international diploma, to change the place of living,
to have fluency in English, to advance one’s career, etc.
2. What problems can someone who is studying abroad face?level of English language is not enough to study for a degree program, large fees to pay,
unknown cultural environment, another system of Higher education, to be homesick, etc.
3. Would you like to study in a foreign country? Why (not)?
Present your opinion in the form of an essay. The beginning is given to you but you may think of your own first sentence.
Study abroad
It is common knowledge that more and more overseas students are seeking a university education in an English–speaking country. What are the reasons people go away to study?
Find the information in the Internet and prepare an opinion essay on one of the topics.
1. Education as the means of a successful career.
2. The art of studying at college.
3. Obsolete features of “modern” system of education.
4. Education as the process of acquiring knowledge.
Homework
Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate Passive tense form.
1. Students (to be required) to complete 12 years of secondary education before entering the university.
2. Moscow State University (to be founded) in 1755.
3. All the exams (to be passed) in July and January.
4. The course (to be completed) if a student gets a certain number of credits for it.
5. The tuition for study (to be paid) once a year in Russian universities.
6. The thesis (to be written) already.
7. Do you know how many students (to be admitted) to the South Ural State University last year?
8. An Associate degree (to be given) by community colleges.
9. The most successful students (to be given) grants by the university or local
authorities.
10. The essay on history (to be written) by him today.
Transfer the sentences from Active into Passive.
1. I finished school 8 years ago.
2. I advanced the career.
3. My sister teaches students at the university.
4. I have already done my homework.
5. Scientists proved the theorem 20 years ago.
6. When will you defend your graduation project?
7. We carried out many experiments in the laboratory. 8. I took all the necessary textbooks in the library.
9. We will perform this work on the computer next week.
10. I write letters every week.
Read the commands and say that the actions have been performed already.
1. Wash the dishes.
2. Make the bed.
3. Sweep the floor.
4. Do the homework.
5. Clean the carpet.
6. Tidy up the room.
7. Buy some bread.
8. Cook the dinner.
Try to match discoveries and works of art with the famous inventors.
6. Matches f) Zacharias Janssen 7. Microcsope g) William Blackstone 8.… If you don't know the answers you may use the Internet siteTranslate the sentences from Russian into English using the Active vocabulary of the lesson.
2. Степень бакалавра присуждается студенту, который успешно окончил 4-х летний курс обучения в университете. 3. Диссертация – это оригинальное научное исследование, которое должен…Read the text and open the brackets.
FACULTY MEMBERS IN AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Colleges and universities in the US (to be headed) by a president and a provost who (to be) usually a chief academic…Answer the questions to the text.
1. What does the term “tenure” mean?
2. Who can be called an associate professor?
3. Who is at the bottom of the academic ladder?
4. What are the responsibilities of the instructors?
Smile with us
Given the task of writing a composition about what they would do if they had a million dollars, all the children in the class except Willy were busily writing away.
The teacher, becoming aware of his idleness, said severely,
“Willy, don't you know that you are supposed to tell what you would do if you had a million dollars?”
“Well”, said the boy, lazily leaning back on his chair, “this is exactly what I would do if I had a million dollars”.
Make up a crossword using the basic terms of higher education.
Types of higher Degrees Exams institutions Associate degree Entrance exams …LESSON 5. PERSONAL AND SOCIETAL VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
How do you think what a person needs higher education for?
Active Vocabulary
Listen and repeat the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Read the words following the order of their Russian equivalents.
Read and translate the sentences. Try to explain the meaning of the words and word combinations in bold.
1. What kind of person can be called a confident one?
2. Can we measure the value of education?
3. It often happens in life that our needs do not correspond to our abilities.
4. He has a lot to show but it is very difficult for him to express himself.
5. She doesn’t take into account people differences. It results in her loneliness.
Lead-in
Try to answer the following questions using your background knowledge.
2. What possibilities does it give to the graduates? 3. Is it necessary to go the university in order to be an educated person? …Ask special questions to the underlined words.
Example: I want to get a good education. – What do you want?
1. The aim of education is to give people the possibility to understand their needs.
2. In modern society material values dominate over the cultural ones.
3. He decided to become a teacher because he thinks it is one of the possibilities to influence on history.
4. Kevin participated in the competition and won the prize.
5. It is difficult to measure the value of education.
6. She expresses herself in music.
7. The work has been done properly.
8. All the values of speed were calculated.
9. He took advantage of the opportunity and entered Stanford University.
11. Kelly has got enough knowledge in graduate school to become an engineer.
Match question tags with the appropriate statement.
1. This statement is ambiguous, a) ... does he? 2. We have passed all the exams, b)… 4. Fill in the gaps with the Modal verbs: can, can’t, could, couldn't .Choose the right variant.
1. You may/ mustn’t run the corridors. It’s dangerous.
2. Can/Should I ask you a question?
3. Will/Shall we go out for lunch today?
4. You should/must see a doctor as soon as possible. You’ve got high temperature.
5. Tom can/may play tennis very well.
6. I have no choice. I have to/must wait for him until he comes.
7. Today a have a date with Tom. I am to be/have to be at the cafe at 10.
8. Tony was able to/could enter the University.
9. You shouldn’t/mustn’t lie in court.
Reading
Read and translate the text. Enumerate its main ideas.
VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Our society was designed to give individuals the chance to make choices based on their own needs and wants. Certainly…Answer the questions using the information in the text.
1. What is important to take into account while choosing the occupation?
2. What are the advantages of having a higher school diploma?
3. What is the main function of any higher school?
4. What skills and opportunities does the higher school give to students?
5. What does the society need educated individuals for?
3. Can you comment the last sentence of the text? What does it imply?
Vocabulary practice
1. Fill in the correct word from the list below: proper, wants, value, to pursue, possessions, ambiguous, properly, job, to make, life. Consult the text if necessary.
1. an ______ statement
2. material ______
3. _____ situation
4. _____ gathering knowledge
5. _____ choices
6. exact _____
7. _____ market
8. needs and ______
9. to participate ______
10. ______ education
Insert the prepositions where necessary.
1. to take _____ account
2. to be based _____
3. value ____ education
4. to take full advantage ____
5. to open ____
6. to be restricted ____
7. to be qualified ____
8. to deal _____
9. to express _____ themselves
Make up 15 sentences with the word combinations from Exercises 1 and 2.
Discussion
1. What are the things among the enumerated below that will be difficult for you to live without? Make up a list of things in the order of importance and explain your choice. Compare it with your partner’s list.
Health Happiness of your relatives
Well–paid job A good family Safety Self–realization
Usefulness for the society you live in Wealth
Spiritual wealth Fame
Start your explanations with the following:
In the first place of my preference list I placed …. . I have chosen it because I think that ….
Then use the following logical connectors of order.
Secondly, in the third place, the fourth in the list is, further I placed, then, after that, finally.
Make up a dialog.
Student AYou have a sister/brother who doesn’t want to get a higher education.
What arguments will you use to persuade him/her that higher education is essential nowadays?
Student BYou don’t want to get a higher education, as you don’t want to spend 5years of your life studying at some higher institution. You strongly believe that it is impossible to acquire the necessary practical skills by writing lectures and working at seminars.
Speaking
1. Read the statement. What does it imply? Try to explain its meaning in your own words.
“The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values”. William Inge
Prepare a talk about the prevalence of values over the actions we perform and things we do in our life.
Choose one of the expressions below and write an Argumentative Essay where you are to express your agreement or disagreement with the chosen statement about the purpose of education.
1. “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it”. Marian Wright
2. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance”. Will Durant
3. “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to
think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men”. Bill Beattie
Communication: making small talk.
Answer the following questions to find out what small talk is.
1. Have you ever been in a situation where you want to say something to someone and don't know what to say or how to start?
2. What can be said in a situation like that to start the conversation?
3. Who uses small talk?
4. Why is it important to be able to make small talk?
Practice the following dialog.
Kim: It's hot in here, isn't it? Jill: Yes, it certainly is. I wish they'd open a window or two. Kim: That would be nice. By the way, my name is Kim.…With a partner choose one or two topics from Task 3 making small talk with him or her.
Homework
Match synonyms and make up sentences with the word expressions from column B.
Translate from Russian into English.
2. Социальный заказ общества это потребность в подготовке специалистов в определенной области знаний. 3. Выбор человека должен основываться на его личных интересах.Ask all the possible questions to the following sentences.
1. Did he choose his occupation when he was 12 years old? (Yes/No question) 2. He chose his occupation when he was 12 years old, didn’t he? (Tag… 3. Did he choose his occupation or hobby when he was 12 years old? (Alternative question)LESSON 6. MY STUDY
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
How is it like being a student?
Active Vocabulary
Listen and repeat the word expressions after the speaker.
Lead-in
Look at the reasons of choosing the university to study at and select the five most important ones from your point of view.
1. It must be highly competitive.
2. It must give a high quality of education.
3. It must be well–known abroad.
4. It must have well–equipped laboratories.
5. It must use effective teaching methods.
6. It must be not far from my home.
7. It must suggest the flexibility of curriculum.
8. It must provide students with textbooks and additional information resources.
If you had the possibility to choose the university what university would you
choose among the suggested ones? Give reasons for your choice.
South Ural State University
Moscow State University Novosibirsk State University Stanford University (the USA) Oxford University (Great Britain)
Answer the questions using your background knowledge about the SUSU University.
2. How many faculties does it have? 3. What do you know about the university you study at? 4. What youth organizations does it have?Make up 2 Chain stories. Look at the situations, and then continue these people thoughts.
Situation 1
If I don’t finish this work in time, I will not get a promotion.
Situation 2
If I don’t write my essay I will not get a credit in the major.
Situation 3
If I enter Oxford University, I will be the most diligent student. 59
Reading
Read the text and do the tasks after it.
SOUTH URAL STATE UNIVERSITY SUSU is one of the largest universities of Russia. It was founded in 1943. SUSU has 33 faculties, 13 branches and 8…Answer the questions to the text.
1. How old is the university?
2. What special organizations does it have to help applicants to enter the University?
3. What facts prove that it is one of the largest universities in Russia?
4. What distinguishes the Open University from a traditional one?
5. What special services does the SUSU scientific library provide for the users?
6. What are the novelties introduced into teaching process?
7. Can you name some of the well-known SUSU graduates?
8. What social activities can students take part in?
3. What facts do you know about the SUSU that were not mentioned in the text? Share them with the groupmates.
4. If you were asked to give the three most striking facts about the university what facts would you choose?
Find additional information about the following organizations and places of the SUSU.
1. School of Physics and Mathematics.
2. Linguistic Center.
3. “Applicant” center.
4. Gifted Child Center.
5. SUSU Scientific library.
6. Mechanical and Technological Faculty.
7. University Newspaper “Technopolis”.
8. SUSU International Department.
9. SUSU Teleradiocenter.
6. Present the information you find to your groupmates using the following scheme:
1. Place (Where is it located in the university?)
2. Year of foundation (When was it founded?)
3. Purpose of creation (What for was it created?)
4. Activities (What services does it provide?)
5. Benefits (What benefits does it provide for those who participated?)
Vocabulary Practice
1. Fill in the correct word from the list below:equipment, dreadful, personal, open,education, regional, linguistic, reading, complex, assistant.… 1. a _______ campus 2. a _______ centerUse the phrases from exercises 1 and 2 to make up 10 sentences of your own.
Speaking
1. A delegation of students and teachers from Cambridge are on a visit at your university. You are asked to tell the guests about it. Present… 1. the name of your university;Practice the formulas used when asking for information in English.
Could you tell me...? Не могли бы вы мне сказать…?
Do you know...? Не знаете ли вы…?
Do you happen to know...? Может быть, вы знаете…?
I'd like to know... Я бы хотел узнать…?
Could you find out...? Не могли бы вы мне объяснить…?
I'm interested in a post office near here. Нет ли тут по близости почты.
I'm looking for.. Я ищу ….
Make up a dialog. Student A
You are an English student. You are to write an article about a typical Russian University. By chance you happened to visit the South Ural State University. You are to gather as much information as possible. You have heard about this university before and you know that there are such places as School of Physics and Mathematics, Linguistic Center, “Applicant” center, Gifted Child Center, Open Institute, SUSU Teleradiocenter. Find out where these places are situated in the university and what types of activities do they perform.
Student B
You are an active member of the Students’ Union and you are accustomed to make tours about the university. So it’s natural that you know the most interesting places of the university. Your task is to be very helpful and provide the English student with all the necessary information about the university.
Homework
2. Complete the facts about the South Ural State University using the following phrases:a linguistic center, e–subscriptions, postgraduate courses,… 1. The South Ural State University ________ 1943 on the basis of two… 2. There is ___________ in our university where you can improve your knowledge of English and get additional…Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
2. Наш университет был основан в 1943 году. 3. Если вы хотите подготовиться к поступлению в университет вам нужно посещать курсы в центре “Абитуриент”.Finish the sentences.
1. If I pass my exams successfully I will ….
2. If I graduate from the university I will …
3. If I find a well–paid job I will ….
4. If I earn a lot of money I will …
5. If I failed my exam I will…
6. If I don’t come in time for my classes I won’t ….
7. If I don’t do my homework I won’t …
8. If I don’t get a diploma I won’t ,,,
9. If I don’t have enough rest I won’t…
10. If I don’t go to the library to prepare for the practice I won’t …
Read the text and say if it is difficult to study at Oxford.
STUDENT LIFE AT OXFORD What is it like, being a student at Oxford? Like all British universities, Oxford is a state university, not a private…LESSON 7. MY FUTURE PROFESSION
Brainstorming activity
Try to give all the possible answers to the following question.
How do you think what qualities are important for a teacher?
Active vocabulary
Listen and repeat the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
13.go overboard – не знать меры в чем-тоLead-in
Look at the job titles and say where each person works.
| Researcher | Physicist | Flight Attendant |
| Executive | Teacher | Programmer |
2. Which of the jobs: are
– done indoors/ outdoors? – require qualifications? – have career prospects?
– are well-paid/poorly-paid? – need the most training?
– are the hardest? – need a degree?
3. Which of the jobs do you personally find:rewarding, secure, creative, stressful?
Think of a job and talk about it without telling anyone what the job is. The class have to guess which job you have chosen. Talk about
– Salary – Reasons you like/dislike it 5. Paraphrase the quotations. Which do you agree with? Why? Why not? Discuss them in pairs.Make wishes for the following situations.
Example: You lied to your best friend. – I wish I hadn’t lied to my best friend.
1. You failed your exams.
2. You were not patient enough with your mother.
3. You don’t have a well–paid job.
4. You can’t cope with the stressful situation.
5. You are too impressionable.
6. You can’t take control of the situation.
7. Your teacher doesn’t treat all the students equally.
8. You didn’t do your best to perform the task.
Fill in the correct grammar tense.
2. I wish I ___________ (not/spend) so much money on clothes. Now, I can’t pay the phone bill.Reading
Read and translate the text.
TEACHER PROFESSION Teachers have the very important responsibility of shaping the lives of young, impressionable children. With this…Answer the questions to the text.
1. Why is the work of a teacher is highly responsible?
2. Do you agree with the concept of a “good teacher” given in the text?
3. How can a “good teacher” be defined?
4. Why is it important that a teacher should be interested in the subject he teachers?
5. Why should a teacher be open to different people and different opinions?
6. What features of character are emphasized that every teacher should have?
Look at the characteristics of a teacher, choose two the most important ones from your point of view and explain your choice.
Patience, intelligence, kindness, personal beauty, physical health.
Vocabulary practice
1. Fill in the correct word from the list below:one’s best, prospect, open to, well-paid, control of, environment, the bar, to treat, expectations, with difficulties.
1. career _________
2. a ________ job
3. learning _________
4. high _________
5. to raise ________
6. to cope _______
7. _________ equally
8. to take _________
9. to be _______
10. to do _______
Give the English equivalents for the following word combinations.
Не знать меры в чем-то, предоставлять равные возможности, проходить через что-либо, заработная плата, удовлетворение, творчество, гордость, крушение, требовать, придавать форму (формировать), мотивировать, объединять, ослабить, облегчать.
Match words with their synonyms and use them in the sentences to complete
The gaps.
1. rewarding a. very easy to hurt 2. patient b. having much stressListening
Look through the table, listen and fill in the missing information.
2. Does a job of a teacher have anything in common with the jobs of a news reporter and a surgeon? What are these similarities if any?Speaking
Describe the portrait of an “ideal” teacher. Do not forget to mention: - the professional skills a teacher needs (as an educator, as an organizer);Practice the phrases used to give advice.
Use the formulas to give a piece of advice in the following situations.
1. Your friend is ill. He has got high temperature.
2. Your sister wants to study abroad.
3. Your classmate is afraid of speaking to a foreigner.
4. Your mother is tired of washing the dishes every day.
5. Your friend wants to buy a present to his girl friend but he doesn’t know what present she would like to get.
6. Your farther has bought a car but he doesn’t have driving license.
7. Your teacher wants you to know English well.
3. Do you have problems in your life? Formulate some of the problems and ask your fellow students to give a piece of advice to you.
Homework
Translate the text in written form.
TOP 6 KEYS TO BEING A SUCCESSFUL TEACHEREnumerate the top six key factors to being a successful teacher.
Insert the required form of the verb into the gaps.
1. If I were you I _______ (to require) a well-paid job as you have all the necessary
qualifications.
2. If he ____ (to be) open to other people opinions he would not be so stubborn.
3. She would not have lost control over the children if she _______ (to be) more patient with them.
4. If our teacher of Maths treated all the students equally he _______ (not to raise the
bar) too high for those he doesn’t like.
5. If we _____ (to come) to the party earlier we would have met my uncle.
6. If I _____ (to be) you I wouldn’t be so sensitive.
7. If I could relieve your pain I ______ (to do) everything possible.
8. I wish you _____ (to take control) of the situation.
9. We ___________ (to win) the competition if we had prepared for it properly. 10. If he _____ (to be) a fair teacher he would treat everybody equally.
Finish the sentences.
1. If I got through these difficulties I would…
2. If I got a well-paid job I would…
3. If I had high expectations I would…
4. If I had a stressful job I would …
5. If I were rich I would….
6. If I were patient to other people opinions I would…
7. If I had a rewarding job I would…
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Учителю часто приходиться справляться со стрессовыми ситуациями.
2. Работа учителя приносит удовлетворение, если он любит своих учеников.
3. Среда обучения оказывает огромное влияние на мотивацию студентов.
4. Творчество присутствует в любой профессии.
5. Он сделал все возможное, чтобы пройти этот тест.
6. Личное мнение учителя не должно влиять на учеников.
7. К сожалению, заработная плата учителя отрицательно влияет на выбор данной профессии.
8. Он очень решительный человек.
9. Только при условии предоставления ученикам равных возможностей в самовыражении (self-expression), мы можем добиться хороших результатов.
11. Процесс обучения должен быть последовательным иметь логику.
LESSON 8. INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Brainstorming activity
Try to give all the possible answers to the question.
Why do people innovate?
Active vocabulary
Listen and repeat the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Read the words following the order of their Russian equivalents.
5. to acquire the ability of 5. приобретать способность 6. creation 6. …Lead-in
Answer the questions using your background knowledge.
1. What is the main purpose of education?
2. How is the knowledge transferred from one generation to another?
3. Does education depend on the technological advances? How?
4. What do you understand under the term “information revolution”?
2. Here are different definitions of the term “innovation”. Do they mean the same
thing or different things?
1. Dictionary definition: Innovation is
1: the introduction of something new
2: a new idea, method, or device.
2. Innovation isthe successful exploitation of new ideas and is a vital ingredient forcompetitiveness, productivity and social gain within organizations.
3. Innovation isan attitude, a state of mind, and a creative process, as much as aspecific task or action.
Reading
Read the text and choose the best title for it.
2. Mutual dependence of Education and Technological progress 3. Models of delivering knowledge.Answer the questions to the text.
1. What role does innovation play in educational process?
2. What mode of delivering knowledge predominated in the age of agricultural development?
3. What is the min purpose of education nowadays?
4. What are the means of delivering knowledge in the information society?
5. What skills are very important to acquire for a student studying at the university?
Try to summarize the main ideas of the text in one sentence.
Vocabulary practice
1. Complete the gaps using the phrases given:to serve, abilities, verbal, example,demands, to play, society, ready–made, uninterrupted, human.
1. _____ an important role
2. societal ______
3. ______ knowledge
4. personal ______
5. _____ instruction
6. information _____
7._______ society
8. cognitive _____
9. ________ learning
10. ________ the needs of
Fill in the prepositions.
1. to penetrate ______
2. mode ___ delivery
3. the source ___ life
4. _____ the medium
5. to evolve _____ private schools
6. to adapt ___
7. ___ the basis of
8. to keep ___ mind
9. advances ___ science
Give the English equivalents to the Russian phrases.
Играть важную роль, способствовать (давать возможность) развитию общества, источник жизни развития образования, навыки эффективного труда, опыт общественной жизни, передача культурного опыта, адаптироваться к быстроменяющемуся миру, информационная революция, достижения в науке и технике, передача готовых знаний.
Rank the given statements in order of their importance in answering to the
question:“What is the main task of education from the point of view of the 21st century student?” Give arguments to prove your choice.
The main task of education is
1. to transmit the skills of productive labor
2. to transmit social experience
3. to transmit culture
4. to teach students to learn how to learn
5. to develop in students the ability of innovation
6. to help students to realize their strengths and weaknesses in order to develop their inborn abilities
7. to help the students to adapt to the rapidly changing world
Read the sentence and try to remember the last variant.
2. We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid advances in science and technology. 3. We live in an era of “knowledge explosion” characterized by the rapid…Reading
There are different types of innovations in education. Read the text and list the global changes suggested into three columns. The first column is done for you.
INNOVATION IN EDUCATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
1. Innovation of Mode of Education
Establish the role of students as the principal part in the process of teaching. Attention must be given to the stimulation of their independent thinking, to the cultivation of their scientific spirit and creative thinking, and to the development of their ability to analyze and solve problems.
Teaching objectives will be designed in light of the needs for students’ development. Students will be enabled to learn through receiving, probing, imitating and experiencing.
Reduce children’s overloaded burden of studying. Teaching quality will be improved and pilot schemes on “pleasant learning” will be experimented so as to enable students to develop in a lively manner and on their own initiative.
2. Innovation of Technology
The application of information technology in education will be pushed forward. One way to spread and use educational technology in educational institutions is the usage of multi–media computer technology as the core.
Another is to promote the popularization and application of the networks. The third is to develop modern distance education, to build up and provide network resources extensively, and to establish a life-long learning system with this as the platform.
The network will provide a variety of channels for learning and training programs to the general public. High-quality courses will be available at low cost on islands, in agricultural and mountainous areas. More practical technology will be provided for the farmers. Distance education facilities will also be used to transmit quality courses to the economically less developed western regions so as to promote educational development there.
3. Innovation of Structure
A learning society and the trend of life–long learning call for readjustment of the educational structure. Basic education must be given top priority. Higher education will be developed considerably through a variety of means. Learning can be achieved through diverse channels. Fly-overs can be built for the development of talented persons. A life-long learning system is being established to advance towards the learning society.
| Innovation of Mode of Education | Innovation of | Innovation of |
| Technology | Structure | |
| To make a student the principal part of | ||
| the educational process | ||
| To stimulate independent thinking | ||
| To develop the ability to analyze and | ||
| solve problems | ||
| To design teaching objectives in light | ||
| of the needs for student’s development | ||
| To reduce burden of study |
3. Any person can be an innovator as our life is an endless process of self– perfection. Imagine that you are a group of Innovators. You are invited to the university to make some changes. Discuss in groups the following questions:
1. If you were offered to make some changes in the educational process what you would change?
2. What kind of innovation it would be? (innovation of mode of education, innovation of technology, innovation of structure).
3. Why do you think these changes are necessary for the educational process? Will they be effective?
Choose three innovations and present them to the classmates giving your arguments to proof the innovations are necessary.
Homework
Translate from Russian into English.
2. В средние века знания передавались в устной форме.LESSON 9. DISTANCE EDUCATION
Brainstorming activity
Try to give all the possible answers to the question.
Why is distance education a rapidly developing phenomenon in our information society?
Active vocabulary
Repeat and practice the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead–inDiscuss in small groups the following questions.
1. Do you think learning, the process of acquiring knowledge, will ever take place without teachers and traditional system of education (classrooms, lectures, seminars, exams)?
2. Would you like to study in a virtual environment and never meet your teacher in reality?
3. What are the benefits of computer usage in the classroom (for students, for teachers)?
4. What are the potential benefits of using computer for learning English outside the classroom?
Reading
Answer the questions using your background knowledge.
1. Have you ever heard the term “Distance education”?
2. How does Distance Education differ from the traditional one?
3. What are the main means of delivering knowledge in Distance Education?
4. Do you agree that the introduction of DE is the revolution in educational process?
Read the text and formulate its main idea.
DISTANCE EDUCATION For the decades universities and colleges have been looking for ways of offering courses to students who do not have…Answer the question to the text.
1. What makes Distance Education different from the traditional one?
2. What are the categories of customers the Distance Education may be useful for?
3. How can Distance Learning be defined?
4. What are the potential benefits of Web–based materials?
5. What are the means of communication used to establish contact between students and teachers in Distance Learning?
6. What problems can educators face while introducing Distance Education into practice?
Vocabulary practice
1. Complete the gaps using the phrases given: computer, environment, courses, advancement, real–time, distance, style, rural areas, to have, to upgrade
1. to offer _______
2. _______ access
3. technological ________
4. _______ seminars
5. _______ learning
6. face–to–face __________
7. ________ one’s skills
8. learning _____
9. remote ________ _____
10. _______ usage
Fill in the prepositions and make sentences with the expressions got.
1. ____ light ____ this
2. to capitalize ___
3. to keep smb abreast ____
4. ___–the-job training
5. to be adapted ____
6. to interfere ____
Find in the text the English equivalents to the following Russian expressions.
Гибкий, устаревший, дистанционное обучение, подход, потенциальные
преимущества, повторять учебный материал, просматривать дополнительные материалы, университетский городок, информационные технологии, способ передачи знаний, полисенсорные материалы.
Discussion
Read the text and match the headings with abstracts of the text.
B. Lack of experience. C. Feedback and teacher contact. D. Isolation.Discuss in groups the following questions.
1. How can the problems or barriers enumerated in the text be decided? Suggest your own decision for each problem.
2. Distance learning is an independent learning. What features of character can help the student who studies beyond the physical campus to get a degree and not to drop out (бросить) the study? (to be self-disciplined, to be responsible, to have the ability to study, to be motivated, etc.)
3. What features of character may interfere with the normal process of study? Give your arguments. (to be lazy, to be unreliable, to be light-headed etc.)
Give the summary of your discussion to the groupmates.
Communication: comparing, contrasting, expressing preferences.
1. Compare and contrast two means of communication: post and e-mail. Which do you think is most efficient and why?
Comparing and contrasting
The main/greatest/most significant difference between two means of communication is that …
The most sticking/obvious similarity is that…
The first means of communication, ….. whereas/while/but in the second one…
2. Which of these means (e-mail, text messages, post, cell phone) do you mostly use to communicate with your family/friends?
Expressing preferences
I’d much rather … than
I don’t like the idea of …, so I would prefer to …
I am not a fan of …., so I would choose to …
Homework
Fill in the gaps using the appropriate Tense form of the verb in brackets.
TEXT MESSAGES Can you remember where you ____ 1 (to be) when the first text message _____ 2 (to be sent) in the UK? You can't? I'm…Translate sentences from Russian into English.
2. В течение многих лет университеты искали способ предоставления образовательных услуг в далекие сельскохозяйственные и горные районы. 3. Информация в сетевых курсах может постоянно обновляться.Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give arguments.
1. The main purpose of education nowadays is to teach students to learn.
2. Lifelong learning is the best way to keep oneself abreast of advances in science and technology.
3. To become a highly qualified specialist a person should take additional training every 5 years.
4. Distance education has more disadvantages than advantages.
LESSON 10. WHAT DOES PSYCHOLOGY STUDY?
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
What does psychology as social science study?
Active vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the speaker.
Lead-in
Using your background knowledge about psychology as a science, complete the following sentences. You may use the phrases given below.
Biology, sociology, anthropology, physiology, philosophy, social psychology, child psychology, pedagogical psychology, medical psychology, behaviour, activity, experiment, observance, test, modeling.
1. Psychology is closely related to many other sciences such as ….
2. The branches of psychology are ….
3. The subject matter of psychology is …
4. Research methods of psychology are ….
Agree or disagree with the following statements. You may use the phrases given to prove your point of view.
To develop personality, to affect people’s feelings and emotions, to influence upon
people’s behaviour, to answer human problems of our day and age, to help people become more self-actualizing, to communicate with people, to rear children.
1. Learning basic facts and research methods of psychology is extremely important in our present-day society.
2. The modern Russian educational system needs psychological service today.
3. People of legal professions rather than of engineering ones require specific psychological knowledge.
Try to develop the idea given. Agree or disagree. Give your arguments.
“The object of psychology is to give us a totally different idea of the things we know best”. Paul Valéry.
Grammar: sequence of tenses.
Say whether the action of the object clause precedes, follows or is simultaneous with the action of the principal clause in the following sentences.
2. The mayor promised that specialized clinics for such children would be founded in our city. 3. She claimed that the problem was to test the hypothesis.Open the brackets and put the verb into the correct form. Mind the sequence of tenses.
2. It is known that an Institute of psychology in the Russian Academy of… 3. We were disappointed to learn that hypothesis (was not proved; had not been proved) yet.Open the brackets and put the verb into the correct form.
important and real than what we (to feel) and (to do). 2. Humanists believed that man (to be born) basically good, and that conscious forces (to be) more important than…Reading
Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text.
PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE Psychology is one of the most rapidly developing social sciences, touching almost every aspect of our lives. It has as…Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions.
1. What is the definition of psychology?
2. What is the subject-matter of psychology as a science?
3. What kinds of problems is psychology concerned with?
4. What are the approaches described?
5. Could you give the names of noted psychologists?
6. Why is psychology complex and differentiated research system now?
7. Is it important to learn psychology?
Give the title to each paragraph. Find the basic sentence in each paragraph of the text.
Tell about psychology as a science to a person who is interested in learning it. Use the following plan.
1. Social demand for psychology.
2. The subject-matter of psychology.
3. Definition of psychology.
4. Psychological problems considered.
5. Find the information about the leading schools in psychology:
school of behaviourism, psychoanalysis and humanistic school following the plan given below.
1. Founder(s).
2. Main principles.
3. The engine of human behaviour.
4. Main representatives.
Are you the follower or the opponent of this school? Give reasons to prove your point of view.
Vocabulary practice
Find the equivalents in the text.
Психологи занимаются; широкий круг проблем; предотвратить заболевание; и тому подобное; предмет психологии; влиять на что-нибудь; другой подход к изучению; современная психология.
Match the words with a similar meaning.
a) Aim, aware, persuade, diverse, influence, research.
b) Convince, affect, purpose, various, conscious, investigation.
Fill in the table of derivatives.
Match the meaning with the word.
2. Careful examination of some subject to find out new facts; adult 3. Knowing clearly what is happening…Discussion
Introduction
Psychology as a science is mainly concerned with the study of the behavior of humans in their interaction with the environment. Not knowing the way to integrate into the society may lead to the numerous stresses, depression and the feeling of loneliness.
Discuss in groups of four the following questions.
1. How can the knowledge of psychology help us in our everyday life?
2. What can psychology be used for?
Give your arguments and illustrate them with the examples from real life.
3. Find additional information in the Internet and prepare a talk on one of the following topics:
1. The importance of psychology for people.
2. Freud's contribution into the theory of consciousness.
3. Gestalt psychology.
Prepare a dialog between a school leaver and a psychology student of your University.
B: .... A: You are a psychology student here, aren't you?Practice some expressions used for making suggestions and accepting or rejecting them.
Making suggestions
Agreeing to a suggestion
Practice the dialogs.
“How about going to the University? There will be an open day tomorrow and… “Will it be all right for you if we meet at the entrance to the University at 10 o’clock?”Choose the appropriate phrases to complete the dialog.
1. “What are you doing Thursday night?
2. “Have you got anything to do tomorrow night?
3. “Will it be all right for you if I call you up at six?”
Make up similar dialogs.
Homework
1. What are the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations?
Личность, внутренний мир, психоанализ, психофизиология, психическое расстройство, психическое здоровье, подсознательные инстинкты, самосознание, самоактуализация, условные рефлексы.
Translate these sentences using words and word expressions from Task 1 and mind the grammar of the lesson.
1. Фрейд считал, что структура личности имеет три составляющие: «Оно», «Я», и «Сверх-Я».
2. Внутренний мир этого человека – богат и разнообразен.
3. Известно, что психоанализ содержит систему идей и методов диагностики и лечения различный психический расстройств.
4. Психофизиология занимается изучением связей между психологическими явлениями и физиологическими процессами в организме.
5. Самоактуализация – стремление личности к самосовершенствованию.
6. На конференции говорилось о том, что необходимо поддерживать психическое здоровье детей.
7. Вчера мы узнали, что подсознательный инстинкт и условный рефлекс – основные понятия психологии.
Make up sentences using these groups of phrases in one sentence.
Example: Forensic psychology, to be, specialized branch. Forensic psychology is a specialized branch of psychology.
1. Psychotherapist, to specialize in, psychoanalysis.
2. Subject-matter, research, self-actualization.
3. Mental health, to depend on, environment.
4. Psychological findings, solve a problem, human factor.
5. Psychology, be concerned with, child-rearing methods.
6. To prevent, mental illness.
7. To influence on, behaviour, human being.
Read the text written and give a 2-minute summary of it.
ACTIVE AGENT AND/OR PASSIVE VICTIM The three major psychological views of man – the behaviouristic, the psychoanalytic, and the humanistic – differ most…Using the material of the lesson express your opinion on one of the following themes.
1. Man is an active agent in his own development.
2. Child’s intellectual potential is determined biologically.
LESSON 11. HOW DOES PSYCHOLOGY STUDY THINGS?
Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
What methods of gathering scientific information do you know?
Why is testing the most widespread method of research in psychology?
Active vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead-in
Using your background knowledge about methods of research in psychology agree or disagree with the following statements.
Peculiarity of the science, to reveal general (specific) psychological properties and capabilities, unique psychological phenomena, difficult to measure, findings about senses, feelings, emotional experience, images, thoughts and etc.
1. All methods of research are of equal validity and reliability.
2. Psychology as a science requires special methods of research.
3. Methods of research used in mathematics and other exact sciences can not be applied in psychology.
4. Choice of method of research fully depends upon the investigated problem.
Try to develop the idea given. Agree or disagree with the following quotation. Give your arguments.
“The psychological observer ought to be more agile (проворный, расторопный) than the tightrope dancer in order to be able to insinuate (проникать) himself under the skin of other people.” Soren Kierkegaard.
Grammar: Indirect Speech.
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech.
2. The lecturer said: “As a discipline, psychology is growing in size”. 3. He said: “Psychologists have devised numerous ways to test their hypotheses and theories”.Change the sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. The American Psychological Association recommended to researchers: “Tell prospective subjects what they will experience and instruct subjects… 2. He said: “Offer you own way of treatment for this mental illness”. 3. Most researchers said: “Follow strict ethical guidelines to minimize pain and discomfort to animals”.Change the sentences into Indirect Speech.
1. She asked: “How do body and mind interact?” 2. I asked: “Are body and mind fundamentally different parts of a human being, or are they one and the same,…Reading
Read the text and express in your own words the main idea of the text.
METHODS OF RESEARCH One way to learn about people is through archival studies, an examination of existing records of human activities.…Use the information in the text to find answers to the following questions.
1. What methods of research in psychology do you know?
2. What documents can be examined through archival studies?
3. What is the strong point of using the method of archival study?
4. What method allows learning more about people in general by testing an individual?
5. What method can be used to observe relationships between parents and children?
6. What is the difference between dependent and independent variables?
7. What are the major requirements for conducting an experiment?
8. Which method is the most suitable for psychological investigations?
9. What methods of research do we use in our everyday life, though we are not psychologists?
Finish the sentences using the information in the text.
2. Using the method of _______ researchers cannot influence the subjects by their presence. 3. The first scientist who began to formulate a theory of intellectual…Vocabulary practice
Fill in the correct word from the list below.
Experiment, trend, rate, psychological crime, research, look, group, development, observation, individual.
1. scientific _______
2. employment ______
3. _______ report
4. method of _______
5. control _______
6. naturalistic ________
7. ________ researcher
8. in-depth ______
9. intellectual _______
10. statistical _______
Match phrases in column A with their translation in column B and make up sentences with them.
Distribute the words given below into three columns.
To examine records, to observe indirectly, independent variable, absence of influence, not to intervene into, experimental group, to examine statistics, to study the interactions, a comparison group, to manipulate a factor.
| Archival study | Naturalistic observation | Experiment |
Discussion
Make up a dialog.
Student AYou are a patient. You have got some psychological problem. Tellabout it to the psychologist. Ask him/her for advice.
Student BYou are a psychologist. Talk to the patient. Find out the problem hehas got. Give him a piece of advice. Be polite and make the patient trust you.
Express your point of view on the following statements. Give your arguments.
problems who want to spoil the life of other people as their own life leaves…Read the dialogs, practice them and underline the phrases used to express doubt, disbelief or surprise.
1. “He’s been very nervous of conducting an experiment.” “Really? I never noticed it.”
2. “He only pretended not to know it.” “Did he? I doubt it. It’s unlike him.”
3. “ They weren’t satisfied with the results of the naturalistic observation.” “Weren’t they? That’s strange.”
4. “If you had consulted your scientific advisor earlier, you’d have advanced the wrong hypothesis.”
“You never can tell it.”
5. “Will you intervene in the relationships of your parents?” “That depends.”
6. “She’s decided to conduct a case study.”
“It’s not surprising. It’s the most suitable method to investigate the inner life of the respondent.”
React somehow expressing doubt or surprise. Use the phrases given.
Really? Do you really mean it? Are you sure? Is it true that …? It all depends. I’m not surprised.
1. I’m afraid the archival method will be of no use in his situation.
2. Something is wrong with my records of what is going on.
3. I think you’d better conduct a survey to prove your hypothesis.
4. My hypothesis hasn’t been confirmed.
5. All children are gifted in various ways.
6. How will you assign your students into groups?
Make up sentences so that the following phrases may be answers to them.
1. No wonder.
2. I doubt it.
3. You don’t say so!
4. What a pleasant surprise!
5. It’s only natural.
Homework
Translate the sentences from English into Russian.
1. Kraepelin said: “Psychiatric disorders are disease entities that can be classified like physical illnesses.”
2. Kraepelin also said: “The fundamental causes of mental illness lie in the physiology and biochemistry of the human brain.”
3. Carl Rogers said: “Only negative evaluations made by significant others in the life of the individual limit the individual’s potential for growth.”
4. Cognitive psychologists said: “We are not merely passive receptors of stimuli; the mind actively possesses the information it receives and transforms it into new forms and categories.”
Translate the sentences from Russian into English using the active vocabulary of the lesson.
2. Следующий эксперимент, который мы будем проводить, другого рода.Express your opinion (agreement, disagreement) in the written form about the following statements. Try to prove your point of view by giving arguments.
1. There is no universal method of research.
2. A method of research must correspond to the nature of the phenomenon investigated.
3. Scientific observation doesn’t differ from the everyday observation.
Read the text and do the tasks after it.
SURVEYS In contrast with the in-depth study of one person, surveys describe a specific population or group of people. Surveys…Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
How do you think what the quality of your memory depends on?
Active Vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead-in
Put the activities developing memory according to their importance and efficiency.
1. Remembering telephone numbers without writing them down.
2. Learning poems by heart.
3. Different games for attention.
4. Guessing crosswords.
5. Reading regularly.
Look at the activities enumerated in Task 1 and tell your groupmates what develops memory best of all in your opinion.
Example: I think that the most effective activity is games for attention as you develop your memory consciously…
3. Can you give a clear answer to the question: Whose fault is it that a person’s memory is poor?
– bad heredity – environment
– the person himself
Try to develop the idea given. Agree or disagree with the following quotation. Give your arguments.
“Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Grammar: Gerund.
Choose the right form of the Gerund.
a) discussing b) being discussed c)having discussed d) having been discussed …Insert the right preposition.
1. They succeeded … finding a good way-out.
2. Can you stop the child … being lazy.
3. He was accused … having broken laws.
4. I insist … questioning this fact.
5. I apologize … being so awkward.
6. I have no practice … solving these problems.
7. She kept … interrupting me while I was speaking.
8. He is slow … learning poems by heart.
9. He gave up the idea … ever hearing about it.
11. He never agreed … their catching this opportunity.
Put the words given below into the right order to make up a sentence.
1. Things, in, sometimes, overviews, we, great, sweeping, recall.
2. Improves, recalling, conscious, memory.
3. Understanding, is, than, none, even, a better, rudimentary.
4. A, memory, if, want, you, good, to practice, remembering, learn.
5. Mind, reading, in, a, do, voice, loud, you, my?
6. No, this, book, was, getting, there, opportunity, of.
7. Hearing, I, don’t, legend, before, remember, the.
8. Being, blamed, any, grounds, nobody, without, likes.
Match the parts of the sentences from A and B columns.
| A | B |
| a) It’s difficult to keep them | a) keeping your memory in practice |
| b) Will you please stop | b) exercising all the time |
| c) Does your work involve | c) reading so loudly |
| d) Do you go on | d) improving our environment |
| e) The aim of ‘Green’ service is | e) meeting with people |
Open the brackets and put the appropriate from of the gerund.
1. He remembered (discuss) the question.
2. I’m still nervous in spite of (rehearse) several times.
3. He began his speech without any (prepare).
4. He complained of (giving) a very small room.
5. The little girl never gets tired of (ask) her mother question.
6. I always treat people politely and I insist on (treat) politely.
7. Try to forget it, it isn’t worth (worry) about.
8. After (hear) the conditions I decided not to enter for the competition.
9. They can’t help (make) noise.
11. We didn’t anticipate (treat) like that.
Reading
Read and translate the text.
TIPS ON IMPROVING MEMORY Memory is the storing of learned information and the ability to recall things.Use the information in the text to find answers to the questions.
1. How do we remember things? Can you describe the process?
2. What is memory?
3. Do you know any memory techniques to remember things?
4. Why is close attention important when you want to form deeper “imprints”?
5. How can high anxiety interfere with the process of recalling things?
6. What psychological state impairs the interest to life?
7. What is your favorite sensory channel?
3. Discuss in groups of four: for what professions good memory is a compulsory thing? Make a list and explain why you think so.
4. Your friend complains on his memory. What advice would you give him?
Use the information in the text and your own experience.
Vocabulary practice
1. Fill in the correct word from the list below:memory, things, active, sensory,techniques, chemicals, expectation, test, interest, mind.
1. to recall ________
2. long-term _______
3. positive _________
4. memory _________
5. to release ________
6. ________attention
7. relaxed _____
8. _______ performance
9. to impair ______
11. ______ channel
Insert the right prepositions. Make up sentences with the expressions.
1. to express dissatisfaction ____ the memory
2. to assign ____
3. to be interested ____
4. to be _____ frustration
5. to go _____ the events
6. to communicate _____
7. to interfere ____
Discussion
1. Read the text and name the five simple techniques to improve your memory. Which of them have you used in your life experience? FIVE SIMPLE TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE YOUR MEMORYDiscuss in groups of four.
In what situations it is better to have a good memory and in which ones it is better to have a poor memory.
Communication
Agree or disagree with the following statements.
1. If you sit in all day you exercise your arms and legs.
2. If we have ordinary bodies we can improve our strength by practice.
3. Our memory is weak when we do not give it enough opportunity to become strong.
Answer the questions and then make up a dialog using these questions.
1. Have you ever thought about the quality of your own memory?
2. Why is it necessary to give it enough exercise?
3. What useful means of training one’s memory could you suggest?
4. What sort of information do you remember better: names, numbers, dates, times?
5. Why do people who can’t read or write have better memories?
6. Whose fault is it that a person’s memory is poor?
7. What is a way to develop a good memory?
Complete the dialog between two students, one of whom majors in psychology,
While the other majors in history.
- Since you major in psychology, I hope you’ll be able to help me. The thing is, I must remember numerous facts and figures and I find it too… -…Tell your groupmates about your ways of memory exercising.
Homework
Read through the following, allowing yourself to form mental pictures as you go along. When you come to the end, turn away from the computer and write down the list of words in the correct order.
MNEMONICS
I'm going to form a short story around the words that you're going to remember, and as you form the images in your mind, make them appear comical.
Words - The first word I want you to think of is television and its a very large, pink plastic television, so imagine a large, pink plastic television. And the next word is book. And you see that the reason the pink, plastic television is so big is because it is standing on a pile of old history books, so, the television is standing on a pile of old books and the third word is tree. And suddenly the book decides it wants to be a tree and it grows so big that branches stick out of the television and reach up. The fourth word is chair and looking up to the top of the tree you see a rocking chair nestled between two branches. So the fourth word is chair, and it's up there between those branches.
The next word is jelly and the chair is made of jelly and is wobbling around in the tree. The sixth word is cat – and suddenly a fat black cat with three legs runs up the tree and becomes so tired that he goes to sit on the jelly, but he is so fat and the jelly so wobbly that the cat comes down out of the tree. The seventh word is nurse and the nurse comes running up the cat to see if he's all right. When she sees that the cat only has three legs she begins to cry and she sheds so many tears that she needs a tablecloth to dry her eyes and blow her nose on. So the eight word is tablecloth.
Suddenly a gust of wind blows the tablecloth out of her hand and up in the air. So imagine now a tablecloth flying through the air - and the ninth word is airplane and a jumbo jet comes soaring through the sky and gets all tangled up in the tablecloth. The tenth word is chocolate band you suddenly notice that the airplane is not a real one, but a chocolate one and looks delicious. The eleventh word is spider - and a money spider comes up to the chocolate and licks it - really enjoying the taste. And the twelfth and final word is candle, and the chocolate that is left has a blue candle sticking out of it with purple and green smoke that wafts into the air.
2. You are a teacher and you are to present 10 new words for the pupils. They are: house, carpet, kitchen, pan, microwave, cat, flower, picture, jam, egg. Make up a vivid story like the one you have read in Task 1 to make your pupils to remember the words easily.
Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
1. Люди, которые жалуются на плохую память, не всегда понимают, что они сами в этом виноваты.
2. Дети должны много учить наизусть, если мы хотим, чтобы у них развивалась память.
3. Для того, чтобы быть здоровыми, мы должны много двигаться.
4. Некоторые люди сознательно тренируют свою память, запоминая даты, числа и тому подобное.
5. Обучаясь иностранному языку, очень важно проявить терпение.
6. Запомнить лекцию, не записывая ее – прекрасное упражнение для памяти.
Make up sentences using these words.
1. Cannot read, those, or, write, things, remember, who, have, to.
2. That, my, poor, is, it, is, own, memory, fault.
3. We, details, sometimes, only, remember.
4. Does, work, how, memory?
5. Is, weak, our, memory, enough, opportunity, strong, when, we, don't, give, it, to, become.
Read through the quotes of famous people, choose one and develop the idea given.
1. “Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.” Saul Bellow
2. “Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.” Michel de Montaigne
3. “The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.” Friedrich Nietzsche
4. “Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.” Albert Schweitzer
6. Give your own definition of “memory”.
LESSON 13. WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YOU? Brainstorming activity
Discuss the following question and give all the possible answers to it.
What are the means that help you to find out what kind of person is in front of you?
Active Vocabulary
Listen and pronounce the active vocabulary of the lesson after the teacher.
Lead-in
1. What features of character do you know? Place the given features of character into two columns:positive and…Define the type of personality the following people have.
1. Tom loves meeting new people.
2. Franny needs to stay home to reenergize herself.
3. Bill is a very outgoing person.
4. Meredith is energized sometimes by others and sometimes by being alone.
5. Jonatan becomes energized when he is around other people.
4. Discuss in groups of four the following statement. Give your arguments. “Pets have no personality.”
5. Do you agree with the statement: “Many of us, are probably ambiverts.”
Example: I agree with the statement “Many of us are probably ambiverts” from my
own experience, sometimes I need to stay alone, sometimes, I need a company. It depends.
If you were asked to list three adjectives that describe your personality, what would they be. Use the list from Task 1.
Develop the idea given.
“Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.” Erich Fromm
Grammar: Participle.
Open the brackets and put the appropriate from of the participle.
1. (to live) in the south, he can’t understand our life order.
2. (to read) the story, she closed the book.
3. (to show) the wrong direction we lost our way.
4. (to be) very ill, she couldn’t go out.
5. There are some categories (to develop) to classify people.
6. (to prescribe) some medicine the doctor went away.
7. The classification (to develop) last century is out of date.
8. (to apply) the new method he found several mistakes.
Replace the underlined parts of the sentences by the participle.
1. The man who is speaking now is very shy.
2. There are many students in our group who take part in the conference.
3. Be careful when you are crossing the street.
4. When she defined the subject, she began working at it.
5. When I finally made up my mind, I told then about my plans.
6. When I speak to her, I always tries to make my meaning clear.
Translate the words in brackets.
1. We came up to the woman (выглядящей) very fearful.
2. (Рассказав) all about the accident he went away.
3. Suddenly I heard a sound of a key (поворачиваемого) in the lock.
4. Each time (рассказывая) about it she couldn’t help crying.
5. The theory (разработанная) last century is out of date.
6. I felt very tired (проработав) the whole day.
Define the function of the participle.
1. The house built in the 18th century is ruined.
2. Being tired he went home at once.
3. The students translating this text work with me.
4. Having read this book I learnt a lot.
5. The answer received from her greatly surprised me.
6. Being told of his arrival, I went to see him.
7. The man standing in the hall is my cousin.
8. A person bringing good news is always welcome.
9. Getting off the bus he helped his wife.
10. Being written in pencil the letter was difficult to read.
Make up sentences from these words.
1. Performed, are, not, experiments, exact, very, being, here.
3. Physiological, clinic, coming, every, a, careful, should, to, an individual, have, examination.
3. Prefer, by, talking, extroverts, communicate, usually, to.
4. Outgoing, is, a, person, Bill, very.
5. When, become, other, people, I, energized, I, around, am.
Reading
Read and translate the text.
PERSONALITY TYPES The fact that humans differ from one another has stimulated many interesting theories of personality types. Respected…Vocabulary practice
Fill in the correct word from the list below.
Theories, moral, unfortunate, types, take-charge, amount, satisfaction, certain.
1. personality _____
2. _______ principles
3. inner ________
4. different _______
5. ________ leader
6. in _______ ways
7. great _______
8. ________ things
Form the adjectives from the following nouns.
courage ____________ fear _________________
person _____________ psychology ___________
tradition ____________ pleasure _____________
Form the nouns from the following verbs.
behave _____________ stimulate _____________
satisfy _____________ differ ________________
introduce ___________ define ________________
classify ____________
Match phrases in column A with their translation in column B.
| A | B | |
| 1. energized | 1. | ответственный руководитель |
| 2. derive pleasure | 2. | подразделяться на |
| 3. fall into | 3. | прилагать большие усилия |
| 4. take-charge leader | 4. | активизироваться |
| 5. put great efforts | 5. | получать удовольствие |
Complete the sentences.
1. Extroverts are characterized as ... people.
2. An introvert needs ....
3. The concepts of Extroversion and Introversion were introduced by ....
4. Historian James Barber classifies presidents into ....
5. The passive-positive people usually have ....
Discussion
1. Discuss in groups of three: What features of character can be called the Russian ones? Make a list and present it to the rest of the group.
Read the text and agree or disagree with the statements, highlighting the peculiarities of the Russians.
RUSSIAN CHARACTER Most Russians are not very different from most westerners in the way they perceive things or in their desired…Work in pairs. Translate the sentences in turn from Russian into English, using the information from the text.
2. Многие россияне положительно относятся к спорту, делают по утрам зарядку и бегают в парке. 3. Многие из нас могут говорить по-английски, но стесняются, так как практики общения с иностранцами немного.– Конец работы –
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