- •Eu jep catch project
- •English for Engineering Students I (in Bachelor studies) Course Description
- •Detailed course description
- •Study module teaching form
- •The structure and content of the syllabus
- •Unit I education system in russia and english speaking countries
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Asking and answering questions:
- •I’m not perfectly ready to answer this question, but next time I’ll try to answer!
- •Lesson 5
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for unit I
- •Verb to be (the Present Simple Tense) Positive and Negative Forms
- •General Questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Special questions
- •Tag questions
- •Negative forms
- •General questions
- •Alternative questions
- •Tag questions
- •Special questions
- •The Sentence Structure
- •Unit II
- •Lesson 2
- •Introduction to the theme
- •Lesson 3
- •Introduction to the theme
- •Lesson 4
- •Introduction to the theme
- •Lesson 5
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 5a
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 6
- •Introduction
- •Self-study materials for unit II
- •Unit III scientists (famous people)
- •Lesson 1
- •Lesson 2
- •Weather Forecast
- •Lesson 3
- •Uncle Philip
- •Lesson 4
- •Model version
- •Lesson 5
- •Invention, to explode, dynamite, powerful, closet, iron, bulb, fortune, phonograph, discovery, genius, to carry out, research.
- •Inventors and Their Inventions
- •Lesson 6
- •Introduction
- •Self-study materials for unit III
- •Alternative questions
- •Tag questions
- •Special questions
- •Unit IV computer
- •Lesson 1
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Computer Terms: Good Hackers, Bad Hackers and Busy Bloggers
- •Lesson 5
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study maerials for unit IV The Present Perfect Tense formation
- •The Present Perfect Tense
- •Present perfect and past simple
- •Unit V career prospects
- •Lesson 1
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 2
- •Lesson 3
- •Lesson 4
- •Lesson 5
- •Introduction
- •Lesson 6
- •Self-study materials for unit V The Future Simple Tense formation
- •I’ll be… or I’ll probably be… or I don’t know where I’ll be.
- •I ________________ soon. (to leave)
- •I shall be leaving soon. Or I will be leaving soon.
The Sentence Structure
Explain students the word order of English sentence:
Subject – verb – object – place – time (SVOPT) and do the exercises at the lesson to be sure they understand this grammar material.
Then they may do revision test.
Revision test
Put the words in the right order.
(a newspaper / reads / every day / Jill) Jill reads a newspaper every day
(football / don’t like / very much / I) I don’t like football very much.
(London / do you know / very well?) Do you know London very well?
(I / very well / French / don’t speak) I don’t speak French very well.
(I / this picture / don’t like / very much) I don’t like this picture very much.
(she / smokes / every day / ten cigarettes) She smokes ten cigarettes every day.
(you / the same clothes / wear / every day) You wear the same clothes every day.
(I / want to speak / fluently / English) I want to speak English fluently.
(lost/I/my watch/last week).I lost my watch last week.
(Tom/the letter/ slowly/read).Tom reads letter slowly.
Put the words in the right order.
(to work/every morning/walks /George) George walks to work every morning
(goes / every year / to Italy / Jill) Jill goes to Italy every year.
(in London / Alice / in 1951 / was born) Alice was born in London in1951.
(in October / Barbara / to university / is going) Barbara is going to university in October.
(to work/ tomorrow/are you going?) Are you going to work tomorrow?
(next week/they/to London/are going) They are going to London next week.
(many times/my parents/have been/ to the United States) My parents have been to the United States many times.
(a beautiful bird/this morning/I/in the garden) I saw a beautiful bird in the garden this morning.
(my umbrella/last night/ I think I left (in the restaurant) I think I left my umbrella in the restaurant last night.
(at the party/we/early/arrived) We arrived at the party early.
(they/since 1984/here/have lived) They have lived here since 1984.
(will you be/this evening/at home?) Will you be at home this evening?
(to the cinema/last night/did you go?) Did you go to the cinema last night?
(on Monday/here/will they be?) Will they be here on Monday?
Raymond Murphy, Grammar in Use
Unit II
COUNTRIES AND CITIES
(traditions, customs and holidays in Russia and English speaking countries)
prepared by
Elena Teleshova
e-mail: teleshova_elena@mail.ru
Lesson I
The lesson plan
Introduction to the theme (3 min)
Pre-reading discussion (10 min)
Active vocabulary (10-15 min)
Reading text (15-20 min)
Reading comprehension (13-18 min)
Speaking practice (17-22 min)
Homework (1 min)
Introduction
As an introduction to the lesson “My country” for students a teacher may say that there are a lot of countries in the world but there is no country like your Motherland. Moreover it is impossible to know the language without knowing the country where it is spread.
Pre-reading discussion
Ask students to comment on the following proverbs:
East or west home is best.
There is no place like home.
ACTIVE VOCABULARY
Ask students to find Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations and to pronounce them correctly:
transcontinental adj. crossing the continents трансконтинентальный, пересекающий континент
area n. geographical region of indefinite boundary область, район, местность
mineral and energy resources natural resources in the form of minerals: natural resources producing energy (gas, oil etc.) полезные ископаемые и энергетические ресурсы
border n. a line determining the limits of an area граница
population n. the people who inhabit a territory or state население
vary v. become different различаться
steppes n. huge plain without trees степи
plains n. flat open land равнины
forests n. land that is covered with trees леса
tundra n. vast plain without trees in the arctic regions тундра
taiga n. thick forests in the northern regions тайга
mild adj. soft мягкий
heat n. high temperature жаркий период года
unbearable adj. impossible to bear, to stand невыносимы
moderate adj. not extreme умеренный
continental adj. typical to Europe континентальный
READING TEXT
Ask students to read the text I “Russia” paying attention to pronunciation of the discussed words and word combinations.
READING COMPREHENSION
I. Ask students to find in the text English equivalents for the following Russian phrases.
mineral and energy resources (полезные ископаемые и энергетические ресурсы), ninth-largest (девятый по величине), shares land borders (граничить), the breakup of the Soviet Union (развал Советского Союза), successor state (государство-преемник), devoted to (быть посвященным чему-то), churches and cathedrals (церкви и соборы)
II. Ask students to correct the statements if they find them wrong. Use such phrase as: I agree with you. You are right. or I’m afraid I don’t agree with you. That’s not true/right.
TRUE
FALSE (It is the largest country in the world.)
FALSE (The area of Russia is over 17000000 square kilometers.)
FALSE (Russia has the world's ninth-largest population.)
FALSE (Because of its size, Russia's climate is also varied.)
III. Ask students to answer the following questions using the text.
Russia is situated both in Asia and Europe.
Yes, it is. Russia is rich in mineral and energy resources.
Yes, it is .Russia is the Soviet Union's successor state.
Russia share borders with 17 countries.
There are steppes in the south, plains and forests in the midlands, tundra and taiga in the north.
Because of its size, Russia's climate is also varied.
Russian is the official language of the country
Moscow is the capital of Russia, it is Russia’s largest city (. And an important economic and business center.
The population of Moscow is 8.3 million people.
No, Moscow is not only an economic and business center, its cultural tradition is rich, and there are many museums, churches and cathedrals.
IV. Ask students to divide the text into parts and to entitle them; to add necessary sentences to the entitled parts.
Text plan
the territory of Russia; (The country is washed by 12 seas of 3 oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic and the Atlantic. There are over two million rivers in Russia. Europe’s biggest river, the Volga, flows into the Caspian Sea. The world’s deepest lake is Lake Baikal);
the political structure of Russia; (Russia is a parliamentary republic. The Head of the state is the President. The legislative powers are exercised by the Duma);
the climate of Russia;
the Russian language;
the capital of Russia. (The capital of Russia is Moscow It is one of the oldest Russian cities.)
V. Ask student to do the Knowledge Quiz about Russia, its history, geography, culture and politics.
1. What is the building where the Russian President lives called? |
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Kreml (Kremlin) |
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Nicholas II Tsar Nicholas II (r. 1894-1917) was the last Tsar of Russia. He was forced to abdicate the throne in February 1917 |
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Ivan I Ivan the First had a brilliant idea to break away from the Mongols. He charged the Muscovites with more tax money than the Mongols demanded. He sent the required money to the Mongols, and kept the remaining tax money. Over a period of time, he was able to hire an army, and had enough men to defeat the Mongols. |
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The printing press. Ivan loved to read. His greatest past-time was reading. When he went to Europe (around 1556) he saw that they had invented the printing press. He brought that back to Russia, along with the new teachings of music to the schools. |
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Tatar-Mongol According to the legend his ancestors originated from the Tatar knyaz Chet. Ivan the Terrible died in 1584. His weaker son, Fedor ruled for a short while. He died soon after. Gudonov was left in control of Russia. Although the boyars originally disliked him because of his origin, they soon changed their opinions about him. Gudonov had an excellent mind-set for diplomatic relations with foreign countries. Among other non-Russian leaders were Catherine the Great (German), and Alexandra Romanov (Wife of Nicholas II, and she was also German.) |
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Answer: Alexander Ulyanov & Alexander Ulianov & Alexander Ilich Ulyanov. (Two Words) Alexander Ulyanov was charged with an attempt to assasinate Alexander III. The Tsar was extremely fond of peasants, but he was a known Jew-hater. He ruled by martial law, and made counter reforms, which gave the government control over the subjects taught in college. Since Ulyanov was a college student, these reforms intruded on his school work. |
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Yakutsk Kazan Volgograd Vladivostok |
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Mumansk Yekaterinburg Nizhni Novgorod St. Petersburg |
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Murmansk Vladivostok St. Petersburg Novosibirsk |
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Volgograd St. Petersburg Moscow Nizhni Novgorod |
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Yakutsk Vladivostok Novosibirsk Murmansk |
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Noril'sk Nizhni Novgorod Kazan Yakutsk |
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Novosibirsk Nizhni Novgorod Chelyabinsk Rostov |
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Alexander Pushkin In Russia, Pushkin holds a status that is unparalleled by any writer in American culture. Among his numerous works are: “Eugene Onegin,” a novel in verse; “The Queen of Spades,” on which Tchaikovsky based an opera; and the epic poem, “The Bronze Horseman.” |
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Viy The Petersburg Tales also include “The Portrait” and “Diary of a Madman.” |
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Peter The novel alternates between contemporary (early Soviet period) Moscow and Jerusalem in the time of Christ. Bulgakov gives his interpretation of the arrest of Jesus, his trial before Pilate, and the death of Judas, but does not mention the apostle Peter. |
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Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov was teaching at Cornell when he wrote his most well-known novel, “Lolita,” in 1955. | ||||||
5 In the 20th century, there were five Russian Nobel laureates: Ivan Bunin (1933), Boris Pasternak (1958-declined), Mikhail Sholokhov (1965), Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1970), and Joseph Brodsky (1987). | ||||||
Answer: It covers the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of Asia. In the south Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan. In the west it borders on Norway, Finland the Baltic states, Belorussia, the Ukraine, it has a sea-border with the USA. (17 countries) |
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Speaking practice
Ask students to discuss the topic “Russia” with their partners using newly learnt words and introduce their final work to the class. Ask them to discuss the territory of Russia; the climate of Russia; the capital of Russia and its cities: the political situation of Russia; Russian contribution to the world’s literature, using newly learnt words.
Homework
Ask students to study new vocabulary.