- •Kolomna
- •Contents
- •Personal identification
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Culture words
- •Vocabulary work
- •Why do people ever get married?'
- •Reading and speaking section
- •In pairs or groups, refer to the information below and on the next page, discuss to what extent the ideas are true about you and the others in your group.
- •22 December - 20 January
- •21 January-19 February
- •20 February - 20 March
- •21 March-20 April
- •21 April-21 May
- •22 May-21 June
- •22 June-23 July
- •24 June - 23 August
- •24 August-23 September
- •24 September-23 October
- •24 October - 22 November
- •23 November - 21 December
- •Friends for life
- •Modern british families
- •Families and family life
- •The extended family
- •Family life
- •In pairs or groups, look through the questions of Task 6 and report on The Modern Russian Family. Translation and rendering section
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Vocabulary work
- •Insert prepositions or post-verbal adverbs where necessary:
- •Reading and speaking section
- •A week-day in john’s family
- •Children’s chores
- •The use of leisure
- •Translation and rendering section
- •Houses and homes
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Vocabulary work Exercise 1. Write down the English equivalents for the following Russian words and word combinations.
- •Home sweet home
- •My room and welcome to it
- •Eating and drinking
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Culture words
- •Vocabulary work
- •Reading and speaking section
- •Eating out (by Clement Hardine)
- •Fast food (by Rebecca Mitchell)
- •The abc of table manners
- •Meals in britain
- •Comprehension Check
- •Translation and rendering section
- •Shops and shopping
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Culture words
- •Vocabulary work
- •Exercise 2.
- •Exercise 3.
- •Exercise 5.
- •Exercise 6.
- •Exercise 7.
- •Exercise 8.
- •Exercise 9.
- •Exercise 10.
- •Vary, short, likely, freeze, success, expense, reduce, complain, polite, willing reading and speaking section
- •Marks & spencer
- •Comprehension check
- •Shop till you drop. A new disease of our time.
- •Borrowing out of control
- •Vicious circle
- •A cure for shopping?
- •I. At the millinery department:
- •II. At the shoe department:
- •Learning foreign languages
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Culture words
- •Vocabulary work
- •Reading and speaking section
- •English today
- •Learning english is important for me
- •Learning a new language
- •Academic reasons for studying foreign languages
- •The study of foreign languages
- •How to learn a language
- •What makes a good language school?
- •Translation and rendering section
- •Пять способов выучить английский. Какой из них лучше?
- •1. Индивидуальные занятия
- •2.Занятия в группе
- •3. Лингафонный курс
- •4. Обучение под гипнозом
- •5. Суггестопедия
- •Languages. Countries. People
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Vocabulary work
- •Reading and speaking section
- •Translation and rendering section
- •Seasons and weather
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Culture words
- •Vocabulary work
- •Weather Vocabulary Quiz
- •Reading and speaking section
- •Seasons and weather
- •Russian weather
- •Translation and rendering section
- •Travelling
- •Idioms and expressions
- •Proverbs and sayings
- •Vocabulary work
- •Reading and speaking section
- •Translation and rendering section
Learning a new language
Why do people all over the world learn foreign languages? Perhaps because the world is getting smaller, in a way: nations are more closely linked with each other than ever before, companies operate world-wide, scientists of different nationalities co-operate, and tourists travel practically everywhere. The ability to communicate with people from other countries is getting more and more important.
Learning a new language is a great thing. It is fun, it is interesting. It broadens your horizons and leads to great opportunities, too!
When you learn a new language, you are exposed to new things. You also learn their culture and the way the people live and the food they eat. It is often fascinating when you find out how different other people's way of living is compared to your own.
It would be great to learn a new language. For example, if you have a passion for France and one day you may have a chance to travel or live in France. It would be an advantage if you know French, even if you know just a little, you do not have to be fluent. Just as long as you can communicate, that way you can learn even more.
There would also be less chance that you might be cheated there, because you can understand what they are saying.
Learning a new language can also lead you to a great job overseas and many other opportunities. This may happen if you work in a large company and they need to send someone over to Germany for a business meeting. You would have - advantage if you know German. There's a high chance that you will be chosen. Л great opportunity would be meeting a native speaker and you can talk to them and learn ever more about their language and culture.
There are much more reasons to learn a new language. It is a great way to learn more things. Like the saying 'Knowledge is power.' The more you learn the better. So next time you are looking for a new hobby, why not pick up a new language and expand you knowledge?
Academic reasons for studying foreign languages
Students gain essential academic benefits from foreign language study. Among these are communication skills, cultural knowledge, connections to other subject areas, comparisons to their own language and culture and participation in multilingual.
The study of European languages, both modern and classical, enhances vocabulary building because so many English words are derived from those languages. Languages such as Japanese, Arabic and Russian have the additional benefit of requiring students to develop an ability to interpret unfamiliar symbols. Students of foreign languages gain a greater understanding of grammatical structures and syntax and also gain an increase in vocabulary.
In various studies throughout the U.S., foreign language study has also been associated with improvements in students' creativity, self-concept, critical thinking abilities, memory, listening skills and performances on standardized tests.
Students also gain an increased appreciation for literature, art and music as a result of exposure to foreign cultures.
These benefits hold true for the college-bound and non-college-bound student alike.
Foreign language study is an educational necessity, along with English, math, science, social studies, physical education and the arts. Therefore, foreign languages are an integral part of any program of study.
Task 4. Look through the list of reasons for studying foreign languages and decide which of them are true for you and which are not.