- •Contents
- •Предисловие
- •Introduction
- •Our Teaching Practice
- •1. Find the English equivalents for the following:
- •2. Speak of your teaching practice.
- •I. The teacher
- •And Gladly Teach
- •1. Practise reading the following words:
- •2. Give synonyms and antonyms (if possible) for the following words:
- •3. Paraphrase the following:
- •4. Confirm or refute the following statements:
- •5. Give detailed characteristics of each category. Role play
- •This extract comes from a play about life in a convent school in London in the 1950s.
- •1. Work with your partner to decide if each of the following
- •Interpretations is correct or not. Give your grounds.
- •2. Work with your partner to do the following exercise.
- •This extract comes from a novel about a teacher who worked at a girls’
- •Look at what Miss Brodie says in the sentences before and after stop 2 and 4. In each case:
- •4. What do you think the main intentions of the writer of each extract were? Write Yes (y) or No (n) for each extract in the boxes below. Give reasons for your ideas, and add any ideas of your own.
- •Read it and say what she thinks the teacher can do to keep the classroom trouble-free.
- •B) Identify all the errors and correct them. What makes a good English teacher?
- •Writing
- •II. Teacher-pupil relationship Topical vocabulary a Adults/Teachers: educational goals
- •Assistant Teacher
- •5. Read these personality evaluation profiles of different pupils and using the topical vocabulary (see above), give detailed characteristics of your own.
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •Role play
- •III. School and schooling education in great britain Topical Vocabulary
- •State Schools
- •Voluntary grammar schools;
- •Independent Schools
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •In late 1989 Britain decided to follow the example of most other countries and introduce a national Curriculum into schools. Read the extract below and answer the questions. The national curriculum
- •1.Match the words from the text with their equivalents:
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •Winston churchill’s prep school
- •1. Explain or paraphrase the bold-faced words and expressions.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •1. What are the differences between the following types of British schools?
- •2. Divide into three groups. Each group should read one of the articles about schools.
- •1. Work with two people who have read the other articles and find out about the other two students at different schools. Make notes of:
- •2. Discuss any surprises you got while you were reading these texts and any differences between these schools and the one you went to.
- •3. Which of the three schools would you send your children to? Give your reasons.
- •Summerhill education and standard education
- •1. Explain the bold-faced words and expressions.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •Writing
- •The Philosophy of Summerhill
- •Penalties Against the Fixed Rules
- •1.Explain the bold-faced words and expressions.
- •Should punishment be used in class?
- •1. Explain or paraphrase the bold-faced words and expressions.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •In groups, discuss one of the following topics:
- •Writing
- •2. Work in small groups. Summarize the issue presented in the background reading. Take notes to complete the following outline.
- •Opinion 1
- •1.Listen to the commentary. Check the statement that summarizes the commentator’s viewpoint.
- •2. Read the following questions and answers. Listen to the commentary again and circle the best answer. Then compare your answers with those of another student. Listen again if necessary.
- •Introduction
- •Defending the Common School
- •2.Find boldfaced words in the essay that have similar meaning to the following:
- •Writing
- •Year-Round Schooling is Voted in Los Angeles
- •School and life
- •1. Explain or paraphrase the bold-faced words and expressions.
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •Vocabulary self-check
- •I. Choose the correct answer.
- •II. Use each verb, at least once, in the correct form to complete the following.
- •IV. Read the text below and fill in one suitable word for each number. Lionel Mendax: Curriculum
- •V. Read the text below and decide which option (a, b, c or d) best fits each. Lionel Mendax: The Truth
- •Writing
- •Где учатся «карьеристы»
- •IV. Higher education Topical vocabulary
- •British and American universities
- •Oxford and Cambridge—Two Famous University Cities
- •1.Explain the bold-faced words and expressions,
- •2. Answer the questions:
- •Higher Education in the United States of America
- •1.Answer the questions:
- •2.Find in the text the factors, which determine the choice by an individual of this oг that college or university.
- •3.Summarize the text in three paragraphs.
- •1.Use the topical vocabulary in answering the following questions:
- •2.Give English equivalents of the following words and expressions:
- •3.Speak about Vitebsk State University, its administration and organization, facilities, faculty, admissions requirements, student body, etc. Use the topical vocabulary.
- •Role play Exams or continuous assessment?
- •The argument: key words
- •1. Great progress in many fields, but exams: a primitive method of testing knowledge and ability.
- •The counter-argument: key words
- •Colleges Begin to Ask, “Where Have the Men Gone?”
- •Match the columns and reproduce the context:
- •2. Paraphrase the following vocabulary items:
- •3. Give synonyms and antonyms (if possible) to the following words:
- •4.Which words collocate with the following vocabulary items?
- •5.Give English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •6. Confirm or refute the following statements:
- •Answer the questions:
- •Role play
- •Vocabulary self-check
- •I. Choose the right answer.
- •II. Match the words for people in education with the correct definition
- •Selecting Courses
- •IV. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.
- •Students
- •V. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the text.
- •Examination Grading
- •VI. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.
- •Payment Plans
- •VII. Choose the best synonym.
- •VIII. Complete the following article by filling in for numbers the missing words. Use only one word for each space. Bears on campus
- •Writing
- •Supplementary material the profession of teaching
- •Career ladders and master teachers
- •Teacher education
- •Teacher as researcher and scholar
- •Role play
- •Литература
- •Газеты и журналы
II. Match the words for people in education with the correct definition
apprentice |
a) a female teacher in charge of a school |
cadet |
b) a person who trains sportsmen for contests or prepares private students for an exam |
coach |
c) highest grade of university teacher |
dean |
d) the lowest teaching rank at a university |
disciple |
e) a person in charge of a division of study |
headmistress |
f) a person who teaches you driving |
instructor |
g) the head of some universities and schools |
lecturer |
h) a person studying to become an officer in the army or a policeman |
trainee |
i) someone learning a trade who works in return for being taught |
pupil |
j) a person undergoing some form of vocational training |
professor |
k) anyone devoted to the acquisition of knowledge, especially attending university |
principal |
l) attends primary school |
student |
m) a follower of a religious teacher |
III. Put each of the following words or phrases into its correct place in the passage below.
amount |
credits |
number |
opportunity |
course |
major |
specified |
subjects |
graduation |
prospectus |
three |
week |
outlines |
technical |
college |
selecting |
requirements |
class hours |
electives |
|
calendar |
curriculum |
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Selecting Courses
The courses given by a___ or university are called its curriculum. The ___ of the institution ___ the complete ___. It gives the ___ for entry to each course, as well as the credits given for the ___. Each course is designated as giving a ___ number of credits. These are usually equal to the number of ___ devoted each week to the course. For example, a course that meets three times a ___ usually gives ___ credits towards graduation. Schools using the semester ___ require about 120 credits for ___. Between 30 and 40 of the required ___ must be in the student’s ___ subject. Schools vary considerably in the ___ of freedom given students in ___ their courses. Almost all schools have a certain ___ of required ___. Students can also usually choose non-required courses called ___. Liberal-arts colleges usually give students more ___ to choose than do ___ schools.
IV. Put each of the following words into its correct place in the passage below.
authority |
bachelor’s |
bodies |
campuses |
classes |
co-educational |
co-ordinate |
courses |
degree |
freshmen |
graduates |
junior |
located |
school |
separate |
sex |
special |
students |
undergraduates |
university |
women |
year |
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