- •English on municipal administration
- •Module 1 City managers and their responsibilities
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Match Russian definitions with English terms:
- •3. Remember the pronunciation of the following geographical names:
- •4. Match the columns:
- •5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the forms and the functions of Participle I, II.
- •6. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions.
- •7. Review the terminology of the text:
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •11. Remember the pronunciation of the following geographical names: Hampshire ['hæmpʃɪə] – Хэмпшир; Missouri [mɪ'zuərɪ] – Миссури.
- •12. Form derivatives according to the models.
- •Grammar
- •13. Find out Participle I, II in the sentences below, define the form and the function.
- •14. Translate the sentences paying attention to the Absolute Participle Construction.
- •Reading and Analysis
- •15. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Responsibilities
- •16. Translate from Russian into English:
- •17. Answer the following questions.
- •19. Write a summary of the text above.
- •20. Make a brief report on the topic. Module 2 Leadership
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Match the columns:
- •Plutarch ['pluːˌta:rk] – Плутарх;
- •Grammar
- •Reading and Analysis
- •Text a Leadership and its Early History
- •7. Review the terminology of the text:
- •8. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •9. Answer the following questions.
- •10. Write a summary of the text above.
- •Vocabulary
- •11. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •12. Match the columns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •13. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Leadership Theories
- •Module 3 Finance management
- •Vocabulary
- •Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Match Russian definitions with English terms:
- •3. Match the columns:
- •Grammar
- •4. Find out Infinitives in the sentences below, define the form and the function.
- •Reading and Analysis
- •5. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a
- •6. Review the terminology of the text:
- •7. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •8. Answer the following questions.
- •9. Write a summary of the text above.
- •Vocabulary
- •10. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •11. Match the columns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •12. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Working capital management
- •Module 4 Community Development
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •7. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Community Development
- •8. Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
- •9. Answer the following questions.
- •10. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •12. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •13. Explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •14. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Community Development
- •15. Give the answer to the question below.
- •16. Complete the sentences.
- •17. Write a summary of the text above.
- •18. Make a brief report on the topic. Module 5 Decision making
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Match the words in a with those in b.
- •3. Find the synonyms:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •4. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Decision making
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Find in the text the words which have an opposite meaning:
- •7. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •8. Translate into English.
- •Vocabulary
- •9. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •10. Group the words according to their morphological structure:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •13. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Problem Analysis vs Decision Making
- •Module 6 Performance Measurement
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •2. Choose the right word.
- •3. Work as a class and match the following verbs with nouns:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •4. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Performance measurement
- •5. Answer the following questions.
- •6. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
- •Reading and Analysis
- •12. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text b Principles of performance measurement
- •If we don’t measure ……
- •13. Answer the following questions.
- •14. Complete the following sentences using the text.
- •15. Write a summary of the text above.
- •16. Make a brief report on the topic. Contents
Module 4 Community Development
Vocabulary
1. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
1) |
community development – развитие общества |
8) |
to overcome (overcame) – побороть, преодолеть, охватить, ослаблять |
2) |
academic disciplines – академические, университетские дисциплины |
9) |
poverty – бедность, нищета |
3) |
local community – местное сообщество (местного самоуправления) |
10) |
to knit – связывать, соединять, скреплять, сращивать, объединяться |
4) |
to seek (sought) – искать, стараться, просить, обращаться |
11) |
roots – причины, источники, сущность |
5) |
to empower – уполномочивать, доверять, давать возможность |
12) |
to deepen – углублять(ся), усиливать(ся) |
6) |
agenda – повестка дня |
13) |
to involve – включать в себя, вызывать, повлечь |
7) |
value – ценность, важность, полезность |
14) |
issue – исход, результат, вопрос, проблема |
2. Find the synonyms:
activists, social groups, community groups, involved citizens, issue, leaders, developers.
3. Read the adjectives and form degrees of comparison. Translate them into Russian:
broad |
ordinary |
concentrated |
common |
creative |
involved |
large |
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4. Make sure if you remember the suffixes of adjectives:
academy – academic, politic – political, practice – practical, to create – creative, to collect – collective, profession – professional.
5. Read and translate the following word-combinations and phrases:
political power, involved citizens, various aspect, social institutions, deepening democracy, the grass roots, common agenda, overcoming poverty.
6. Match the words in A with those in B.
A |
B |
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1) civic 2) academic 3) ordinary 4) development |
5) desired 6) social 7) political 8) collective |
a) community b) power c) institutions d) leaders |
e) people f) disciplines g) goals h) action |
Reading and Analysis
7. Read the text and be ready to answer the questions. Text a Community Development
Community development (CD) is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities.
Community development seeks to empower individuals and groups of people by providing these groups with the skills they need to affect change in their own communities. These skills are often concentrated around building political power through the formation of large social groups working for a common agenda. Community developers must understand both how to work with individuals and how to affect communities' positions within the context of larger social institutions.
Community development is defined as:
“A set of values and practices which plays a special role in overcoming poverty and disadvantage, knitting society together at the grass roots and deepening democracy”.
Community development involves changing the relationships between ordinary people and people in positions of power, so that everyone can take part in the issues that affect their lives. It starts from the principle that within any community there is a wealth of knowledge and experience which, if used in creative ways, can be channelled into collective action to achieve the communities' desired goals.