- •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
8. Translate the sentences into Russian and then back into English.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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”.
9. Answer the following questions.
1. What is community development?
2. What does community development seek to?
3. What must community developers understand?
4. How is CD defined as a set of values?
5. What does community development involve and what for?
6. What principle does CD start from?
10. Work in pairs. Correct wrong statements.
1. Community development is a narrow and local term applied to the practices and social studies of a few professionals to improve some aspects of local communities.
2. Community developers must understand how to influence people within the context of social institutions.
3. Community development involves the relationships between citizens and civic activists, so that everyone can improve their lives.
11. Translate into English.
1. Развитие общества (сообщества) направлено на расширение возможностей отдельных лиц и категорий граждан путем предоставления им навыков, необходимых для изменения условий их жизни.
2. Развитие общества предполагает изменение отношений между простыми людьми и представителями властных структур так, чтобы каждый принимал участие в вопросах, затрагивающих его жизнь.
3. В любом обществе есть богатые знания и опыт, которые при творческом использовании, могут быть направлены в коллективные действия для достижения желаемых целей сообщества.
Vocabulary
12. Read and remember the following words and word-combinations:
1) |
utopia – утопия |
4) |
philanthropy – филантропия, благотворительность |
2) |
complement – комплимент, похвала, любезность, поздравление |
5) |
nonprofit organization – некоммерческая организация |
3) |
renewal – возобновление, возрождение, реставрация |
6) |
to uplift – поднимать, возвышать |
7) |
neighborhood – соседство, округ, окрестности |
11) |
rural community – сельская, деревенская община |
8) |
municipal – муниципальный, городской, самоуправляющийся |
12) |
seemingly – по-видимому, подобающе |
9) |
extensive – обширный, пространный, экстенсивный |
13) |
caisses populaires (фр.) – кредитные союзы |
10) |
to affiliate – усыновлять, принимать в члены, присоединяться к ч/л |
14) |
subsequent – последующий, являющийся результатом ч/л |