- •Е.С. Надточева
- •Предисловие
- •Culture shock and multiculturalism unit I
- •1. Discuss the questions with the members of the class.
- •Coming To North America
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary and grammar
- •6. Game. One of the students chooses a stage of culture shock. The other students ask him| her yes-no questions trying to guess the stage.
- •1. You are going to read several articles related to culture shock. In which article would you expect to find the following words and word combinations?
- •2. Now read the articles to see if your expectations were correct and answer the questions that follow each article. On alienation and the esl students
- •Eating in america
- •3. Comment on the contexts which the following concepts illustrate:
- •2. Answer the questions of the quiz.
- •3.Complete the paragraph by filling in the appropriate word: disease, slang, culture, idioms, cues, shock, newcomer, gestures, adjust. (One word is not used)
- •4. Answer the questions of the quiz.
- •1. A friend of yours who doesn’t know English is writing a report on culture shock. Translate one of the articles given above for him.
- •Студенты – иностранцы и культурный шок
- •Ценности
- •Модель культурного шока
- •Некоторые последствия культурного шока
- •Как помочь себе
- •В заключение…
- •Unit II
- •The development of multiculturalism
- •2. Read the text again and while reading take notes summarizing the main points.
- •3. A friend of yours hasn’t read the article, give him the basic information in a one-minute speech. Use your notes if necessary.
- •3.1. How to get us citizenship (procedure, costs of applying).
- •3.2. Green Card Lottery (procedure, costs of applying).
- •1. Read the text and say why a country needs immigrants.
- •Coming to america
- •Individual reading
- •Appendix
- •Culture Shock: It's the Little Things That Count in the Biggest Ways
- •Vocabulary list
- •References
- •Методическое пособие по культуре речевого общения для студентов обучающихся по специальности «031202 – Перевод и Переводоведение» (1 ия, английский)
- •620017 Екатеринбург, пр. Космонавтов, 26.
Vocabulary
Explain the words underlined in the text. Consult the dictionary for other meanings.
Fill in the gaps with the words from ex.1. You can use each word more than once.
I told him about the problem but he was totally ___________________________________ .
It was a __________________move on their part to open a branch of the business in France.
He was prescribed a rather ___________________diet of soup, fish and bread.
Going away to college made me more _______________________ .
A look of disgust appeared on his face when he saw _________ chips served by the waiter.
He is said to be a young man of ___________________ morals.
The wine made him ___________________enough to approach her and introduce himself.
You have done quite a ____________________ translation. It won’t do.
After the meeting a _________________statement was issued. It didn’t arouse any interest.
He is used to wearing _________________ shirts and baggy trousers.
How can you trust a government that is __________________________to public opinion?
On arriving to the inn first of all we got rid of our _____________________ clothes.
She marched in here, as ______________________ as brass, and demanded a pay rise.
There were a lot of barefoot children with long _________________hair running around.
If I may be so _________________as to suggest that he made a mistake in his calculations.
Give the Russian equivalents to the following word combinations
1. superior academic achievement __________________________________________________
2. be awarded a full scholarship __________________________________________________
3. to accomplish one’s goal of __________________________________________________
4. a strong sense of moral values __________________________________________________
5. to welcome challenges __________________________________________________
6. in terms of __________________________________________________
7. academic work __________________________________________________
8. once in awhile __________________________________________________
9. be caught up in one’s own world _________________________________________________
10. casual comment __________________________________________________
11. the foreign student adviser __________________________________________________
12. to withdraw from school __________________________________________________
13. to consider smb a failure __________________________________________________
Discuss Dita’s problems with a friend. Try to use at least one word combination from ex. 1,2,3 in every exchange.