- •Предисловие
- •Unit 1. Types of Family in Modern Society
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •The British Family
- •The American Family
- •The Future of the Family
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Британская семья
- •The Family
- •The Problem of (Cohabit)
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •III. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •IV. Dialogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •Unit 2. What Makes a Good Parent? Family Discipline and Changes in Parental Authority
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Permissiveness: “a Beautiful Idea” that Didn’t Work?
- •Comprehension Check
- •Article Rendering: Basic Structure Build-Up
- •Parents Are Too Permissive with Their Children Nowadays
- •1. Fill in the columns in the chart with the corresponding adjectives and phrases from the list below. Some descriptions may fit into both columns.
- •2. When you have completed the chart, pick out all the (1) synonyms and (2) antonyms to the following characteristics.
- •1. Synonyms 2. Antonyms
- •3. Make use of the completed chart to give a brief sketch of each child/parent type. Use the following questions as a guide.
- •Difficult Children
- •The Monster Children
- •Life Styles: “What Makes a Good Parent”?
- •Ivan sokolov
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •The Power of No
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Agree or disagree with the quotations below. Be sure to provide solid arguments.
- •II. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •1. Out-of-class Projecting
- •Debate Techniques
- •Introduction
- •Arguments and Counter-arguments
- •Questions
- •2. Class Activities
- •IV. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Individual Argumentative Techniques
- •Project on a Problem Situation
- •Introduction
- •2. Class Activities
- •V. Written Discourse Skills Development
- •Unit 3. Problems of a Young Family
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Additional Vocabulary List
- •The Child Care Dilemma
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •It’s 10:00 a.M.: Do You Know What Your Sitter’s Doing?
- •Smart ways to check on your sitter
- •It’s 4:00 p.M.: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Back to Day Care
- •Что творят с детьми няни (…или Как проследить за процессом воспитания)
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Written Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities:
- •II. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Unit 4. Hazards of Teenage Sex
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Teenage Sex: Just Say “Wait”
- •Lower the Age of Consent
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Дочки-матери
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •III. Dialogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •Unit 5. Problems of a Young Family Young Adults: Living in Parental Homes or Living Away?
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Show Me the Way to Go Home
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •Back to Mum After All This Time
- •Could You Throw Out Your Child?
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •Is Your Nest Too Full?
- •Bit of a Crowd in the Empty Nest
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •II. Written Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Background Reference Information
- •II. Letter Structure Focus
- •III. Sample Letter Publication Foreword
- •Unit 6. Marriage and Divorce
- •Focus Vocabulary List
- •Vast Majority of Americans Still Believe in the Family
- •Comprehension and Discussion Guide
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •In Great Britain, an Easier Out
- •Divorce
- •Integrated Discourse Skills Development
- •I. Polylogue Discourse Modelling
- •2. Class Activities
- •II. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •Individual Argumentative Techniques
- •III. Written Discourse Development
- •IV. Monologue Discourse Modelling
- •References
- •Contents
Предисловие
Данное пособие представляет собой один тематический блок из семи учебных программных тем, изучаемых на 5 курсе в рамках дисциплины “Дискурсивные практики коммуникации”. Тема “Семья в современном обществе” рассматривается в социологическом аспекте с акцентом на актуальные тенденции развития института семьи: виды семьи в современном обществе, проблемы воспитания, трудности молодой семьи, вступление в брак и оформление развода и др.
Каждый раздел пособия составлен по единой схеме и представляет собой комплексный блок, посвященный определенному аспекту изучаемой темы, содержит 2-3 базовых текста, разработки к тематическим аудио- и/или видеопрограммам и художественным фильмам, упражнения на активизацию ключевого словаря, упражнения, направленные на обсуждение тематической проблематики на базе учебных текстов, аудио- и видеоматериалов. Основное внимание уделяется упражнениям, содержащим творческие задания, способствующие развитию и совершенствованию коммуникативных и переводческих навыков, умению вести дискуссию, подготовке презентаций, моделированию различных видов дискурса и т.д. В рамках данного пособия дискурс понимается как поэтапное ситуативное конструирование и презентация устного монологического текста (например, подготовка проекта по предложенной проблемной ситуации) или диалогического текста (например, ролевые игры, телеинтервью), а также творческого письменного текста (например, написание критической статьи на основе тематического художественного фильма). Пособие носит обучающий характер и содержит основные схемы подготовки отдельных заданий, а также примеры их выполнения.
Пособие предназначено для студентов старших курсов лингвистических вузов и магистрантов, может использоваться как во время аудиторных занятий, так и для самостоятельной работы. В процессе прохождения темы преподаватель выбирает наиболее актуальные аспекты для изучения.
Unit 1. Types of Family in Modern Society
Study and learn the topical focus vocabulary list. Provide Russian equivalents to the vocabulary items.
Focus Vocabulary List
A-B
happy, balanced (syn. stable) families
to stand for family values
the nuclear (syn. traditional/immediate) family; the extended family; the flock
to shrink; syn. to fall steeply; ant. to increase; a fourfold increase in smth*1
the family unit/group/community
a family situation/arrangement; a familial pattern/practice/setup/setting
to be in crisis, ~ in a state of crisis; syn. to be in decline*
(to be) a thing of the past*
to blame smth on smb; to blame smb for smth; to put the blame on smb; to be to blame*
to be related by blood or law; to be blood-related; blood relationship(s)
to commit oneself to marriage/to make a marriage commitment
(syn. colloquial to tie the knot); marriage bonds/ties
to be acceptable (to have alternative life styles); same-sex (syn. homosexual)/ heterosexual couples
to make up 44% of the workforce (Br. labourforce); to be in paid work outside the home; to take/do paid work
the main, male/female breadwinner; income provider
“latch key kids”; syn. waifs and strays
there’s a stigma attached to ... (~ the phenomenon of latch key kids)*
child care centres; day nurseries (Br.)/daycare centers (Am.)
a child minder; syn. a (baby) sitter/nursemaid/
to fit in with (~ school hours)*
in the workplace (to establish crèches ~)
it’s a commonly held view that ... ; syn. it’s common knowledge that …*
to divorce smb; serial divorce; to disrupt a marriage/to abandon (syn. to renounce)/to opt out of a relationship
irretrievable breakdown of marriage; a disintegrating family life
a divorce petition
to cohabit; cohabitation; cohabitee/cohabiter/cohabitant
to test out a relationship
to have a live-in boyfriend/girlfriend; a live-in relationship
to be born outside marriage
births to married couples/to single people (syn. singletons/single-person householders); to be born to smb
a single-/lone-/one-parent family, household; a single/lone parent
to be (clearly) at an advantage/a disadvantage*
to need role models of both sexes; masculine/feminine role models
to control the family finances
male-/female-dominated family life/households
to frown upon smth (syn. to disapprove of)*
C
a female homemaker
pre-school children/pre-schoolers
at the heart of the issue*
genderquake
to measure up/to live up to smb’s expectations*
in the space of a generation; to incorporate four generations
people below pensionable age
delayed adulthood
at an average age of …*
first-time brides
to pursue higher education
a transition period*
“quality time”; time-squeezed families
procreative sex
to make a comeback*
renewable marriage contracts; to reaffirm one’s marriage vows
to facilitate communication*
to use teleparenting systems/virtual monitoring
to become commonplace*
to set up websites*
to be intent on smth*
in-/fertility; in-/fertile; assisted conception, syn. artificial insemination
sperm counts
pre-teen pregnancies
a non-event*
the sins of the flesh; asexual
mercifully*
to free smth from the stranglehold of… ; to make way for smth, smb*
to have a distinct impact on smth*
a surfeit of smth*
Study the texts, identify the active vocabulary items and discuss the questions following the texts.
Text A