4. Follow-Up Activities
4.1. Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between a student of the course and his/her friend who is interested in the programme.
4.2. Think of a similar programme for the course of Russian for overseas students at your University. Present your programme to the group.
Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: Enquiring for a course
Cassette: From Task Listening, by L.Blundell, J.Stokes
1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary
Study the word to avoid any difficulty of understanding.
registration fee [] - an amount of money you pay for registration
2. Listening Exercises
2.1. Listen to a telephone conversation between Peter, a student and a receptionist of the English language courses at Swan School. Identify the statements given below as True or False.
a) Swan School provides language courses only in summer.
b) Swan School is in Cambridge.
c) Swan School is quite popular.
d) Swan School provides various kinds of language courses.
e) There is a hall of residence for students at Swan School.
2.2. Listening to the recording this time, follow the receptionist giving information about dates, numbers and prices. Write down the answers to Peter’s questions listed in the chart below.
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English Language Courses |
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How long? |
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Dates |
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How many hours? |
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How many students in class? |
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How much? |
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Deposit? |
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Accommodation |
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How much for: |
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Bed and breakfast |
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Bed and breakfast and dinner |
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3. Follow-Up Activities
3.1. Write a passage about the organization of the language courses at Swan School.
3.2. Write a passage about the organization of full-time and part-time language courses at your University.
UNIT 2
Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING
Text Title: It’s a long story, really
Cassette: From Synthesis, by W.Fowler, J.Pidcock
1. Pre-Listening Exercises
1.1. Go through the translation of these words to avoid any difficulty in understanding the recording.
managing director - управляющий
engineering firm - машиностроительная фирма
do research [] - заниматься научно-исследовательской работой
resign from [] - увольняться
take over as - вступать в должность
1.2. Make sure you understand the words and word-combinations in the left-hand column. Match them with the definitions on the right.
A. ambition a. to make money in order to pay for the things
B. eyesight you need
C. to earn one’s living b. a strong desire to achieve sth. (e.g. career)
D. to appoint c. to give up one’s work
E. to keep the family d. to support, take care of the family
F. to retire e. ability to see
f. to choose sb for a post (job)
2. Listening Exercises
2.1. Listen to the recording and state the general topic of the text:
a) the speaker’s ambitions in life
b) the speaker’s way to his present position
c) the speaker’s career as a school director
d) the speaker’s teaching experience
2.2. Choose the correct answers for the questions given below:
Who is telling his life-story: a school teacher, a pilot, an engineer, a company agent, a school director, a travel agent?
What has influenced the speaker’s career more: his own ambitions or some life circumstances?
Do you think the family is important for the speaker? Yes/No
2.3. Fill in the boxes given below with the names of places where the speaker studied and worked.
2.4. Listen to the recording again and write down the continuation for the given sentences.
My ambition was to be a pilot in the Air Force, but ...
I wanted to do research at the University, but ...
I expected to stay in the engineering firm, but ...
I applied for a job with another engineering company and would have accepted it, but ...
They wanted to send me to South America, but ...
2.5. Explain why the speaker:
a) took a job in Spain
b) started giving English lessons at school
c) resigned from the travel agency
d) became the director of the school
3. Language Focus
3.1. Insert the verbs used in the recording choosing from the suggested variants:
A. My eyesight wasn’t good enough, so I had to ____ that idea.
a. give away b. give up c. give out
B. I wanted to ___ there and do research.
a. stay on b. stay in c. stay
C. I expected to ___ that job for a long time.
a. stay on b. stay c. stay in
D. I didn’t ___ with the managing director.
a. get well b. get on c. get on well
E. He asked me to ___ as the director.
a. take over b. take in c. take after
3.2. Listen and note down the English equivalents of the following Russian word combinations:
а) отказаться от намерения
b) проводить научное исследование
c) ладить с кем-нибудь
d) собеседование с поступающим на работу
e) предложить постоянную работу
3.3. While listening this time try to fill in the missing words in the sentences below.
I worked ... ... ... ... ... ... years ... ... ... wanted to send ... ... South ... but ... ... ... married, ... ... decided ... ... ... . Then ... ... ... baby and I ... ... ... ... ... the family, ... ... ... ... English ... ... ... ... in the evenings.
I liked ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... agency ... ... the owner ... ... ... offered ... ... ... ... ... ... a teacher, ... ... ... ... the agency. Two years later, ... ... ... ... ... ... to retire, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... as the director. ... ... I am!