Exercise 1.
Read the text and find sentences describing:
a) the language school before the first lesson; b) the beginning of the lesson; c) the teachers at the English Language College.
Exercise 2.
Do the following:
a) Write a list of all the countries and nationalities you know.
b) Write the names of your Academy, Faculty, Department.
c) Write a list of principal courses taught at your Academy.
Exercise 3.
Answer the following questions in writing:
What does the language school look like?
Why is the Course Director not happy with the students’ silence?
Is it easy to be a teacher?
Where are Japan, Spain, and Ukraine in the world?
What do you know about Japan and Spain?
What is Ukraine famous for?
Agree or disagree with the following statements. Explain your choice.
The Japanese are hard-working people, and the Spanish are not.
It is easy to learn a foreign language.
Basic Patterns
Please fill the chairs at the front of the room. Прошу займати місця в передніх рядах.
Most of the students were sitting at the back of the room. Більшість студентів сиділи позаду в аудиторії.
She was standing helplessly in front of the class. Вона безпорадно стояла перед класом.
Exercise 4.
Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian. Explain why you think your translation is correct:
There was a garden at the back of the house.
There was a woman at the wheel (за кермом) and four children in the back.
A car drew up in front of the house.
Text b. Learning Languages
The problem of learning languages is very important today. Foreign languages are socially demanded (соціально затребувані) especially at the present time when the progress in science and technology has led to an explosion of knowledge and has contributed to an overflow (надмір) of information. The total knowledge of mankind doubles every seven years. Foreign languages are needed as the main and most efficient means of information exchange of the people of our planet.
Today English is the language of the world. Over 350 million people speak it as a mother tongue. The native speakers of English live in Great Britain, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. English is one of the official languages in the Irish Republic, Canada, the South African Republic. As a second language it is used in the former British and US colonies. It is the major international language for communication in such areas as science, technology, business and mass entertainment. English is one of the official languages of the United Nations Organization and other political organization. It is the language of the literature, education, modern music, international tourism.
Ukraine is integrating into the world community, and the problem of learning English for communication is especially important today. Learning a foreign language is not as easy thing. It is a long and slow process that takes a lot of time and patience. But to know English is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for every good specialist. It is well known that reading books in the original, listening to the BBC news, communicating with the English-speaking people will help a lot. When learning a foreign language you learn the culture and history of the native speakers. One must work hard to learn any foreign language.
