I. Развивающий курс

Модуль 1. “Education”. «Образование»

Listening practice “To leave school or not to leave ”.

Task 1. In Great Britain when a boy or a girl reaches ( достигать) the age of fifteen he or she can either (или …или…) stay at school or leave it and start work. Two teenagers called William Parker and Margaret Weber also had to make their choice (сделать выбор).

Vocabulary:

secondary school [′sekəndəri sku:l] – средняя школа decided [di′said] – решать

get – получать attend [ə′tend] – посещать

job [d ob] – работа certificate [sə′tifikit] – аттестат,

exam [ig′zæm] – экзамен свидетельство

stay – оставаться fail [feil] – провалиться на экзамене

quarter [′kwo:tə] – четверть type – набирать текст

finish/leave school – заканчивать школу pay – платить

Birmigham [′bə:miŋəm] – Бирмингем evening school – вечерняя школа

Glasgo [′gla:sgou] – Глазго train [′trein] – учиться

qualification [kwolifi′ kei∫ən] – квалификация vocation [vou′kei∫ən] – профессия engineering firm [end i′niəriŋ fə:m] – проектная фирма

a) Listen to the text “ To leave school or not to leave ” «Уйти из школы или остаться». When hearing (прослушивая) the facts concerning (касающиеся) the teenagers’ life after school place ticks (отметьте галочкой) in the corresponding boxes of the chart.

		William Parker	Margaret Weber
The city they live in	London
Birmingham
Glasgo
The institution they study (учиться) at	a university
a technical college
a school
The place they work in	a shop
a library
an engineering firm
The occupation they are trained for	a secretary
an electrician
a typist

b) Read the transcript of the text on page... and check your answers.

Disscussion. Groupwork. “To learn or not to learn foreign languages ”.

Task 1. Now you continue a course of English. It is very important to know what you think about it. Is it necessary for your future profession to study a foreign language?

Vocabulary:

scientific [saiən′tifik] – научный to be necessary [′nesisəri] – быть необходимым

journal [′d ə:nl] – журнал find out – узнавать

publish [p bli∫] – публиковать impossible [im′posəbl] – невозможный

foreign language [′forin læŋgwid ] – иностранный язык article [′a:tikl] – статья

colleague [′koli:g] – коллега difficult [′difikəlt] – трудный

a) Read pros (for) and cons (against) given below. Think of some more which are important in your opinion.

For	Against
1. I can read scientific journals in English as soon as they are published 2. I can speak to foreign colleagues if necessary. 3. I can read English books. 4. I can find out more about the world.	1. It takes a lot of time to learn a foreign language. 2. It is impossible to learn a foreign language. 3. I can read interesting articles when they are translated into Russian. 4. I think it is very difficult to learn foreign languages.

b) *Discuss the problem in group of 3-5 students. You may use the following expressions:

to express your opinion

I think... я думаю … I’m sure... я уверен …

I believe... я верю … In my opinion... по моему мнению…

I suppose... я полагаю …

to agree with somebody

Yes, I agree (with you) … да, я согласен … I think so too … я тоже так думаю …

That’s true … это верно … You are quite right … вы вполне правы …

to disagree with somebody

On the other hand... с другой стороны … It’s not true... это не верно …

I don’t agree with you.... я не согласен … I don’t think so... я так не думаю …

We think that it is (not) important to study English for our future profession and personal life because...

1... 2... 3...

Writing practice.

On your arrival (прибытие) to foreign countries you are asked to fill (заполнить) in either (или … или…) a landing card or an entry card (миграционная карта). You have arrived in Dreamland and received an entry card. Fill in the following form.

  ENTRY CARD Please complete clearly in BLOCK CAPITALS.   Family name_______________________________________ Forenames_________________________________________ Date of birth________________________________________ Day Month Year Nationality_________________________________________ Place of birth_______________________________________ Sex: 1 – Male 2 – Female Occupation_________________________________________ Passport No.________________________________________ Date of ussure_______________________________________ Flight No.__________________________________________ Purpose of entry: 1 – Employment 2 – Residence 3 – Visit 4 – Transit 5 – Special Permit 6 – Tourism 7 – Study   Adress in Dreamland__________________________________ Signature___________________________________________  

You want to go to a language school in Dreamland for two months to brush up (усовершенствовать) your English. Fill the registration form with the required information.

Registration Form Name___________________________________________ Age____________________________________________ Nationality______________________________________ Occupation______________________________________ Home adress_____________________________________ _______________________________________________ Length of course__________________________________ Number of hours per day___________________________ Course starting date_______________________________ Accomodation required____________________________ not required Signature________________________________________  

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