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ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЙ КУРС АНГЛИЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

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ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ

ESSENTIAL COURSE

UNIT ONE

I. Rewrite these sentences, using Pattern 1:

II. Answer the following questions:

III. Rewrite each of these sentences, using Pattern 2:

IV. Translate these sentences into English:

V. Act out the dialogue. Make up your own after the model:

VI. Explain the meaning of the following sayings and illustrate them:

TEXT. ANNE MEETS HER GLASS

I. Read the test and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage):

II. Read the following words with silent t, p, gh. Memorize them:

III. a) Write the Past Indefinite and Past Participle of the verbs:

b) the Past Indefinite and Present Participle of the verbs:

IV. Find nouns related to the verbs below. Pay special attention to the spelling of the suffix -ence/-ance. Place them in two columns:

V. What nouns are these adjectives derived from? What is the meaning of the suffixes -еd, -у? Translate the adjectives:

VI. Answer these questions:

VII. Comment on the meaning of the prepositions for, in, with in the sentences below:

VIII. Form adjectives and nouns from the given words with the help of the prefixes an-, in-, mis-, dis-:

IX. a) Fill in prepositions where necessary:

b) Retell what you've read.

c) What measures would you suggest to settle the newcomers?

X. Study Vocabulary Notes, translate the illustrative sentences into Russian and write your own sentences with the new words and phrases.

XI. Use stare or gaze instead of look where possible:

XII. Fill in

a) look or seem:

b) another or different.

с) stretch or run:

d) comfortable or convenient

e) join or unite:

ХIII. Paraphrase the following:

XIV. Translate these sentences into Russian. Write your own sentences with the new words and phrases:

XV. Retell the text: a) in indirect speech; b) as if you were Anne.

XVI. Write: a) a letter from Anne to a friend of hers about her first experience at school, b) an answer of a friend of Anne's to this letter.

XVII. Make up dialogues based upon the text between: a) Anne and a friend of hers, a young teacher discussing their first lessons; b) Anne and Miss Enderby discussing the problem of discipline in class; c) Anne and her college teacher discussing situations like that described in the text.

XVIII. Miss Barrett, a young teacher from Bel Kaufman's 'Up the Down Staircase', once "had an epidemic of unprepared students". Study the reasons they gave for neglecting to do their homework. What other reasons could they have given? Elect one student to play the part of the teacher who should respond in each case. Role-play the whole situation.

XIX. Translate the following putting it in your own words. Comment on what yon have read:

XX. Arrange a talk on the following topics

XXI. Translate these sentences:

XXII. Try your hand at teaching.

1. The situation gives below could cause difficulties for the teacher. Describe how you would handle the situation in the teacher's position. Decide amongst your group which is the most practical solution;

2. Learn to use alternative ways of controlling the class, using polite requests rather than direct commands.

Assignments:

1. Practise giving instructions to pupils in a polite manner, use the phrases below:

1. Listen to the text "Anne Meets Her Class", mark the stresses and tunes, repeat the text following the model.

2. Respond as shown in the models, check your replies.

3. Combine the sentences into one conditional sentence.

4. Write a spelling-translation test:

a) Translate the given phrases into English.

b) Check them with the key.

5. Answer the questions using the phrases "to like the idea/dislike the idea".

6. Translate the given sentences into English. Check your sentences with the key.

7. Listen to the Jokes connected with school life. Get ready to retell them in indirect speech.

TOPIC: CHOOSING А CAREES

I. a) Transcribe and learn to read the following words:

b) Study Texts A and В and explain the meaning of the words and word combinations listed below:

II. a) Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Use them in sentences of your own:

b) Find in Text A synonyms to the following words and word combinations:

III. a) Enlarge upon the following topics:

b) Comment on the quotation from John Steinbeck, say if you share his opinion. Do you also think that teaching equals art? Why do you think that! Find more quotations concerned with teachers and teaching, comment on them.

c) Continue the text on the part of the teacher. You may find the following ideas useful:

d) Prepare a 3-minute talk on one of the great teachers of the past or today, give reasons for your choice.

IV. a) Act out the dialogue "Choosing is not so easy as it looks".

b) Role-play a talk between an intending teacher and a will-be journalist on differences and similarities of the careers they've chosen. Use Text В and Essential Vocabulary П.

V. Speak about:

1. possible change in the system of secondary education in Russia.

2. an ideal school as you see it.

VI. Bead the jokes below. See how the verbs learn and study are used in the context. Consult a dictionary and find out the difference in their meaning and usage. Retell the jokes in indirect speech:

VII. Translate the sentences using the words learn and study in their different meanings:

VIII. Comment on the given proverbs. Make np a situation centered round one of them:

IX. a) Fill in prepositions and adverbs where necessary:

b) Tell your friends how John chose his career.

c) Make up your own dialogues on choosing a career. Use the word combinations in bold type in them.

X. a) Read the following:

b) Support the idea with information from Russian and/or foreign press. Pay special attention to the situation in the USA and Great Britain.

c) Speak on:

XI. Here is a series of extreme opinions. Build a conversation about each topic. Begin as in the model:

Opinions:

XII. Translate the sentences below into English. Use Essential Vocabulary II:

ХIII. Role-piaying. a) Act out in pain the following situations; use Essential Vocabulary II:

b) Role-play the following situation:

XIV. Pick one of these topics and discuss it, making sure each member of the group gets a chance to speak;

XV. a) Read and translate the text:

b) Answer the questions below:

XVI. Act as an interviewer. Let the rest of the group speak about why and how they decided to qualify as a teacher of languages. Find out:

XVII. Interview a teacher at the school where you have school practice. Ask him or her the questions from Exercise XVI and also try to find out:

Discuss the interviews in class.

XVIII. Comment on the picture. You may find these phrases useful:

Assignments:

1. Read the text "Anne Meets her Class" and point out the paragraph» of description, narration, argumentation and exposition. What does the author like to describe in this episode? What is he telling the reader about? What argument is Anne thinking of to manage the class? What is Miss Enderby trying to explain to Anne?

2. Search Texts А, В (Р. II) for the basic forms of treating the topic "On Teaching" and prove your selection of paragraphs.

3. Write a paragraph describing the picture suggested by the teacher.

4. Write a short paragraph about your visit to a former schoolmate.

5. Write a paragraph supporting or arguing Jane's and Bob's idea about teaching. (See the Dialogue.)

1. a) Listen to the additional text "What's Your Line?" on the topic "Choosing a Carrer", mark stresses and tunes, practise reading the text.

b) listen to the dialogue and learn it by heart.

2. Respond as in the models. Check your replies.

3. Write a spelling-translation test, check it with the key.

4. Write the dictation "Five Hundred Years of English Language Teaching", check your spelling with a dictionary.

5. Translate the sentences into English, check your translation with the key.

6. a) Listen to the text and find English equivalents to the given words and word combinations.

b) Check the words and word combinations.

c) Listen to the text again and do the tasks after it.

UNIT TWO

EXERCISES I. Change these sentences, using Patterns 1a and 1b:

II. Combine the fallowing sentences into one, using speech Pattern 1c:

III. Make up sentences after Patterns 2 and 3, using the following words and phrases:

IV. Translate these sentences into English, using the patterns from Units One and Two:

V. Make up a dialogue, using the patterns from Units One and Two.

TEXT. A DAY'S WAIT by Ernest Hemingway

1. Read the text and the Notes on Lexicology and Style and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B.Word usage, C. Style):

II. a) Choose the best translation of each English sentence below (or give your own variant) and reason oat your choice;

b) Translate the description of the father's walk.

III. a) Copy, transcribe and give Russian equivalents of these words:

b) Give the four forms of the verbs:

c) Make four columns and write numbers I, П, III and IV at their tops to represent four types of syllables. Then pick out from the list above ('a' and 'b') words with vowel sounds illustrating different types of syllables and place them in right columns.

IV. Try your hand at teaching.

(Look up the words and phrases you may need to do the task in "Classroom English", Sections IV, VIII.)

V. Answer the questions:

Begin when possible your answers with:

VI. Study Vocabulary Notes and a) write derivatives or compounds of:

b) Give the opposite of:

c) Give English equivalents of these words and use them in sentences of your own:

VII. Fill in

a) ache, hurt, pain, painful:

b) in, on:

c) refuse, give up:

d) like, as:

VIII. Write 5 questions after each pattern below. (Keep to the same word order.) Discuss them in class:

IX. Retell the text in reported speech following the outline given below:

Use the vocabulary of the text and the words:

X. Supply articles where necessary:

XI. Make up short dialogues starting with the sentences below. Try and argue with each other:

Use such phrases as;

XII. Translate into English;

ХIII. а) Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary and summarize the passage:

b) Add question tags to the sentences below and answer them. Begin your answers with "Yes, he did/was'', "No, he didn't/wasn't" or "But he did/was" and then give full answers:

XIV. Translate the following text into English:

XV. Make up three short dialogues, using the phrases listed below:

XVI. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what yon would do in the teacher's position:

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

Play the part of the teacher and get your pupils to write a spelling test on the board.

a) Prepare a test on the vocabulary of Unit Two at home.

b) Ask several pupils to write the words on the board.

c) Make sure that the board is properly prepared for writing on it: the writing it eligible; all the mistakes are corrected; the whole class is involved. (See "Classroom English", Sections IV. VIII, IX)

TOPIC: ILLNESSES AND THEIR TREATMENT

I. Study Text A and explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below.

II. a) Write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Use them in sentences of your own:

b) Write these words in English and transcribe them:

c) Find in the text synonyms of the following words and phrases and explain how they differ:

III. Write 10 questions to Text A covering the main points. Prepare to discuss the test using the words and phrases from Ex. П.

IV. Study Texts В and С and translate these sentences into English:

V. Reproduce Text В so that a question is asked about each sentence said by the patient or the doctor. Recite the dialogue in class.

VI. Relell Text С in indirect spech: a) speaking on the part of the old man;

b) reproducing Nell's talk with Bert over the telephone. You may find the following phrases useful:

VII. Study Essential Vocabulary (II) and

a) translate the illustrative examples into Russian;

b) express in writing the suggested idea using do for emphasis. Add a sentence to show that the emphasis is necessary:

VIII. a) Supply prepositions where necessary:

b) Give a short description of some other disease using a few phrases from the text above.

IX. Correct the following statements, beginning each sentence with one of the following phrases:

X. Read the text. Summarize it in 5-6 sentences without using direct speech;

XI. Write 10 sentences to go with each of the pictures on pp. 68, 71.

XII. Answer the following questions:

ХIII. Translate the following sentences into English:

XTV. Make up stories and dialogues through mime.

Have the students to prepare a mime and perform it twice (for tasks A and B). The performed actions should be rather slow to allow the other students to tell the story or speak for the mimes.

A. Describe the actions of the mimes using the Present Indefinite, Continuous or Perfect tenses. (for one or two students)

B. Speak for each mime. (for two students)

С Tell the story in reported speech orally or in writing. (for one student)

XV. Try your hand at teaching.

Find a picture on a medical subject and ask your "pupils" to describe it.

XVI. a) Give the idea of the text in English:

b) Say what you know about the cost of health service in America, in Russia and in other countries nowadays.

ХVII. a) Bead and translate the texts below:

b) Write 10 questions about the facts mentioned in the texts that you find interesting and discuss them in class.

XVIII. Find some jokes on a medical subject and tell them to your fellow-students.

XIX. a) Give а very short description of each picture in the Present Tense. Use prompt words and phrases listed in the Note.

b) Make up a story about the pictures in the Past Tense c) Find a short title to the story.

XX. Film "Mr.Brown's Holiday". Dilm segment 2 "Miss Peggy and the Pussy Cays" (Canterbury), a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film.

1. a) listen to the text "A Victim to One Hundred and Seven Fatal Maladies", mark the stresses and tunes, b) Repeat the test following; the model.

2. Listen to the dialogue "A Visit to the Doctor". Repeat the text in the interval and record your version. Compare your version with the original and correct your mistakes.

3. Respond to the following suggestions. Begin your sentences with "Hadn't we (he) better.."?

4. Extend the statements. Begin your sentences with "It's time you (he, etc.)" + a verb in the Past Subjunctive.

5. Write a dictation. Check the spelling using a dictionary.

6. Translate the given sentences into English. Check them with the key.

7. Listen to the text "Doctor Sally" or some other text on the topic. Get ready to act it out in class.

UNIT THREE

I. Say whether you like or dislike the way:

II. Fill in missing adjectives + preposition:

III. Translate these sentences into English:

IV. Make up micro-dialogues using Speech Patterns 1—2:

TEXT. INTRODUCING LONDON

1. Read the text and talk as the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage, С. Word-formation):

II. a) Search tee text and the footnotes for the English equivalents of the sentences and phrases listed below:

b) Use them in sentences of your own.

III. a) Spell and give the four forms of the following verbs:

b) Transcribe the following words:

c) Write the degrees of comparison of:

d) Find homonyms in Text of Unit Three.

IV. a) Analyse the morphological structure of the word sizable, explain its meaning and give its Russian equivalent

b) Form adjectives from these verbal stems by adding the negative prefix fprrjuks] on-, and the adjective-forming suffix -able. Explain the meaning of the derivatives and translate them (in one word):

V. Write questions based on the text. Use in your questions the suggested word combinations. Ask your questions in class:

VI. Try your hand at teaching. (See "Classroom English", Sections VI, VIII, IX, X.)

VII. Make up a dialogue based on one of the paragraphs of the text or the footnotes. Speak for a Russian and an English student. Try and give an additional piece of information on the topic Use the prompts:

VIII. a) Comment on the dialogue below:

b) Make up similar dialogues on the sights of your native town. The following phrases might help you:

IX. Fill in a suitable word or phrase: a) surprise, astonish, strike, puzzle:

b) piece, lamp, slice:

c) historic or historical:

X. Retell the Text Use the map of London on pp. 114-115.

XI. a) Fill in preposition» wherever necessary:

b) Speak about the traffic in this country using the word combinations in bold type.

ХII. a) Explain the meaning of these proverbs. Translate them. Give their Russian equivalents:

b) Say whether you agree with Lord Goring's opinion that "It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one." (O. Wilde. "An Ideal Husband")

ХIII. Translate the sentences into English, using a) be well worth + ger/n or b) just as... so:

XIV. Arrange micro-dialogues on the following topics:

XV. a) Read and translate the text:

b) Answer the suggested questions:

XVI. Translate the sentences into English:

ХVII. a) Read the text. Retell it adding some more Information about Parliament

b) Say what you know about the Russian Parliament, i. e. two chambers: the Duma and the Council of Federation.

XVIII. Give the idea of the text in English:

XIX. Read and comment on the following:

XX. a) Collect information on English traditions and customs.

b) Arrange a talk between Russian and English students on their national traditions, customs and habits. (One of the students should conduct it: introduce the participants to each other, make a short introductory speech on the subject, ask questions, etc. to keep the talk running on, sum up the discussion.)

TOPIC: CITY

I. Study Text A and explain the meaning of the words and phrases listed below:

II. Learn the words of the texts and a) copy and transcribe these words:

b) Translate into English and mark the stresses:

c) Form derivatives of these verbs by adding the prefix re– (meaning "do smth. again"):

III. Answer the questions:

IV. Read the text and show all the places of interest mentioned there on the map:

V. Use Text В to practise similar conversations on Moscow.

VI. Read and retell:

VII. Make up short situations or dialogues, using tne following words and phrases:

VIII. Fill in prepositions:

IX. Review Text "Introducing London", texts A, B, Exercises IV, VI, VIII and study the map of London. Speak on the given topics:

X. Translate into English:

XI. Read Text С. Say what landmarks you would mention to a group of tourists standing in the middle of Red Square. Use the word combinations given below:

ХII. Act out a dialogue between a Russian tourist and a policeman. Choose the exact place (in Moscow or elsewhere) where you are having your talk and the place you want to get to. Use in your dialogue one or two phrases from each set given below:

XIII. Try your band at teaching.

1. Read the text. Discuss what you would do in the teacher's position:

2. Get 4-5 pictures of London (Moscow) attractions and be ready to comment on them. (See "Classroom English", Sections II, Ш, V.)

ХIV. Translate the following sentences into English:

XV. Act out a dialogue between a Muscovite and a Londoner on his first visit to Moscow. Imagine that you are standing in the middle of Red Square. Your companion asks you about everything be sees, gives his opinion about this and that and says what buildings, monuments, etc. remind him of London. Use the prompts of Ex. VII. p. 111.

XVI. a) Get ready to read the text aloud, b) Write a translation of the text:

XVII. Role-playing:

XVIII. Describe (in writing) a sight or a view that once struck yon as picturesque, beautiful or unusual.

XIX. Film: "Mr. Brown's Holiday." Film segment 3 "In Dear Old England" (Broadstairs). a) Watch and listen, b) Do the exercises from the guide to the film.

UNIT FOUR

I. Paraphrase toe following, using some of the patterns above:

II. Describe toe following situations in one sentence, using Pattern 2:

III. Supply adjectives:

IV. Translate the sentences into English, using the patterns:

V. Make up dialogues or situations, using the patterns.

TEXT. HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY by Stephen Leacock

1. Read Text of Unit Four and the Notes on Style and talk on the following points (A. Grammar, B. Word usage. С. Style):

II. a) Search the text for English equivalents of the phrases listed below and write them ia your exercise book:

b) Get the student sitting next to yon translate half of the Russian phrases into English (in writing) and check them with the key in your notebook. Translate the other half yourself and ask your neighbour to correct your translation.

III. Translate in writing these passages. Compare and discuss different variants of students' translation:

IV. Try your hand at teaching:

V. a) Write the words below in the Past Indefinite. Classify them into two groups: one with the final г doubled, the other one with one final r in the Past Indefinite.

b) Explain to the students when the final r should be doubled:

VI. a) Write an outline of the text (see Ex. IX on p. 59). (The outline may be written in the Present or Past Indefinite tenses.)

b) Discuss the outlines written by several students and choose the best one. Improve it by using some variants from other students' works. Write it down on the board and make the students copy it in their exercise books.

VII. Write two questions to each item of the outline: one should help to reveal the contradictions between what the members of the family said and did, the other (with a modal verb) – what they could or ought to have done.

VIII. Study the Vocabulary Notes end Essential Vocabulary (I) and a) Paraphrase the following (in writing):

b) Make op sentences with the phrases yea have written.

IX. A word in one language may have different equivalents in another.

a) Look op the words given above in an English-Russian dictionary, find out the exact meaning of each pair of words and write sentences illustrating the difference in their use.

b) Ask the students to translate the Russian variants of your sentences.

X. Translate the sentences into English using Essential Vocabulary (1);

XI. Retell the test following the outline (see Ex. VI, p. 132). Speak about the contradictions between the words and the behaviour of the members of the family:

XII. a) Translate these sentences into Russian.

b) Write sentences of your own using the phrases in bold type. Address them to the other students who should reply them expressing their approval or disapproval.

ХIII. Make up a conversation which took place after the day described in the text between: the two girls, the two boys, the father and his son, the mother and her friend, two neighbours. You may find the following openings useful:

XIV. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

XV. Translate the sentences into English, using Essential Vocabulary (I) and Patterns 1-4:

XVI. Review the text. Say a few words about the style and language of Leacock's story. Be sure to touch on a) selection of words, b) syntax, c) method of characterization, d) humour.

XVII. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what you would do in the teacher's position:

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

Ask your pupils: a) to do Exercise XIV on p. 134 (written work); b) to get ready with Exercise XVm (orally).

XVIII. a) Translate the text below into Russian:

b) Discuss the following questions:

TOPIC: MEALS

Study the meanings and use of these items of your Essential Vocabulary:

I. Study Text A and a) spell and transcribe English equivalents of the following:

b) give the four forms of the following verbs:

c) explain the meaning of the following phrases:

II. Try your hand at teaching:

III. Study Texts В and С and

a) explain the meaning of:

b) give the Infinitive oft

IV. a) Give a summary of Text В in reported speech.

b) Learn Text С by heart and recite it la pairs.

V. Study Essential Vocabulary II and the commentary to it and answer the following questions:

VI. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

VII. Translate these sentences into English:

VIII. a) Act out the dialogues below:

A. Inviting someone out

B. Asking your friends to do you a favour.

b) Make up dialogues of your own using word combinations from the texts.

X. Compose dialogues between a Russian and an Esglish student discussing a) English and Russian meals; b) their favourite dishes; c) where each of them has his meals.

XI. a) Study the text:

b) Describe the way you cook your favourite dish. You may need some verbs besides those in the text, such as mince, mix, grate, grind, chop, sift, roll, bake.

XII. Try your band at teaching:

ХIII. a) Read the text below and comment on it:

b) What is the attitude towards tea drinking in this country?

XIV. Translate toe following sentences:

XV. a) Study the text:

b) Comment on the text adding some more information on the topic.

XVI. Make up dialogues:

XVII. Brash up your table manners.

A. Answer the following questions and then check your answers by comparing litem with the answers below:

В. Make up dialogues discussing good and bad table manners. Use the material of Section A for questions and that of Section В for answers.

Answers to Exercise XVII.

XVIII. a) Read and translate the following extracts:

b) Comment on the table manners of the Jenssen family and say what you would do if you were the father or the mother:

c) Comment on the character of the landlady. Prove your statement.

XIX. Try your hand at teaching:

XX. Role-playing:

XXI.. Arrange short debates on the following questions:

Assignments:

UNIT FIVE

I. Paraphrase the following using Patterns 1-3:

II. Make the following sentences emphatic using Pattern 4 as in the example:

III. Translate these sentences into English:

IV. Answer the questions: use would or used to.

V. Make up short situations (no more than two or three sentences) or dialogues to illustrate Patterns 1-4

VI. Search the books you read for sentences with these patterns (1-4) to add up to your student's workbook; practise the best examples in class.

TEXT. A FRESHMAN'S EXPERIENCE From "Daddy Long-Legs" by Jean Webster

I. Read the text and do the following (A. Grammar, B. Word usage):

II. Choose two or three paragraphs from the text of Unit Five for translation. Reason your choice and discuss possible variants of the translation.

III. Answer the following questions:

IV. Write an outline of die letter. (Differentiate between significant and insignificant events described in the letter. Leave out the insignificant ones.)

V. Try your hand at teaching:

VI. Study Vocabulary Notes and translate the illustrative examples into Russian.

VII. Explain (in English) what is meant by and give Russian equivalents of:

VIII. Paraphrase the following sentences:

IX. a) Write 20 questions about the second part of the text of Unit Five using the following words and phrases:

b) Ask your fellow-students to give their responses.

X. Translate the following sentences into English:

XI. a) Retell the contents of Judy's letter in Indirect Speech.

b) Retell the contents of Judy's letter as her guardian might describe it to a friend of his.

c) Describe Judy's first steps in college as Julia Pendleton might be describing them to a friend of hers.

d) Give a summary of the text

ХII. Insert prepositions or adverbs where necessary:

XIII. Revise Essential Vocabulary (I) and translate the following:

XIV. Compose 20 sentences about the text, using modal verbs must, can, may, ought, might with the perfect infinitive:

XV. a) Translate the text into Russian:

b) Comment on the letter above. Point out in what it differs from Judy's earlier letters (see the text). Explain the last line of this letter. Is Judy quite serious here?

XVI. Speak about Judy. Describe her as fully as you can. When pointing out this or that trait in her character, give your reasons. (See the text of Unit Five and Ex. XV.).

XVII. Compose dialogues and perform them in class:

1. between Judy and Julia Pendleton about Judy's guardian;

2. between two of Judy's fellow-students about Judy;

3. between Judy and the English instructor.

XVIII. Write a composition in the form of a letter describing some of your (or your friend's) experiences as a fresher. Use words and phrases from Essential Vocabulary (I). See also Judy's letter (Ex. XV).

XIX. Try your hand at teaching.

1. Say what you would do in the teacher's positions

2. Practise your "Classroom English".

a) Every teacher is faced with the problem of keeping discipline in the classroom, A teacher should know how to do it to goad English. Describe the teacher's reaction in the following situation:

b) Play the part of a young teacher describing a lesson in a very unruly class to his/her fellow teachers. (See "Classroom English", Section VII.)

TOPIC: EDUCATION

I. Study Text A and write English equivalents of the following words and phrases. Transcribe them:

II. Write 15 questions on Text A, using new words and expressions in each question. Ask your comrades to reply them. Summarize what you have learned about the British system of higher education.

III. Study Texts В and С and write English equivalents of the following words and phrases:

IV. Ask your fellow-students:

V. Retell Text В in indirect speech using new words and word combinations.

VI. Fill in prepositions. Ask the others to give their responses to the given sentences so as to make up micro-dialogues:

VII. a) Retell Text С in indirect speech; b) act it out.

VIII. Speak about the English Department at your University (usе Essential Vocabulary on the topic).

IX. Make up dialogues, using Essential Vocabulary on the topic Suggested situations:

X. a) Bead and translate into Russian:

b) Argue the pros and cons of: 1. Tutorial system. 2. Students' uniform. 3. Residential colleges.

XI. Describe the pictures on p. 183:

XII. Try your hand at teaching:

XIII. Read the text. Comment on its content:

XIV. Speak on:

XV. Role-playing.

Work in two groups, one playing the university lecturers, the other presenting students. Both groups are discussing one and the same exam. Compare their versions and make your conclusion as to the difference in approach: