- •Isbn 5-89349-136-х (Флинта)
- •000 «Симптрон»
- •Предисловие
- •History of education
- •The Beginning of Formal Education
- •Sumerian and Egyptian Education
- •Other Middle Eastern Education
- •Ancient Greek Education
- •Ancient Roman Education
- •2. The pen story
- •3. The miracle of writing
- •4. Child psychology determines teaching methods
- •5. Let kids be kids
- •6. The first day at school
- •7. How well do our schools perform?
- •8. Schools of the future
- •9. The illiteracy epidemic
- •10. Cultural literacy and the schools
- •11. A. At the anglo-american school
- •В. Making friends
- •12. No place like home for going to school
- •13. A quality education? yes, for a price
- •14. Individual education
- •Objectives of Individual Education
- •Academic Curriculum
- •Creative Curriculum
- •Socialization
- •Advantages of ie
- •15. Grade 3-4
- •I listen and I hear,
- •I look and I see,
- •I do and I understand.
- •16. When your child counts to ten, does he have to use his fingers?
- •17. What to do about homework
- •18. Oyster mver middle school
- •20. Video screens: are they changing the way children learn?
- •21. Curing video addicts*
- •22. Games children play
- •23. New directions in vocational education
- •Open Learning
- •24. Give your child the happiness trait
- •25. Columbia and new york, new york and columbia
- •26. Teachers college
- •27. Education in australia
- •28. Clayfield college
- •Facilities
- •Fine Arts
- •Boarding***
- •29. St patrick's college
- •30. Renewing the teaching profession
- •The Changing Labour Market
- •31. Teacher's work
- •A Teacher's Main Responsibility Is to Teach
- •Students Should Meet Minimum Objectives
- •Students Should Enjoy Learning
- •Teachers Should Assume Good Intentions and a Positive Self-Concept
- •32. Ideal teacher: what is he like?
- •(From "The Diary of a Young English Teacher" by Saw Ginsburg) First Month
- •Third Month
- •34. Good teacher
- •35. Alternative certification demands minimum standards
- •36. Teachers: a dying breed as school year starts
- •37. Testing times
- •1. Religious Teaching in British Schools
- •Civic Life
- •Traditionally Dominant
- •2. Where to Study
- •3. The University of London
- •4. The School of Language Studies
- •5. At the "Tech"
- •6. Oxford
- •7. A Trip to Cambridge and Other Recollections
- •8. Ealing College of Higher Education
- •9. Us Offers Fellowships to Scholars
- •10. The Birth of Writing
- •11. Do You Speak Ancient Greek?
- •Romans, Europeans and "New Russians"
- •12. Study at Home
- •13. For the Young Teacher
- •14. British Teens Spend Sweetly
- •1. Где учиться
- •2. А двойку вам поставит старшекурсник
- •3. С российским дипломом – за границу Как получить сертификат эквивалентности российского образования международным стандартам
- •4. Образование: заграница нам поможет?
- •5. Студент в тумане
- •6. Британской системе образования 700 лет – что в итоге?
- •7. Где учиться в Англии
- •8. Колледж Сент-Лоуренс в графстве Кент
- •9. Родителей не выбирают?
- •10. Хотите вырастить гения? Принимайтесь за дело накануне Рождества
- •11. Как сформировать талант
- •12. Отцы и дети
- •Отцы глазами детей
- •13. Образование, нужное всем и всегда
- •40. Things to do a. Individual Work
- •B. Pair Work
- •C. Group Work
- •Does a Good Education Really Matter?
- •D. Project Work
- •41. Supplementary reading
- •§ 1. On Education
- •§ 2. The Kindergarten
- •§ 3. College
- •The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie*
- •In One Ear and Upside Down*
- •What's Wrong with the Kid?
- •Culture
- •Adolescence*
- •Clean Up Your Room
- •From "The Sandcastle"**
- •From "Oxford Life"
- •1. Lectures Start on Monday
- •II. End of Term Collections****
- •III. Oxford Accent
- •A Reporter's Account
- •Alice In Wonderland
- •13. Nothing to Learn
- •33. Heat and Cold
- •34. No Music Lesson
- •35. At the Lesson
- •38. A Good Student
- •Poems, Limericks
- •I'll tell, "I'm ninety-three."
- •Isn't it delicious
- •Duty of the Student
- •Philosophic Advice
- •Vocabulary of educational terms and their usage
- •40. Things to do 73
- •41. Supplementary reading 78
- •§ 1. On Education 78
- •§ 2. The Kindergarten 79
- •§ 3. College 80
- •Vocabulary of educational terms and their usage 107
6. The first day at school
Can you remember your first day at school? It was probably rather confusing. Now to avoid this confusion many primary schools have a special teacher who welcomes new pupils. In England she is called a reception-class teacher. On the first day it is her responsibility to "settle" the newcomers. The difficulty is that a lot of people give their children the wrong idea about going to school. The children are threatened with the idea of school, and if they have been good, they can't understand why they have to go to school. They imagine that school is optional.
When the child goes to school, on his first day, he has to watch his mother leaving. Often he thinks that she is deserting him. The teacher must convince him that at the end of the day his mother and his home will still be there. The children are not the only people that are disturbed by going to school. The teacher sometimes has just as much difficulty in coping with the mothers. They are just as upset as their children. They hang around and dislike leaving the child to his fate. All day they stay at home, wondering what is happening and how their son Or daughter is managing.
The best way to deal with the situation is to get the child used to the idea of school. Before the beginning of term the mother should take her child to see the teacher and to look round the school. The first day should be something to emphasize the regularity of school, and although the first day is difficult, the mother must remember that her child must be encouraged for a whole term at least.
Assignments:
1. Find in the text the English for:
суматошный (полный неразберихи), приветствовать, ответственность, новичок, давать неправильное представление о, пугать, представлять (себе), необязательный, покидать (бросать), убедить, справиться с чём-л., расстроенный, судьба, приучить кого-л. к чему-л., с нетерпением ждать чего-л., подчеркнуть (сделать упор на), ободрить.
2. Choose the best answer:
1) On the first day a reception-class teacher ... a) is a newcomer. b) teaches in a special way. c) establishes the children in the class.
2) A lot of people ... a) tell their children that school is wrong. b) misinform the children about theschool. c) have bad ideas about school.
3) The children think school ... a) is a punishment, b) is difficult to understand, c) is a good idea.
4) Often the children feel ... a) happy when their mothers leave. b) lonely, c) angry.
5) The teacher tells him that his mother ... a) has left. b) has deserted him. c) has left him temporarily.
6) The mothers are often ... a) as angry as their children, b) as difficult as their children, c) as nervous as their children.
7) They ... a) stay at the school for a long time. b) leave immediately. c) walk around the school.
8) The best solution is to ... a) get the child accustomed to school. b) use the school for some special purposes, c) give the child ideas about school.
9) The child should ... a) enjoy the thought of the first day. b) be frightened about the first day. c) prepare himself for the first day.
10) It is important to ... a) warn the child about the regularity. b) exaggerate the regularity, c) underline the regularity.
3. Say what should be done to avoid confusion on the first day at school.
4. Share your own suggestions as to what a teacher should do on the first day. Try to give some practical advice to a beginning teacher.
5. Say whether you remember your own first day at school and what you and your parents felt then.