- •Read the tips how to get the students’ attention in class. Give examples of their application in educational practice.
- •2. Read the tips how to strengthen teacher's relationships with the students and answer the questions that follow.
- •Questions
- •Give some tips (which have not been mentioned) how to get the students’ attention in the classroom and strengthen the teacher's relationships with them.
- •Skim the text and fill in the gaps with the words which you think may suit. Preventing Conflicts in the Classroom
- •Complete the sentences with the appropriate derivatives of the following words: impress, argue, practice, confident, notice. How to Prevent Collisions During the Lesson
- •Find the mistakes in the text and correct them. How to End the Lesson Calmly
- •1. Read the text and analyze the ways of pedagogical communication organization.
- •2. Think of the pedagogical recommendations you could give in relation to the verbal and non-verbal behavior of the teacher.
- •How does non-verbal communication differ from verbal communication?
- •The Basic Form of Communication
- •1. Read the information on what teachers should wear and express your point of view whether the teacher's dress code should exist. How What You Wear Affects What You Accomplish as a Teacher
- •2. Make up a list of do’s and don’ts that the teacher should follow while dressing for class.
- •3. Think of wear clichés which are typical of different teachers. Describe the style of dressing one would see in the class of a) Maths; b) Russian; c) p. T.; d) Drawing; e) Singing; f) English.
- •1. Skim the text and fill in the gaps with the words which you think may suit.
- •2. Complete the sentences with the appropriate derivatives of the following words : refer, psychology, prefer, motive, initiative, punishment.
- •Verbal Immediacy
- •3. Expand the text by adding some sentences which would contain relevant information.
- •Questions
- •Is teacher gender a factor in pedagogical communication?
- •Male Versus Female Teachers
- •Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
- •Questions
- •Agree or disagree, motivate your point of view.
- •Conduct an Oxford debate “Male Teachers versus Female Teachers.”
- •Skim the text and fill in the gaps with the words which you think may suit. Gender Gap (Part I)
- •Complete the sentences with the appropriate derivatives of the following words : effect, social, care, imply, differ, assess. Gender Gap (Part II)
- •Translate the text into English. Атмосфера психологического комфорта
- •Read the text and prove that the teacher is a man.
- •Give the same sequence of career events, pedagogical impressions and personal emotions from the female standpoint.
- •What difference do styles of teaching and stereotypes make?
- •Communication Styles
- •Indirect Communicators
- •1. Read different descriptions of communication styles. Define which descriptions agree with a particular communication style.
- •Choose some teaching style / styles that you will be comfortable with when you plan, prepare and deliver your classes. Explain your choice.
- •Make up your own classification of communication styles.
- •1. Insert the suitable prepositions (if necessary). Effective Communication Strategies
- •Skim the text and fill in the gaps with the words which you think may suit.
- •Is Your Teaching Method Bad?
- •Translate the text into Russian.
- •Read the text and sum up the stereotypes of teachers existing in the media. Stereotypes of Teachers in the Media
- •Make up a top ten list of stereotypes relating to teachers and teaching.
- •What are pedagogical taboos?
- •The Characteristics of Taboos
- •Read the tips for travelling teachers and comment on taboos existing in different countries. Helpful Notes for Travelling Teachers
- •Sum up the pedagogical taboos existing in Belarus.
- •Since pedagogical taboos are historically exposed to changes think of the pedagogical taboos of the year 3000.
- •1. Insert the suitable prepositions (if necessary). Discussing Embarrassing Topics
- •Replace the words in bold type with their synonyms. Discussing Embarrassing Topics
- •3. Fill in the gaps with the suitable expressions : visit and revisit; condemn and feticide; racist, sexist and homophobic; trial and error. Discussing Embarrassing Topics
- •1. Read the text and say which taboos were broken by the teacher.
- •2. Answer the questions.
- •3. Write the analysis of the teacher’s class, dwell upon the contents of pedagogical communication.
- •How different is the child from others?
- •Children’s Problems
- •1. Read the information on children’s fears and answer the questions that follow. Children’s Fears
- •Questions
- •2. Make a scientific report on children’s complexes.
- •Remember which fears you had when a child and how you managed to overcome them. Share this information with your group-mates.
- •1. Insert the suitable prepositions (if necessary). Helping Children Overcome Fears : Be a Role Model, Open and Validate
- •2. Correct the mistakes. Helping Children Overcome Fears : Encourage and Control
- •3. Replace the words in bold type with their synonyms. Helping Children Overcome Fears : Routines, Opportunities, Exercise
- •1. Read the text and say what problems the teacher had to deal with in his class and after it.
- •Describe your actions in the situation mentioned above.
- •Conduct an Oxford debate “Mr. McCourt’s Behaviours are Pedagogically Adequate versus Mr. McCourt’s Behaviours are Not Pedagogically Adequate.”
- •Where do children’s complexes come from?
- •Complex as a Phenomenon
- •Inferiority Complex
- •1. Read the text and say how Oedipus complex manifests itself. Oedipus Complex
- •Skim the text and fill in the gaps with the words which you think may suit.
- •Idiomatic Usage
- •Complete the sentences with the appropriate derivatives of the following words : suit, symbol, refer, contradict, luck, like. Superstitions
- •Translate the text into Russian. Biological Origin
- •2. Read the poem by Keith r. Williams and say what personal catastrophe is described by the child. Punishment Poem (From The Cheat)
- •3. Write an Essay “Children’s Personal Catastrophes : Reasons and Ways Out.”
- •Practicals the culture of pedagogical communication
- •1. Translate the texts into English and make your own endings adhering to the style and contents of the texts. Give a title to each text.
- •2. Read the stories and say what pedagogical wisdoms each story contains.
- •1) A Coffee Quote
- •2) The Shout
- •3. Read the stories and say how they can be used in the class of English for the purpose of educating / developing / bringing up children.
- •1) Love, Wealth and Success
- •2) Wish
- •4. Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
- •Questions
3. Read the stories and say how they can be used in the class of English for the purpose of educating / developing / bringing up children.
1) Love, Wealth and Success
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat.” “Is the man of the house home?”, they asked. “No”, she said. “He's out.” “Then we cannot come in”, they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in.
“We do not go into a House together,” they replied. “Why is that?” she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: “His name is Wealth,” he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, “He is Success, and I am Love.” Then he added, “Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home.” The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. “How nice!”, he said. “Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!” His wife disagreed.
“My dear, why don't we invite Success?” Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: “Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!” “Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice,” said the husband to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.” The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.” Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?” The old men replied together: “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!”
2) Wish
A Woman was out golfing one day when she hit the ball into the woods. She went into the woods to look for it and found a frog in a trap. The frog said to her, “If you release me from this trap, I will grant you three wishes.” The woman freed the frog, and the frog said, “Thank you, but I failed to mention that there was a condition to your wishes. Whatever you wish for, your husband will get times ten!” The woman said, “That's okay.” For her first wish, she wanted to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The frog warned her, “You do realize that this wish will also make your husband the most handsome man in the world, an Adonis whom women will flock to.” The woman replied,
“That's okay, because I will be the most beautiful Woman and he will have eyes only for me.” So, KAZAM – she's the most beautiful Woman in the world! For her second wish, she wanted to be the richest woman in the world. The frog said, “That will make your husband the richest man in the world. And he will be ten times richer than you.” The woman said, “That's okay, because what's mine is his and what's his is mine.” So, KAZAM – she's the richest woman in the world! The frog then inquired about her third wish, and she answered, “I'd like a mild heart attack.”
Moral of the story: women are clever. Don't mess with them.