- •A teacher of history...............................................................................................11
- •Teacher's profession
- •My ideal of a good teacher
- •Teaching Practice
- •A teacher of history
- •1. A) Look at the text. Nine fragments have been removed. Read the text and choose from the fragments the one which fits each gap. There is one fragment which you do not need to use.
- •The teacher of history
- •1. B) Explain the highlighted words.
- •Vocabulary Exercises
- •2. Give Russian equivalents of the following:
- •3. Suggest the English for:
- •4. Match a) antonyms b) synonyms
- •Speaking
- •5. Complete the following sentences by translating the Russian part into English:
- •6. Use the following questions to speak about yourself and the way you are going to study history.
- •Words and Word Combinations
- •Supplementary Reading
- •I. Read and translate the text.
- •Geography teacher
- •I want to become a teacher of mathematics
- •Exercises
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Make up a dialogue using the following questions:
- •Working in groups discuss the questions:
- •Make a project on one of the following themes:
- •I want to be a programmer.
- •Exercises
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Read an article “The Wired-up School” about using computers in schools. Be ready to answer some questions. The Wired-up School
- •Read the texts “I want to be a programmer” and “The Wired-up School” again and say how the pupils in the article use computers in terms of communication, information, education, leisure.
- •Working in groups discuss the questions:
- •Make a project on one of the following themes:
- •A teacher of Russian and Literature
- •Give the English equivalents for:
- •The Profession of a Physical Training Teacher
- •The profession of a speech therapist
- •I want to be a good teacher of physics
Волгоградский государственный педагогический университет
Кафедра иностранных языков
Профессия учителя
Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку
(для студентов I-II курсов
очной и заочной форм обучения неязыковых специальностей)
Волгоград
2008
Учебно-методическое пособие по английскому языку (для студентов I-II курсов
очной и заочной форм обучения неязыковых специальностей)/ Сост. В.В. Бутранова, В.Г. Грачева, А.Н. Долгова, Н.В. Зимина, Ю.А. Иванова, А.В. Котельникова, Л.М. Матвиенко, Ю.И. Попова, О.Д. Серебрянская, Т.Н. Синенко, Т.Н. Сайтимова, Н.Б. Хлямина. – Волгоград: Изд-во ВГПУ «Перемена», 2008. – с.
Методическое пособие предназначено для студентов I-II курсов неязыковых специальностей, изучающих английский язык. В пособии использованы материалы из оригинальной английской литературы и Интернет-ресурсов.
CONTENTS
Teacher's profession (basic text).........................................................................4
A Teacher of Arts..................................................................................................9
A teacher of history...............................................................................................11
A Teacher of Music...............................................................................................17
Biology teacher....................................................................................................19
Geography teacher.................................................................................................22
I want to become a teacher of mathematics...........................................................24
A teacher of Russian and Literature...................................................................... 29
Chemistry teacher...................................................................................................31
The Profession of a Physical Training Teacher......................................................33
The profession of a primary school teacher............................................................35
The profession of a speech therapist.......................................................................37
I want to be a good teacher of physics....................................................................40
Teacher's profession
It is not an easy thing to choose a profession but I've made my choice and decided to become a teacher. My patents are also teachers and I know that teaching is a very specific and very interesting job. A teacher is a person who is learning as well as teaching all his life. Most jobs can be done within the usual office hours of 9 a. m. - 5 p.m., but teacher's work is never done. When classes are over teachers stay at school to hold competitions, discoes, meetings of clubs and societies and are busy doing other kinds of extra-curriculum (out-of-class) work. Evenings are mostly spent marking exercise-books and preparing for the next lesson.
While teaching you have to encourage your pupils and keep them interested. A good teacher is a model of competence. He studies his children closely -to discover their interests, their needs and abilities. He plans his work upon wnat he learns about his children. The relationships between him and his pupils should be based on cooperation and respect for a person.
The function of education is to prepare children for real life situations, to help them live in the community, to bring them up in the spirit of high moral ideals. It is a great responsibility. Teachers develop their pupils' intellect, form their views and characters. They teach children to be honest and kind, to be active and
industrious, loving their native land.
To be a teacher is not so easy as it may seem at first but love for children and great patience combined with deep knowledge would be quite enough to succeed in work.
Thus teacher's profession is a very hard job, but it is also very interesting and creative. That is why thousands of young people choose this profession and dedicate their lives to the education of younger generation. The schools of Russia are proud of such outstanding pedagogues as Ushinsky, Makarenko, Amonashvili, Shatalov and others.
choose (chose, chosen) – выбирать
hold (held, held) – проводить (мероприятие)
encourage – подбадривать, поощрять
abilities – cnocoбности
relationships – отношения
respect – уважение
community – общество
bring up (brought, brought) = educate – воспитывать
in the spirit of – в духе
responsibility – ответственность
views – взгляды
industrious – трудолюбивый
patience – терпение
succeed – преуспевать
Task 1. Give the Russian equivalents for:
to choose a professions
to make a choice
to hold competitions
meetings of clubs and societies
extra-curriculum work
to mark exercise-books
to encourage one's pupils
to keep the children interested
a model of competence
a discover one's interests, needs and abilities
to be based on cooperation and respect
to prepare children for real life situations
to bring up children in the spirit of high moral ideals
to develop intellect
to form views and characters
to be honest and kind
to be active and industrious
to love one's native land
great patience and deep knowledge
to succeed in
to dedicate one's life to the education of younger generation.
Task 2. Finish up the sentences:
It is not an easy thing...
Teaching is...
When classes are over...
Evenings are mostly spent...
The relationships between him and his children...
The function of education is...
Teachers develop...
Thousands of young people...
Task 3. Answer the questions on the text.
Why have you chosen the profession of a teacher?
What qualities are the most important in a teacher?
What do teachers stay at school for when classes are over?
What is the main function of education?
What is necessary to succeed in teacher's work?
What are the tasks and role of school in present-day life?
(Write down the answer in a form of a short resume and exchange your ideas with the partner. Report to the class.)
Task 4. Submit a composition «What is your ideal of a good teacher?»/ «What makes a good teacher?».
For doing this look through the sample composition.