3. 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.

4. Working in groups discuss the questions:

1. Do you have a PC at home? For what purposes do you use it?

2. It is said that computers will replace teachers in the future. Do you believe that this statement is true? Why/ Why not?

3. Do computers help us communicate with others?

5. Make a project on one of the following themes:

1. Computers and Modern Life.

2. The History of Computer Science.

3. Virtual Reality.

4. Modern computer technology in education.

5. I want to be a teacher of basic information science and computing machine.

6. The Internet and Modern Life.

Read and translate the text.

A teacher of Russian and Literature

I study at the philological faculty of the university. My future profession is closely connected with general linguistics as a science and with the study of the Russian language and literature.

Linguistics attempts to answer:

• How do children learn language?

• What is the relation of language to the brain?

• How and Why do languages change in the course of time?

• How is language used in different forms of literature (poetry, drama, prose)?

General linguistics is based on the study of individual languages. In its most general sense the term «language» may be defined as «a system of communication used by particular groups of human beings»

Any language is the system: phonological, lexical and grammatical. Each language has specific set of sounds, a peculiar set of words, its own set of grammatical patterns.

Phonetics is the name we give to the branch of knowledge that is concerned with speech sounds: vowels, consonants and their classification. It also deals with such important phonetic phenomena as stress and intonation.

Grammar is traditionally divided into morphology and syntax. Morphology is the description of meaningful forms. Syntax is the ordering of the sentence elements.

The area of linguistics which is studied under the heading of lexicology and semantics is concerned with words and their meaning.

Russian is the principal state and cultural language of Russia and makes up the eastern branch of the Slavic family of languages. It is a valuable and worthy object to study. Studying the language enriches our inner world, broadens our mind and makes our speech more flexible and expressive.

The Russian language is the language of great Russian literature and the means of studying foreign literature. We enjoy reading fairy tales, adventure stories, detective stories, spy thrillers, classics, contemporary novels, poetry, non-fiction, biographies, memoirs, travel books, science fiction.

Some books we read to cheer and amuse ourselves, the others can mace us wise and educated. When we wish to express some tenders emotion we turn to poetry. It is the only way to express the best that is within us.

The main function of literature as a subject is to develop the intellectual capacities of the students? That is the ability to judge evidence critically, to develop independence of mind, the ability to communicate, curiosity, reasoning power and factual accuracy.