A good teacher:

• Is a responsible and hard-working person

• Is a well-educated man with a broad outlook and deep knowledge of the subject

• has a lot of patience and energy

• has a lot of new ideas

• doesn’t only teach his subjects but also develop his pupils’ views and character

• uses a lot of different materials, equipment and teaching methods to make the lesson interesting

• has qualities of kindness, sympathy and an injuiring mind

• sets high standards

• works hard to remain up-to-date in his subject

• openly admits his mistakes

Task 5. Answer the questions:

1. Is the higher education available in our country for those who work?

2. It is difficult to combine work and studies, isn’t it?

3. How does your faculty help the students develop their creative activity?

4. What makes a god teacher?

5. What scientific problem would you to work at?

6. What problems do you consider to be the most difficult for a philologist in his work?

Task 6. Translate into English.

1. Я учусь на втором курсе филологического факультета ВГПУ.

2. Наш факультет достаточно большой и состоит из нескольких отделений.

3. Через три года я окончу университет и стану учителем русского языка и литературы.

4. Хороший учитель должен быть образованным человеком и очень любить детей.

5. Учитель также должен хорошо знать свой предмет, быть добрым и трудолюбивым.

6. Я считаю, что хороший учитель не только учит своему предмету, но и формирует характер своих учеников.

7. Многие студенты нашего факультета занимаются научной работой.

8. Я серьезно занимаюсь (интересуюсь) синтаксисом и хочу работать в этой области.

Task7. Tell about your future profession of Philologist.

English and american literature

2. The Middle Ages

(1066-1485)

Little has been preserved of literature in English from the first century after the Norman Conquest. Presumably there was a tradition of writing in the vernacular, but few examples have survived. Manuals of religious instruction in prose (such as the late twelfth-century Ancrene Riwle, written for female religious recluses) continued to be written.

It is certain that there was great interaction between English, French (the language of the Norman ruling classes) and Latin (the universal language of education and the Church), and a wide range of classical literature and literary theory became available to the English.

Another emerging genre was that of the metrical romance, exemplified in Layamon's Brut which deals with the legendary story of King Arthur, believed to be descended from Brutus (who was also supposed to have founded Britain). These romances, forerunners of the novel, show a shift in values from the Old English epics, such as Beowulf.

The appearance of a code of chivalry meant that there was less emphasis on mere bravery in battle. Writers and philosophers began to explore the nature of love, religious and profane. Poetic forms from France, such as the 'carole' (a kind of dance-song), the fabliau and the allegorical poem, such as the Romance of the Rose, which Chaucer translated, made their appearance.

Chaucer dominates the period and has been called the Father of English Poetry. His genius enabled him to unite the various strands of medieval European literature, enriching diverse sources with his own humanity, and casting it all in an expressive style; he brought together the Old English and French influences and forged from them a powerful and individual language. The fourteenth century also saw the so-called alliterative revival: the two main examples are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (author unknown) and Piers Plowman by Langland. Both are products of a provincial, perhaps rather conservative culture, whereas Chaucer is distinctly modern in tone and idiom.

The fifteenth century is usually considered to be rather barren as far as literature is concerned. However, this opinion is not really justified, even though much of the poetry of the period is rather derivative and shows poets struggling to make English more expressive. The Scottish poets Dunbar and Henryson perhaps represent the most original figures of this period. One extremely important development was the rise of mystery and morality plays. They originated as didactic spectacles designed to instruct the illiterate in religious matters, and their content encompassed the whole of the Bible, from Genesis to the Day of Judgment. They soon assumed an independent existence, however, revealing many original features. They were the seed of dramatic comedy to come.

Finally, the period closes with William Caxton and the first printing press in England, a development that was to affect literature radically; in particular, Caxton strove towards the standardization of English in a strong, refined and universal form. One of the books he printed, Malory's Morte d'Arthur, which is a massive prose version of the Arthurian cycle of legends, is a fitting conclusion to the period in which the values of an aristocratic, chivalric social system were already in decline and new influences from Europe were beginning to take effect, culminating in the Renaissance, one of the richest periods in the history of English literature.